Spoiled by Mr. Russell

Chapter 899

After listening to Lily for a while, Benedict shook his head and sighed, "I thought many would have felt saddened by the news of my death. I guess I don't have such an influence over people, do I?"

Lily knew he was teasing her, but she did not laugh-instead, she asked seriously, "Is it part of your game plan?"

Benedict's gaze wavered as he looked at her. "What?"

"If you don't want to talk about it, it's okay. Everyone has secrets, so I guess you must do what you need to do." Lily did not like to pry into others' affairs, so she did not mind if he did not want to talk about it.

Benedict smiled. "It's not that I don't want to talk about it, but it's not the time yet. Anyway, I never thought I'd bump into you here. Are you here on vacation?"

"No, I came here to discuss a collaboration deal," Lily answered frankly.

"You used to busy yourself with conducting experiments and creating perfumes in the lab, and now you're

his praise and

she wanted to do was create perfumes while others handled the business deals.

for all the help he had given her. He always gave her timely help yet never interfered with what she wanted to do. It was from him that Lily

at you. Such a sweet smile. Must

okay?" Lily caught herself. Benedict was no longer an unruly young boy carving

into a man, he was discussing deals in business attire and no longer held a chisel but a pen. Lily had to admit that although many things remained

longer make wooden figures?” She felt somewhat

he would surely

However...

make them during my spare time.

in life, and we