Chapter 264 All He Can Offer
Benjamin chuckled softly, "There's no such thing as people who are naturally perfect for each other. Isn't it enough as long as you love each other?"
"What I mean is, I don't want Sophia to repeat the mistakes of your father or your mother."
As soon as Xander finished speaking, Benjamin suddenly felt that tightly wound nerve in his mind snap.
He slowly straightened up, his voice cold and deliberate, word by word, "That day will never come."
"You say it won't, so it won't? Let me tell you the truth - over twenty years ago, Hayden said the exact same thing to me." Xander was extremely sensitive about these matters now.
After all, there had already been a lesson learned.
Although he didn't know his niece Sophia well enough yet, and they hadn't spent much time together, as long as she was his niece, he wouldn't ignore her situation.
Over twenty years ago, Hayden had confidently run up to him, saying he would definitely treat Olivia well for the rest of his life, love and cherish her, never leave her.
But in the blink of an eye, he saw him tangled up with another woman on the street.
He took photos and sent them to Olivia, but not only did Olivia not believe it, she foolishly went to confront him, only to be deceived by Hayden's sweet words.
He was so angry at the time that he eventually just stopped dealing with the matter.
"I won't become another Hayden." Benjamin stood before Xander, his eyes full of certainty.
He made a phone call, and soon Eldon rushed to the hospital, holding a document in his hand.
Benjamin flipped through the document and signed his name on it without a moment's hesitation.
"Sophia is not Olivia, and I'm not Hayden. I know what your concerns are. I can't guarantee what the future will look like, but what I can be certain of is that Sophia will be my only wife in this lifetime."
Xander didn't know what he was doing and took the document with confusion.
He lowered his eyes and casually opened the document, then suddenly froze.
"This is..."
"I don't have much to give Sophia. The White Group is my family's legacy built over generations - I won't and have no right to hand it over to anyone. But these are the assets I've accumulated over the years, everything I can offer."
If he and Sophia really got divorced or separated, apart from the marital property, all of this could go to her.
Although he knew Sophia didn't care about this money at all, if things really came to that point, this was all he could think of to give her.
But Xander knew very well that these assets weren't just a string of numbers.
It was a huge fortune.
Even he couldn't come up with this much money in such a short time, but Benjamin had done it.
He looked at Benjamin with mixed feelings and still asked stubbornly, "I can see that Sophia cares about you a lot. Do you think doing this will make me drop my prejudice against you? Don't forget, years ago your father also chose to leave with nothing to escape your mother. And what happened in the end?"
In the end, Amelia's illness got worse. Every day she acted like a madwoman, treating Benjamin even more harshly, hitting and scolding him at will.
Amelia's behavior wasn't at all like treating her own son - Benjamin was more like a tool for her to vent her anger.
Benjamin lowered his eyes, his thin lips pressed into a tight line, the hair on his forehead covering his eyes and hiding the expression in them.
Eldon looked at Xander angrily.
No one had ever spoken to Benjamin in this tone before, but the other party was Sophia's uncle, so even though he was angry, he could only hold it in.
He just felt grateful that Chase wasn't here - with his temper, he would definitely have gotten physical on the spot.
When had Benjamin ever suffered such grievance?
But Benjamin was seriously thinking. Actually, all these questions Xander asked had no so-called correct answers.
Because no matter how firmly he answered, Xander would say that anyone can say these things, but not everyone can do them.
Benjamin was silent for a long time before he finally looked up calmly, "You're Sophia's family, so I respect you. But even if you're Sophia's uncle, you have no right to interfere with our relationship. I will never let her go, unless I die."
No matter what the cost, he could bear it.
He had finally gotten her firmly in his grasp - how could he bear to let go?
Xander suddenly smiled. The tense atmosphere instantly disappeared, and the oppressive air gradually dispersed.
"Remember what you said today. The Smith family isn't someone just anyone can mess with."
Eldon noticed the change in his mood and suddenly felt a bit confused.
He looked at Benjamin and saw him return to that lazy manner, leaning against the wall, eyes lowered, with a slight smile.
Every sentence Xander said was leading, and combined with the servant saying that Olivia had been to the Smith Villa yesterday, he guessed that Xander's attitude just now wasn't insisting on breaking them up.
He was just testing, testing whether he would be like Hayden, being with Sophia with ulterior motives.
Now, he had bet right.
Xander was indeed testing him.
He wouldn't make the same mistake twice.
Those words just now were just to test how deep Benjamin's feelings for Sophia really were, whether he would give her up for profit or other factors.
Although he was Sophia's uncle, he had never taken care of her growing up, so he had no right to interfere with her relationships.
As long as the other person had good character and would treat her well, not greedy and selfish like Hayden, he had no reason to object.
Fortunately, Benjamin had successfully passed his test.
And he had gotten a guarantee.
This property transfer document had legal effect. If one day Benjamin betrayed Sophia or separated from her, this money would be Sophia's.
"Don't let her know about this document for now," Benjamin reminded.
This "her" naturally referred to Sophia. Xander nodded and folded the document, putting it in his suit pocket.
Soon, Maddox's surgery was completed.
When Sophia came out, she saw Xander and Benjamin standing on opposite sides of the corridor, each leaning against a wall, not looking like they were waiting for the surgery to end, but more like they were confronting each other.
After Maddox was wheeled out of the operating room, Xander immediately stepped forward, "Francis, how's my dad?"
"The surgery was very successful. As long as he rests well and keeps taking his medicine, there won't be any problems." Francis gave some more instructions before leaving.
It wasn't a major surgery to begin with, but Xander cared a lot about Maddox's health and insisted on having the best surgeon.
Although Francis was getting old, he wasn't rusty at all with the scalpel and completed it very successfully.
Sophia quietly walked up to Benjamin and asked in a low voice, "Did you two not get along well? I feel like the atmosphere between you is kind of weird?"
"Really? You must be seeing things." Benjamin lied without batting an eye.