Chapter 75
Savvy Son-in-law by VKBoy
CHAPTER 75 A hand rested on Benjaminâs shoulder from behind. âHere you are.â
Benjamin turned. It was the police officer who grinned and then immediately threw a straight quick punch in his face.
Benjamin tilted his head at the last second. âToo slow,â his gaze turned sharp, and before the officer knew it, Benjaminâs knuckles struck his throat, and his feet shuffled back as he struggled to breathe. A second later, Benjamin came to his senses and tried to help the officer. âAre you okay, officer? Iâm sorry. I didnât mean to...â
The officer, however, kept moving away with his back lowered.
âI hope I didnât cause irreparable damage,â Benjamin thought.
âHey, Driver!â Elizabeth finally found him. âWhat are you doing out here?â she came up to him, acting all so naturally, then she lowered her voice. âAre you trying to steal someone elseâs gift box?â âWhat?â Benjamin frowned. âWhat do I look like to you?â he shook his head in annoyance.â No. Forget it. Iâm tired of this game. Iâll just wish him a happy birthday and be done with it. So what if I didnât bring a gift? Shouldnât me coming here be of more value than whatever gift I may bring them?â
âYour presence here should be considered worth more than the gift you bring?â Elizabeth snorted. âWho do you think you are?
Some kind of WIP guest?â
Benjaminâs jaw made a hard line. Ignoring her words, he walked into the main hall, which was the only hall in the whole apartment. He went straight to Donovan and shook his hand. To others, it seemed a little weird because a waiter was shaking hands with the man of the moment. However, Donovan knew that Benjamin was Rebeccaâs husband from hearing the conversations between Jane and Rebecca.
âHe didnât seem to have brought any gift,â Dorthy said, âour butler. We were paying him very well, though.â
âItâs fine,â Donovan had a strange smile going as he shook Benjaminâs hand. âHe can eat as many sweets as he wants here.â
Dorothy couldnât intervene anymore. âI know this uncle,â one of the kids spoke about Benjamin. âHe delivered pizza once.â
âPizzas?â
âWhy is such a guy getting to shake hands with Donovan?â
âHe should just get back to work.â
As people ran their mouths, Benjamin smiled and went back to working as a waiter.
As everyone kept chatting once again, a flying drone flew in through the entrance, buzzing past Janeâs grandmother and making her wave the walking stick in annoyance.
The children caught sight of not just the drone but the gift box it was carrying, and they began jumping and shouting as the drone floated before Donovan. âWhoâs controlling this?â Donovan looked around, but he couldnât spot anyone with a controller in their hands. âOpen it,â Jane said. âEven if thereâs a bomb, it wonât kill you.â âHahaha,â her words raised some laughter. Elizabeth, however, wasnât smiling. (A gift thatâs sent in the middle of the party... thereâs no way itâs from him, right?) Donovan put his hands forward, and the box was dropped in his hands. The drone flew away just as fast, and some children ran after it.
Donovan opened the box, and his eyes bulged upon seeing the special gold coins. These were the same number of gold coins sent the last time to the wedding. âWhatâs inside?â when Jane came and saw the gold coins, she fainted. When other women saw it, they cried out in shock. Soon, everyone began to murmur. âThat should be worth two, no, even three million dollars!â
As people chatted and gossiped, Elizabeth and her parents looked extremely envious. Elizabeth didnât believe for a second that Benjamin sent such a gift, but she still wished that someone sent her those gold coins for her birthday. .
Rebecca, on the other hand, seemed to be lost in thought. (The same gift as that time? Even the drone... Itâs like a replay of what happened the last time. Whatâs going on?)
Benjamin was silently serving the biscuits and sweets. Because of Alfredâs little game, he broke his mobile, so he wasnât really happy right now. He brought a glass of coconut water and gave it to his wife, and she accepted it. Janeâs mother sprayed water to bring Jane back to her senses. âIs this real gold?â Jane looked still very much shocked. âWho could have sent this?â no matter who she looked at, they just kept shrugging their shoulders, including Donovan.
âSince weâre in a good mood,â Janeâs mother suggested to Jane and Donovan, âyou two should play the Kiss, Marry, Kill game.â
And they nodded. âIâll go first,â Jane quickly raised her hand. âIâll kiss my dad, marry... Donovan, and kill all of Donovanâs ex-
lovers.â
T1 Many ended up laughing out loud.
âNow, itâs your turn, Donovan,â Jane glanced at her boyfriend. âIâll kiss, Jane,â Donovan said, âmarry Rebecca, and then kill Jane because sheâll kill me otherwise.â
Rebecca ended up spilling the coconut water.
The entire crowd fell silent, and everyone looked at Donovan and Jane. âWhoa,â Donovan raised his hands a little, âwhy do you all look like that? Itâs a joke, folks. You can laugh.â
âSo it was a joke!â Jane smiled rather angrily. âI thought you lost your mind or something, but donât play such poor jokes again, or Iâll really kill you.â
As Jane and Donovan kept talking like nothing happened, everyone began to smile once again. However, there was one soul in that hall who didnât buy a word of what Donovan had said. It was the waiter who walked straight toward Donovan with his chest swelled in fury. Rebecca, who saw the subtle change in Benjaminâs countenance, wondered, âBenjamin...â Elizabeth on the other hand raised her brows. âWhat is he...â
Jane noticed Benjamin coming toward them, but his eyes were not on her but on Benjamin. She realized that something wasnât right, but it took her a fraction of a second to remember who exactly Benjamin was, but by then, Benjamin had already closed in.
Donovan had the faint strange smile as he did minutes ago as he looked at Benjamin. âDo you want another handsh â
BAM-! A resounding punch to Donovanâs chin lifted him off his feet and sent him crashing back into the pile of opened gift packages.1 The jaws of everyone there hit the floor.