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Then what happened in London…wasn't fooling around?
I didn't ask that. Instead, I remembered an important question I should have asked in the first place. It wasn't safe to assume.
"About my staying at your place, will your wife be okay with it?" I asked.
"Daddy doesn't have one," Chloe replied and continued humming.
"Oh, I… I didn't," I looked at Ben and he didn't seem fazed about what Chloe had just said.
"It's alright, she's been… gone since Chloe was born," he finally said as he came to a stop sign. "Chloe didn't know her so it's not much of a problem."
"But you knew her," I said.
"Yeah… I did," he replied as his hands tightened around the steering wheel before returning to his hand to the gear stick.
I shouldn't have asked that.
"Hey, don't feel bad. If anything I would think there was something wrong with you if you didn't ask," he said.
"Oh makes sense now," I smiled. "I'm still sorry if it caused any bitter memories."
"It didn't," he assured me.
*****
We arrived at his house. For someone who was a billionaire, he lived rather minimalistic. The house seemed like a simple home. That's if you ignore how big the compound was. There was a playground, a separate house just to keep his cars. A lot of expensive-looking sport cars and some luxury ones. He had a security man, but I didn't see any other staff.
"Chore day must be difficult for you," I teased.
"Oh, I have a gardener," he said. "And I hire cleaning services. I'm mostly not home so I don't usually hire them often."
"But they do a good job right?" I asked as he unlocked the front door and opened it.
"I'm sure they do," he said as he put on the light.
The living room was spacious, and the furniture had a luxury feel. I noticed the surround system from the home theater. The TV was the biggest I have ever seen. From the living room was an open view of the kitchen and dining area. There was a mini-bar as well
"Was this your idea?" I asked.
"My wife's. She wanted to be able to keep her eye on the kids if they were playing, or offer me some entertaining view of her cooking form," he replied. "The bedrooms are upstairs. One belongs to Chloe, one is mine and the last one is the guest room, where you'll sleep in for now."
"Daddy, I want to sleep in your room, you promised," Chloe reminded him.
"I know and you can sleep in my room, let's get you changed and ready for dinner," he said to her, then turned his attention to me. "Let me show you to your room."
*****
It was bigger than my place, and I didn't feel like going back home, nor going to the hotel if Ethan had secured me a place.
"If you need anything, let me know," he said. "I know you planned to make dinner for us, but let me do it today."
"Thank you for everything," I said.
"Don't mention it," he said and left.
I had a shower. My habit of worrying about wasting hot water almost kicked in but I remembered he could afford it, so I just continued anyway. When I was done, I looked for something to wear but realized I hadn’t packed any sleepwear.
I had to improvise.
