Savvy Son-in-law by VKBoy
Chapter 78

Chapter 78

CHAPTER 78

The next morning

Rebecca woke up and first looked toward Benjamin’s bed which was pulled closer to her bed.” Whatthe… did he bring it closer after I slept?” she touched her forehead for a second. “His hyper activeness issort of scaring me.”

Benjamin had already gone out, so she was alone in the room. She touched her left cheek, whereBenjamin had kissed at least a hundred times the previous night. She could still feel it on her cheek.

“I’ve never been kissed so many times even by my parents as far as I can remember,” she thought. “Hadhe gone for my lips instead of my cheek…” just the thought made her face flush like a tomato. Her headfelt hot. Her stomach had butterflies fluttering. She felt crazy. She grabbed the pillow and covered herface, but that only made things worse as she could hear heartbeat strengthening. “Why am I feeling sotense? It’s only natural for a couple to be intimate, but… what if he asks me to do weird things? What if Idisappoint him?” even someone like her knew sex was an important part of married life, thanks to seeinga lot of things while growing up in the villa. “Ugh, I feel too tense.” She suddenly remembered Jane.”Right, she’s an expert when it comes to the matters of bed, so I should ask her. Yeah, that’s better thanasking my mom. She doesn’t like Benjamin.” She reached out for the walking stick resting by the desk.“Mm?” just then, she noticed an invitation card beside her car keys. “This is…”

It was the same invitation card Artur had given her.

“I gave it back to him, didn’t I? Then how did it…” she squinted her eyes as her brother’s image flashedin her mind. “Brother Shawn… you really don’t change, do you? You have no problem giving me away tosome 40-year-old playboy as long as it benefits you, but what’s worse is that you don’t have the guts toadmit it, or should I say you are too smart for your own good?” she was about to tear the card but thenstopped. “Wait…” she had an idea. “If I give this to Elizabeth, I’m sure she’ll buy at least a thing or two

from your own bank account.” She grinned and then paid a visit to Elizabeth’s parents and talked to themabout how she was unable to attend the auction because of her injury and that she had no other choicebut to throw the card away.

Nolan and Dorothy completely bought her words and even asked her for the card. She gave it to themand sighed and said, “At least give it to someone who can go and buy valuable goods.” Saying that sheleft. Nolan and Dorothy laughed among themselves for obtaining a rare invitation card. Meanwhile,Benjamin and Lisa were driving together in a Mercedes. “Do you really want to buy the car for yourself?”he asked. “Or is it for your ‘innocent’ Nate?” Lisa frowned as well as pouted. “What do you have againsthim? Nate is a cool guy.” “Cool guys don’t take money and gifts from rich daughters. You think I don’tknow you steal little things from your mommy’s collections and give them to him?”

Lisa went silent, realizing that if Benjamin was really against it, she wouldn’t be able to buy the caranymore. He knew multiple secrets about her, which she didn’t want her family to know.

“I’m just trying to warn you because your dad doesn’t seem to care,” said Benjamin. “Don’t talk bad aboutmy dad,” Lisa fumed all of a sudden. “He may be many things, but he takes care of mom, me, andRoshan.”

“There’s a fine difference between taking care of someone and… leaving everything in other’s hands andignoring everything else.” Lisa was still giving him an angry look “Alright. Fine. I’ll stop talking about mybrother-in-law.”

Silence followed. Lisa glanced at him. “Why do you grow such a long beard? Doesn’t it bother you?”

“It does, but not as much as Nate’s beard bothers him.”

“Haha, so funny.” She punched him in the shoulder as Nate didn’t have a beard at all. “I’m dying fromlaughter, alright. Ha-ha-ha.” She acted like she croaked.

Benjamin could only smile and shake his head.

Soon they reached the car showroom, the same one where Oliver had bought his bugatti. Lisa’s eyes litup upon seeing the only four cars that were there. “Nate likes blue, so let’s go for this one.”

