Things in life rarely ever go as they planned, wouldn’t they?
Benjamin so badly wanted to spend some time with his wife alone at a dinner table in a beautiful restaurant, but Elizabeth ordered him to cook for tonight. She actually liked Benjamin’s cooking, but her pride came in the way of confessing the truth, so she was also the same person who criticized his cooking the most.
Though Benjamin didn’t say it out loud, he was hoping for the day when she would leave the home on a trip. Elizabeth would often go for foreign trips with her family, mostly for watching tennis tournaments, using Sterling family’s money, of course.
Jacob was the highest earner of the family, being the movie producer that he was. Selena earned the second highest. And then it was Rebecca.
As usual, Benjamin served tonight’s dinner as well. While Benjamin was downstairs with others, Oliver snuck into Rebecca’s room and searched for Benjamin’s mobile. It was placed on the bed itself, so it didn’t take him long to snatch it and leave the room on his toes.
Meanwhile, Roshan tried to crack some jokes saying Benjamin’s job couldn’t be considered as proper work as he only worked for six hours at a pizza hut. His mother, Elizabeth, backed him, saying only an eight-hour job or longer could be considered as proper work and that other jobs were just for show. Of course, she knew that Rebecca also only worked for six hours, which was exactly why she said those words in order to hit two birds with one stone.
After another mocking dinner session, Benjamin found himself sitting at the dinner table alone. His stomach was making sounds, but he didn’t want to eat the food, even though he was the one who cooked the dishes.
The long-haired maid, Kathy, sat next to him and began to eat. “You are a good cook. I’ll give you that, but you’re a bad husband.”
“Bad husband?” Benjamin felt insulted. “What made you say that?” she better have a good reason, or she might have to suffer from his wrath.
“How can you be called a good husband when you haven’t even eaten your wife’s donut?” she asked.
“My wife’s donut?” It took Benjamin a couple of seconds to process what Kathy just said. “Y-You…” his face flushed.
“What? I’m sure you haven’t had sex with your wife recently, right?” Kathy asked while chomping down on the food. “I can just tell from your body language. You keep looking at her when you serve the food. It’s as though you are craving for her attention. Men who eat donuts every night don’t do that. You are what you eat, so I feel bad for you in this regard.” Saying that, she cast a curious glance at him. “If you want, though, I can make a special case for you and let you taste my donut.”
Benjamin this time wasn’t shocked all that much. Many maids had already hit on him a few times, though he refused their advances every single time. Kathy was doing this for the first time, and she was over forty years old, so maybe, he was a little surprised.
“What do you say?” Kathy asked in a luscious tone. “I haven’t had sex in a while, so it’s pretty tight now. You’re gonna feel real good if you do it tonight.”
Benjamin just lifted his hand in response so that his wedding ring stole the spotlight.
“Hmph, you don’t know what you’re missing,” Kathy started sucking her fingertips on purpose and made just enough sounds that could stir up any common man’s lust. “I can milk every drop of semen out with my sucking technique. Once you get to experience it, you would want to experience it again and again.”
“While I appreciate your efforts,” Benjamin said, bringing his voice lower but increasing its sharpness at the same time, “I’m just a pizza delivery guy who earns too little to afford you. And I’m also a husband.” He stood and walked away, leaving her speechless.
Her face warped more than a little. (Did he just say indirectly that I was a whore? Just wait, you Benj-fucking-min. I’m not done just yet.) After finishing her meal, she went to Selena’s room and locked the door.
“How did it go?” asked Selena.
Kathy shook her head.
“Does he at least look at you in ‘that’ way?”
Again, Kathy slightly shook her head.
“Maybe, you’re a bit on the older side for his taste.”
“No, no, ma’am. Give me another chance,” Kathy almost pleaded. “I’ll definitely make sure he falls for me within this month.”
“Huh,” Selena smiled. “You seem like you have the hots for him. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be so desperate.”
Kathy just blushed a bit in return.
“Fine. As long as you can separate him from my daughter, I don’t care what approach you’ll use. I just want to see my daughter slap him and kick him out of this house. If you can help me with achieving that, I’ll make you the chief maid next month.”
“I’ll do my best, ma’am.”
“You can leave now.”
After Kathy exited the room, Selena sat down on her bed and diligently practiced her lines for tomorrow’s shoot.
Meanwhile, Jacob was in his room, taking a nap in his recliner. When the door opened, his eyes also opened.
It was Kathy who just entered the room and walked up to him and undressed herself and sat on the bed and kept masturbating. He just sat in his recliner and sucked his smoking pipe as his eyes took in every inch of her mature, naked body and all the tattoos snaking around her private region and all the curves her moving body made.
