Chapter 18
Outside the auction house, Susan looked up at Ben and smiled with pursed lips.
“What’s wrong?” Ben raised his eyebrows.
Susan kept smiling. “I thought you weren’t going to talk to me anymore.
Susan sensed Ben’s resistance to her in the morning.
Ben felt even more uneasy, but his face was still cold. “Don’t misunderstand. It was that driver who called Grandpa and said you were being bullied. Grandpa called me and asked me to come over! That’s why I was forced to put aside my work and come here.”
While speaking. Ben became resentful about Susan being such a coward in front of others. “What’s
with you? You’re Mrs. Landor. How could you let that kind of person bully you?”
Wrong
“The driver?” Susan was stunned for a moment.
The driver who popped out from nowhere smiled awkwardly, “Mrs. Landor, Mr. Landor asked me to follow you all the way, but I didn’t want to disturb you, so I secretly followed behind to protect you.”
“If this kind of thing happens again in the future, don’t call me. Just tell the people in the auction house and throw the troublemaker out, understand?” Ben glanced at the driver.
“Got it,” the driver responded immediately.
“People of the Landor family are not cowards like you.” Ben glanced at him in disgust. “How could Grandpa assign you such a task…”
As Ben was teaching the driver a lesson, he saw that Susan was still laughing.
Ben was speechless. “What are you laughing at?”
Susan’s eyes curved as she laughed. She took Ben’s hand and said seriously, “Ben, thank you.”
Her eyes were bright and looked even prettier than the moon at night.
Ben winced indifferently. “There’s no need to say thank you. If people know that you, Mrs. Landor, can’t even afford a few pieces of jewelry, they must think I am very stingy! So, I’m here for my reputation, not for you. Next time, if you are still so incompetent, I will never help you again.”
“Okay, I understand.” Susan nodded, with a smile on her face. “But I just want to thank you.”
Ben had no idea what to say.
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He felt like he was cold enough! How could Susan still smile so happily?
“Okay, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go first.” Ben decided that leaving was the best option.
“This woman doesn’t seem to have a normal brain. If I stay with her any longer, maybe I’m going crazy, too,” he thought.
“Wait a minute. Susan grabbed his coal.
She didn’t use much force, but Ben subconsciously stopped.
He turned around and looked at Susan with some disdain. “What now?”
you after Not minding his harsh tone, Susan said with a smile, “Well, I couldn’t get in touch with what happened today, and I needed the help of the driver. As Mrs. Landor, if I don’t even have my husband’s number, wouldn’t that be inappropriate?”
Ben was speechless again.
He raised his eyebrows and said, “Give me your phone.”
Susan handed over her phone immediately.
Ben quickly typed his number into her phone and saved it.
Just call this number if you need help in the future.” Then Ben added, “Of course, you’d better not call me because I’m busy.”
“Well, don’t worry. I’m not one to frequently encounter difficulties.” Susan put her phone aside carefully.
Ben frowned.
Since his face was so scary, he believed no woman would fall in love with him.
But he vaguely felt that Susan kind of liked him.
He wouldn’t allow that to happen.
He was destined to spend his whole life punishing himself, so he decided to distance himself from Susan because he didn’t want to drag another person down.
He knew Susan should fall in love with a normal man.
Ben said in a plain tone, with his eyes darkened. “Susan, there is something I must tell you. I will never truly be with anyone in my life. You are my wife, and I will give you everything I have except for my love.”
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Susan gazed at Ben with her eyes widened.
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Ben’s tone became even colder. “Are you surprised? Let me tell you a secret. The first wife I had, who was rumored to have drowned in the sea, did not actually die. I couldn’t give her a normal
marriage.
and she couldn’t tolerate that kind of life, so she begged me to let her go. I agreed and let her leave. People all think she’s dead.
“If you can’t stand this kind of life one day, just tell me, and I’ll let you go.”
When he let his ex–wife leave before, Ben felt relieved rather than sad.
But gow, Ben somehow felt a little uncomfortable when he said that he would let Susan go if she asked him.
He suppressed the feeling and looked at Susan indifferently.
Even if Susan liked him before, she should give up after she knew how cold and heartless he was to his ex–wife.
But what he saw now… was actually Susan’s bright eyes.
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