I smiled indifferently and said: "I am really jealous. After all, you are handsome and rich, and based on my personal experience last night, there's not a single woman on this planet could resist what's under that shirt."
Benjamin put his hand on his lips and coughed, and said in a pleasant tone: "It turns out that I have such a high evaluation in your heart."
I opened my hands amusingly, and said impatiently: "Don't make it sound like you are hearing this for the first time, alright?"
All the lights on the cruise ship were on, and they seemed brighter and more eye-catching at night, and Benjamin in front of the background of the lights was evermore charming, not to mention the corners of his lips curled up to a smile.
He was deadly handsome!
I pursed my lips and walked around him to leave, but Benjamin grabbed my wrist and raised an eyebrow and asked, "Where are you going?"
"We are in the middle of an ocean, why do you think I can go?" I broke free from his hands and said, "Find a room to sleep."
Benjamin smiled, he followed me and said, "Then I will go to rest with Mrs. Dunn."
I ignored him, went to the cabin and found a room at random. I was about to reach out to close the door. Benjamin stepped in nimbly, and even "kindly" reached out and closed the door for me.
I lowered my head slightly and didn't want to talk to him. I took off the jacket and lay sideways on the bed, thinking about some things.
After a long time, I felt a strange movement behind me. I turned my head and saw Benjamin lying flat on the bed. With one hand resting beneath his head, the other hand was placed gently on his abdomen, and the direction his eyes fell was above the head on the chandelier.
I turned around and asked in a calm voice, "Benjamin, can I ask you a question from the bottom of my heart?"
I needed his honest answer.
His voice was blurred: "Yeah."
I struggled for a while and asked: "Why did you choose to marry me?"
Benjamin didn't hesitate for a second and said: "I need you, Emma."
"Benjamin, what I want to hear is the truth. Why did you still want to marry me when you knew I was Edith's sister?" "Want to hear the truth?" Benjamin's fingers on his abdomen moved, and he was silent for a while: "When have I ever lied?"
He lied to me last night that the woman in the photo was Edith and he told me that she was my sister.
He even told me that he almost married my sister!
He was full of lies and I had to deal with him carefully.
"I don't want to see you in a situation like that." Benjamin turned his head slightly and looked at me with his deep eyes: "Your sister was a beautiful and smart girl. She never suffered or put herself in a dilemma, but you are different, you always could manage to get yourself in the worst situation possible and make yourself a mess in front of me. All of that made me want to love you and care about you."
"You are complimenting me for being beautiful." I smiled.
Benjamin was puzzled: "Am I?"
I looked at him with my head supported by my hands. He had a pair of cold, arrogant and noble eyes. When he was pleasant, there would always be a smile at the corner of his mouth.
I smiled and said: "You said she was beautiful and smart, and I look exactly the same as Edith, so you are saying the things about me too."
Benjamin said sarcastically: "You really like to flatter yourself."
He was mocking me, but I didn't care, "No matter how ugly you think I am, you can't make it sound worse than what Sean said."
Reaching out to hold his hand on his abdomen, I noticed that his body was slightly frozen, and I chuckled softly: "Benjamin, since we are a legal couple now, then we can ignore the transaction. You don’t need to love me, I don’t need to love you either. However, I hope you can remember what you promised yourself personally that I'm with you for a better life. For me, a better life means I can live a carefree life without worrying about too many things, at least not more things than I used to."
Benjamin asked in confusion: "Are you making demands?"
"If you that's what you call it."
I let go of his hand and said calmly: "Benjamin, you once said that if I have someone I like, you will let me go, so I can totally leave you, and trust me when I say it's not gonna be hard for me to do. The reason I'm saying all these to you is that I want you not to be all that overbearing to me. You asked me to stay out of your business, then I want you to do the same when it comes to mine. Otherwise, it won't be fair!"
Benjamin pursed his lips: "Are you threatening me?"
"If you think it is a threat, then it is a threat." I sat up cross-legged and said frankly to him: "I didn't leave Steve to be someone else's slave."
"A clever girl, aren't you?" Benjamin suddenly reached out and grabbed my wrist and pulled me down into his arms.
His slender fingers slowly stroked my cheeks, and smiled muffledly: "If you talk to those who bully you the way you talk to me, I wouldn't have to worry about you so much. I understand what you mean. What I want is the you now, strong, brave and willing to speak for yourself."
I was stunned and said, "Where's this calm and encouraging attitude coming from?"
Benjamin pressed my head, put his big palm behind the back of my head, and said in a low voice: "Emma, let me love you."
"Huh? What do you mean?" I was confused again.
"Show me your own charm and let me love you."
What he meant was that he would consider loving me.
But what was my charm? Is Benjamin planning to fall Was love with his fiancee again?
How was their love back then?
What happened in it?
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