After she climaxed, he threw in a towel. There was 500 dollars inside the towel. She took the money and wiped her pussy and the bed with the towel before putting her uniform back on. She then bowed to Jacob a little before leaving the room as silently as she had entered. She had stayed in the room for just ten minutes, without speaking a word and only expressed herself through the gestures and faint sounds he made.
After Kathy left, Jacob rested on his bed, where she had just masturbated, and he began sniffing the towel she had used to clean her vagina, and he began to jerk off as flashes of Kathy’s naked body appeared in his mind.
Meanwhile, in Rebecca’s room.
Benjamin lay down on his bed and burped on purpose.
“It seems the syrup worked fast,” Rebecca said.
“Yeah, it did,” Benjamin smiled. “I ate a lot tonight. Thanks for taking me to the doctor.”
“Your cooking isn’t to my liking though,” she remarked. “I prefer Sheron’s cooking.”
Benjamin was a bit hurt by her words, but he answered in silence. Her words held some truth, after all. Devon’s wife was indeed exceptional at cooking. Her loss was not just felt by Devon but the entire Sterling family members.
“Good night,” Benjamin pulled the blanket over and slept, turning the other way from her. His hand searched for his mobile just to check if he had any messages or missed calls, but he couldn’t grabit. “Mm?” he sat up and began looking for it everywhere. “Where is it? I’m sure I left it on the bed.”
“What are you looking for?” asked Rebecca.
“My mobile…” he peered at her. “Did you take it?”
“Huh?” her jaw almost dropped. “Why would I do that? I’ve never even touched your mobile.”
“J-Just asking, that’s all. You don’t need to give such an exaggerated expression, but can give my phone a missed call?”
Rebecca’s heart skipped a little. (Give his mobile a missed call? Come to think of it, I deleted his phone number, didn’t I?)
“What’s taking you so long?” Benjamin pressured her.
“Y-Yeah,” Rebecca grabbed her mobile and acted like she had called someone and said, “it says your mobile is switched off.”
“Switched off? I only recharged it in the morning,” Benjamin said. “That thing lasts like a week! Call it again, please.”
“O-Okay,” Rebecca looked disappointed with herself at this point. (How can you lie so easily, Rebecca? And you have pushed yourself into further trouble.) “Hey, can you just confirm your number?”
“Sure,” Benjamin told her the number, and she typed it and called. To her surprise, she received the ‘switched off’ message. She quickly said, “It says your mobile is switched off.”
“Again?” Benjamin frowned.
At the ATM nearest to Sterling villa.
Oliver had swiped the card. It took an entire minute for the card to be processed, making him wonder if it’s a real card or not, but then the screen completely changed, and four claws appeared on the screen, sending Oliver back a couple of steps.
“You are not Benjamin,”an old man’s voice, and it belonged to Alfred. “Did he send you to activate the card?”
“A-A demon!” Oliver turned back and ran out without even bothering to take out the card. He had never seen or heard of an ATM doing anything like this. Naturally, he ran for his life.
“Guess not,” the voice spoke. “But this means Master Benjamin’s mobile was stolen? How could he let that happen? Who is responsible for softening him to such an extent? It must be someone from that villa.” He didn’t sound happy.
