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Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 196
Rebecca pulled the ring out and tossed it aside. Benjamin’s eyes were clouded with tears. His heart trembled. A tormenting sadness skewered his gut.Was this how all his struggle was going to end? In utter failure?He forthwith felt empty, desolate, and abandoned. Darkness covered his eyes and dragged him into an unknown, cold abyss, his mind hurling along in a spiral. His consciousness kept sinking deeper and deeper without an end in sight. Suddenly, a scalding tide washed through him and transported him out of the blackness and into light, liberating all his worries along with that, for Benjamin could now feel the warmth of what held his hand.Benjamin’s eyes flew open and glanced down. It was Rebecca who held his hand, and she began to pull him along.For a second, his heart skipped when he thought she might personally be sending him out of the house, but then she wrapped her arm around his arm just as they reached the stairs.Without even trying, they climbed down the stairs in an
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 197
The Harley Davidson dashed through the streets, clearly going way past the speed limit. The two police officers that noticed the bike began chasing it. However, to their eye-popping shock, a Benz gained in on them and overtook them.“Do we look like a joke?” one of the officers howled as his inflated ego wasn’t poked like this before.The other officer, Steve, however, recognized the number plate of the car and was shocked for a different reason. “Hey, there isn’t much air in your back tire!” he shouted at his partner, forcing him to stop. “Don’t worry. I’ll take care of them!”“Make sure to write them 1000 dollar tickets!” his partner yelled.In response, Steve pointed his thumb heavenward. As he followed the black Benz, his heart wasn’t in his control. “What’s so important that you’re going at such a high speed, Jane?” His unbidden thoughts searched for clues, but he found nothing. A sense of disappointment assailed him.Why the heck was he following her when he had no intention of
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 198
The worker opened the door and entered, hoping nothing went wrong. And nothing did.The two customers were standing there, hugging each other, with tears in their eyes, smiles stretching their lips, and their faces also slightly flushed.The worker cleared his throat. “Sorry to disturb your moment, but it seems you’ve decided on the rings.”“We did.” Rebecca then paid through a check.“I wish you two a wonderful journey ahead,” the worker added while bowing his head politely as he escorted them out.As they walked out, she pulled his beard. “You’re getting rid of this today,” she ordered.“Why? Aren’t you fascinated by my beard?”“Huh, you look good in a stubble, but not in this jungle.”“Haha. Fine.” He loved her face contorted a little every time she talked about his beard. “But how about you personally give me a shave?”“I’ve never done it, so maybe some other time?”“You’ve never done it?” Benjamin blinked twice. “Then how do you keep your private parts clean?”“I trim it, of cour
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 199
Terry didn’t expect Jacob would answer, but after about fifteen seconds of ringing, Jacob answered.Long silence followed as none spoke immediately.“Hello, my friend,” Terry started the conversation, sounding tentative. “How are you doing?”“What can a poor man do in the middle of the day?” Jacob sarcastically replied. “Work his ass off so he wouldn’t go to sleep on a hungry stomach.”“I… feel for you.”“Do you?” Jacob harrumphed. “Really?”“Yeah,” Terry’s tone grew some base. “I never had any issues with you, only with your son-in-law.”Jacob’s expression briefly froze. As Terry kept on speaking about what had happened with his daughter by adding many more things than what had actually happened, Jacob was left speechless.“That’s why I couldn’t help you when you came to me last time,” Terry stated in a pitiful tone. “I should have told this to you sooner, but I didn’t know that your son-in-law was our common enemy. Only recently I came to know that you are not on good terms with him
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 200
In the evening.Benjamin and Rebecca returned to the villa. Elizabeth and Dorothy were savoring mutton soup on the balcony, but the soup dropped from their mouths when their eyes fell upon fully-shaved Benjamin.Kathy was standing next to them, and she felt her soul burning with passion. He looked so much more handsome now, making her wonder if this was the same guy who once licked the cake off her fingers. She felt like she would do anything to experience it once again.“Is it just my imagination, or does he look taller?” Dorothy murmured.“Was he this good-looking when we first saw him?” Elizabeth pondered. “He looks lot younger.”“He looks so cute I want to eat his cheeks,” Kathy spoke her thoughts aloud, making Elizabeth and Dorothy turn their heads. “I-I was obviously joking. I’m not a cannibal.”Meanwhile, the couple entered the villa. Jacob, who was sitting on the couch and reading a magazine, briefly noticed his daughter and son-in-law.“Butler,” he spoke without even looking
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 201
At 4 A.M.Jacob was in a theater, with people watching the El Man movie, but he was standing and watching their expressions. And their faces turned from positive to negative steadily until they got out of their seats and began throwing things at the screen. And then they directed their rage toward Jacob and made him run out of the theater, run for his life, even.Suddenly, Jacob woke up in his bed, only to find out it was another bad dream. He had been having trouble sleeping these days.He then watched some of the clips of his old movies where people stood up at the end and clapped in joy and appreciation. He had wanted the same to happen for El Man, his biggest project, but that didn’t happen.Breathing at the moment felt too hard.He just couldn’t sit on the bed and do nothing. He got out of his room and went to Veronica’s room to talk about planning the party, as he had nothing else to do.However, when he went to her room, the door was already open, and Akash was hitting Veronica
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 202
Jacob was not a fan of crappy food, and he was usually very selective with everything he ate. For someone like him, eating a rooster's testicles was unimaginable. This was easily one of the most uncomfortable moments of his life. He ran to his room, wanting to get the testicular matter out of his body at any cost.Benjamin went back to the kitchen and resumed cooking.At around six o’clock.Everyone in the villa except Selena had gathered at the dining table. Shawn looked happy because he received repeated calls from his lawyer, saying that the cases put against him were being pulled one after another. He thought something miraculous was happening, and luck was finally returning to him.Elizabeth and Dorothy naturally occupied seats next to Ryan who had his eyes closed. They weren’t sure if he was sleeping or praying or thinking, but none of them had it in them to disturb him.Lisa was asking Roshan how his new car was, but he told her he wouldn’t give her the car keys because he wasn
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 203
Even though life hasn’t been easy lately, Rebecca was feeling good today as she headed out to hunt for a job.She had many reasons to be feeling positive because, for one thing, Benjamin kissed her in the morning in front of so many family members. A simple kiss to the cheek might not be a big deal for others, but to her, it meant a lot. She felt like she was receiving the attention she had missed from her parents. And she loved it.Secondly, Rebecca had asked Ryan privately if he had given Benjamin any credit card, and Ryan told her he didn’t. He also told her, he was thinking of giving a credit card to Benjamin soon as he needed to buy groceries and manage the household activities.Rebecca stopped by her Porsche 911 Turbo S. “I don’t know where he’s got the money to pay for this, but… this is a car bought by my husband.” She took some snaps and posted it online, bragging about it.Jane who woke up and saw the post online ended up biting the pillow in frustration.Rebecca drove her n