Chapter 44

Chapter 44 sley came out from the forth wearing a set of conservative pajamas. Her long hair was tied up, revealing her pale neck.

Het pants were made of fer silk, while her feet were clad in flip flops Allen of het toes had a pinkish hue to them. They were rounded and tiny with neatly trimmed toenails, giving them a ealized that Benjamin’s eyes kept lingering on her feet, and she instinctively curled her toes inward “I wanted to talk to you about Damian |

Standing at 5“C“, Shirley suddenly felt very short as she had to crane bet neck upward to meet Benjamin’s eyes.

Benjamin’s gaze moved from her cute little toes upward to her face. He paused for a few seconds before turning and walking inside. “You can come in Shicles didn’t think much of it and followed Benjamin into his bedroom.

i bedroom matched his personality. It was decorated in a gray–white color scheme and had a simple yet authoritative air. The vibe it gave off was cold and unfeeling min opened the door to the study and entered. When he saw that Shirley hadn’t followed after him, he called out, “Shirley.”

had been standing outside the door of the study. She only entered when she heard Benjamin call for her.

Benjamin took down a notebook hom the bookshelf and tossed at her. “Take this back and give it a good read.”

Shicles opened the notebook. It was filled with notes on Damian’s likes and dislikes, recorded meticulously in pages on pages of neat handwriting Shirley could help but smile. “Did you write these?”

canship was written elegantly with strong strokes that carried a regal air. It had to belong to someone with high aspirations and a certain amount of Benjamin didn’t reph, but Shirley decided that it must be written by him..

Only father who loved his child would put so much effort into these details.

Rachel was right. Benjamin had a good side no matter how bad he was least be was a good ther arrogance Benjamin looked at her smiling face and sand emotionlessly. “You’ll have to keep in mind that Damian has a phobia of blood.

Other than that, he also has a phobia of water. Don’t let him near any rivers, lakes, or swimming pools.”

Daman had a phobia of water?

į suddenly remembered what had happened that evening, Could it be that Damian was reluctant to go outside because of that lake?

obic, why not till in the lake outside?

Even though it was ap a pity to fill in the lake, there wasn’t anything more important to Benjamin than Damian, wasn’t it‘

Furthermore, only a word from Benjamin would be enough to get it done.

Benjamin was resolved. “Dumian will have to learn to overcome it une day. He can’t stay in a safe bubble for Shirley felt that Benjamin’s opinion made sense too. One couldn’t just keep running away from everything that scares them.

“Understood, then I’IL She took a glance out of the door Benjamin ignored her glance and instucted her like she was a servant, “Go get some food from the kitchen,”

He had suddenly developed some discomfort in his stomach. It might be because he still hadn’t eaten at this hour and was getting too hungry Shirley nodded teadly “Alright.”

the purche notebook down and left quickly.

Benjamin wased for her for 20 minutes before finally seeing her being in a bo a bowl of pasta Dissatisfied, be askedroldy, “What took you so long?”

Shirley put the bowl of pasta before him. A delirious smell waited up from the food and the tasty appearance of the food gave him an even stronger appetite.