The next day.Benjamin found his mobile on the dining table, and he initially thought he might have forgotten to take it last night. However, when he sniffed the mobile once, his expression changed as though he knew what might have actually happened.However, his wife was waiting outside, so he rushed out, but he was spell-bounded after seeing Rebecca in her indo-western attire with a full-sleeved cream top and a stylized black salwar bottoms. His mouth stayed open for a good number of seconds. He couldn’t blink let alone take his eyes off his wife.Rebecca raised her brows. “Seriously?” she snapped her fingers. “You look like you’re going to eat me here and now.”“D-Did I?” Benjamin came back to this world. “B-But you look really beautiful in this dress.”“I know,” Rebecca sounded a little arrogant.“Did you make this design?”“Of course, but let’s go.”“Okay.” He jumped into her car, startling her.(He’s really active today.) She thought as she got in.“It’s only 9 o’clock. Why are
Rebecca was driving the car. Benjamin was in the back, slightly shaking his head.“Are you still thinking about the gift?” she asked.“Ah, yeah.”“It’s understandable. I haven’t seen such a gift before, either. 25 kilos of pure gold in the form of coins. It’s worth more than 3 million dollars. The coins seem stylized, so they might sell for more if they auction it. That would not only cover the wedding expenses but would also help the couple start a beautiful journey together,” she sounded like she envied a little. She didn’t care about the money, but would she also have received such a surprising gift if she had held a wedding? Would anyone in the world care enough for her or family to send her 25 kilos worth of gold? She could only wonder.“A beautiful journey, huh…” Benjamin wasn’t so sure about that.After dropping him off at work, Rebecca left.And Benjamin experienced one of the worst job days since he started working at Rye’s Pizzas. Not a single customer gave him a tip today,
Later that night.Benjamin had dinner and was waiting in his room. The newly appointed maid with chocolate looks was cleaning the room, but her eyes were on Benjamin. “Can you tell me how you managed to trap, I mean, make Rebecca fall for you?”Benjamin almost smiled hysterically. “So that’s the first thing you could ask.” He shook his head. “My in-laws think just like you. Everyone in this villa treats me like I’m their enemy even though I’m only trying to be their friend.”Rebecca came home late at nine o’clock, looking tired. The maid quickly walked out.“Should I prepare the bath?” Benjamin asked.“I can do it myself,” she said. “Wait, Jane came to pick you up, right?”“Yeah, she did.”“She didn’t do anything funny, did she?”“No, she didn’t.”“Mm,” Rebecca entered the showver and walked out twenty minutes later, fully clothed. She always put her clothes on in the bathroom itself, so he never even got a chance to peek at her beauty. She jumped onto her bed in her pajamas.“You are
Lisa looked genuinely surprised, whereas Veronica was controlling herself from bursting into laughter because Elizabeth looked like a thousand pound bird crap had crashed upon her and completely ruined her makeup, thereby making her look as ugly as ever.“Who the fuck did you just call an Aunt?” Elizabeth howled in rage and came running at him like an enraged beast.“W-Wait, I can explain this!” Benjamin ran and stood behind the large dining table. When she came from his left, he ran to his right. When she tried to come from his right, he ran to his left.“What’s there to explain? I’m only forty years old, and you dare call me an aunt!” She looked for something to hit him with. She picked the nearest objects, the flower vases, and began throwing those things at him.“I’m not even thirty, and your children call me uncle, don’t they?” Benjamin asked.“Shut up,” Elizabeth didn’t care to even comprehend what he just said. She only wanted to beat the shit out of him in any way possible. “S
In the evening, the parent teachers meeting started, but Benjamin didn’t come yet. Lisa couldn’t blame him after what her mother did to him.“Where are your parents?” one of the teachers passing by asked her in the corridor.“My dad’s on the way, sir,” she ended up lying.Unlike her, Roshan and other two children of Sterling family didn’t need a parent to compulsorily arrive, as their grades were among the top.As she was biting her nails, someone grabbed her shoulder from behind. She looked over her shoulder, and it was the least person she ever expected to come.“Was I late?” Benjamin was sweating and panting. Elizabeth hit all over his body, save his face, so looked clean at the moment. And luckily, he wasn’t wearing the pizza outfit either.“Y-You came…” Lisa was left in a daze.“I gave you my word, didn’t I?” He put his hand on her head. “Let’s go and meet your teacher fast. I need to go back to the pizza hut before 4:30.”“What? There’s only fifteen minutes left. You want to end
At 4:30, a Porsche and a motorcycle stopped at Rye’s Pizzas at the same time. Benjamin and Rebecca kept peering at each other through the glass shielding before them.She opened the door and stepped out for the first time in this place. “Were you working over time?”Benjamin took off his helmet and showered a smile. He didn’t even hear what she just said. He was just so happy she got out of her car.He jumped off the bike like he was full of energy. “Do you want me to show you around?”“No. You know that I don’t like pizzas, or things that have anything to do with bread,” she said, sounding not so interested in having a prolonged discussion.“Y-Yeah. Then you’ll probably not like the smells inside. Just wait here. I’ll be out in two minutes.” He rushed into the nearest hut and came running out before two minutes passed.She was already sitting in the driver’s seat and waiting for him to get in. He stopped at the door outside the second front seat.“Not there,” she turned her back sli
