Worship The Ground You Walk On

"Because she is Claudia!"

Ben told her without thinking.

His voice was so deep and magnetic that you would believe whatever he said.

Hanna was puzzled and raised her eyebrow, "That's a weird reason. But it will be better if you can contact her or pick her up."

She was suggesting to him for his good, but he just looked at her impatiently.

"Can you stop mentioning that woman when I'm with you?" his words surprised her.

She frowned and said, "But she is your wife! In fact, Ben, I feel like I'm 'the other woman' who is damaging your family. I shouldn't even have contact with you anymore...' Hanna was blaming herself. She felt like the others always looked at her or talked about her with contempt.

No matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't get rid of the title 'mistress'.

"You shouldn't treat her like this. You should give her more love and care instead of leaving her alone... This.... this makes me feel uncomfortable!"

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Hanna took a deep breath and put her hand on her forehead. Maybe it was because she was too exhausted yesterday or had been sleeping for too long, she felt impatient and impetuous. Seeing this, Ben's expression was softened. She could always make him surrender.

"What do you want me to do?" he said coldly.

But Hanna was at a loss as well, "I...I don't know!"

She turned around and sat on the bed helplessly with worry in her eyes. "I don't know what I'm thinking, Ben, I am ambivalent, Ben. It's undeniable that I love you so much that I can't control my feelings for you. You are my only hope, and that's why when the bad news came to me, the first thought in my mind was to contact you..." she said in a soft voice.

"Yeah, that's what I want you to do. Even if you hadn't called me, I would have done the same thing for you," he slowly walked to her, held her thin arm gently, and put her into his arms.

She raised her head and gazed at him closely.

Then she closed her eyes and felt the scent of him, bring back her good memories.

"But when you left Claudia behind and came back to see me, I felt I was ridiculous, and I'm so sorry for Claudia!"

After all, she was not his girlfriend and didn't deserve this.

The more he was intimate to her, the more they despised her.

They would call her mistress forever.

That was what she couldn't stand.

Hanna held his waist tightly and felt his strong arms. She felt so secure and relaxed in his arms.

"Just ignore her. You mean a lot to me," he lowered his head and whispered in her ears.

His words touched her deeply. She raised her head slowly and gazed at him with her deep feeling.

She passed her tongue over her red lips, making him want to taste them thoroughly.

Suddenly, his phone rang.

The loud ringtone ruined everything.

Ben cooled down quickly and released her, "Sorry."

And then he walked out of the room and picked up the phone.

"Mr. Crawford, Mrs. Crawford is back! Simon's man said that she has bad health and needs to be nursed with great care. Do you want me to call Dr. Lincoln?"

Dr. Lincoln was a private doctor who only worked for the Crawford family and responsible for looking after Winifred.

Ben frowned and felt unpleasant.

"Just make your own choice!"

Before Nate could say something, he hung up the phone.

Nate looked at the phone embarrassingly and took a deep breath. Then, he called Dr. Lincoln.

Meanwhile, in the mansion of the Crawfords, Claudia cleaned up the baby room, replaced the sheet and quilt, and sorted out the toys in the room. She was sitting on the bed and thinking of her child. Suddenly, the doorbell rang, and she went to open the door immediately.

To her surprise, it was Blair who visited her late at night.

This time, Blair was surprisingly friendly to her. She held Claudia's hand smilingly and said, "Hello, my daughter! Amber tells me that you are home today, so I come here to take a look at you. Do you have a good time with Ben in France?"

She walked into the house with Claudia and said, "I hear that you were invited by the K Group. Looks like the Crawford Group is a huge enterprise with international influence now. Even the K Group has to show some respect for it!"

"And CCU Project was launched. That's good! I have already known that only the Crawford Group could win the project. The other companies didn't stand a chance at all!"

Blair sat down on the sofa and smiled kindly. However, Claudia knew she was a crafty hypocritical scoundrel.

"Only the Crawford Group deserves the project!" Blair laughed.

But Claudia frowned. She still remembered that the Evans Group had been attempting to take the project not long ago.

How perfect she playacted...

Complimenting for a while, Blair noticed that Claudia didn't respond to her at all and just sat in there watching her talking. She felt quite embarrassed and then showed her true intention.

"Well, Claudia, I always believe you are a good girl. As a woman, you are submissive to your husband and never get involved in his business. But, you are also a member of the Evans family, right?" Claudia stared at her grimly.

What did she mean? Did a good woman has to be submissive to her husband?

Sounded like she didn't think women were supposed to be independent at all!

"You don't want to see the Evans Group goes bankrupt, right? I know the project belongs to the Crawford Group and I'm fine with that. But can you require the Crawford Group to leave us some small projects? So, that was why Blair was here.

She just tried to get some benefit from the Crawford Group to mitigate the problem of the Evans Group.

Claudia nodded and gestured, "I know what you mean, Mrs. Evans."

"I know you are a clever girl! That is why I have always been harsh to you. Only the harsh training can make you competent! I spoiled Amber and that's why now she always lets me down!" Blair was smiling brightly with craftiness in her eyes.

"I know you are always my good girl, Claudia! So please, tell Ben to give some small projects to the Evans Group!"

After she finished her words, she got up and was about to leave.

Claudia looked at her silently and soon stepped in her way.

"Why are you going to leave so soon, Mrs. Evans? I haven't told you my requirements yet," she gestured. I