Chapter 455

After hanging up, the knocks were still coming from outside Benjamin's study. Then, he heard Sharon calling out to him, "Ben, it's Mom. Can I go in?" Benjamin didn't answer Sharon. Instead, he remained silent for a moment before getting up to open the door. Sharon was carrying a tray with a bowl of soup on it. Seeing that Benjamin had opened the door, she beamed and said, "Ben, I boiled a bowl of nutritious soup for you. I've let it cool for a little while, so its temperature is just nice right now. Here, eat it." "I don't want to." Benjamin was about to close the door to the study when Sharon took a step into the room. "Ben." As such, he could only give up on closing the door. He then turned around and walked into the room and to the couch. He sat down on the couch's arm rest before retrieving a box of cigarettes from his pants pocket. He pulled a cigarette out, lit it, and started smoking. Sharon placed that bowl of soup on the coffee table in front of the couch. As s