Jessica went to drop Taniya at her house. Even though Russell said he’d accompany her, she rejected it. He rejected her rejection, saying that it won’t be good for her if the police or some gangsters suddenly stop her car. He was sitting in the back of the car, while the girls were in the front.Taniya kept talking nonstop, meowing like a cat, and kept things from getting silent.Russell was all ears, but his thoughts also drifted to different places at times. He remembered what his mother said after dinner.“Her mother left them when she was five or six years old, and her father then went to jail. She didn’t have any grandparents to take care of her,either. I can’t even imagine how hard it must have been for her growing up. She probably works a lot harder than you think. You don’t want to waste the time and energy of such a girl, son. Be a gentleman and make things easy for her.”Elora made it clear for him to answer Jessica’s feelings instead of beating around the bush. Even though

“I’m not heartless enough to get you kicked out of the company you’re currently working in,” Natasha told Jessica, “but I think either Kyra or Roddick will definitely come after your job now that you’re sticking with this loser.” She glanced at Russell. “Look at him. Still can’t help but ogle at me even after all the things that happened between us.” Russell found himself grinding his mouth, albeit with a closed mouth. While he was definitely looking at Natasha because she was running her mouth off, he was surely not ogling at her. He’d rather slap himself a thousand times than even think of Natasha as a romantic partner after everything she had done to him. “You’re right, Natasha. I’m a big loser for not seeing through your bullshit sooner. I no longer feel as much resentment toward you as in the past because you opened my eyes. If not for you, I’d have not gone through all the things I had experienced these past few months. I met good people and bad people. I made some good connecti

Natasha went home that night after her encounter with Russell and Jessica. Her sister and parents were all in a celebration mode because it was going to be her mother’s birthday soon.Natasha ordered two dozen pizzas and other meals. When the pizza-delivery guy came, Natasha saw his face and immediately liked him.“Can I have your number?” Natasha asked.“I’m married,” replied the pizza-delivery guy who happened to be Benjamin, wearing a hat.“Married, huh,” Natasha felt like she lost a potential husband straight away. After all, it was rare for her to like a man from seeing him at first sight. “Too bad for you.” But then she noticed that he didn’t have any ring on his finger, so she thought he was lying without realizing that he was the one who made those pizzas so he had to take the ring out during work as it was the rule. She grabbed the eight pizza boxes and went in without paying any tip.Benjamin turned around and was leaving.“Oh, wait, I forgot to tip you. Just wait a second,”

In the thick of the night, Benjamin just arrived at another delivery point, a duplex home where a young lady opened the door wearing two-piece clothing. “Want to eat pizza together with me?” she asked. “No thanks. I’ve got more orders to deliver,” Benjamin said, looking away, but he put his hand forward so that she would take the pizza box. “Why are you acting like you’re innocent and pure?” she snorted. “Or are you looking away because I’m ugly?” Benjamin didn’t reply. “My parents aren’t home. I’m alone,” she added. “Will you come back after your orders are finished? I’ll let you do whatever you want to me.” Since he was a good-looking guy, she was more than willing to say such words to tempt him. “If you’re not going to take the order, I’ll leave,” Benjamin said. “Hmph,” she grabbed the box and then also his wrist to pull him in, but he proved too strong for her. With a flick of his wrist, he freed himself from her and began to walk away. “Don’t you want a tip? I’ll give you

Reynolds was terrified and screamed like a girl after his blood sprayed out of the foot and hit the ankle. He thought he was going to die from blood loss because he had never seen so much blood come out of anybody.“Why do you look so shocked?” Benjamin calmly uttered. “Heart pumps blood faster when your adrenaline is rushing. So, this sort of leakage is not uncommon, but you won’t die from it, so you should control your facial expression because you look really stupid now.”Reynolds was still in too much shock and pain to be comforted by Benjamin’s words. Jordan was also in a similar situation.Karensa still could not move. Nobody watching except Roddick could move.“How dare you hurt my friends,” Roddick folded his sleeves. “You’re going to pay for it dearly now.”“If you really care for your friends, you would prioritize taking them to the hospital,” Benjamin responded. “You can deal with me later, whenever you want.”For some reason, Benjamin’s words made sense to Roddick, even th