Chapter 61
"How is that possible?"
Benjamin's brows furrowed tightly, his tone carrying a hint of anxiety.
"I didn't even hold her hand!"
Clearly worried that Evelyn wouldn't believe him, he held her very tight, as if afraid she might slip away from his embrace at any moment.
"I took care of her for Soren's sake. There's absolutely no possibility of anything else between her and me."
"Today I was indeed worried that she'd been taken advantage of by Jeremy. I was worried about letting Soren down."
Not because of Freya herself.
One person's poison is another's honey.
What sounded so comforting to Evelyn's ears would hurt Freya just as much.
But...
Evelyn regained her composure, her voice returning to its usual playful tone.
"If that's the case, then I don't need to explain what's going on with her Facebook post and yours tonight, do I?"
Benjamin, a powerful figure in both the underworld and the legitimate world—how could he not see through such tactics?
He fell silent for a few seconds before slowly speaking.
"I'll arrange to send her abroad, so she won't appear before you again."
That's it?
For a moment, she didn't know whether to be amazed at how smoothly this was resolved or at how easily Freya was defeated.
"Doing this will make people think you're blinded by beauty."
"So what? You're my woman, naturally, I have to protect you."
Benjamin's straightforward words made her glare at him with displeasure.
"Protect me? When they were blaming me because of Freya, I didn't see you protecting me. You just left with her."
Benjamin frowned, his face showing a rare expression of uncertainty.
"I asked you to come to the hospital with me."
At the time, he thought that Evelyn's refusal to go to the hospital with him meant she wanted to do something behind his back.
His emotions churned inside, but he couldn't show it.
Sure enough, there was no understanding between him and Evelyn at all.
Evelyn had originally thought that tonight, when Benjamin came to pick her up, it would make Freya face reality and give up pursuing Benjamin.
But things developed completely beyond Evelyn's expectations.
Thinking of Sophia and all those unexpected complications, she knew clearly that these were all Sophia's schemes against her.
Sophia's goal was to drive a wedge between her and Benjamin.
But how could Sophia possibly give Benjamin to Freya?
Her expression changed slightly, her voice carrying unease: "Did something really happen to Freya?"
"Why would you think that?"
At this point, she couldn't care whether he believed her or not. She told him everything that had happened tonight and what she had planned.
He reached out and turned on the bedside lamp, then rolled over to lie beside her.
What did Benjamin mean by this?
Evelyn's mind couldn't keep up with his actions. She instinctively sat up to get out of bed, but he hooked her arm and pulled her back into his embrace.
They had just shifted to a more comfortable position, his large hand gently soothing her back.
"Nothing happened to her, but someone injected her with drugs."
When the word "drugs" reached her ears, Evelyn's eyes widened slightly, filled with disbelief.
In an instant, understanding dawned in her eyes.
Of course, it was Sophia's doing—vicious and despicable.
In modern society, who cares that much about a woman's purity?
Jeremy successfully created a rift between Benjamin and Evelyn, but who knew if Benjamin might become disillusioned with Evelyn because of this, or just want to compensate Freya?
So getting Freya addicted to drugs became a once-and-for-all solution.
A woman ruined by drugs—how could the White family allow her to marry in?
Sophia was just as vicious as in her previous life. Evelyn's body began to tremble involuntarily.
In her previous life, Sophia had destroyed her, making her neither human nor ghost, suffering endless torment, until finally...
"It's okay now." Benjamin thought she was frightened and kept soothing her back. "With me here, I won't let anyone hurt you."
Yes.
With Benjamin by her side, he wouldn't let anyone hurt her.
She immediately wrapped herself around him like an octopus, lifting her small face to look at him expectantly.
"You said you'd help me deal with the Brown Group. How's that going?"
Evelyn couldn't wait any longer.
That snake Sophia—who knew what crazy things she might do?
Using Benjamin's power to get rid of Sophia sooner was the real priority.
"You hate her that much?"
His tone was unreadable, but she felt his arms around her tightening continuously, and even his aura was changing.
Benjamin looked down at Evelyn in his arms.
A sinister gleam flickered in his deep, unfathomable eyes, almost consuming him.
Was it because of Matthew that Evelyn hated Sophia so much, enough to want her dead?
Did Evelyn's hatred for Sophia reflect how much Evelyn loved Matthew?
Evelyn didn't know why Benjamin's mood suddenly changed, but she felt waves of coldness in her heart. She instinctively explained.
"Sophia hurt me so much, can't I go after her?"
"Back then, you begged your father to save the Brown family from bankruptcy. Now, don't you care anymore?"
The past...
Evelyn recalled the years growing up with Matthew, how he protected her like a brother.
Kind-hearted as she was, she had even extended a helping hand to the bullied Sophia.
And what happened?
They were all demons in human skin, extending their venomous claws toward her. They drove Benjamin out of her life and pushed her into an abyss.
She instinctively held him tighter, her voice dropping, seeming to carry a faint tremor.
"I was too stupid before, trusting them wrongly."
"Benjamin, I'll never believe them again, and I won't protect them anymore."
"From now on, we need to be together properly and never let other people's words affect us."
As she spoke, a blush appeared on her face.
Not from shyness, but from embarrassment.
Tonight, because of that Facebook post, she had doubted Benjamin again.
How could someone who put all his thoughts on her possibly have feelings for another woman?
"I'm sorry," she buried her face in his chest, her voice somewhat muffled. "It's my fault for doubting you and making unreasonable demands."
In that situation, Evelyn stood there unharmed while Freya had been injected with drugs—who to attend to first was obvious.
Moreover, given Evelyn's status and position, aside from some harmless words, who could really do anything to her?
The more she thought about it, the more guilty she felt.
It was because of her impatience that she kept getting swayed by emotions. This time...
Evelyn's soft and gentle demeanor instantly extinguished Benjamin's surging bad mood.
He held Evelyn in his arms, kissing her cheek: "I like you like this."
Evelyn nestled obediently in his arms, making the kind of demands that only women in love particularly care about.
Even if Evelyn was acting, he was willing to indulge her.
Feeling his kisses moving lower and lower, she raised her hand to grab his shoulder.
She didn't use force, but it still made him stop.
"Still not okay?"
Evelyn clearly still couldn't face this matter, but didn't know how to explain.
The intimate atmosphere suddenly turned cold. She felt somewhat flustered and at a loss, yet didn't want him to leave in such a mood.
What should she do?