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Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 504
In Sterling villa. An invisible dark cloud was hovering on top of Rebecca who was in deep sleep. She was having many dreams, but one dream suddenly popped into her mind. It was her kissing and having sex with Jim, the man she had recently met at a restaurant. It woke her up at once. She found herself sweating. She tried to wipe the sweat off her face, but then realized that her hand felt very stiff. She couldn’t fold her fingers, which showed signs of her body lacking water. She grabbed a bottle from the fridge and hydrated herself. Within seconds, she was able to open and close her fist again. She sat down on the bed, looking a bit dull. She did not like the fact that she had such a nasty dream all of a sudden. She never had such a distasteful dream before. She never even imagined having sex like that with anybody, so the dream she had really made her feel bad. She blamed herself for having such perverse thoughts. And she didn’t want to go back to sleep anymore. It was already 5
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 505
Early in the morning.Jim, the young chef, was reading a book written by Selena Sterling, and he loved the health and beauty tips she had given throughout the book. Also, the one quote that really hit him was: Life is a labyrinth of emotions, and love is the only route you’ll find your way.“Dad, did you know of this quote?” Jim asked his dad, Marcus, who was working in the kitchen.“Of course, it’s one of her most popular quotes,” Marcus said. “Hundreds of thousands of people sent her love letters after she said those words in an interview. It became big news back then. Just imagine thousands of letters showing up at your doorstep every single day… It must be pretty daunting. Maybe that's why she never made such statements afterward. But she used to be a pretty daring woman in the past. When she married a movie producer, I thought she was like any other actress who got trapped or tricked by him, but then I saw evidence that those two had been in love for a while before that. I felt l
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 506
In his room, Jacob was watching an old movie of Selena and remembered the old days and felt happy about it. “She was so lively back then…” Suddenly, Selena entered the room, shouting his name. Jacob immediately changed the channel. “Watching television shows, are you?” she shook her head. “You’re becoming a couch potato day by day. I know you’re depressed, and I’m depressed, too, but if you do nothing about it, then it’s going to turn you old soon.” “Did you come here just to tell me that?” Jacob indifferently asked. “No. A guy contacted me on mobile,” she said irritatingly. “And he sounded like he was part of the mafia. He had the audacity to demand me to join his group, or he’ll cause us more trouble. He also said he parties with popular celebrities in the industry every week. You must have an idea of who it could be, right?” “Mm…” Jacob thought for a moment. “It’s a group that’s called Nexus.” “Nexus?” she had never heard about it. “Every member in that group is filthy rich,
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 507
The next morning.Rebecca was walking in the garden, instead of going out for a walk because of all the things that had happened the last time she had gone out.Veronica accompanied her, but her body language showed that she wasn’t interested at all. She was only doing it for the sake of giving company to her sister and was also making sure Rebecca wouldn’t go out.“Is it necessary to get up early and exercise?” Veronica asked.“If you get lazy, you get fat, and if you get fat, your brain doesn’t get the right amount of oxygen,” Rebecca said, “and that’ll affect your thinking. But if you exercise, then it’ll reduce the stress and also improve blood oxygen levels.”“Reducing the stress, huh…” Veronica slightly smiled. “I guess you’re finally thinking of moving on?”“Moving on?” Rebecca didn’t like that phrasing of words. “What the heck is wrong with you?”“What?” Veronica’s heart skipped a beat. “Did I say something wrong?”Rebecca shook her head, not even bothering to reply.“I said i
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 508
The vampires Denise, Cranston, and Zakaria were among the few that had managed to get back to the main world with their lives intact.It was all thanks to Denise’s ability to cloak themselves and using a cloud to travel faster in the sky. And they eventually reached one of the most popular vampire underground cities, Shambol.But they weren’t allowed entrance yet, so they were waiting outside at the bar, drinking on the rooftop.Zakaria looked the dullest among the three because he lost all confidence after his trip to the moonless kingdom.“Crossing the Cronos Sea was dangerous as hell,” Cranston, however, was living the moment by eating and drinking to his heart’s content. “And then we flew over the fallen Atlantis continent, which was the creepiest thing ever, with those cyclops, snake, and monster fish statues. What were those things all about? I lost my appetite from watching all those things that appeared as if they were looking right at us, and I couldn’t eat anything during th
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 509
Denise and others were allowed entrance into the city of vampires, which was really big as a city with a domed ceiling that was thousands of feet high from the ground level.The city wasn’t in as bad shape as they thought it would be, but there were clear signs of battle near the border, which led them to believe that the rumors did have some truth to them.They were taken to the Lord’s tower that was in the center of the city.On the top floor, the lord of the city, Vril, was sitting on his throne in the shadows. Just his presence was domineering, and it made Cranston and Zakaria sweat. They dared not to lift their heads. Along with Denise, they kneeled and greeted him, “Lord Vril, thank you for letting us into your city.”“Denise Egor…” Vril had his head resting on his right fist. “What is one of the dragons of Torn doing here with the ancient weapon Mind Cube that’s supposed to be in the vampire king’s repository? What kind of shit are you trying to pull?”“I-I heard that this cube
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 510
Rebecca was eating alone in her villa. She was drawing shapes in the rice with her finger.Louis and Bella were watching from the first floor’s balcony. “Look at her getting lost while eating… When are you going to tell her?” Bella pinched his forearm. “She needs to know that Benjamin is most likely alive.”“I told you already that it does more harm than good if we tell her that,” Louis retorted.Rebecca drew the crescent moon shape, and it made her remember the time when she was looking at the beautiful full moon from the rooftop a few months ago, and Benjamin mimicked her by doing the same from the first floor’s balcony, but he was also looking at her often.“Why are you looking at me more than you look at the moon?” she asked, annoyedly.“If you look at the moon, you will have looked at the whole world,” Benjamin said, smiling, “but if I look at you, I will have looked at my whole world.”“H-Huh?” Rebecca didn’t quite understand the meaning behind his words. “You sure know how to r
Savvy Son-in-law CHAPTER 511
Veronica joined Rebecca during lunch, but she was still angry because of what Rebecca had said the other day, so she didn’t talk with her.However, Rebecca herself started the conversation. “I get that you want to help me, Veronica, but I’m not stressed to the point I don’t know what I’m doing. To me, Benjamin can’t be replaced by anyone. He wasn’t just a handsome man. He was the sweetest soul I’ve ever met. His passing away left a gaping hole in my heart. And the rest of it is in a million pieces. The way he died makes no sense, and it hurts me even more. I wish I was able to do something. I wish I had done some things sooner. I’m fighting with my own guilt right now. It won’t go away just because I date some new guy. I don’t want my pain to go away like that, either.”“...So you want to keep hurting like this?” Veronica asked. “Do you think that makes sense? Do you remember this? Not long ago, during one of the nights, I was sleeping in your room. You woke up at 2 AM and started pr