Chapter 38


    Anous survived the heart attack thanks to Benjamin’s help. Anous‘ wife thanked him a dozen times.


    Benjamin had wanted to take Anous‘ car, but then he changed his mind after being thanked by Anous‘


    wife a lot of times. When Anous‘ woke up hourster, the first thing he saw was his wifeughing to


    Benjamin‘s jokes, and the scene twisted his gut. Firstly, what was the useless son–inw doing, sitting


    next to his wife? And why was sheughing so much? Having already suffered from a heart attack


    before, he quickly realized that he was admitted into a hospital, but why was his wife busy talking with


    Benjamin when she would be worried about him? Though he didn‘t want to admit it, Benjamin was a


    much better looking guy and was younger, too. It was natural that his wife would get easily attracted


    toward the son–inw who even managed to fool someone like Reba into marrying him. Just the


    thought of Benjamin ying with his wife squeezed his heart. His blood pressure began to rise. The


    cardiac monitor sent an alert to the doctor, and Anous wife got extremely worried when her husband


    started convulsing Benjamin stepped in and pped Anous‘ chest, shocking her. “What are you doing?”


    she yelled at him, but then Anous‘ heart rate came back to normal, leaving her shocked.


    “When he wakes up, tell him I want my Honda car,” Benjamin told his wife. “What car?” she asked,


    lookingpletely confused. “Just tell him, ma‘am. He‘ll know.” Afterward, Benjamin gave her Anous‘


    mobile and walked out. As he was walking in the corridor, Anous‘ kids ran past him. “He has a good


    family.” Benjamin didn‘t go to work but came home. More than thirty people were sitting at the dining


    table and messily eating. Reba was also there, making him wonder how she managed to climb down


    the stairs. Judging by the way she treated them, he could tell that they were her colleagues. When he


    was walking past the dining table, one of the guys called out for him, “Hey, you. Come over here, and


    pour us some drinks.” They could easily do that themselves, but they had decided to ask him, thinking he


    was also another one of the workers. Benjamin briefly looked at his wife who couldn‘t look him in the eye.


    He then served them withoutining. They ate and chatted for more than an hour, and then wished


    Reba a good recovery before leaving The dining table was such a mess that even the maids weren‘t


    willing to clean it. Wearing disgusted expressions, they escaped into the dorms, not wanting to be the


    one to clean the table.


    Reba was sitting in one of the chairs by the table. Though her colleagues helped to bring her


    downstairs, theypletely forgot about taking her back to her room. Now, she was sitting at the dining


    table which looked so beautiful before the meal but turned quite ugly afterward, “Who‘s going to clean


    this mess now? Even the maids sneaked out without shame,“Reba was cursing them. However, her


    husband who had gone into the litchen returned with two buckets and two towels. He gently dropped all


    the tes, bowls and utensils into the buckets with one hand and elegantly cleaned with the other hand.


    Reba who couldn‘t even look at the mess her colleagues made only seconds ago was now watching


    her husband do such lowly work with ease and ir. Could a table be cleaned so


    skillfully and elegantly? She hadn‘t seen anything like it until today. Benjamin‘s expression was casual


    throughout, as though he wasn‘t affected by the mess on the table in the least. He was working fast, but


    it felt like time was moving slowly. While she wanted to look away, she couldn‘t move as if her neck was


    nailed in ce. There were instances when their eyes met.


    “I... Um, you...” she couldn‘t speak even though she had done no wrong. And then her thoughts were


    chaotic till the very end. “Have you eaten?” Benjamin asked.


    Reba wasn‘t expecting that question. (So he noticed that I haven‘t eaten anything? But why‘s he


    asking me if he already knew?) “Why? You can eat if you‘re hungry. Don‘t worry about me.” “Then,


    should I get you to your room,” he asked. There was no way she could climb the stairs even with the help


    of a wallong stick A minor slip-up could cause a much worse injury, after all


    Reba‘s face gained pink as she wondered if he‘ll lift her up into her arins or put her over his


    shoulders. “No. I can wait here until you are done eating,” (What the hell am I saying?) “Really?


    Benjamin was greatly surprised.


    ‘‘Yeah, go on.”


    Benjamin went into the kitchen and returned after twelve minutes, holding a bowl full of spicy egg fried


    rice. Its aroma filled Reba‘s nose and made her forget the fact that she had been sitting there and


    waiting


    Benjamin didn‘t even remember thest time he had lunch in the vi. Maybe this was the first time? He


    wasn‘t sure, but he sat in the very next seat to his wife and began eating. In between, he tried to feed


    her, but she was quick to shake her head.


    Reba was secretly salivating. She really wanted to taste it. “I–It smells smoky. Are you sure you didn‘t


    roast it too much?”


    “Ah, I put it on high me, so it will smell that way. Otherwise, the egg smell will dominate and make it


    harder to consume this whole bowl.”


    “O–Oh,” she didn‘t know what he was talking about because she never cooked, except a couple of times


    where she went to foreign restaurants that made the customers cook for themselves. “Let me see..” she


    reached out for his bowl and pulled it until it stopped right before her. She put a spoonful in her mouth


    and kept nodding. “Mhmm, it‘s not bad.”


    Benjamin was a little surprised as she had always said his cooling was bad. “There‘s more leftover rice,


    so I can make you some if you want.”


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    “No thanks,” she pushed the bowl back to him, and he resumed eating (What the hell? Persuade me


    more!) Despite all her inner wanting, she couldn‘t express herself.


    Benjamin finished eating and then came up to her. “Shall we go?”


    She faintly nodded and raised her arms. He picked her up into his arms gently and took her up the stairs.


    Kathy and the new maid who saw that were ck–jawed. A butler took a snap and forwarded the image


    to Selena who was in her motorhome.


    “WHAT?” Selena didn‘t believe the picture was real.


    As Benjamin climbed the stairs, his eyes met with Reba‘s eyes. She wasn‘t wearing any make up, not


    even simple lipstick, but she looked very attractive and different. Reba was having different thoughts.


    (His beard looks better from up close.) she thought. (But I still prefer a stubble over this jungle any day.)


    “How‘s your ankle?” he asked. “‘I was able to sleepst night,” she said. “I don‘t feel all that pain today. I


    think I‘ll be able to walk just fine in a couple of weeks despite what the doctor said.” “Good for you.” As


    he was entering the om, her foot lightly struck the door frame. “AHH!” Reba cried out.