His Secret Spoiled Wife (Lily and Alexander) novel Chapter 811

Her husband’s words opened the floodgate of her memories.

When Benedict was young, he was smart and talented. A sensible boy, he was eager to learn and possessed unique ideas for doing business. Although his opinions might not always be correct, he had his way of thinking and understanding.

At that time, the family led a peaceful life, and Derrick loved the child and had high hopes for him.

Later, when Benedict was around thirteen or fourteen years old and had entered the rebellious phase, the Tanner Corporation expanded rapidly, and its operations got busy. With Derrick hardly at home and herself not in good health, Stephanie could not cope with the disciplining of their son. It was during that period that Eloise visited their house the most often.

Eloise always told Stephanie to rest and offered to help her with everything at home, even small things concerning their relatives. Benedict became closer to Eloise than to Stephanie. It was around this period that Benedict was somehow exposed to wood carving and grew deeply fond of it.

Stephanie thought back to that time and remembered how Benedict had lost interest in his studies and wanted to study different kinds of wood instead.

Initially, she didn’t think it was bad for him to have a hobby, as it was better than him fooling around outside as a boy in the rebellious phase. However, she later discovered that the child became so preoccupied with his hobby that he would lose sleep.

Apart from leaving wood shavings everywhere in the house, he became unkempt, and his studies suffered tremendously after he kept skipping classes. He also stopped bothering about the family business.

During that time, Benedict had become utterly obsessed with his hobby. Stephanie had tried to stop him, but he wouldn’t listen, and they went from quarrels to cold wars.

Already not in good health and agitated, Stephanie became bedridden. During that time, Eloise came to take care of her, bringing her food and water. She also told Stephanie to let Benedict explore his hobby so that he would be willing to interact with her.

She then helped Stephanie offer guidance to Benedict. Eloise even brought over a lot of wood materials for Benedict, and the boy became closer to her than to his mother.

As soon as Derrick realized something was wrong, they got into a huge argument, and Derrick cut off his son’s financial support.

Their home life was in disarray, but she didn't worry about it because she assumed he was just being rebellious. Later, the father and son slowly reconciled, and Derrick compromised by letting him continue with his wood carving as long as he got involved with the family business. Their family life had only returned to normal when Benedict agreed.

All these happened in three or four years, but it was so tough that Stephanie thought she could not stand it then.

Now that her husband had reminded her of it, she asked, “Are you saying El had something to do with Benedict being exposed to wood carving and becoming rebellious then?”

“Were it not for the influence of our sister-in-law, do you think Benedict would have become so obsessed as to have undergone a complete personality shift?”