Deep love: insatiable lover

Vanessa ducked her head and didn’t bother to look at Isabel, concentrating on squeezing the older man’s shoulders.

Ignored by the two men, Isabel’s face immediately turned ugly. But in front of the old man, she dared not speak at all, and could only look at Vanessa with resentment.

After remaining uncomfortable for a while, Elizabeth took a deep breath and smiled again to please the old man.

-Grandpa, I’ve brought you lots of nutrition and your favourite snacks. Look, there are lots of them. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you and I’ve missed you so much.

Elizabeth eagerly placed the things she had brought on the table, took out the old man’s favourite buns and handed them to him with both hands.

-Grandpa, eat it, it smells good.

At her attentive intentions, the old man did not so much as glance at her. He simply ignored her presence and gossiped with Vanessa, politely.

Elizabeth’s heart was full of jealousy and resentment, biting her lip with a resigned expression, putting the bun back in place and looking at the old man with pity.

In the past, whenever she made a pout, both the old man and her uncles comforted her and were especially indulgent and kind to her. But today it was useless for her to allow herself to be pampered or assaulted.

The old man continued to ignore her.

After almost an hour of being the invisible man, Isabel couldn’t keep the smile off her face any longer.

He got up with a huff and ran out.

The old man finally glanced up, but it was a cold snort.

-Vanessa, don’t worry, grandfather will do it for you. Our granddaughter-in-law of the Tassis family can only be you, and as for Isabel … I will ask your aunt to contact her mother and take the person away sooner rather than later. A child who does something wrong deserves a good education and a lesson enough to remember.

It touched Vanessa’s heart to know that the old man had retaliated.

But she knew things were different.

The old man knew this, but simply did not want to admit the fact.

-Well, you go about your business. Don’t worry, our family will give you a good explanation.

Vanessa smiled, said nothing and got up to say goodbye.

I thought Dylan would use the occasion to have a good laugh at herself when something like this happened.

But no.

Not only him, but even Orlando didn’t show up.

As if on a date, no one came to disturb her. This eased Vanessa’s tense spirits, but she also began to worry.

The fear that everything was the calm before the storm.

It was late in the evening when Benjamin finally found time to go to see Vanessa after dealing with the media reports.

He did not call Vanessa and drove straight to the office.

Fortunately, I was working late in the office.

When Vanessa knocked on the door she thought it was Enrique and without looking up she said to come in and someone came in from outside.

The sound of footsteps approached and stopped in front of the desk.

Vanessa waited a moment, not waiting for a voice to speak, and looked up in disbelief. A flash of surprise flashed through her eyes when she saw Benjamin.

-Benjamin, why are you here?

-Vanessa, I’m sorry, I didn’t think Isabel would come straight back and make all this mess. She was threatening suicide and I had to go and see her. Besides, I’ve taken care of all the news in the papers this morning and the news of the union with the Carballo family is somehow becoming clearer.

After all, this was not a trivial matter that could be resolved with a single word.

-I know,” Vanessa smiled, looking calm and not as angry or upset as Benjamin thought she would be.

He felt relieved and uneasy at the same time – had Vanessa really decided to accept herself? Why wasn’t she angry about this?

It wasn’t that Vanessa wasn’t angry, but that she thought it was unnecessary. What was the point of getting angry if it had already happened and whether it could be resolved was another matter.

-Vanessa, I…

Benjamin had no idea what was going on in Vanessa’s head, and all he wanted to do was rush to apologise and clarify so that she wouldn’t misunderstand him.

A frustrated sigh.

-Isabel’s father died shortly after she was born, we were family friends and her mother was a good friend of my mother’s so she helped the Carballo family a lot afterwards, Isabel lived with us for a long time as a child and was like family to us. My parents treated her like a daughter and I treated her like a sister, and neither of us thought she would suddenly do something like that.

The more Benjamin talked, the more he regretted that if he had known this day would come, he would have told Isabel to leave him much sooner.

He would stay away from her, not giving her any chance or opportunity, just keeping a safe distance.

But it was too late to say anything.

Even if Benjamin’s parents were angry with Elizabeth today, if she were to admit her guilt, with time past, her parents would forget the past in the future.

That was the most problematic.

Benjamin knew this well, which made it all the more distressing.

He apologised to Vanessa, explained himself to her, but he wasn’t even sure he could resolve things.

-Vanessa, give me some time and I promise I’ll get it right.

-It’s OK, I’m not angry and you don’t have to explain any more, I believe you. I also give you time to sort it out as soon as possible.

Vanessa was worried that Benjamin was making too much of it and explained it to him seriously.

I didn’t want to say things like – nothing you do is going to work – to discourage him now, there was always a chance. What if things really did turn around and could really be sorted out?

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Vanessa, being honest about starting with Benjamin, would, of course, choose to trust him.

Benjamin was relieved to see the first smile in two days.

-Thank you, thank you for believing in me.

As long as Vanessa was willing to trust him, she would try to handle it no matter how difficult it would be afterwards.

-It’s getting late, have you had dinner yet? Shall I take you out to eat?

Vanessa was about to say no, thinking of Mercedes at home, but seeing the sincerity in Benjamin’s eyes, she relented.

-Good.

With the job all but done, Vanessa quickly packed up her things and left with Benjamin.

Shortly after the two arrived at the restaurant, Isabel hurried to the restaurant as well.

When he arrived, Vanessa and Benjamin had just ordered food.

-Benjamin!

Isabel ran over and sat down next to Benjamin, looking at Vanessa with a hostile gaze.

-Why are you here? -Benjamin frowned, a hint of annoyance in his eyes.

Seeing Isabel’s anguished expression, the frown cooled:

-Did you follow me?

-No! Just… I met you by chance.