Cordelia shrugged.
"It's up to you. You can whether accept the deal or reject it."
With that said, Cordelia had already stood up, ready to leave without hesitation.
She didn't want to stay here for another second.
Elijah seemed to have expected that their meeting would go badly, so he got up silently and followed Cordelia like a responsible bodyguard.
"Cordelia, wait!" Ben suddenly stood up and tottered to his feet.
Probably due to the dizziness caused by the alcohol, Ben's leg knocked on the chair, making a loud noise.
In spite of that, he went straight to Cordelia.
"Imogen thinks Elissa and I are having an affair, does she?"
Cordelia looked at Ben strangely, thinking that he was kidding.
Not only Imogen but everyone in the world thought the same.
Cordelia looked at Elijah. "What was he thinking? Did he want to deny it?"
Elijah shook his head as if he didn't want to get involved.
"There's nothing happening between Elissa and me!" Ben said solemnly.
"Yuck!" Cordelia said in her mind, looking solemn.
"What Elissa did was not that bad. Am I right, Elijah?" Ben turned to Elijah.
Elijah looked at Ben indifferently. "You are drunk."
Cordelia also felt that Ben lost his mind now.
He wasn't much of a talker when he was sober.
"You know better than anyone else what Elissa means to me. And you never think about how I feel. Is that what a friend does?" Ben smiled miserably, in a state of madness.
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