Chapter 124

CHAPTER 124 Selena allowed a journalist and critic to enter the villa to give an interview. While she talked about her health and her current and future film projects, she also said, “Sterling family is doing great. Now that my daughter’s bitter husband is gone, our villa is much more peaceful now.”

“Can you tell me a bit more about this son-in-law?” the journalist asked.

“There’s nothing to tell. He’s always ill-disposed and does not like our family. We couldn’t bear him. My daughter especially...”

she wiped her non-existent tear from her eyebrow.” She’s been through hell and is still recovering. It’s scary how the entire family can be thrown into chaos with the arrival of just one bad person.”

“Can you tell us his name?

“Trashmi-... Ahem, I mean, Benjamin... something. He’s short and full of shortcomings. He doesn’t comb his hair, doesn’t shave his beard. Heck, he doesn’t even get out of bed until he gets tea delivered to him. He gets all his work done by my daughter and the maids. I still can’t believe how my daughter married such a moronic man in the first place. He must have tricked her, I’m sure.”

“So I believe your daughter has gotten divorce?” “All I can say is that she’s dating someone else. Someone who’s infinitely more suited to be with her.”

“Can’t you just tell us the name?” “Let’s give them the space. They’ll go public when they feel comfortable.” Pretty soon, the interview was over. She told the journalist that the news should come in newspapers, magazines, as well as television. He assured her the story would be sucked up like hot dogs by the people.

As he promised, the story was published the very next day, titled: The Billionaire’s Daughter Who Served Tea. While Selena and Rebecca were portrayed like saints, Benjamin was made to look like the world’s worst son-in-law.

Every daughter, wife, and mother-in-law in the world who read the story began to curse him. Even the men hated how he made his wife work so hard for him.

Elizabeth never laughed so hard after reading a story. And Selena never shed so many happy tears, either.

Kathy, however, didn’t like how the truth was twisted. “I tried to serve him tea a few times, but he refused it all the time. It’s a pity that he’s left. If he was here, I wouldn’t mind trying to give tea to him again.”

Meanwhile, Rebecca didn’t know of this until one of her friends called her and told her to check the news. When she did, she was utterly shocked. She got enraged at whoever published the story and immediately dialed to him and scolded him and the company so brutally their ears probably bled. She then came to know that her mother was behind all this. She wanted to talk with her mother, but given that Selena had suffered a heart attack not long ago, Rebecca could only swallow her frustration. She didn’t want to argue with her mother and raise her blood pressure.

“I will talk with her about this one day.” She told herself. “How can she lie so much? It’s disgusting.” She was still so upset she was shaking in her bed from all the anger and frustration trying to take over her senses. “I hope Benjamin didn’t read this.” And so, she ended up calling Benjamin eventually. She knew it was working hours, so she wasn’t sure if he’d pick her call or not, but he answered. “Hey,” he said just that one word. There was neither sadness nor joy in his voice. She couldn’t decipher anything just yet. “Uh...” she hesitantly spoke. “How are you doing? I mean, what are you doing?” “On my way to deliver pizzas. Why?”

“N-Nothing. I just wanted to know how you were doing.”

Benjamin paused for a couple of seconds before speaking, “If it’s about the story, don’t think too much about it. I’m sure your mother is likely behind this, but I’m not mad at her because she made you look really good.” “But none of it is true!”

“Yes, but we can make some parts true, can’t we?” His heart began to beat a little faster. “Like ... you can serve me tea earling in the morning? Not every day, but at least now and then?” “W-What?” she never served food for anyone after growing up. The only thing she could remember was making a pizza for Benjamin not long ago and that came out terribly as well. “I-If it’s only okay with you. Otherwise, there’s no need.”

“I-I will think about it. Again, I’m sorry for...”

“Hey, don’t take it to heart. At least my name wasn’t mentioned in the story, so most people wouldn’t know it’s me.” Though he said that, he knew people could still look up for him on the internet.

“You think so?”

“Yeah. Just give it a few days, and everyone will forget about it.”

“Then I’ll call you later. Bye.”

“Bye bye.” Benjamin ended the call and put the mobile back in his pocket before breathing out audibly. “She still has pride, but her love for me is fighting it, alright. I can see her serving me tea soon enough.” He giggled like a child. Just imagining Rebecca coming to serve him tea and then pulling her into the bed and kissing her made him flush like a tomato. “That said...” His expression turned hard. “Selena Sterling. You’re not a mother-in-law but a mummy-in-law! You think you can do whatever you want and get away with it? Just you wait, I’ll one day make you bake biscuits in the kitchen for me!”

The thought of having tea served by his wife and biscuits by his mother-in-law brought peace to his mind.

Meanwhile, Jacob was watching the edited version of El Man in a studio along with some important people. Jane’s father was also among them. And they all liked the movie very much and kept congratulating and praising him.

“I’m releasing the film by myself,” Jacob said, showing how confident he was with the film. By eliminating the distributors, he could directly talk with the exhibitors and release his upcoming two films in as many theaters as he could.

“You’re definitely going to become a billionaire after this,” said Jane’s dad. “If I were you, I would make a toy production company. Its stocks are gonna go up once the movie releases. You can also use it to make products out of all of your past and future projects.”

“That’s a wonderful idea, Mike, but I can’t manage a different company.”

“You can put someone from your family to take care of it. Isn’t there your son-in-law? The guy who punched Donovan without hesitation?” As much as Mike hated what happened that day, he came to like what Benjamin did. “No. That guy’s a cheater, so we kicked him out.” “Woah, when did that happen?” “Some days ago. Let’s not talk about that useless guy.” “Okay.”

Jacob was holding a newspaper in one hand that had the story “The Billionaire’s Daughter Who Served Tea.’

He knew his daughter probably never served tea to Benjamin, but he loved how his wife and daughter were portrayed as good women. Moreover, he was called a billionaire! These were all good signs. “My lifetime dream of becoming a billionaire is going to come true very soon. Once that happens, I’ll take my family for a trip around the whole world! I will let my daughters spend thousands upon thousands of dollars so they will never again think I’m stingy!” He knew he hadn’t been a good father to them, but once he fulfilled his goal, he would be ready to shower his love upon them.