Chapter 78

CHAPTER 78 The next morning Rebecca woke up and first looked toward Benjamin’s bed which was pulled closer to her bed.” What the... did he bring it closer after I slept?” she touched her forehead for a second. “His hyper activeness is sort of scaring me.”

Benjamin had already gone out, so she was alone in the room. She touched her left cheek, where Benjamin had kissed at least a hundred times the previous night. She could still feel it on her cheek.

“I’ve never been kissed so many times even by my parents as far as I can remember,” she thought. “Had he gone for my lips instead of my cheek...” just the thought made her face flush like a tomato. Her head felt hot. Her stomach had butterflies fluttering. She felt crazy. She grabbed the pillow and covered her face, but that only made things worse as she could hear heartbeat strengthening. “Why am I feeling so tense? It’s only natural for a couple to be intimate, but... what if he asks me to do weird things? What if I disappoint him?” even someone like her knew sex was an important part of married life, thanks to seeing a lot of things while growing up in the villa. “Ugh, I feel too tense.” She suddenly remembered Jane.” Right, she’s an expert when it comes to the matters of bed, so I should ask her. Yeah, that’s better than asking my mom. She doesn’t like Benjamin.” She reached out for the walking stick resting by the desk. “Mm?” just then, she noticed an invitation card beside her car keys. “This is...”

It was the same invitation card Artur had given her.

“I gave it back to him, didn’t I? Then how did it...” she squinted her eyes as her brother’s image flashed in her mind. “Brother Shawn... you really don’t change, do you? You have no problem giving me away to some 40-year-old playboy as long as it benefits you, but what’s worse is that you don’t have the guts to admit it, or should I say you are too smart for your own good?”

she was about to tear the card but then stopped. “Wait...” she had an idea. “If I give this to Elizabeth, I’m sure she’ll buy at least a thing or two from your own bank account.” She grinned and then paid a visit to Elizabeth’s parents and talked to them about how she was unable to attend the auction because of her injury and that she had no other choice but to throw the card away.

Nolan and Dorothy completely bought her words and even asked her for the card. She gave it to them and sighed and said, “At least give it to someone who can go and buy valuable goods.” Saying that she left. Nolan and Dorothy laughed among themselves for obtaining a rare invitation card. Meanwhile, Benjamin and Lisa were driving together in a Mercedes. “Do you really want to buy the car for yourself?” he asked. “Or is it for your ‘innocent’ Nate?” Lisa frowned as well as pouted. “What do you have against him? Nate is a cool guy.” “Cool guys don’t take money and gifts from rich daughters. You think I don’t know you steal little things from your mommy’s collections and give them to him?”

Lisa went silent, realizing that if Benjamin was really against it, she wouldn’t be able to buy the car anymore. He knew multiple secrets about her, which she didn’t want her family to know.

“I’m just trying to warn you because your dad doesn’t seem to care,” said Benjamin. “Don’t talk bad about my dad,” Lisa fumed all of a sudden. “He may be many things, but he takes care of mom, me, and Roshan.”

“There’s a fine difference between taking care of someone and... leaving everything in other’s hands and ignoring everything else.” Lisa was still giving him an angry look “Alright. Fine. I’ll stop talking about my brother-in-law.”

Silence followed. Lisa glanced at him. “Why do you grow such a long beard? Doesn’t it bother you?”

“It does, but not as much as Nate’s beard bothers him.”

“Haha, so funny.” She punched him in the shoulder as Nate didn’t have a beard at all. “I’m dying from laughter, alright. Ha-ha-

ha.” She acted like she croaked.

Benjamin could only smile and shake his head.

Soon they reached the car showroom, the same one where Oliver had bought his bugatti. Lisa’s eyes lit up upon seeing the only four cars that were there. “Nate likes blue, so let’s go for this one.”

