Chapter 37


    The next morning.


    Benjamin woke up at 5 and found himself covered in a nket. It was his nket, so he wondered if


    Reba was behind it, but he found it hard to even imagine Reba caring about him enough to cover


    him in a nket.


    “It must have been a maid,” he thought. (The new maid is giving me long stares like she wants to eat me.


    Is it her?) He shook her head. “This is what bes of a husband who isn‘t cared for by his wife. Almost


    every woman who walks into his life thinks they can sleep with him. It must be even worse for a wife


    uncared for by her husband. Adulthood is appalling, alright. I wish I was still a kid. How cute would it


    have been if I had met my wife when we were kids?” Just the thought made him flush a bit. “Ugh,” he


    sighed, “it‘s not possible now anyways.”


    He suddenly looked up, and a small drone flew down to his level and showed him a video on mobile


    screen. It disyed the kind act of Reba putting a nket on him.


    “So it was her...” Benjamin‘s heart fluttered. He wanted to smile, but he held himself back and waved his


    hand. The drone flew away fast. He picked the mobile off the couch and sent a message to Alfred,


    saying: Thanks, but don‘t monitor what happens inside our bedroom, or I‘ll break every drone in sight.


    The reply ‘noted‘ came soon. Benjamin put the phone in his pocket and walked to his room with a spring


    in his footsteps. Reba was still sleeping, all except her face covered by the nket. He came up to


    her bed and leaned closer and kept staring at her. He gently moved aside the few strands of hair


    blocking her face. “Look how beautiful you are.” He gently stroked his fingertips over her hair. “Though


    I‘m your husband, I can‘t hold your hand in public. I can‘t show my affection like I want to. But... Thanks


    for what you didst night. It melted away all my anger.” He brought his face closer and gave a small


    peck on her cheek


    He stood and kept staring at her for a little longer. He faintly smiled. “I wonder when we‘ll watch a movie


    together, or end our day with a good candlelit dinner without the inws around. Just the two of us. It still


    seems like a far–off dream to me, but giving up isn‘t in my blood, so I‘ll continue to work toward those


    goals.”


    As he talked to himself out loud, he went for a shower. He bathed for ten minutes and then came out


    shirtless, thinking his wife was still sleeping. However, she just woke up and was yawning. Her yawn


    stopped midway and jaw dropped further after she looked at Benjamin‘s body which had great muscle


    definition and shape. There was just enough fat under the skin that enhanced the look of his toned body


    to another level. Benjamin was quick to cover his chest and eight abs with the towel.


    Reba looked away and cleared her throat. Her eyes, however, were still wide awake for as long as he


    was in the room. After he put the shirt on and walked out, she took a deep breath and exhaled the same.


    His shapely chest and abs shed in her mind once again. “Did I really


    sleep with him? With that body? And I don‘t remember anything at all?” she shook her head somewhat


    helplessly “If he was an inch or two taller, I might havepletely fallen for him just now. That would


    have been bad. Reba would never want to feel inferior, not to or for anybody.”


    Meanwhile, Benjamin sat for breakfast. He was pretty early, so the kids weren‘t there to bother him. No


    maid or inw disturbed him, which was unusual, but he was d they didn‘t show up and pour bad


    words into his ears. He ate peacefully and then washed his te like he usually did.


    Afterward, he walked out of the vi with a bright expression that weed the moming sun, as reflected


    in the orange shirt and ck jeans he was wearing. “I have a feeling, today is going to be a good day.


    Did my fortunes turn after my wife started caring for me a little?” he wondered andughed a little.


    “Surely, good times await those who wait.”


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    He strolled his way to the parking spot, and he kept looking around. There were six cars in total, but his


    car wasn‘t there. He rubbed his eyes and checked again. It didn‘t make a difference.


    He had a bad feeling about it. He went to the dorms and looked for Anous, but Devon told him that


    Anous was involved in a car ident and got hospitalized. Benjamin took the address and went to the


    ident spot, where his gray Honda was dumped on the side of the road. It had hit a crane parked on


    the side of the road. Its engine and front half waspletely damaged.


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    Benjamin thought it was just bad luck and then went to the hospital to see Anous. However, he heard


    that Anous was already discharg b affled him, but then the nurse told him Anous only suffered a minor


    injury to his forearm, and that was it.


    Benjamin returned to the vi, thinking Anous would have returned, but he was wrong. Anous was on


    leave for an entire week, and so Shawn told Benjamin to drop the kids at the school.


    Benjamin drove a Jaguar SUV to the school and dropped the kids there, but there he saw Anous


    bringing his kids to school. Benjamin didn‘t know that Anous was also sending his children to this


    prestigious school as it would require a lot of money. “His sry shouldn‘t be enough to pay the fees.


    How‘s he doing it?” Benjamin wondered..


    After dropping his kids at school, Anous drove away in his Chevrolet. As he was smoking, he received a


    call, the name ‘Sponsor 1‘ disying on the screen. He answered. “Hello, Madam. How are you doing?”


    “Just finished watching ice hockey,” a feminine voice replied from the other side. “So, how did it go?” “It‘s


    wrecked beyond repair. It‘ll only be useful for scrap.” Anous said, smirking. “He would probably be balling


    his eyes out now.” “I wish I could see him crying with my own eyes,” she said, “but it‘s alright. I’ll show


    him real hell once Ie home. Still, keep troubling him until I make my entrance.”


    “Sure, Madam Elizabeth.”


    The call ended.


    Anous put the phone aside and picked up his cigarette again. “I hope she sends me twenty grand this


    time. I‘ll install sr panels at my home. It‘ll cut down the electricity bill and also increases the value of


    my house.” He soon reached his home, but to shock, a quarter of his house was destroyed because a


    double –decker bus had run through it. Anous couldn‘t evene out of his car as he felt a sudden pain


    rise in his chest.


    Benjamin‘s car stopped not far from Anous‘ car. “I told them to not kill, so they destroyed his house, huh,”


    he shook his head and exhaled audibly. “Now, I don‘t feel like beating the crap out of him.” He got out of


    the car and walked up to Anous‘ car, wondering, “Mm, maybe I should take his car for spoiling mine.” He


    reached the front door, ready to pull Anous out, but to his surprise, Anous was clutching his chest hard in


    the driver‘s seat and copsing. “Give me a break. I have to take care of this douchebag now?” he gritted


    his teeth and struck the ss window hard with his elbow.