Chapter 120: So You've Been Busy Wooing Your Wife

The silver-grey stretch Lincoln sped through the icy winter night. Joshua, cigar in one hand and flipping through the Summit Bank's financial reports from recent years with the other, reported the progress of a merger to Benjamin earnestly. Benjamin sat gracefully, legs crossed. He listened to Joshua while his attention drifted to his phone screen, which displayed his chat with Sophia. Benjamin, [Have you had dinner?] Benjamin, [I'll be home late tonight.] Benjamin, [It's been five days. Can you not lock the master bedroom door tonight?] Benjamin sent messages to Sophia every few hours, but she never replied. In just five days, he experienced the sting of being neglected. "Benjamin, are you listening to me?" Joshua was annoyed, halting his report. He put so much effort into their business, and Benjamin couldn't even give a perfunctory reply and just stared at his phone. Daniel glanced at them from the driver's seat through the rear-view mirror. Seizing the moment under Dani