"Why are you here today?" Benjamin pushed the teacup in Isaac's direction.
"I think you're in the company now, so I came here." Isaac didn't drink the tea and asked, "Are you busy now?"
Benjamin raised his eyebrows, "If I say that I'm busy, will you wait for me or leave first?"
"Either is okay."
Benjamin smiled, "I'm not busy." Originally, he had a meeting, but he postponed it because Isaac said that he would come here.
"That's good."
Benjamin glanced at Isaac, "What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?"
Isaac said helplessly, "Anyway, I have never been in a good mood. But, I just feel particularly annoyed today."
"What happened?"
Isaac sighed, "I had a video call with my mother today."
Benjamin didn't say anything, waiting for Isaac to continue.
"She seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
When she talked to me, she kept coughing..." Then, he looked at BenjaminX, "Ben, you don't know how I felt at that time. I was anxious and worried, but I couldn't do anything. Except for saying something to comfort her and asking her to take medicine on time, there was nothing I could do."
Benjamin pursed his lips slightly and understood Isaac very well in heart.
Issac's mother was the one Issac cared about the most, and she had suffered so many hardships, but she still had to live a hard life because of him. They didn't know where Maxwell locked her, but they knew that she had no freedom.
No one talked to her, and no one cared about her. The chance to call Issac or have a video chat with him might be the hope that supported her to survive. Of course, it was the same to Isaac.
"The reason why I studied medicine was that I didn't like to do business. I didn't like the plots in the business world, and I wanted to get rid of Maxwell, but it was mainly because of my mother. You know that she has been in poor health. However... I studied medicine, but I failed to save Adele, and now my mother..."
Benjamin nodded, "I understand."
"Alas!" Isaac sighed in pain, "I feel that I'm a good-for-nothing. I can't do anything well. I have to do what I don't want, and I can't do what I want."
"Take it slowly. There is a process."
Isaac said with a wry smile, "But the process is really too long."
"Apart from what happened to your mother, what else did Maxwell force you to do?"
"There are only a few things that he can force me to do." Isaac said as he closed his eyes, "However, to me, that's really..."
"Is it about your engagement?"
"I have to get engaged to her, don't I? I hate the d*mn woman!"
Isaac smiled self- mockingly. He was not afraid that Benjamin would laugh at him and said, "Just like today, I'm not in a good mood, because I'm worried about my mother. But Maxwell asked me to go shopping with that woman. Ha-ha."
"Ben, if others know this, will they think that I am a toy boy?" Isaac waved his hand, "Of course, what others think is none of my business. I just can't stand that woman. You don't know how energetic she is while shopping. She always buys whatever she sees. After shopping, she goes to the next shop."
"If I just need to pay the bill, it's okay, but I have to follow her and carry what he buys for her. Ben... even if others say that I'm her servant or bodyguard, I don't think they go too far."
Hearing this, Benjamin frowned, "So, you came here from the shopping mall?"
"Of course! I've had enough of her. I came out when she tried on the clothes." Isaac laughed, "Maybe I did a wrong thing. After all, she's a woman. It's not good for me to leave without telling her. But what could I do? Who cares about my mood?"
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