Savvy Son-in-law by VKBoy
Chapter 39

Chapter 39

CHAPTER 39

Rebecca’s cry was heard by the maids and the butlers. Though she felt quite the pain for a second, oncehe 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 wasstaring at her face and forgot about the surroundings.

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

Benjamin was left speechless. Was she always so understanding? No, something definitely changed inher. He couldn’t pinpoint it but could feel it. “Uh, I couldn’t make it to the job in the morning,” he said, “so Iasked 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.” Heleaned forward and gently adjusted a few strands of hair falling down the front of her face, almost ticklingher cheek and ear with the tip of his finger. “My first and last love.”

The last few words increased the sound of her heartbeat, and he could hear it. Normally, she wouldn’thave let him be so close to her for so many long seconds, but she felt a bit powerless against his charmtonight and kept staring at him almost like a mesmerized doll. Benjamin could feel the baby romancerising in the air, and if not for his wife’s wounded situation, he might have taken a chance to peck a kisson 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 you later,’ like any good husband would before leavingthe room.

Rebecca’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 thiswhile, even though I and my family members didn’t really support him. He didn’t ask me for money eventhough he could easily have after my mom forced him by taking part of his salary away. He’s really atough guy, yet…” she remembered how he shed tears in the garden after Elizabeth had hit himrepeatedly with a stick. “I made him cry.” Her jaw began to harden. “I married him to keep him by myside, and I know that if someone disrespects my husband, they are disrespecting me as well, but if I fightfor him, I’ll be fighting my own family.” Despite everything Benjamin had done for her, a big question stillbothered her. Was he really worth fighting her whole family for? “I still can’t decide,” she hardly breathedin the past minute or so. “Maybe I should spend some time with him to get to know him better. That mighthelp me decide whether he’s worth fighting for or not.”

Meanwhile, Benjamin walked out through the back door of the villa, wondering what he should do withthe free time he got. “Should I just go back and spend some quality time with my wife?”

A familiar old couple were playing with the dogs on the lawn, tossing them food and bone shaped toys.Seeing Benjamin, they called out for him.”Get over here, Mr. Maid.” The only two people whounhesitatingly 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 Nolan 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. “Getback here, you rascal,” the old woman, Dorothy Conway yelled. Her voice was loud enough to startle thedogs, 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 playfully bite on his finger. Dorothy ground hersenile 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?” Nolan replied. “Let’s just wait until Elizabethreturns. Then, we can make this punk eat dog poop.” “We can’t wait that long. Let’s call Devon. He’ll helpus.”

“Devon’s too old,” Nolan suggested. “Let’s go with Oliver. He’s in his prime and can squeeze a duck todeath with bare hands.”

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

Nolan and Dorothy were over eighty years old, and Elizabeth was their only child. She was born in thefifteenth 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 blossomedbetween Shawn and Elizabeth. After Elizabeth married into the much richer Sterling family, she had herway because she was the eldest daughter-in-law, but things changed ever since the son-in-law enteredthe family. His entrance made Jacob realize that the partners of his eldest son and daughter did not havejobs worth mentioning in public. Jacob could at least go around saying that his daughter-in-law was ahousewife, but he couldn’t possibly say that his son-in-law As a result, Jacob had been treating Elizabethharshly ever since Benjamin entered the Sterling villa, and the Conway family hated Benjamin for it. Theywanted him gone from the villa, so they could act freely like in the past.

However, for now, Benjamin was only gone from their sight. Meanwhile, Rebecca was still fiddling withthe wedding ring. “I’m so bored.” She tossed the ring up into the air and caught it a few times. “Should Iget 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!” Rebecca quickly hid thewedding ring under the pillow. “I thought you had gone out!”

“I wanted to, but then I thought ‘when was the last time I spent an afternoon with my wife,’ and here Iam,” he sat on his bed. “I’m stuck here in bed, so I’m not sure if I can give you good company,” she said.Benjamin brought his hands to the front and revealed a cute little brown puppy, surprising her. He put iton her bed, and the puppy began to sniff Rebecca’s clothes and licking her hand while wagging its littletail 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 her lap. The puppy sat up and kept staring at Rebecca for a littlewhile before barking a couple of times. Benjamin was smiling, but then his expression changed afterrealizing that his wife’s expression was growing stiffer. “R-Rebecca, is everything alright?” Rebecca liftedher hand, and her skin reddened where the puppy had licked not long ago. She looked at Benjamin likeshe was seeing a ghost. It was at that moment Benjamin realized that she was allergic to dogs and alsothat he messed up big time when he saw the little puppy climbing her in an attempt to lick her face.“NOOOO!” he cried out.