The same customer handler from back then smiled and said, “Wonderful option. Its on-road price is only 2.43 million dollars. Are you sure you two can afford it?” Lisa couldn’t tell whether he was being sarcastic or not. “What makes you think I can’t pay?” she put her hand in her purse. “I have my dad’s card with me.” “Okay, but can your dad’s card pay 2.43 million dollars?” his brows wiggled. He was in a good mood, so he felt like toying with this schoolgirl. “Of course, he can even buy this whole store if he wants!” Lisa yelled at him rather angrily.

“Maybe, but how long are you going to keep searching for a hand purse? Didn’t your daddy teach you how to store things in an order in your purse?”

“You...” Lisa raised her hand to slap him, but Benmain came in between and grabbed his cheek with his fingers.

“Let’s go over there and talk while she looks for the card.”

“Ugh,” the customer handler couldn’t fight back because of the pain and also because he was a coward.

Lisa searched for another minute but couldn’t find it. She went back to the car but couldn’t find it there, either. She came to Benjamin tearful and tense-looking eyes. “I had it in the morning, but now... I think I lost it somewhere. I think I should tell dad so he’ll get the card blocked.”

Mm, let’s do that.” Benjamin followed her out.

The customer handler stood there, just watching with frustration stiffening his expression. “I knew it They wasted my time for nothing. Not all normal-looking customers can be like that Oliver guy.”

Lisa, meanwhile, called Shawn and told her that she lost the card, but his response confused her After some talking, she ended the call and looked at Benjamin. “Dad says the platinum card isn’t his. He thinks I’m joking so that I can get a real credit card from him.” She rubbed the back of her head. “I don’t get it. If it isn’t Dad’s card...” her eyes suddenly enlarged. “Is it Grandpa’s card?” Her heart almost exploded. “Oh my gosh. What have I done?” she began freaking out. “If Grandpa knows of this...” she began jumping on her feet and crying. “He’ll kill me!”

Benjamin stood on the other side of the car, picking his teeth with his finger. “Knowing your grandpa, it’s unlikely for him to have such a card, don’t you think?” After he said those words, Lisa began to calm down a bit. “You might be right, but then whose card is it? It has to be someone’s, right?”

“Let’s just say... it’s mine.”

“Huh? This isn’t the time to be joking. We have to figure it out, or this could pose a big problem. That card doesn’t even have a password! What if whoever finds it withdraws a lot of money?”

“Not my problem,” Benjamin said, freezing Lisa’s expression. As he expected, she didn’t even get into the car and walked away on foot. She must be quite hurt by those three words he said, he thought, but it couldn’t be helped. He had to act that way so she wouldn’t cling to him for everything she needed. Moreover, he guessed that Nate would probably break up with her, given she had already told him about buying a car soon Benjamin took out the platinum card from his underpants. “I worked my ass off for all the money that’s in this card, but this little thing has caused so much trouble. It’s better that I keep it with me.”

He drove the Mercedes straight to a bank and then paid a visit to the old woman he met on the street the previous night. He asked for tea. She didn’t recognize him, but she welcomed him in “Nobody entered our home these days because of my husband, but it seems you’re okay with him coughing,” she humbly said as she gave him a cup of ginger tea. Her husband was asleep, but he seemed too weak for a talk anyway Benjamin didn’t say a word with her after enteriny. He either stayed calm or smiled a little when she talked After he finished the drink, she took the glasses and went into the kitchen. When she returned, he was gone, but the black suitcase was still next to the chair. “Did he forget it?” she tried to pick up the briefcase, but it was too heavy. She walked out empty handed to see if he was there, but there was no sight of him. He was gone. She came back into the house and sat in the chair, looking tired. She didn’t even think of opening the briefcases and just left it there on the side, thinking the guest would return.

However, a few days later, she would be using that as a footrest for her husband while he sat on the edge of his bed. And during one of their quarrels, he would kick the briefcase and then CHAPTER 78 find it to be full of hundred dollar bills with a note on top that read ‘I’m glad I stopped the car.’

Her husband didn’t get what the words meant, but the old woman did, and she was in tears as she hugged her husband.