Benjamin’s heart wasn’t under his control from the moment he heard that Jacob and Selena were staying out for the night. As his wife’s words played in his mind, his heart melted. And the faint sounds of the shower swelled his emotions like ocean waves, and he was feeling so energetic all of a sudden.And when she walked out, he asked her a straightforward question. “Can you tell me one thing?”“No,” she said.“Why don’t you speak all that much?” he asked. “Do you have a word limit per day or something?”She didn’t reply.“Again, the same silence,” Benjamin sighed. “What exactly are you, Rebecca? A rose? Or the thorn hiding underneath?”“I’m Rebecca,” she said, getting down on the bed and picking up a fashion magazine. “Just a fashion designer, but if you want me to be poetic… is there a rose without a thorn?”Benjamin paused for a second and smiled. “Rebecca… You are my rose and my thorn.”“Yeah. I know that,” she replied. She had washed her hair, so he could feel her scent drifting a
Benjamin was dreaming about having the world’s greatest wedding until a maid’s voice woke him up.When he checked the time, it was already past nine in the morning. The maid was cleaning the room. His wife wasn’t there.“So it was a dream…” he shook his head. He and Rebecca got married in a small church with only the church members playing witness. Could it even be called a wedding? He wondered. None of her friends or family were present there. None from his side were present, either. While he didn’t hate getting married to Rebecca, the way their marriage happened was forgettable.As he was yawning, he realized that the maid was stealing glances at the bulge in his pants. “What are you looking at?” He covered it with a blanket.The maid anxiously left the room.He had to wait a couple of minutes for his morning wood to calm down. And then he hurriedly prepared and came downstairs for breakfast. He didn’t see Rebecca at the table, so he asked Kathy where she went.“Madam Rebecca alread
Despite Uzza, Rye, and Benjamin living in separate rooms, there were many guest rooms still available in the mighty Sterling villa, the best property on Rachel Hill.So, the families of Jacob’s siblings stayed in those rooms without any issue.But the problem was with the cousins, who were trying to show off. They acted arrogant and haughty with Veronica and even mocked Rebecca for the little hair she had on her head, not even bothering to wonder why exactly her hair was like that.Rebecca didn’t even bother talking to them, or sparing a word with them because she knew how selfish and self-centered these people were.Jacob and Shawn might have forgiven these people, but Rebecca couldn’t just act like nothing ever happened.She didn’t treat them badly, either. She just ignored them and minded her business.However, her cousin sisters got their eyes on Benyamin who was quite good-looking. Her cousin brothers were also unable to avert their eyes from Rye.Rye looked more like an exotic f
So many people started visiting Sterling villa ever since Selena herself had leaked the news of her buying a lot of land and buildings in Aurora Hills.Selena was sitting on the balcony, with Veronica next to her.“Why has the traffic increased so much?” Veronica said, “I’m seeing so many cars come and go recently.”Selena somewhat smiled and sipped on cream coffee. “I wasn’t born rich, Veronica. My relatives didn’t even let my parents into their homes or invite us to their functions because we were poor as church mice.”“Stop joking, Mom,” Veronica smirked with amusement. “You look like a million dollars. I’m sure our relatives’ sons back then would have wanted to marry you.”“You’re not entirely wrong, but they didn’t want to marry me as much as they wanted to mess with me,” Selena said. “I still remember one guy telling me, ‘I may look ugly as hell, but I can show you heaven in bed.’”Veronica went silent in shock. She didn’t think her mother’s beauty would have brought such terrib
Delle was bringing food, three varieties, on a big plate.Rye intercepted and took the plate from her. She brought it to Benjamin and sat by him under the tree.The grass was cool, even though the breeze was warm.“You think I haven’t noticed that you weren’t eating anything since you made that 40-day promise?” Rye said. “You were just acting like you’re eating.”She broke the bread mixed with fruit and brought it closer to his mouth.He didn’t open his mouth.“Do you want me to stop eating just like you are doing?” Rye said.Benjamin, who was staring into the distance, glanced at her. “Is it possible to love and hate at the same time?”Rye pursed her lips together, not quite understanding why he asked such a question. “I was angry with the things you did. I am still angry, but I don’t hate you. So, if you really love someone, I don’t think you can hate them.”“If there is no hatred in his heart, then how is Neel able to do this to me?” Benjamin asked, a hint of pain laced through his
