Chapter 16


    “What do you say, my dear brother-inw?” Shawn showered a pleasant smile as if nothing bad had


    happened between him and Benjamin only a minute or two ago. Benjamin had seen a lot in his life


    leading up to this moment, but this professional businessman still left Benjamin in a bit of an awe.


    He had seen chameleons blending with their surroundings, but Shawn seemed a lot more dangerous


    than chameleons could ever be. A man who could portray both a sharp and a soft smile at the same


    time. He was just a scary man to sit next to.


    However, Benjamin didn’t let Shawn suck him into the flow. “Brother-inw, the thing is…” Benjamin


    hesitantly said. “I was saving up the money to buy a ne for Reba.”


    “Oh…” Shawn was still smiling, but his brows were getting a bit stiff. “I do want to help you, but… I can’t


    give you more than 10 grand.”


    “Mm…” Shawn stayed unnaturally silent. The driver could feel the tension rising the moment Benjamin


    addressed Shawn as brother-inw, and he was sweating even though the air conditioner was on. “I’ll try


    to pay you back in a month, though.” “I’m sorry. I can’t take the risk,” Benjamin didn’t beat around the


    bush anymore as he couldn’t afford to do that. Shawn’s brows drew together. “Are you saying you don’t


    trust me?” “How can I trust a man who pushed me against the door and threatened to kill me for calling a


    spade a spade?” Benjamin innocently asked. Calling a spade a spade? The driver took a couple of


    seconds to understand that Benjamin was talking about calling Elizabeth an aunt. And it almost made


    himugh. Luckily, he was good at controlling himself, or he would have suffered from Shawn’s wrath.


    Meanwhile, Shawn grew silent as seconds passed. He had indeed attacked and threatened Benjamin,


    so there was no fooling around that. “Start the car,” he said.


    The driver turned the engine on, and the Rolls Royce smoothly and swiftly took them to the next stop, at


    Rye’s Pizza. “Thanks for the ride, Brother-inw,” Benjamin said and exited the car. “For someone who


    constantly licks Reba’s boots and doesn’t properly take care of himself, he’s got some spunk in him,”


    Shawn muttered under his breath as he remembered how he saw no fear in Benjamin’s eyes as he


    pressed him against the ss door. “Perhaps, I underestimated him a little too much.”


    The driver stayed calm as a ko. Shawn’s tactic was perfect. He intimidated Benjamin first, and then


    tried to steal money from him with sweet words. This strategy would have worked against many, but


    against Benjamin, it did not. “Go,” said Shawn, buttoning his sleeves back on.


    Vrooom. This time, the engine revved up, and the car took off fast.


    Before entering the pizza hut, Benjamin stopped and nced at the car. “He is as maniptive and


    cunning as theye. If I’m not careful around him, it’ll be the end of me.”


    As he entered the hut, he knew he was getting into a ce that would never let him rest, but working


    here felt better than being at Sterling vi, because his inws would never let him rest, too. They make


    him do work both in the morning and in the evenings. Their kids, too.


    Elizabeth was the worst of them all. She would prepare a mental list of things that needed to be done,


    and she would pour them all during the weekends, when Benjamin had to work extra hard on his


    professional job to keep up with the increased demand of service during weekends.


    “Veronica. She’s arrogant, but she speaks her heart,” Benjamin thought. “Should I give her some gift for


    her birthday?” Benjamin put all the burdening thoughts aside. “Aunty is not going to be there this


    weekend, so I should get some quality time with my wife. I’ll make her take me to a restaurant.” He told


    himself.


    As he put the worker’s sim into his mobile, he could see that Christopher was flirting with . Jasmine, and


    she was waving her body about like a shy little flower. Perfectly made for each other, Benjamin thought,


    but he also knew it was a rtionship that wasn’t gonnast longer than the pizzas stored in the deep


    freezers.


    Many customers believed that Rye’s Pizzas only sold fresh stock, but that wasn’t true. They also stored


    things in cool ces for weeks if not months and used them whenever necessary, especially when fresh


    stock suddenly ran out. It was just that the management and the workers were good enough at making


    things appear new. Benjamin got to work without wasting time. He received a whopping 163 dors in


    tips for the day, and he hid it all in his underwear, the only ce where Christopher never checked.


    Jasmine, however, reminded him to also check Benjamin’s underpants.


    “I would never put my hands in a man’s underpants,” Christopher replied to her and said, “ but I can put


    them in yours if you want.”


