Savvy Son-in-law by VKBoy
Chapter 160

Chapter 160

CHAPTER 160

In that fraction of a second when Nolan fell from the second-floor’s balcony, his whole life didn’t play inhis mind, but what played was the thought that his own flesh and blood, his own son, would try to kill him.He never even imagined that in his wildest dreams.

His body crashed on the ground in a big thud, startling the dogs that were in the cages meters away fromwhere he fell. The dogs barked, but he wasn’t moving anymore.

George was still watching from the balcony with a sad expression. “Sorry, dad, but I still have half a lifeahead of me. I will put the money to a better use, so… rest in peace.” He turned and walked back intothe living room.

He noticed that Vlad and Mercie were busy with the playstation on the first floor. Lisa and Mercie, on theother hand, were reading books as ordered by Selena who had told them they needed to finish readingat least 12 books in one week if they wished to buy mobiles.

“Mother-in-law surely knows how to manipulate kids,” George thought. “Anyway, it seems like no onenoticed. Should I let them know? Or should I just wait?” He was about to go crying downstairs, but ascream came from outside. It was from Delle.

Everyone who heard the scream hurriedly came out of their rooms, except for Rebecca. She was in somuch distress and in deep thought that her ears didn’t even faintly catch the noise of the scream.

Rebecca felt like screaming all her pain out, but she was holding it all inside, even though it felt tooheavy to just swallow.

She thought she had seen too many things as a child and that she wouldn’t let anyone in the outsideworld fool her again, but then she ended up being fooled big-time by her own mother, the same woman

who brought her into this world. If Selena didn’t exist, Rebecca also wouldn’t exist; and Rebecca hatedthat.

She worked hard all these years, earned millions, but still lived within her means and saved more than90% of what she had earned. She didn’t gamble. She didn’t watch TV. Heck, she didn’t even spendmuch time on the internet or consume other sources of entertainment. She just focused on controllingher desires and mostly focused on job during weekdays and focused on replaceing the right guy duringweekends. Even though she went above and beyond her work, the company framed her and fired her fora mistake she didn’t commit, and then she also lost her money for trusting her own mother.

She was very good at avoiding toxic people at work, but how could she avoid her mother with whom shehad spent the most time with as a child?

If a person you loved the most repeatedly breaks your heart, what should you do? Whether that personwas your mother or not, the answer wouldn’t be easy to come up with. Rebecca felt the same way. Shecould only clutch her head and hope the headache would go away. Her stomach was growling; she kneweating something would help, but she hadn’t left the room since yesterday. Nobody had knocked on herdoor, either, not that she expected anyone to.

“Life is a drama. Love isn’t real. Everybody just lives for themselves. She had arrived at this belief longago and then began living for herself even after marriage, but then somehow ended up falling back intoher old way of thinking that life could still be bright as a rainbow if we strive for it.

“What should I even live for in this utterly selfish world?” as Rebecca was stressing herself, the door wasknocked. Once. Twice. Thrice. But she was so lost in thought, she didn’t hear the knocks.

The door opened, and a guy in a helmet entered her room, giving her goosebumps, because the cornerof his vision noticed it, and her body instinctively reacted from someone suddenly barging into her room.But when he removed the helmet, the shock in her face froze.

Benjamin? He was the last person she expected a visit from while she was in this villa. Why did hecome? To trick her with his so-called love and confuse her thought process again.

Benjamin came over and sat down on the bed and opened the pizza box, with excitement written all overher face.

She glanced down at the pizza. Corn was sprinkled to form their names joined by a love symbol. Did hewant her to eat this now? Didn’t he know that she wasn’t a fan of fast food?

Benjamin cut a slice and raised it to the level of her mouth. She didn’t want to eat, but when he broughtthe pizza slice closer, she ended up taking a bite. The strong flavor of the corn and sauce filled hermouth. It was much tastier than she thought. She wanted to eat more, but she gently pushed his handaway. “Please,” Benjamin begged softly. “I’m sorry I came after lunch time, but at least eat this one slice,or I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”

She tried to take the slice into her hand, but he didn’t let her and suggested with his head movementsthat he wanted to hand-feed her. She didn’t resist, or rather she didn’t put in the energy to resist.

Looking like a sad doll, she ate the slice bit by bit as he fed her. He sneakily fed her the second slice,too, and she mechanically ate it.

Even though he was trying his best, his love stopped at her eyes. After making her eat half the pizza,Benjamin asked for a hug, and she mechanically hugged him. Her eyes were out of focus, whereasBenjamin felt comforted after smelling her scent. Like a motherly scent, her scent made him feel athome. He wished he could keep hugging her forever, but he had to let go at some point.

It was easy to see she was disappointed, but Benjamin thought it was because of her father auctioningthe villa.

While she was lost in thought, he held her hand and asked, “Rebecca, why don’t you come with me?”