Chapter 39


    Reba’s cry was heard by the maids and the butlers. Though she felt quite the pain for a second, once


    he put her on the bed and her foot neatly rested, she didn’t feel the pain anymore.


    “I’m sorry,” Benjamin apologized for the tenth time. “I was…” he couldn’t say the reason as he was


    staring at her face and forgot about the surroundings.


    “I don’t think you did it on purpose,” Reba said, “so it’s alright.”


    Benjamin was left speechless. Was she always so understanding? No, something definitely changed in


    her. He couldn’t pinpoint it but could feel it. “Uh, I couldn’t make it to the job in the morning,” he said, “so I


    asked for a night shift.”


    “Oh, so you won’t be here tonight.”


    “Yeah.” He sounded disappointed.


    She felt a little bit sour. She currently wasn’t wearing the wedding ring. “Okay. I give you permission.”


    Whether she was being humorous or not, Benjamin faintly smiled and said, “Thank you, my love.” He


    leaned forward and gently adjusted a few strands of hair falling down the front of her face, almost tickling


    her cheek and ear with the tip of his finger. “My first andst love.”


    Thest few words increased the sound of her heartbeat, and he could hear it. Normally, she wouldn’t


    have let him be so close to her for so many long seconds, but she felt a bit powerless against his charm


    tonight and kept staring at him almost like a mesmerized doll. Benjamin could feel the baby romance


    rising in the air, and if not for his wife’s wounded situation, he might have taken a chance to peck a kiss


    on her cheek, but for now, it still felt like a far away dream: being able to kiss her when she was awake.


    He was still too afraid to pull off such a stunt.


    Nevertheless, he waved his hand and said, ‘See youter,’ like any good husband would before leaving


    the room.


    Reba’s head was full of conflicting thoughts, but positive ones slightly dominated the negative ones.


    She took out her wedding ring from under her mattress and kept staring at it.” He wore his ring all this


    while, even though I and my family members didn’t really support him. He didn’t ask me for money even


    though he could easily have after my mom forced him by taking part of his sry away. He’s really a


    tough guy, yet…” she remembered how he shed tears in the garden after Elizabeth had hit him


    repeatedly with a stick. “I made him cry.” Her jaw began to harden. “I married him to keep him by my


    side, and I know that if someone disrespects my husband, they are disrespecting me as well, but if I fight


    for him, I’ll be fighting my own family.” Despite everything Benjamin had done for her, a big question still


    bothered her. Was he really worth fighting her whole family for? “I still can’t decide,” she hardly breathed


    in the past minute or so. “Maybe I should spend some time with him to get to know him better. That might


    help me decide whether he’s worth fighting for or not.”


    Meanwhile, Benjamin walked out through the back door of the vi, wondering what he should do with


    the free time he got. “Should I just go back and spend some quality time with my wife?”


    A familiar old couple were ying with the dogs on thewn, tossing them food and bone shaped toys.


    Seeing Benjamin, they called out for him.”Get over here, Mr. Maid.” The only two people who


    unhesitatingly called Benjamin in such a humiliating manner were none other than Elizabeth’s parents.


    “What do you need me here for, Mr. & Mrs. Conway.”


    “One of the puppies just defecated on the grass,” the bald old man with an eagle tattoo on his head said.


    He was Nn Conway. “Scoop it up and take it out of our sight.”


    “Sure,” Benjamin picked up the puppy and walked away, leaving the elderly couple speechless. “Get


    back here, you rascal,” the old woman, Dorothy Conway yelled. Her voice was loud enough to startle the


    dogs, but Benjamin acted like he couldn’t hear her. He went into the distance and kept poking the


    puppy’s belly with his finger, and the puppy began to yfully bite on his finger. Dorothy ground her


    senile teeth in frustration. “This brat has grown balls in the weeks we’ve been out. Do something,


    darling.” “I’m older than you, so what do you want me to do?” Nn replied. “Let’s just wait until Elizabeth


    returns. Then, we can make this punk eat dog poop.” “We can’t wait that long. Let’s call Devon. He’ll help


    us.”


    “Devon’s too old,” Nn suggested. “Let’s go with Oliver. He’s in his prime and can squeeze a duck to


    death with bare hands.”


    “Fine. Oliver or whoever, just don’t fail!”


    Nn and Dorothy were over eighty years old, and Elizabeth was their only child. She was born in the


    fifteenth year of their marriage, so they raised her like a princess, giving her everything she asked for.


    And one day, she asked for Shawn, and they managed to set things up in a way love blossomed


    between Shawn and Elizabeth. After Elizabeth married into the much richer Sterling family, she had her


    way because she was the eldest daughter-inw, but things changed ever since the son-inw entered


    the family. His entrance made Jacob realize that the partners of his eldest son and daughter did not have


    jobs worth mentioning in public. Jacob could at least go around saying that his daughter-inw was a


    housewife, but he couldn’t possibly say that his son-inw As a result, Jacob had been treating Elizabeth


    harshly ever since Benjamin entered the Sterling vi, and the Conway family hated Benjamin for it. They


    wanted him gone from the vi, so they could act freely like in the past.


    However, for now, Benjamin was only gone from their sight. Meanwhile, Reba was still fiddling with


    the wedding ring. “I’m so bored.” She tossed the ring up into the air and caught it a few times. “Should I


    get a TV installed in this room? It’s been a while since I’ve watched television, so I’m not sure.”


    Just then, Benjamin entered the room with hands on his back. “B-Benjamin!” Reba quickly hid the


    wedding ring under the pillow. “I thought you had gone out!”N?velDrama.Org owns all content.


    “I wanted to, but then I thought ‘when was thest time I spent an afternoon with my wife,’ and here I


    am,” he sat on his bed. “I’m stuck here in bed, so I’m not sure if I can give you goodpany,” she said.


    Benjamin brought his hands to the front and revealed a cute little brown puppy, surprising her. He put it


    on her bed, and the puppy began to sniff Reba’s clothes and licking her hand while wagging its little


    tail at a good speed. As the puppy was going down to her foot, he came over in a hurry. “No, no there!”


    he picked up the puppy and put it in herp. The puppy sat up and kept staring at Reba for a little


    while before barking a couple of times. Benjamin was smiling, but then his expression changed after


    realizing that his wife’s expression was growing stiffer. “R-Reba, is everything alright?” Reba lifted


    her hand, and her skin reddened where the puppy had licked not long ago. She looked at Benjamin like


    she was seeing a ghost. It was at that moment Benjamin realized that she was allergic to dogs and also


    that he messed up big time when he saw the little puppy climbing her in an attempt to lick her face.


    “NOOOO!” he cried out.