Savvy Son-in-law by VKBoy
Chapter 61

Chapter 61

CHAPTER 61

Right after massaging Nolan’s back, both with hands and with a warm towel, Benjamin went to thekitchen to oversee the breakfast preparations. After that, he got a little bit of breathing space to batheand to eat.

Rebecca noticed a change in Benjamin. He would usually whistle while bathing, especially loudly whenhe was in a good mood, but he didn’t whistle in over a week. But since that wasn’t really a big deal in herperspective, she didn’t think much about it.

Right before leaving the room, he made time to wave goodbye to Rebecca Though she didn’t respondback with her voice, she was forcing herself to at least smile in return.

Benjamin walked out through the main door and readied the car for the kids. Today, the kids were late,so he had to wait.

He received a call. It was from Alfred.

“Master, how long are you going to let them oppress you?” Alfred sounded frustrated and angry. “Theyare treating you worse than a dog. When will this ridiculous game end?”

“It may look ridiculous to you, but it lets me be close to my wife,” replied Benjamin. “If she can love mewhen I’m a useless live-in son-in-law, how much more do you think she’ll love and respect me when sheknows about my family? Won’t she give me her love for a lifetime if I give her mine?” “I get that, Master,but… isn’t there a better way to do this? You even went and joined the Rye’s Pizzas of all places. What ifshe gets word of this and comes looking for trouble.”

“Aren’t you here for me?”

Alfred went silent. “The kids are here, Alfred. We’ll talk later.” Benjamin ended the call. Devon andanother butler brought their school bags and lunch boxes over to the car. While no one was looking,Devon slipped the platinum card in Lisa’s bag. Benjamin took the kids to school and went to Rye’sPizzas.

Meanwhile, at Samael’s 40 million dollar duplex penthouse.

Artur just arrived to meet with Samael. Luther was also there. Artur expected Samael would get up andgive him extra respect, but Samael didn’t even get up from his sofa. At least, he requested Artur to take aseat.

Artur sat on the opposite sofa. The glass wall offered a magnificent view of the city from the 40th floor.

“Smoking does more harm than good for mankind,” Samael said, “but it sure brought billions to yourfather.”

“I don’t think pizzas deserve to be part of a man’s diet, either,” replied Artur. “I’d not recommend themeven to dogs.”

ALERGI

Both smiled at each other.

“So what brought Artur Bonsbell here?” Samael raised his brows, sitting royally on his couch with onehand on his thigh. “Surely, you didn’t catch your father’s habit of buying the top floors of every hotel hevisits, or did you?” “I’m not here for your flat, Samael Mort Breaker. I’m here to give you a proposal forselling your company to me.” Samael was genuinely surprised for a second. “You sure you can afford tobuy my company?” “Tobacco isn’t the only thing Bonsbell Corp sells. We own casinos, clubs, hotels, youname it. Buying your company isn’t that hard.” “Mm, I bought Rye’s pizzas for only 250 million dollarsbecause it had only one base back then. Of course, we still have only one major base in the city, but we

have 1200 in-office staff and over 31,000 delivery executives. Now we are planning to expand thecompany throughout the country. So I’m afraid I won’t sell you unless you pay me anything less than 5billion.” “5 billion?” Artur laughed out loud. “You think your pizzas are worth that much?”

“If they are worth nothing, you wouldn’t come looking for me now, would you?”

“Well, I have my reasons for coming here, but I will praise you on one thing. No other pizza companytakes orders 24/7. And I know that’s not an easy thing to maintain.” Artur didn’t want to reveal things forno reason. However, the reason he visited Samael was simple. He wanted to buy Rye’s Pizzas andmake Benjamin’s life miserable just because he wanted to get back at Rebecca for giving his invitationcard back and to show her how far he would go for her, albeit in his own perverse way. “Still and all, mostof your company’s fame is built on vapor through advertisements. Your stocks are overvalued, and Ihope you know that. The larger your company gets, the more it will start to underperform.”

Artur remained silent, sporting just a simple smile. “1.5 billion. That’s my first and last price.” Artur said. Apale woman brought fruit juice, but Artur stood and started walking. “You have two days to decide.” AfterArtur and Luther left, the pale woman went to the sofa and took out a microphone that was hidden in itsgaps. She crushed it between her fingers and glanced at Samael. “I think this is a good opportunity tosell this company.” “No, it’s not the time yet.” “How long are you going to keep waiting? Who can stop usif we act right now?” “Patience, my dear. Have some patience. I will pluck the fruit when it is perfectlyripe. Until then, let’s keep playing our roles.” At Lisa’s school. During the short break, Lisa’s friend askedfor a pen. She kept checking through her bag to see if she had an extra pen, but then she found astrange-looking, eye-catching card, with the letter ‘

wembedded on it with diamonds.

“Wow, this is so pretty.” Her friend’s eyes lit up.”Are those real diamonds?”

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“I…” Lisa didn’t know what to say. They sure looked like real diamonds to her. “Which company’s card isit? Can I have it?” her friend asked.

Lisa flipped the card, and the magnetic stripes made her wonder if it was a debit or credit card. But howdid it end up in her bag? Did Dad or Mom secretly drop it in her bag? She then remembered askingShawn for a bugatti. (Did Dad put it in the bag? Is this his way of giving me the money? No, let’s not getahead of myself. I should first confirm if this is a credit card or not. It’s not Black Card, but I hope it’ll helpme buy a lot of things!)

Her friend plucked it out of her hand.

“Hey, Sheela! Give it to me!”

“Stop sweating! I’m only gonna hold it for a minute, that’s all.”

“No. Give it!” after some verbal and physical to-and-fro, Lisa was able to get the card back. She put it inher pocket and patted the pocket a few times. (If this card is what I think it is, Nate will love it.)