Chapter 256 Like His Wife
Darius’ eyes glinted. After all, he wasn’t born yesterday, and he was still very sharp for his age.
They rushed off that afternoon and returned in high spirits a few hours later. When they were asked about what they had been up to, they simply stayed quiet.
Could Benjamin be in trouble?
He hasn’t returned any of my calls yet.
Darius didn’t move and continued eating with his grandchildren.
After eating, he asked his butler to call Ethen and ask about Benjamin’s whereabouts.
“Mr. Graham? He went out. I didn’t go with him. He went out with Ms. York. Jasper and the others will go and fetch them when they’re done,” Ethen fibbed.
Benjamin’s condition was already stable, but Ethen didn’t feel like telling Old Mr. Graham that Benjamin was in the hospital this late at night.
He didn’t want to cause them to overreact and leak the news to the media.
“Where did they head off to?” Edwin asked.
“Oh! There’s another call coming in, so I need to go! Call Mr. Graham for anything else, okay?”
Ethen immediately made up an excuse so he could hang up.
Edwin raised an eyebrow and reported, “Something seems fishy.”
Benjamin was definitely not at a business gathering, because if he was, Ethen would know the venue.
He probably knew and was purposely hiding it from them.
Darius nodded.
“Call Benjamin again.”
Back in the hospital, Benjamin was finally awake.
Arissa immediately rushed toward him and helped him sit up.
“Are you feeling better?”
Benjamin glanced at her and said, “I’m going to the washroom.”
“Slow down!” Arissa bent down and took his slippers.
He looked at her strangely, curious as to why she was suddenly doing all this.
She was acting like his wife, and doing all of this was completely natural.
She didn’t know what he was thinking and simply helped him put his shoes on so he could go to the restroom.
Benjamin washed his hands and quickly washed his face too before walking out.
“Are you feeling better?”
Arissa stood waiting in front of the door and immediately started helping him to his bed.
“I’m a little tired.”
Benjamin was actually feeling much better after resting, but he purposely said that to mislead Arissa.
“Then go and lie down again!”
Arissa clearly didn’t catch on.
Benjamin’s eyes gleamed and he leaned toward her, putting on a weak act.
She helped him onto the bed and took off his shoes for him.
She was already treating him like he was crippled.
Benjamin almost laughed out loud. “Do you think I’m crippled or something?”
“Huh?”
Stunned, Arissa looked up and immediately her face reddened under his teasing gaze.
“You’re still sick, aren’t you? I just wanted to help!”
Benjamin was still looking at her while sitting up on the bed.
She avoided his gaze but continued to glance at him and noticed that the red flush on his face had already begun to subside.
She chuckled and said, “The redness seems to be fading. Since you’re already feeling better, I bet you’ll be fit to go tomorrow!”
Benjamin looked at his arms, which were already much better than before.
He no longer felt the itching on his body either, which meant that the medicine was working.
“Ah, right! Your dad called you, but since you were sleeping I hung up. Zachary said that he probably wanted to ask you to go home for dinner, so I told both Zachary and Gavin that we went to a meeting and that they should spend the night at their grandpa’s place,” Arissa suddenly mentioned.
Benjamin raised an eyebrow at the sound of Darius calling him.
“Did he call me just to go home for dinner?”
Arissa met his intense gaze and she murmured, “I think so.”
He just scoffed lightly and reached out toward her.
“Can I have my phone?”
She passed him his phone and he unlocked it to see that he had, in fact, received a call from Darius about an hour ago.
He was just about to call him back when Edwin’s name popped up on his screen.
