The first lady disagreed, “Oh, come on. We are talking about the Santiago family. Not the Nixon family! The Santiagos and the Dreskins families are almost on the same level, and their businesses are not in the same field. How did he threaten them?

A fourth lady chipped in, “Oh, my! The Nixons really shouldn't have messed with Bennett!"

The second Lady messaged, “Moving on, there's only one possibility left; Zaria has a thing for Claudia!"

“That may be the case!" the first Lady replied. Messages kept pouring in.

Aurora took screenshots of them.

She then sent them to Claudia.

Claudia was horrified after reading them.

She slapped her forehead and mumbled weakly, "What did I do to deserve this?"

Meanwhile, Bennett's phone kept buzzing. Tons of messages were being dropped in his friends* WhatsApp group chat.

Breck texted, "What's going on? Why did Zaria publicly express her gratitude towards your wife? @Bennett."

This was followed by Duncan's message. "I heard that Zaria has a thing for your wife. What do you have to say about that? @Bennett.”

Tagging Bennett too, Grover texted, “Zaria's public appreciation has even overshadowed the news of that necklace you gifted your wife."

Breck messaged, “Dude, Zaria went all out to make that public appreciation. It's hard not to suspect that she has some hidden agenda for Claudia.

What are you gonna do? How do you feel about this?"

How did he feel?

Humph!

Bennett threw his phone aside, stood up, and walked out of his bedroom. He headed straight to the guest bedroom and knocked on the door.

Claudia was still trying to process what was happening when she heard the knock. She stared at the door for a while before coming to her senses. She then stood up and opened it.

Unsurprisingly, Bennett was on the other side. He looked straight at her with his eyes narrowed a little. "Have you seen the post Zaria made?"

Claudia's ears turned red. "Yes, I have."

For some reason, she had an awkward feeling.

“Okay.”

Walking in, Bennett rubbed his nose and said, “I think you are right. The check should be returned to Zaria."

“Huh? Oh... Okay!"