Worship The Ground You Walk On novel Chapter 42

A furious clap of thunder frightened everyone in the room, and they looked out of the window in shock. Then came the heavy rain with a vengeance.

However, only Ben was sitting there silently like a plaster statue as if nothing had happened, puffing his cigarette.

The rain showed no sign of stopping after a while. On the contrary, it was pouring like waterfall.

Someone answered a call and said, “Excuse me, gentlemen. My sister gets stuck in the suburbs. I have to pick her up!”

“Why is Margaret there all of a sudden?” Sean asked.

That man replied, “I heard that the girls were having a gathering this afternoon.”

That man glanced at Ben before he finished his words and added casually, “It’s said that Mrs. Crawford also joined them today. I wonder if she’s also stuck in the suburbs since it’s a downpour outside...”

Hearing that, Sean turned to look at Ben, finding him sitting there motionless. Perhaps Ben was still not used to the title “Mrs. Crawford”, so he didn’t associate it with Claudia.

Smoking, Ben was staring at the heavy rain out of the window, poker-faced.

Sean heaved a sigh and said to that man, “Then bring Claudia back with you since you’re picking up your sister anyway.”

“My sister is in Seasons Restaurant. I don’t know where Mrs. Crawford is. Where shall I pick her up?”

Sean took out his phone. “Let me ask her on the phone...”

However, Sean realized at once that Claudia was unable to speak, so she wouldn’t answer the phone most of the time.

But Kim would.

The next moment, Sean corrected himself. “Let me text her...”

After the text message was sent, they waited for over ten minutes but still didn’t get a reply. That man got impatient and rose to his feet. “My sister can’t wait any longer. I have to leave now...”

Sean stopped that man before sending a voice mail to Claudia.

However, no matter how many text messages were sent, Sean still didn’t get any reply.

Leo began to wonder why, while that man had to leave because his sister was calling him constantly.

Shortly after, Sean and Leo stopped playing cards and turned to look at Ben.

Ben could faintly feel that people were staring at him without looking back.

In fact, he heard Sean calling Claudia’s name the first time.

At this moment, Ben threw a look at Sean a little impatiently and spoke for the first time this afternoon.

“What’s wrong?”

“What else could it be? Your wife could be stuck in the suburbs. It’s a downpour outside, and what if something happened to her? Call her!” Sean blurted out, regardless of whether Ben was in the mood of listening to him or not.

As expected, hardly had Sean finished his sentence than Ben’s face darkened.

Leo chimed in, “Sean didn’t mean anything bad. It’s raining heavily, and Claudia can’t speak. What if something happened to her?”

“Exactly. The weather is awful now. If it keeps raining till tomorrow, she won’t be able to come home tonight!”

Ben heard them with a calm look on his face. He showed no emotion at all, as if the woman his friends were talking about had nothing to do with him.

Ben dealt with the situation with indifference effortlessly.

Seeing Ben behaving like this, Sean wanted to say something but was stopped by Leo. The two exchanged a glance, and the rest people in the room went quiet. For a moment, silence hung heavily in the room.