Perfect Mysterious Husband (Maddox and Kimberly) novel Chapter 593

It had been a while since Minerva had last seen Benedict.

Minerva didn't expect this to happen. She looked at the gentle face from afar. The faint smile in his eyes stirred her emotions.

She pursed her lips and walked over to him.

Whether it was five years ago or five years later, Benedict had always been gentle and caring.

As soon as she approached, he had already pulled the chair out for her. He said softly, "Have a seat."

"Thank you."

After thanking him, Han Minerva sat down.

The waiter came over and asked what they wanted to have before leaving with the menu.

Benedict looked at her and started speaking in a soft tone.

"I thought that you didn't want to see me anymore."

Minerva paused for a moment. Looking at his elegant demeanor, she thought of what he had done in private and felt that it was

ironic. She smirked and teased, "Even if I didn't meet you today, you would've still been able to force me to contact you. Isn't that right, Mr. Benedict?"

When he heard her refer to him as "Mr. Benedict", his smile froze. He looked at Minerva helplessly.

"Why? Why are you so hostile to me? What have I done wrong?"

"Hostile?"

Minerva smiled and returned, "Why would you think I am being hostile?"

"If that's not the case, why won't you acknowledge me as your friend? Why would you refer to me as Mr. Benedict?"

Minerva looked at him and said nothing.

Neither of them had a smile on their faces.

Benedict looked at her for a while but he was defeated helplessly. He sighed and said, "Kimberly, don't treat me like this. I told you that I meant no harm."

"Then what do you want?" Minerva's gaze was fixed on him. "If you didn't have any ill intentions, shouldn't you have done nothing? Justin and that contract, it was all planned by you, right?"

Upon hearing this, Benedict sighed heavily again.

"It seems that in your eyes, your brother-in-law is just a bad guy."

Brother-in-law...

This term sounded so distant. Minerva was startled for a moment, and then corrected him coldly, "Maddox and I are no longer a couple. You're no longer my brother-in-law." "You're finally admitting it." Benedict smiled. "Five years ago, I didn't want you to call me your brother-in-law. Now, you're not willing to call me that. Why do I feel even worse now?"

Minerva didn't say a word.

"To be honest, I didn't know that Justin had approached you about collaborating. I only found out about that after he reported it to me."

Benedict's words were extremely sincere and his tone was serious. He did not look like he was lying but Minerva was not too willing to believe him.

Could there be such coincidence? That he had only found out when Justin reported it to him?

If that was the case, why did Justin treat her differently?

Of course, she didn't mention this. Benedict smiled and continued, "Well, since we are here, let's not mention these unhappy things.

I am very happy that you are willing to see me today."

Minerva pressed her lips together and did not reply.

"I would prefer if you called me by my name instead of Mr. Benedict."

"Call him by his name?" Minerva thought and frowned. "Mr. Benedict, I think that it's inappropriate. To be honest, I have only one purpose for coming here today."

"Battle? Sacrificial lamb?" Benedict couldn't help but frown. "Who told you that? Is that what you think?"

"What else could it be? Do you really think that I'm a child? How could I easily believe what you just said?"

"Minerva, are you saying that you don't have confidence in the company that you own? Do you think your company's not good enough to make the upper echelons of Blue Sky Company want to cooperate with you?"

Upon hearing this, Minerva was surprised.

Benedict was really an expert at communication.

He could gradually lead you on so that you didn't have the ability to refute at all.

Just like how he had settled the 300 thousand dollar debt back then. Even though Minerva had asked Quill to return the money, what happened later on... It was impossible for her to reject him.

"Be more confident."

Benedict smiled and stretched out his hand to rub her head.

This action was the same as before.

Minerva looked at his hand in a daze.

"Okay?"

Minerva came back to her senses. She tilted her head back and looked at him with a frown. Benedict looked at her with a harmless smile. She couldn't even lose her temper.

However, the more he acted this way, the more angry she felt. It was as if something was burning inside of her and she couldn't let it out. She felt extremely uncomfortable.

She gritted her teeth and said in a harsh tone, "I don't believe that you weren't behind what happened five years ago."

Benedict froze for a second and asked, "What happened?"

"Mr. Benedict, you're so forgetful. Don't you remember your own play?"