One Night Stand With That Beggar

Naomi asked curiously, “What about her?”

“She… She is actually plotting to bring down the entire Granger family. She’s just targeting you because of convenience. That’s why you’re in quite some danger recently. You must listen to me and protect yourself.”

Naomi nodded and continued asking, “Wait. But, how do you know so clearly?”

Nelson grew nervous. In the end, he still didn’t tell her the truth.

“That’s because she is my neighbour. I found something wrong with her, so I decided to look her up beforehand. Your father knows about it too.”

Naomi remembered that day when Amos mentioned Monique’s name in the study room. She gasped in realization, “He didn’t even tell me!”

“He is afraid that you might be worried, and he doesn’t want you to be involved in the underhanded clash with her. With regards to this, I agree entirely with him. I wouldn’t have told you all this if it weren’t because I had no other choice.”

Naomi rolled her eyes at him and said, “Hey, I’m not someone who needs protection 24/7. I can fight alongside you!”

Nelson insisted, “But, I only want to protect you. So, please don’t make me worry!”

Naomi flashed a bitter smile at him and rubbed her head on his nose, saying, “Okay, let’s go home!”

…

When they arrived at Nelson’s house, the bodyguards instructed by Richard were already waiting there. He introduced them to Naomi and ordered them to send her back to her home.

As of now, the Granger family’s mansion was still safer than his place.

After Naomi left, he got up and went to the window. The very second he stood straight, his phone started to ring furiously.

It was from Monique.

“Nelson Luther, how dare you betray me?”

Now that they had a fall-out, Nelson was no longer afraid of Monique. Hence, he was oddly calm.

“The same goes for you!”

Monique sneered, “Do you really think I can’t do anything to you now?”

Nelson stopped speaking.

Currently, Monique truly couldn’t do anything to him. After all, all her assets had been gravely affected by the incident with Amos previously.

The only exception was the Inchee Group, that was currently in Nelson’s hands.

If Monique dared to do anything to Nelson, it was very likely that she would lose this piece of property too.

It was a substantial amount of money. Even if she went bankrupt, it was possible for her to get back on her feet by utilizing this amount of money.

Monique scoffed loudly.

“If I were to know earlier, I shouldn’t have saved you in the first place. I could’ve prevented you from biting me in the back today!”

Hearing this, Nelson smiled and replied, “Miss Monique, it seems that you are a little forgetful. You have colluded with my mother and inveigled me into taking revenge on Amos Granger. However, is he really my enemy?”

“You keep saying that it’s for my own good when in truth, it was nothing but your mendacious propaganda to mislead me. You even made use of my mother’s age and senility to achieve your own goals. You’re really despicable!”

“Oh, so you knew all along! Very well, I expected this much from the person I thought highly of. Nelson Luther, I’ll get you back for this, just you wait!”

After that, the phone was hung up.

Nelson frowned as he looked at the phone number flashing on the screen. Seconds later, he immediately switched on the tracking device.

When he knew that Monique had returned, he ordered Richard to install a tracking program in his phone just in case.

Now, it was the time to use it!

However, Monique was rather cunning. She didn’t use her own phone to call him. Eventually, Nelson’s efforts to locate her failed.

…

After the trial, even though there wasn’t sufficient evidence to release the suspects, it was proven that the Granger family was not involved in the scandal.

Very soon, the shares of Valiant East quickly improved in the market.

The cherry on the cake was that Harley made a call to them, saying that Benedict had finally awoken.

As soon as Naomi entered the house, she saw her parents rushing out. Seeing her, Eudora quickly hugged her.

“Naomi, it’s been hard on you. Have a good rest. I’ll go to the hospital with your dad. Benedict has come around.”

Naomi was pleasantly surprised. She immediately said, “Really? I want to go too!”

Eudora knew about their friendship. She initially assumed that Naomi was tired and had planned to have her stay at home. Now that Naomi was hyped up to go, she would never stop her.

Naomi looked inquiringly at her mother as she asked, “Why did he suddenly wake up?”

“I don’t know either. His father said that there were signs of regaining consciousness yesterday, especially after you left the hospital. However, he wasn’t fully awake, so they decided to keep the news to themselves. Just now, they called us and said that he has regained full consciousness.”

Naomi recollected what she said to Benedict the day before.

It couldn’t be because of what she said to him, right?

It definitely couldn’t! After all, she double checked and found no response from Benedict. Maybe she was overthinking things!

…

Naomi and her family bumped into Tina and Christopher when they arrived at the entrance of the hospital.

After a quick exchange of pleasantries, they all went into the ward together.

Before they pushed the door open, they heard Thea’s gentle voice.

“Benedict, are you hungry? I’ve prepared your favorite food. Have a bite!”

There was no reply, before Harley’s slightly angry voice was heard.

“Why don’t you answer your mother? Are you happy to see her so busy over your hospitalization?”

After that, Benedict’s voice could be heard saying, “Mom, I’m not hungry!”

“If you’re not hungry, then drink some water!”

“I don’t want water either.”

Eudora cast a helpless glance at Tina. Among the three of them, Thea was the one who doted on her children the most.

They couldn’t do much about it other than to distract her.

They pushed the door open and went in.

“Thea!”

Thea raised her head joyfully and exclaimed, “You’re here!”

Then, she continued to focus all her attention on her son. Eudora hurriedly pulled her back as she said, “It’s a good thing that Benedict has woken up, but I noticed that you don’t look well. If you keep going on like this, you’re going to get sick. Come on, let’s go sit there for a while!”

“But, Benedict…”

“Isn’t Naomi here? She can take good care of him.”

Only then did Thea nod and give in, “Oh, fine!”

Seeing that, Harley also made an excuse to go out with them. After everyone left, Naomi stepped forward and smiled at Benedict.

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Benedict didn’t say a word, and he looked blankly inscrutable.

Naomi was frightened. She reached out and touched Benedict’s forehead.

“Are you okay? Don’t tell me that you’ve lost your memory too? Do you still remember me? Who am I?”

Benedict couldn’t help but roll his eyes at her. He called her in an annoyed tone, “Naomi!”

“Thank goodness! Wait, do you still remember how you got hurt?”

Benedict frowned, “I didn’t lose my memory, so you don’t have to worry about me anymore!”

Naomi fell silent afterwards. There was a moment of awkwardness between them.

“Well, do you want some water then?” Naomi asked. She tried to find some topic to talk about, but the very moment she asked Benedict, she recalled that he had just said he wasn’t thirsty.

“I…” Naomi was about to say something when Benedict interrupted her.

“You don’t have to be so uneasy, and you don’t need to feel too stressed around me either. I chose to end up like this, so it has nothing to do with you!”

Naomi looked at Benedict confusedly and blurted, “What?”