Chapter 92

Chapter 92 A familiar voice came through the phone, “Shirley, I know it’s you. Please, can we met? There’s so much I need to tell you.”

Benjamin’s eyes never left Shirley, and she met his gaze.

Samuel must have found out she had married Benjamin. But she wondered why he was so anxious and what he wanted to tell her.

Benjamin held the phone out toward her, making it clear there was no avoiding this conversation. His silent, piercing stare demanded a response..

“Shirley, please say something I just want to talk. Meet me just this once.”

Shirley looked at Benjamin, took a deep breath, and calmly said, “There’s nothing to discuss, Samuel, I’m not meeting you, and I won’t thank you for what happened last night. This makes us even for what you did. Please ghee my phone to Nancy. Ellendert it from her mysell “Shirley, don’t do this,” Samuel pleaded, his voice breaking. “I know I’ve hurt you, but—”

Shirley couldn’t care less about what Samuel wanted to say.

She cut him off coldly, “I don’t want to hear it. Whatever happened is in the past. I’m doing well now, and I’d appreciate it if you stopped calling me.”

Bonjaman’s gaze cemained fixed on her, as if he were searching for any cracks in her composure, any sign of lingering attachment. But her words and expression gave nothing away.

“Shirley, please, just let me Finish–Samuel’s voice sounded more desperate than ever.

Benjamin had heard enough. He pulled the phone back, his voice calm but laced with ice. “She’s made herself clear. There’s nothing more to say. Stop disturbing our sleep.”

Before Samuel couldrespond. Benjamin ended the call decisively.

Samuel stopped calling after.

Shirley sighed a breath of relief, and sank back onto the bed, glancing at Benjamin. His jar was tight, his expression unreadable.

Hesitating, she reached out and lightly tugged on his fingers “Benjamin, tonight was a mistake. Don’t worry: Thuve no intention of seeing him.”

She didn’t care why Samuel wanted to meet her of what he wanted to say. Samuel was in the past. Whatever love or chaos had once existed between them no longer had a place in her life.

Now, she was Benjamin’s wife, and her focus was on building a future with him.

But Benjamin’s expression didn’t selten “Benjamin, 1-

“Enough,” he said sharply, cutting her off as he turned his back to her, signaling the end of the conversation Shirley watched his back with disappointment. She didn’t ask for much–just the chance to coexist peacefully with him.

But now, she realized this might be easier said than done. She still had a lot to do.

Thankfully Benjamin dichi’t touch her that night.

g a bad with someone as intimidating as Benjamin should have made it She expected to have trouble falling asleep. After all, she wasn’t used to sleeping in unfamiliar places, and sharing a worse. But, to her surprise, she drifted off quickly Samuelsat in silence, his expression dark and brooding after the call ended.

Benjamin’s words echoed in his mind. “She’s made herself clear. There’s nothing more to say. Stop disturbing our sleep.”

Each word was like a knife plunging into his heart, cutting deeper and deeper inside him.

That night he couldn’t sleep. Every time he closed his eyes, he would see Shirley lying next to Benjamin, and his heart would ache.

He never realized just how much be cared about Shirley until now.

Samuel never thought that a day would come when she would share her life and happiness with another man. The very idea tore him apart.

For so long, he had convinced himself he was above these emotions, that he was merely using Shirley. Anything more he felt for her was guilt and never love that, he could no longer deny the truth Somewhere along the way, he had fallen to Shirley without realizing it. He had buried those feelings, refusing to admit them.

That was why he had always been so critical of her, finding fault with very little thing she did. It was his way of convincing himself she wasn’t worth it, that she was just a spoiled heiress who could never measure up to someone like Sophia who was brave, kind, and perfect in every way.