Worship The Ground You Walk On

Chapter 27 Look What You've Done

As soon as the news went viral, Claudia was invited to the Crawford's old mansion by her mother-in-

law.

Although Claudia didn't know exactly why her mother-in-law wanted to see her, she had a slight

suspicion that the reason was related to the party last night.

When Claudia arrived at Crawford's old mansion, Winifred was receiving guests upstairs, so the old

housekeeper asked Claudia to wait for a while.

While Claudia was sitting on the sofa waiting for Winifred, the housekeeper accidentally knocked over a

teacup and cut his hand. Kindly, Claudia hurried upstairs to find a medical kit.

If she had known in advance that she would hear the most unwanted conversation of her life, then

Claudia would never have come upstairs to get the medical kit.

As she passed the door of the study, a conversation came from inside the room-

“Hanna, while Conrad is still young, you should spend more time with him. You and Ben are meant to

be. I'll have Ben divorced that woman as soon as Conrad accepts you.”

Winifred's voice sounded excited, as if she was eagerly awaiting that day to come.

Hanna said, “Mrs. Crawford, that's not going to work. Claudia is Conrad's birth mum. I don't want to

compete with her...”

“So what if I say she's the true mum supposed to be? Do you know how she got pregnant?”

“What?”

“That was because Ben was drunk. He thought she was you. Otherwise, how could Ben have married

her? It's not like you don't know how Ben feels about you...”

Hanna's voice was slightly helpless, “I know that Ben loves me, and I love him too, but...”

“That's right. We'll get rid of Claudia as soon as Conrad gets closer to you. The Crawford family won't

keep that mute! It's a disgrace!”

Outside the room, Claudia's hands on the stair rail were sweaty. She seemed to have overheard a

conversation she shouldn't have.

It turned out that Ben had actually... mistaken her for Hanna when he had sex with her in the first place! Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

She slowly turned around and she was afraid of what she might hear again, so she'd rather play dumb

and pretend that everything was okay. And she certainly didn't want to set things straight.

When Winifred came downstairs, it was almost an hour later. And Claudia didn't know what Winifred

had said to Hanna in the study during that time. And she didn't want to think about it, so she distracted

herself as much as she could and tried not to think about it.

When she saw her mother-in-law coming down the stairs, Claudia hurriedly got up and nodded politely

to her.

After all, she couldn't speak, so she couldn't greet Winifred with words. And Winifred hated her using

sign language. And she wouldn't allow Claudia to write down her words. Therefore, Claudia could only

smile and nod at Winifred to show her manners.

Winifred sat down arrogantly, looking like a hostess. She looked at Claudia with a stern gaze and

pushed a stack of newspapers and magazines on the coffee table in front of Claudia.

“Ben booked the entire Zeus Hotel last night to celebrate your birthday in a high-profile way!”

Although Winifred's tone didn't sound like accusing Claudia, her words sounded a bit sarcastic to

Claudia.

Claudia lowered her eyes as soon as possible and felt bitter inside. He had obviously held that birthday

party to build a good reputation, so how could he have thrown it to celebrate her birthday?

“You seem to be getting along with Ben a lot better these days,” added Winifred. It obviously sounded

like she was mocking Claudia.

Claudia felt at a loss for words. How could their relationship have improved?

It was all just a show that he put on!

“It's good that you two have a good relationship, but you don’t want to influence his career, right?

Claudia, you're a sensible woman. Don't ever let Ben do this for you again!”

Claudia was embarrassed and felt very aggrieved!

Winifred knew why Ben had made such a big deal about her birthday party last night, but she said

these things to Claudia, sounding like she was intentionally being sarcastic.

But what could she do? Even if she felt more pain inside, she could only swallow the pain.

When Claudia left Crawford's old mansion, Winifred's last words kept echoing in Claudia's ears.

Winifred said to Claudia, “Don't think you're superior after you have given birth to my grandchild. And

don't try to win Ben over with Conrad. That's not gonna happen!”

Claudia wondered when she was trying to use the baby to capture Ben's heart.

That was pure nonsense!

However, she felt there was no need to argue with Winifred, so she held back her anger and remained

silent.

Ben didn't return home for the next two days, as if Claudia was back in the old days when she looked

after Conrad at home and spent time with him every day. She couldn't help but wonder how time had

flown by.

On the third morning, when she had just come downstairs to prepare breakfast, she picked up her

apron and had not yet put it on when the front door was slammed deafeningly.

The loud sound made Claudia tremble with fear. After a while, she looked at the door. Then she found

that Ben, who hadn't returned home for three days, appeared on the doorstep.

His handsome face looked gloomy. His ruthless eyes stared at her for a moment. Without making any

movements, his cold, thin lips were pursed into a straight line. There was a faint flame secretly surging

in his dark eyes.

He was surrounded by an aura of intense hostility that made him look powerful and frightening.

Ben usually made people think he looked gloomy and depressed. However, he looked even eerier and

more frightening at this time, somehow making others feel scared and afraid to breathe!

Claudia did not come back to her senses for a while. She froze stiffly in place as she stared dully at

him.

Their nanny in the kitchen heard the movements and thought something was going on, so she walked

as she said, “Mrs. Crawford, is everything alright...”

As soon as she reached the kitchen door, she caught a glimpse of Ben at the door and stopped in her

tracks, stammered, and said, “Mr. Crawford, welcome home!”

“Mind your own business!”

Ben replied to her in a cold, low voice. Then he looked straight at Claudia and stepped forward.

He walked directly toward Claudia. And he walked slowly. The muffled sound of his luxurious

handmade shoes on the floor was creepy and daunting.

Those were the only words Claudia could find to describe the sound of his footsteps. And she couldn't

help but back away and slowly tried to run away.

However, Ben's long legs took a big step. He took a few steps and was in front of her. He stood still and

looked at her with a fierce look in his eyes.

Claudia naturally looked down and did not want to meet his eyes.

Ben stared at the top of her head for a moment. Then he reached out without struggle, cupped her

cheek, and pulled her closer to him with a strong grip. His gaze looked ferocious. “It seems that I have

underestimated you!”

She was stunned and wondered what he meant.

“I can't imagine that all you can think about is scheming when you can’t even speak!” Ben stared at her.

His vicious gaze was like a laser piercing her through.

Claudia's eyes showed a look of surprise. She raised her hand and tried to get rid of him, but he held

her hand again. Unable to escape, she felt even more puzzled. She frowned with a look of confusion in

her eyes.

Ben understood the meaning of her eyes. Then he sneered, suddenly decreased his force, and

slammed her hard to the floor.

As Claudia steadied herself, Ben grabbed a stack of morning papers from the coffee table and

slammed them into her face.

“Look what you've done!”

Claudia leaned down in confusion as the papers scattered to the ground. The moment she picked one

up and saw the headline on the front page, her mind went blank, and she was stunned the next

second!