Did Owen Bennett Get Body–Snatched or Something?
Mrs. Turner shook her head. “I only
Autumn just said, “Oh,” and casu aw that the message was from Mr. Bennett. I didn’t see anything else.”
tapped on Owen Bennett’s profile picture.
A message popped up, catching her completely off guard.
[My Lady, I messed up. Please forgive me. Here’s my card, go wild. And tonight, I’m all yours.]
Autumn: “?”
*Did Owen Bennett really send this?*
*Did his account get hacked or something?*
“This…”
Autumn held her phone out to Mrs. Turner, pointing to the line “Here’s my card, go wild.” “Where’s the card?”
she asked.
Mrs. Turner also saw the message, which sounded nothing like her employer.
After a moment of weird silence, Mrs. Turner pulled out an envelope.
“A courier delivered this while you were at your check–up, ma’am.”
Realizing what it might be, Autumn opened the envelope and took a look.
Sure enough, it was a black supplementary card.
Autumn and Mrs. Turner fell into a long, drawn–out silence.
“Um… has your Mr. Bennett ever done something like this before?”
Mrs. Turner shook her head emphatically.
Forget doing something like this–her Mr. Bennett had never even had a female companion by his side before.
“Maybe he…”
Autumn thought for a moment, trying to find a delicate way to put it. “He probably learned some cringey pickup lines off the internet or something.”
Mrs. Turner’s eyes lit up, and she nodded eagerly in agreement. “Yes, yes, that’s it. There’s all sorts of weird stuff online these days. Mr. Bennett must have seen some dating guru’s livestream and learned this…”
“Anyway, ma’am, let’s just head back.”
Even Mrs. Turner couldn’t find the words to describe the bizarre text message, so naturally, Autumn was at a
loss, too.
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Luckily, it was just one text. Maybe Owen had just copied and pasted it.
Autumn couldn’t even begin to imagine Owen saying those words with that face of his.
It was like the disillusionment of hearing your handsome childhood crush suddenly speak in a thick,
backwoods accent.
After returning to the villa, Autumn went to her room to rest.
Mrs. Turner, however, quietly made a call to Owen Bennett.
“Mrs. Turner? Is something wrong with Autumn’s check–up?”
Owen was very surprised to get her call.
His voice was laced with a hint of anxiety.
Before Mrs. Turner could even speak, she heard him telling Julian Moore to pause their meeting because he
had to go home.
Mrs. Turner finally found her voice and stopped him. “No, that’s not it, Mr. Bennett. Please, don’t worry!”
Hearing her voice, Owen told Julian to wait.
“What on earth happened?”
Mrs. Turner rarely contacted him directly, so it was no wonder he had such a strong reaction.
Especially after the unpleasantness between him and Autumn, and the fact that the text he’d sent on his
mother’s advice had gone unanswered.
Owen had been on edge the whole time.
So, seeing a call from Mrs. Turner now, it was only natural for him to panic.
“No, the prenatal check–up went perfectly. The doctor even said the baby is very healthy and praised Autumn.”
Owen breathed a sigh of relief.
“That’s good.”
“Then why did you call?”
Mrs. Turner couldn’t help but think of that text message again.
“Ahem, well, Mr. Bennett… your phone… has it been with you the whole time?”
Owen frowned. “Yes, it has.”
Although his phone was a custom model and he wasn’t worried about it falling into the wrong hands, he was
a very private person. Even his assistants wouldn’t touch his phone unless it was an emergency.
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Owen didn’t understand why Mrs. Turner was asking this and said directly, “What’s wrong?”
“Well… Autumn thought your account was hacked, so I thought I’d ask.”
Owen went silent the moment he heard that.
“That text message… ahem… maybe you should spend less time on TikTok, sir.”
Owen knew exactly what she meant.
Clearly, the foolproof formula his mother had given him had backfired.
Not only had Autumn not been placated, but she now suspected he’d rotted his brain watching short–form
videos.
“I understand.”
Of course, Owen wasn’t going to say anything more in front of Mrs. Turner. He said his piece and hung up.
After mulling it over, he still felt a little indignant. Owen picked up his phone and called his mother.
“What? It didn’t work? How is that possible? Didn’t you send it exactly like I told you?”
Audrey Stanley was genuinely surprised.
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