The same customer handler from back then smiled and said, “Wonderful option. Its on-road price is only2.43 million dollars. Are you sure you two can afford it?” Lisa couldn’t tell whether he was being sarcasticor not. “What makes you think I can’t pay?” she put her hand in her purse. “I have my dad’s card withme.” “Okay, but can your dad’s card pay 2.43 million dollars?” his brows wiggled. He was in a goodmood, so he felt like toying with this schoolgirl. “Of course, he can even buy this whole store if he wants!”Lisa yelled at him rather angrily.

“Maybe, but how long are you going to keep searching for a hand purse? Didn’t your daddy teach youhow to store things in an order in your purse?”

“You…” Lisa raised her hand to slap him, but Benmain came in between and grabbed his cheek with hisfingers.

“Let’s go over there and talk while she looks for the card.”

“Ugh,” the customer handler couldn’t fight back because of the pain and also because he was a coward.

Lisa searched for another minute but couldn’t replace it. She went back to the car but couldn’t replace it there,either. She came to Benjamin tearful and tense-looking eyes. “I had it in the morning, but now… I think Ilost it somewhere. I think I should tell dad so he’ll get the card blocked.”

Mm, let’s do that.” Benjamin followed her out.

The customer handler stood there, just watching with frustration stiffening his expression. “I knew it Theywasted my time for nothing. Not all normal-looking customers can be like that Oliver guy.”

Lisa, meanwhile, called Shawn and told her that she lost the card, but his response confused her Aftersome talking, she ended the call and looked at Benjamin. “Dad says the platinum card isn’t his. He thinksI’m joking so that I can get a real credit card from him.” She rubbed the back of her head. “I don’t get it. Ifit isn’t Dad’s card…” her eyes suddenly enlarged. “Is it Grandpa’s card?” Her heart almost exploded. “Ohmy gosh. What have I done?” she began freaking out. “If Grandpa knows of this…” she began jumpingon her feet and crying. “He’ll kill me!”

Benjamin stood on the other side of the car, picking his teeth with his finger. “Knowing your grandpa, it’sunlikely for him to have such a card, don’t you think?” After he said those words, Lisa began to calmdown a bit. “You might be right, but then whose card is it? It has to be someone’s, right?”

“Let’s just say… it’s mine.”

“Huh? This isn’t the time to be joking. We have to figure it out, or this could pose a big problem. Thatcard doesn’t even have a password! What if whoever replaces it withdraws a lot of money?”

“Not my problem,” Benjamin said, freezing Lisa’s expression. As he expected, she didn’t even get intothe car and walked away on foot. She must be quite hurt by those three words he said, he thought, but itcouldn’t be helped. He had to act that way so she wouldn’t cling to him for

everything she needed. Moreover, he guessed that Nate would probably break up with her, given shehad already told him about buying a car soon

Benjamin took out the platinum card from his underpants. “I worked my ass off for all the money that’s inthis card, but this little thing has caused so much trouble. It’s better that I keep it with me.”

He drove the Mercedes straight to a bank and then paid a visit to the old woman he met on the street theprevious night. He asked for tea. She didn’t recognize him, but she welcomed him in “Nobody enteredour home these days because of my husband, but it seems you’re okay with him coughing,” she humbly

said as she gave him a cup of ginger tea. Her husband was asleep, but he seemed too weak for a talkanyway

Benjamin didn’t say a word with her after enteriny. He either stayed calm or smiled a little when shetalked After he finished the drink, she took the glasses and went into the kitchen. When she returned, hewas gone, but the black suitcase was still next to the chair. “Did he forget it?” she tried to pick up thebriefcase, but it was too heavy. She walked out empty handed to see if he was there, but there was nosight of him. He was gone. She came back into the house and sat in the chair, looking tired. She didn’teven think of opening the briefcases and just left it there on the side, thinking the guest would return.

However, a few days later, she would be using that as a footrest for her husband while he sat on theedge of his bed. And during one of their quarrels, he would kick the briefcase and then

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replace it to be full of hundred dollar bills with a note on top that read ‘I’m glad I stopped the car.’

Her husband didn’t get what the words meant, but the old woman did, and she was in tears as shehugged her husband.