Chapter 1048: Chapter 1048 Why Didn’t You Talk to Me?

Emma felt much better that day, but she still couldn’t remember what had happened before.

Naomi chatted with her for a while and advised her to relax before she went to see Benedict.

After Harley was suspended, he had been taking turns with Thea taking care of Benedict in the hospital.

Even though the couple had been consoling each other, the two of them still looked distressed.

Naomi felt bad as she looked at them. The two elders had watched her grow up. Harley used to be a jolly man who was full of jokes. Now, his good humour had vanished.

They couldn’t even laugh now.

When they saw Naomi, they just forced a bitter smile to greet her.

“Naomi!”

Naomi was slightly apologetic as she greeted them, “Uncle Louis, I’m sorry that I haven’t come to see Benedict recently.”

“I know. I understand that you were injured a while ago, and there was a commotion in your family as well. You came just in time. I’m taking your Auntie Thea downstairs. You can have a talk with Benedict.”

Naomi nodded, “Okay!”

She watched them leave, then turned around and picked up the towel that Thea had put in the basin just now. She wrung it out and slowly helped Benedict wipe his arms and face.

While wiping, Naomi suddenly remembered the past.

“You brat! You’ve always loved to slack off. Back when we were children, you’d purposely lay on the bed so I could help you. You’re doing the same thing now, am I right? That’s not nice! If you don’t get up, I’m going to get angry!”

Naomi said that on purpose. When Benedict was a child, he would sometimes lay on the bed and laze off just so he could slack off.

Every time Naomi threatened to get angry, he would get up almost immediately!

But this time, he made no movement.

Naomi let out a sigh. She oversimplified the situation.

She pursed her lips. Before she came in, she had asked the doctor on ways to help Benedict recover. The doctor said that they could try stimulating the patient’s emotions by talking to him, and maybe he would wake up.

After thinking for a while, she decided to give it a shot.

“I’m getting married!”

Naomi announced before gazing at Benedict intently.

There was still no reaction from him, so she continued to speak.

“I went to visit the wedding planner with Nelson yesterday. Recent wedding planners are really impressive, since they offer all that I want! I initially wanted to choose a more dreamy wedding setting, but we eventually settled on the punk rock style that I preferred…”

Naomi went on and on about the details of her marriage until the water used to wipe Benedict’s face had turned cold.

However, Benedict still didn’t move a muscle.

Naomi couldn’t help but sigh again. Maybe what she said no longer mattered to Benedict.

After experiencing such an incident, he must have been very disappointed in her.

He probably bore no feelings nor concern towards someone who had let him down.

Throwing the towel into the basin, Naomi got up and went out with the basin.

She was oblivious to the fact that the minute she turned around, a tear streamed down the corner of Benedict’s eyes.

…

Naomi stayed in the hospital for quite a long time before finally taking a taxi home.

By the time she got home, it was quiet. Cindy was the only person that she saw.

Cindy took the initiative to greet her, “Miss Naomi, you’re back! Mrs. Granger is in the garden whereas President Granger is in the study room.”

Naomi nodded and responded, “I’ll put my bag down first.”

She decided that she would inform her mother of her plans of marriage if her mother was in a good mood.

Unexpectedly, she heard Amos’s angry voice as she passed by the study room.

“What? A witness? Monique really won’t give up, will she?”

Naomi was puzzled.

She stopped in her tracks. The name sounded so familiar to her.

Speaking of which, Nelson’s neighbour seemed to be called Monique too. Amos couldn’t be referring to that exact neighbour, could he?

Maybe it was just a coincidence.

Just as she was about to leave, she heard him make a few more remarks before hanging up.

“The court will be in session tomorrow, right? Okay, I’ll be there on time. I’d like to see what trump card she’s going to pull.”

Naomi was stunned for a while. Eventually, she didn’t head to the garden to find Eudora, and instead knocked on the door to the study room.

“Come in!” said Amos.

Naomi pushed the door open and went in. The room was filled with smoke.

She quickly went forward and planned to open the windows to let some fresh air in.

“Dad, didn’t Mom tell you not to smoke so much? Why didn’t you listen to her?”

As she was speaking, she had already opened two windows. When she was going to open the third, Amos hurriedly stopped her.

“Don’t open that window! Your mother is downstairs. She has a sensitive nose, and she will know once you open it.”

Naomi was speechless.

“Dad, you know she is downstairs but you still smoke.”

Amos sighed, “This is a secret between us. Don’t tell anyone else about it.”

He even treated her like a three-year-old child.

“Dad, I overheard what you said. The court hearing is tomorrow, am I right? I’m sorry for causing you so much trouble.”

Amos replied, “That’s all right. Don’t worry about it.”

He knew that she had been thoughtful since young. She was never willing to bother others.

“I’m your father! We’re a family, so we should help each other.”

Naomi suggested, “Dad, please allow me to handle it. After all, I was supposed to handle this case in the first place. I can’t make you handle it the minute you return. You can help me once, but you can’t help me forever! There’s bound to be a day where I need to deal with matters on my own. Dad, just take this as an opportunity to allow me to strengthen my skill sets!”

Amos wasn’t an overbearing parent. If his children wanted to give it a try, he was willing to give them the opportunity to do so.

Besides, this was also a good opportunity for her to learn.

“All right, then you take care of this matter yourself,” As Amos spoke, he slowly walked forward and stroked her hair.

“If you encounter any difficulties, come back immediately and tell me. No matter what, I will always be on your side.”

Naomi felt touched as she replied, “Okay, Dad!”

At night, it was not until Naomi went to look for Clint and discussed a few details with him that she finally decided to head to bed.

However, she had something on her mind and could not sleep well.

She picked up her phone and wanted to send a message to Nelson. However, when she noticed that it was already midnight, she decided not to do so.

To her dismay, she accidentally sent him an emoji when trying to exit the app. She quickly attempted to retract the emoji to pretend that nothing happened.

The very next second, her mobile phone rang.

It was Nelson. She picked up the call in slight embarrassment.

Naomi gave an awkward smile and said, “Good evening!”

“Why did you unsend your message? What are you doing now?”

“Nothing! It’s just that I couldn’t fall asleep, so I accidentally clicked on an emoji by mistake.”

As soon as she said that, Naomi suddenly recalled his reaction and asked in slight delight, “Why did you respond so quickly? Don’t tell me, you’ve been looking at your phone this whole time?”

The very mention of this left Nelson perplexed. He quickly responded in a slightly aggrieved tone.

“That’s right. I have been looking at my phone all the time while thinking about you. Why didn’t you talk to me for the whole day?”