Chapter 89

CHAPTER 89 Sitting on Rebecca’s bed, Jacob looked quite frustrated. For one thing, his wife was sitting next to him and resting her head on his shoulders. He didn’t want to tell her to get up, but at the same time, he had more important things to do. Dealing with Johnny’s body is just a minor part of that.

However, what angered him more was seeing his daughter designing a suit right in front of his eyes. “Is this the time to be planning designs?” “The request came from my old friend Evelyn. She wants to surprise her boss, so I need to finish this as fast as possible.” “To her boss? Who the hell is her boss? Some roadside romeo?”

“CEO Adam of Conreid Lore.”

Jacob went silent for a little while. “You can carry on, but do something about your mother. She’s totally out.”

“Yeah, so why don’t you just put her down on the bed?”

“I’m afraid she’ll wake up if I move. You come and deal with her.” Rebecca sighed and did what Jacob asked of her and succeeded. Jacob didn’t wait another second and slipped out of the room, sweating profusely for many reasons.

When Jacob was walking out of the villa, he noticed Anous outside, standing, requesting with his eyes to take him back into the job. It was Shawn who gave him the job in the first place, so Jacob simply told him to ask Shawn. He could have just said ‘you can come to work’, but he didn’t want any unnecessary headache from his wife.

However, Anous was doubtful if Shawn would care enough. He tried asking Elizabeth already, but she didn’t even seem to care about him anymore even after all the things he did for her, though he hadn’t exactly done anything for free.

At the moment, only the gate guards were men working in shifts, for they never entered the villa and only stayed outside the main gate.

Anous shook his head. “Nah, there’s no way I can work as a gate guard. It’s too below me. It seems I should look for a new rich family.” He walked away s a disappointed man.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the forest on the western side of the city. Benjamin dug a deep hole and tossed Johnny’s body down.

He barely broke a sweat despite all the labor.

“Grrr!”

A menacing growl reached his ears. From the cover of darkness, a pack of wolves prowled forth at him from every direction.

There were at least ten of them.

He raised his head and looked at the one in the front, the alpha. The moment their eyes met, the alpha wolf stopped growling and started backing away a few steps, causing the other wolves to do the same. Once they retreated enough, they turned and skedaddled into the shadows.

“They must have caught the scent of his blood, but I’ve dug deep enough, so they shouldn’t be able to dig and pull the body out.”

He looked for a plant that would eventually grow tall, and he found a young maple tree, which he uprooted and then planted at the buried spot, then covered the base with dry soil. He stared at the soil beneath the tree. “I saw you staring at my wife a few times. I got so angry that I wanted to kill you, but then you were also looking at other women the same way, so I thought you were just blinded by lust. Still, I didn’t think you’d attack Rebecca. Thank God, nothing happened to her, or...” he put his pressure on the base of the shovel, and it dug into the soil. He took a breath and controlled himself. “If you have any family, I’ll send them some money in your name, so rest in peace.”

His work here was done. As he was leaving, with the shovel in hand, a shadowy figure flashed behind him, making him stop.

“What is it?”

“I have a confession to make,” said Shadow and then explained what happened with Selena as well as the situation with the Chief Justice’s daughter. “I’m sorry, Lord. I should have checked her background before proceeding, but she saw something she shouldn’t have, so...” he kneeled and lowered his head. “I’m not giving excuses. I know I deserve punishment.” He raised the dagger in his hand, suggesting that Benjamin should just behead him. Benjamin, however, started walking. “Go back home.”

Shadow pursed his lips in a bit of frustration. “Why, Lord? If it was the past you, you would have punished me severely. What has changed now?” Benjamin kept walking without answering. After he entered his car, he grabbed the wheel but didn’t start the engine. “Nothing changed, Shadow. I’m still the same. It’s still the same me. It’s just that I feel like...” he looked at his arms, “I’m bound by some invisible chains I can’t break. Maybe living in society as a common citizen is affecting me. Don’t know where this will take me.” He started the car. On his way back, he tossed the shovel into the woods. The police stopped the car at multiple spots and checked his car and noted his details before letting him go. Benjamin came home late at night. He expected some commotion, but to his surprise, nobody was outside. Everyone seemed to be sleeping.

However, after he entered, he saw Shawn sitting on the couch. He was reading some documents, but after seeing Benjamin, he stood and took his glasses off. “I thought you would get caught.”

“I took care of it.” “Nothing to worry about, then?”

Benjamin nodded.

“Why don’t you tell me where you tossed the body? I’ll make sure...”

Benjamin smiled. “Don’t worry, Brother-in-law. I’m not going to use this against the Sterlings, especially when Rebecca is involved directly.”

“Mm,” Shawn didn’t believe him and was thinking of forcing the answer out of him, but Rebecca called out for him from the first floor, Shawn just watched as Benjamin walked past him.

Benjamin went upstairs. “I thought you would be sleeping,” he looked at Rebecca. “How can I sleep after what happened?” she said. “About Johnny..”. “I took care of it. Just forget about it, okay?” Benjamin’s assurance eased her. He opened the door of the room but was then shocked to see his bed and all his stuff gone. He suddenly remembered something. “Wait, where are the birds?” Rebecca was also shocked as she had completely forgotten about the parrots.