CHAPTER 191

Benjamin had prepared lots of bagels as they were Lisa’s favorite. When Lisa asked whose idea it was to cook bagels, he told her it was Elizabeth’s idea, even though it wasn’t.

In doing so, he lessened the sparks of ire between the mother and the daughter, though only a little bit. Nevertheless, their impressions on Benjamin didn’t improve at all. They viewed him the same.

Elizabeth still called him Benj-fucking-min when Ryan wasn’t around. Lisa treated him like he was a stranger and talked with him only when she needed something. Roshan didn’t even come home after going out for a ride in his new car. Dorothy had locked herself in her room, seemingly mourning for her husband. Whether it was an act to get Ryan’s sympathy and attention or not, only Dorothy and her daughter knew.

Louis and Bella, on the other hand, rarely ever responded when Benjamin tried to talk with them. Their children were secretive as usual.

Shawn, however, was strangely smiling whenever he made eye contact with Be