    “You naughty,” Jasmine pinched his big cheeks. “Hahaha,” Christopher blushed, and he really looked like


    an excited pig oinking on and on. Benjamin couldn’t bear to watch them, and he shook his head.


    “Mm?” Christopher noticed what Benjamin just did. “What? Are you feeling jealous now that I got a


    girlfriend?” he wrapped his arm around Jasmine and pulled her closer. She didn’t resist. “Jealous?”


    Benjamin looked at Jasmine. “For her?” He didn’t need to say more, as Jasmine was already lowering


    her head as though she had done something wrong. “I already have a princess for a wife. Why would I


    be jealous of a pig and a piglet romancing each other?” “Y-You…” Christopher’s face grew big with rage.


    “Did you just call me a pig?” “You didn’t give me a promotion, so what else did you expect?” Benjamin’s


    voice grew cold.“ You think I can’t find a job elsewhere? Or I can’tin to the higher ups about your


    little


    romance you have going on here?” Christopher frowned and pushed Jasmine away, shocking her. “You


    are making the wrong enemy, Benjamin.” He red at Benjamin, trying to intimidate him. “You’re right. A


    slight correction, though. I was trying to be friends with the wrong person who steals a share of tips from


    his coworkers.” Benjamin’s gaze grew piercing sharp. “Try speaking against me to anybody, and you’ll


    regret it for the rest of your life.” Saying that, Benjamin confidently walked away.


    Christopher, however, found himself sweating like a pig. He was much taller than Benjamin, yet he was


    intimidated by someone like him? He couldn’t believe it and pinched himself to see if everything that had


    happened wasn’t just some dream.


    “C-Christopher…” Jasmine tried getting closer to him. He cast an angry nce at her. “Get back to your


    work.” A cold shiver ran up her spine, and she hurriedly ran back to her spot, even though her working


    hours already ended. Meanwhile, Benjamin was standing outside. Time was 4:35 PM, but his wife hadn’t


    come to


    pick him up yet. “Why isn’t she here?” Benjamin’s heart drummed in strange rhythms. “Is it because of


    what happenedst night?” his hand touched his forehead. “I’m so stupid.”


    Benjamin’s phone received a message. He hurriedly flipped the phone open, thinking it was from his


    wife, even though he knew in the back of his mind that his wife never sent a message. As he expected, it


    was an alert message about money being debited from his bank ount. “This is what? 12th time in a


    day? Whoever it is, they’re surely enjoying themselves,” Benjamin thought.


    At the same time, many miles away from Rye’s Pizzas, in a five-star hotel called Great Wave Resorts,


    Devon and Oliver were having the time of their life.


    Oliver had eaten a variety of meat dishes in the most inelegant manner. “Where’s the curd rice?” he


    burped and said. “Sir, there’s no curd rice in our menu,” the waiter was extremely polite in the way he


    responded. She was a beauty wearing a formal uniform with a rose in her shirt pocket.


    “What?” Oliver frowned and red at her. “Then make one.”


    “T-That’s…” the waiter swallowed her breath. “I-I’ll ask the manager, sir.” She scuttled away. A few


    secondster, the manager came up to their table and said, “Sir, we can prepare curd rice for you, but it’ll


    cost 120 dors.”


    “120 dors for curd rice?” Oliver was shocked. “Are you kidding me?” “We have to specially prepare it


    for you, sir” the manager said. “120 dors is still a bit too much,” Devon said. “I can buy cereal and milk


    for half a year with that.”


    “Sorry, but if you can’t pay, we can’t provide you,” the manager didn’t stretch things.


    “Fine, just bring one for both of us,” Oliver said. The manager left with a smile on his face.


    “A bowl of curd rice is 120 dors?” Devon was shaking his head. “Even if you milk cows from a


    celebrity’s mansion, it’s still too much.”


    “It’s too much, as you say, but we can still pay with the card,” Oliver grinned, “so it’s okay, I guess.”


    “Don’t be foolish. This is only a tinum card and not a ck card. We don’t know when the credit will


    end, so we have to be careful,” Devon said. “At the same time, we have to spend all of the money in it


    before it gets blocked.” “Y-Yeah, you are right,” Oliver said. He still didn’t tell Devon that this card actually


    was delivered to the Sterling’s vi for Benjamin. “That said,” Devon lowered his voice, “I’ve never seen a


    card that doesn’t have a password. What about you?” “Y-You’ve lived longer, so if you haven’t heard, I


    haven’t, either.” “Hahaha.”Property ? 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.