Rebecca and Benyamin had breakfast together.This nearly made Selena’s eyes bleed. She didn’t think she’d live a day like this.Watching them eating happily was like injecting poison into her body.While she loved seeing her daughter happy, she couldn’t spare any mercy on the man who tricked her daughter into marrying him.Even now, she was thinking in her heart, devising plans on how to separate her daughter and her husband.Having lost the mood to eat breakfast, she came to the backyard.Amber was preparing the background setting needed for the interview.“Where’s Kathy?” Selena asked.“S-She’s with Samuel Sehla, ma’am,” Amber hesitantly said.Selena’s gaze turned a little icy, but then she smiled. “I knew Kathy had it in her, but I didn’t think she’d be able to grab the attention of someone like Samuel Sehla.” She looked at Amber. “What about you?”“I-I don’t plan on grabbing anybody’s attention,” Amber quickly replied.“Tsk, tsk,” Selena shook her head. “Try to grab Benyamin’s att
The next morning.Rebecca came out of her room fast and reached the dorms just to check on Benyamin. She found him brushing his teeth with his finger. And he was using salt.“Don’t you have a brush and toothpaste?” Rebecca quickly asked. “You should have asked me then.”“No, I’m fine with this,” Benyamin replied. “The smell of the chemicals in the toothpaste just makes me feel nauseous, so I’m fine with just this sea salt.”“But… will salt be enough?”“It’s enough,” Benyamin gave a thumbs-up. “In fact, I’m worried about you because you’re using that chemical-ridden toothpaste which dullens your brain.”“If they dullen the brain, then why would they promote toothpastes so much on television?”“They will promote everything that will make them money while keeping the people sick, so that they will not be able to think clearly and would rather depend on the government to think for themselves,” Benyamin smiled.“That’s not funny,” Rebecca hissed. “I have to go and brush my teeth. And I’m f
Later that night.Benjamin was out in the garden, sitting under a tree, doing nothing as hours went by.“He’s been like that since dinner,” Rye was watching him from the first floor’s window. “It’s not good.”“What can I say?” Uzza was feeling heavy-hearted. “It feels like the story of Abel and Cain altogether, though in a different way. The brothers that represent the duality of current man. The devil sure knows how to mock us and make us angry. I’m certain now. It’s his plan. He put the sworn brothers against each other.”“But how did he get Shadow?” Rye frowned. “I don’t sense any demonic energy in him.”“Considering Shadow’s abilities, it’s easy for him to hide the demonic energy,” Uzza opined. “He’s a perfect place for demons to hide, though I don’t know how they got hold of him. He must have been caught by surprise. I just hope that this won’t lead to something disastrous.” She was looking at Benjamin. “The longer this goes, the more likely that someone among those is going to b
Veronica brought Akash with her to dinner. Almost everybody was present at the dinner table after a very long time.New tables were arranged because there were more people now.Veronica could see that Akash was not taking his eyes off Benyamin. “Why are you staring at him nonstop?” she asked in a low voice.“He’s tall, handsome, and so fair. Even his hands are so shiny. How’s that possible for a man?” Akash sounded quite envious. “Men are not supposed to look so good-looking, right?”“Mm…” Veronica looked at Benyamin and felt the same. “He does look like a million bucks, but he doesn’t seem to have much muscle on his body. What’s the point of being tall when you don’t have enough muscle? You only look like you have inadequate genes.”“Not every man can be built heavy like the men in your family.”“Haha, you’re right,” Veronica was proud of her brothers and dad because they were tall and big and good-looking. Their jaws alone would melt the gazes of many women, after all.Rye and Benjam
Benyamin couldn’t go upstairs with Rebecca because he refused to tell Selena what he was doing all these days.Selena wouldn’t have allowed him to go past her unless he gave her proof, so he settled with staying in the dorms for the time being.Rebecca dressed up very nicely and attended dinner. Because Benyamin wasn’t present, she was about to visit the dorms, but Selena told her to sit at the table.Selena sent Delle to go and bring Benyamin, saying sarcastically that he might otherwise get lost.Rebecca sat down and waited patiently. (Why didn’t he just tell her what happened? Things would have been easier if he told her everything. What does he have to hide?)Meanwhile, at the dorms.Benjamin and Rye were both present in the same hall as Shadow. Rye was silent, and Benjamin was doing the talking.“What is your relationship with Rebecca?” he asked Shadow.“Obviously, I’m her husband,” Shadow replied. “Don’t you know that already?”Benjamin frowned. “Stop joking.”“I’m not joking. W
Benyamin gave a bouquet to Rebecca, and she gladly accepted it.Rebecca brought Benyamin into the villa while holding his hand, and her eyes were still wet with tears of happiness.Selena, who just happened to be coming downstairs with her handbag, planning to go out to make an important deal, saw Benyamin. The bag in her hand dropped. “Y-You… Why did you come back?”“Mom, is that the question you ask your son-in-law?” Rebecca’s voice was sharp.“He’s been gone for weeks!” Selena’s gaze also turned sharper. “And don’t you remember what he’s done? He sold the villa away to Uzza. Did you already forget that he cheated on all of us? Let go of his hand now! He must have heard of my recent rise and came here to use us! A bastard like him should never even be let close! Kick him out. Now!”Rebecca, however, tightened her grip. “No. If you want him to leave, I’ll leave, too.”Selena’s heart skipped a beat. “What? Have you lost your mind? Just what do you see in this trash that you are willin