Chapter 47
CHAPTER 47 Oliver parked his car at a supermarket close to the Sterling vi. He paid the guard a
thousand dors and told him to keep the car safe, and the guard dly obliged. Oliver bought products
worth eight thousand dors from the supermarket, three-fourth of which went for buying various kinds of
quality meat. He returned to the vi and began cooking the kobe beef first. “I’ve tried kobe burgers
before, but I never thought I’d eat full-blown kobe dinner. Hahaha.”
As he was very much involved in cooking, Devon sneaked up on him and struck his head with a wooden
stick. Oliver fell unconscious before he could even turn to look who hit him. Devon took the tinum card
from him and ran away.
The smell of the kobe beef attracted d and Mercie to the kitchen. They went upstairs and called their
mother. Be came to the kitchen and cooked kobe curry, all the while Oliver was lying unconscious on
the floor. d ate the curry while sitting on Oliver’s body, and they really liked it. After the children left,
Be sprayed water on Oliver’s face, waking him up. “Couldn’t you find a better ce to sleep than the
kitchen? And that too in the middle of making a meal?”
“S-Sorry, Madam, Oliver apologized and left the kitchen. He hurried to the dorms, doubting Devon, but to
his surprise, Devon was still in his bed, mumbling vague things. “He’s not the one who hit me?” Oliver
wondered.
He then kept roaming throughout the dorms and the vi, looking at every butler and maid he came
across. Who could have possibly stolen the card from him? Not knowing who hit him in the head utterly
frustrated him. “Whoever you are, I’ll never forgive you!” At the same time, elsewhere in the vi.
Louis was sitting in the much decorated living room on the first floor, with Benjamin forpany.
Benjamin had been sitting for the past fifteen minutes because Louis had called for him, but Louis hadn’t
spoken a word yet. “Why did you call for me, Brother-inw?” Benjamin asked. “You know who paid a
visit to Reba yesterday, don’t you?” Louis said, to which Benjamin nodded half-heartedly. “He’s a guy
who spends more money buying things in a month than what our family earns in one whole year. He gifts
yachts to his girlfriends, leaves Lamborghinis and Ferraris to his security guards. Now that his eyes fell
on Reba, you think you canpete with him?” Benjamin faintly smiled, surprising Louis. “Reba
doesn’t care about money or power, like my inws do, which is why she even married me in the first
ce.” “You are probably right, but that doesn’t mean she won’t change her mind. People change… all
the time. For instance, no one knows this, but Reba used to love someone back in her university
days. However, he broke her heart.”
Benjamin was stunned to hear this.
“What?” Louis smirked. “You think you were her first love or something? Verily I tell you, even though her
first love betrayed her, she probably thinks that former lover is much better and wonderfulpared to
you.”
Benjamin gritted his teeth. His gaze turned sharp.
“She probably dreamed of marrying that man,” Louis continued. “Can you brush off the fact that she will
always have that guy in her mind? First love is pretty special, after all. It is unforgettable.”
Benjamin’s gut twisted. He stood and hurriedly walked away, looking clearly upset.
Louis’ smile widened a bit.
Secondster, Be entered the living room. “He fell hook, line, and sinker for your story.”
“He did. The more personally he takes it, the more he’ll find it hard to even hope to have a proper
rtionship with Reba.”
“Mm, you are really cold, darling,” she leaned on him from his back and kissed his forehead,” even
before I met you, which is exactly why I chose you.”
As Benjamin was approaching his room, Selena walked out and looked at him.
Benjamin’s gaze wasn’t soft.
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“What’s with that look?” Selena’s gaze also sharpened. “Did the promotion at your job get into your head
or something?” she shook her head and walked away. “I’m not in the mood for a rant. A brat who doesn’t
know how to pick his battles is bound to lose anyway.” Her words agitated him, but he controlled himself
and entered the room. Reba was eating. She nced at Benjamin and said, “Lisa and Roshan
caught cold and couldn’t attend school today. Brother Shawn is really angry at you. Why did you spray
water at Lisa and Roshan without their permission?”
Benjamin silently walked up to his bed. Now he understood why Selena told him to pick his battles
because they were thinking that he purposely sprayed water on the kids because he couldn’t do so to the
adults in the vi. While it was true that Benjamin vented his anger on the kids, he did for a different
reason. He knew that, but Selena’s words still made him doubt himself.
“Answer my question, Benjamin,” Reba was still looking at him. “I’ll apologize to them tomorrow,”
replied Benjamin, covering himself with the nket.” That should clear things up.”
Reba spoke no more.
She switched on the newly-installed television and started watching a tv-series named ‘Lost Love.
Benjamin’s heart felt like it was being squeezed by some invisible force. He kept telling himself to not let
his dramatic inws poison his thoughts and his married life, but the
negative thoughts weren’t going away.
Was the reason Reba was rude to him most of the time and never really conveyed her feelings to him
because she still had her first love in mind? At this rate, if she was still measuring him against her first
love, would Benjamin’s efforts ever be enough in her eyes? Would his love ever reach her? The thought
itself tortured his soul. There was no one in the vi he could share his pain with, only those who would
easily get offended at every little thing he did or said. Knowing this fact, he hid everything in his heart and
silently suffered while his wife was engrossed in watching television all night.