Chapter 178
When they reached the car, Sylvia helped Maddox into the car with his wheelchair before she
entered as well. After that, both of them did not get out of the car again. Kimberly stood there
angrily. Just then, another car came to a stop in front of her. After the window was rolled down,
Kimberly saw Benedict in the driver seat.
"Are you going to thepany? I can fetch you," he said. The coldness in Benedict''s eyes from
earlier had disappeared. He had turned back into the gentle and polite version of himself.
Kimberly looked towards Maddox''s car subconsciously and saw Sylvia bending over to sort
something out for him. Benedict followed her gaze, ncing over towards them and then looked
away immediately like he didn''t care at all.
Sylvia suddenly thought of something and turned her head towards Kimberly. She waved at her and
called, "Kimberly, what are you waiting for? Come here."
Kimberly replied with hesitation, "It''s fine."
For some reason, Kimberly refused her. Before Sylvia could react, she had opened Benedict''s car
door and sat into it.
She said to Benedict, "Thank you for fetching me. Let''s go."
Benedict nced through the rearview mirror and nodded, "Okay." Their car drove away, but the car
behind them didn''t move.
Sam sat in the front seat and looked at Sylvia behind him. He asked, "Miss Hanover, why didn''t you
ask Miss Shell to get in the car too?"
After hearing this, Sylvia replied innocently, "I called her, but... she didn''t want toe."
She then added pitifully, "Kimberly seems to have a good rtionship with Brother Benedict.
Otherwise, I would have gone and escorted her myself."
Hearing this, Sam frowned and nced at Sylvia again.
He wondered, "Isn''t this woman supposed to be good friends with Kimberly? Why does it sound like
she is trying to defame Kimberly?"
Ever since Sylvia had appeared, Sam had a bad feeling about her. This feeling was even stronger
at this moment.
"Miss Hanover, if you didn''t get into Young Master Yardley''s car, Miss Shell wouldn''t have no space
to sit. Am I right?" Sam chided her.
Sylvia''s face turned pale instantly.
She said, "If that is the case, it looks like it really is my fault. I didn''t think it through... I''m sorry, I''ll
get out now!"
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After that, Sylvia turned around and wanted to get out of the car.
"There''s no need."
However, Maddox stopped her and said with an indifferent expression, "Drive." Sam tried to argue,
"But..."
Maddox snorted and said, "Since when did you get to decide?"
Helpless, Sam could only oblige and replied, "Yes, Sir."
He clenched his teeth and looked at Sylvia unwillingly.
This woman had bad intentions!
And she was pretending to look pitiful!
Sam thought that he must find an opportunity to alert Kimberly, that oblivious woman. If not, it was
only a matter of time before her best friend stole her husband.
The car was moving slowly. Benedict turned on the music in the car and an ancient folk European
song was ying. The female singer''s voice was clear yet slow, and the pleasant music gave off an
ancient folk vibe.
"Are you feeling unhappy?" Benedict suddenly asked.
Kimberly responded in surprise, "What?"
He said, "You felt jealous when you saw Maddox with another woman."
This time, Benedict was more direct.
Kimberly''s expression changed upon hearing that.
She said, "That''s nonsense. Sylvia is not some other woman. She doesn''t think about him that
way!"
After hearing this, Benedict couldn''t help chuckling. Hisughter was deep and sweet, and it paired
well with the ancient folk song ying in the background. He said, "How do you know that she
doesn''t have those thoughts? What if she does?"
"That is impossible!" Kimberly said firmly.
She was so firm and stubborn that she sounded like a child, serious and cute at the same time.
Benedict couldn''t help but take a look at Kimberly a few more times. He then asked, "You really trust
her, huh?"
"Sylvia is my best friend," Kimberly replied solemnly.
Benedict took a look at her again and a faint smile spread on his face.
He asked, "Why do you trust her so much? Will you never doubt her no matter what happens?"
Kimberly nodded without hesitation. She was very close to Sylvia and she appreciated everything
that Sylvia had done for her. To her, Sylvia was a best friend who would do anything to help her.
She would never believe that Sylvia would do something bad to her.
She was just worried about Maddox...
When Kimberly was thinking about all of this, she didn''t realize that Benedict had already been
staring at her for a long time. He looked away only when the red light changed. He then lowered his
voice a little as he spoke again.
"Have you prepared your dress for tonight''s event?"
Kimberly came back to her senses and she remembered the revealing red dress which Sylvia had
bought for her the day before. She wanted to say something, but nothing came out of her mouth.
"What''s wrong? Have you not prepared an outfit?" Benedict asked. He then suddenly reached out
to the back seat and handed her an exquisitely-wrapped gift box.
Kimberly looked at the box but did not take it.
He exined, "I predicted that you might not have been prepared, so I picked one for you. I don''t
know if you will like it."
Before she could answer, Benedict had already put the box in her arms and said, "Try it onter to
see if it fits."
Kimberly held the box with a confused look on her face.
What day was it? Why were so many people giving her dresses?
The day before, Sylvia had bought her one. Later, Quill sent her a message, saying that Juliette
would send another to herter on this day.
All of a sudden, Kimberly felt that she was the only one in the world who had more dresses than she
needed.
Thinking of this, Kimberly quickly handed the box back and said, "It''s okay... Sylvia has already
prepared one for me."
Hearing her words, Benedict was slightly startled. After a while, he suddenly smiled leisurely.
He said, "It doesn''t matter. You should keep it and try on both dresses. You can decide what you
want to wearter. I already gave you the gift, so you can''t ask me to take it back now, can you?"
Kimberly thought that he was right. If she insisted to give it back to him, she would appear impolite.
Thus, she had no choice but to ept the gift.
"Thank you."
Benedict replied, "You don''t need to be so courteous. We''re a family after all. Also, stop avoiding
me. I didn''t bear any other intention when I lent your mother the money. It was just that I felt
distressed when I saw you standing in the street being beaten and scolded."
"You don''t expect me to not do anything, right?"
Benedict seemed to make some sense with his words. Kimberly pursed her lips and nodded,
replying, "Thank you for helping me. But... the 300,000 dors was lent to me, I will slowly return it
back to you."
"Silly girl. I don''t need that 300,000 dors. Didn''t I say that the money was just a meeting gift for
when we first met?" said Benedict.
"No!" Kimberly shook her head vigorously and refused, "I will definitely return the money to you.
Please don''t pressurize me anymore."
Benedict sighed and gave in, "Okay, fine. Since you insist, it will be rude for me to reject. Well, you
have to try your best to make some money and pay me back as soon as possible. However...
300,000 dors is not a small amount. You should take care of yourself in the process."
"Thank you. I know."
After arriving at thepany, Kimberly got out of Benedict''s car. At this hour, not many people were
around thepany. They were all making preparations for the banquet. And since it was still early,
thepany was fairly empty.