When Mason saw me walk in, he put down his phone. He looked at me and asked, “How was the site recce?”“Not too bad. Do you need anything from me?” His schedule was not free enough for him to come all this way just to play with his phone.“I told you this morning that I’d send you some soup.” He passed me a container. “Drink this while it’s still hot. It’s good for suppressing nausea.”“Thank you.” I was grateful. He had been very attentive to me and my troubles recently, and I felt bad he had had to come all this way. “I’ll buy you a meal someday to make up for this.”“That’ll have to wait till after you’re done with this whole spokesperson thing. I heard you’re organizing a huge talent show for this?” Mason sounded like he had just learned about it.“Yeah, so it can be fair and no one feels insulted,” I joked.He lifted his head to look at me. “Do you ever wonder if the reason Theo passed this job to you was that he didn’t wanna work with Newlight any longer? What are you gonna

Theo hugged me very tightly, so tight I could hardly breathe. I had never seen him like this—fragile and perhaps a little bit clingy.He buried his head into the crook of my neck and murmured, “Let’s just be happy from today onwards. Let’s not fight anymore.”The warmth of his breath stroked my ears, as well as that low, velvety voice of his.Theo pulled me in closer and said, “Don’t move, let me hug you for a little while longer.” His voice was resounding and left no room for me to deny him what he wanted.All I could do was sit in his arms and listen to his murmuring.It was a rare atmosphere, one that held both harmony and tenderness.I was not used to this. A dull fire rose from the bottom of my heart as I wiggled around and tried to get up.He chuckled softly. He seemed to be in a pretty good mood.I was speechless. My body was stiff, and I did not know what to do. To be honest, I had mixed feelings about how he was acting right now—a little conflicted, a little awful.Th

My eyes were still tightly shut when I finished speaking. I did not dare to look at Theo’s reaction.“Don’t worry, we will try our best. Let’s get you to the emergency room right away and inform the OB/GYN about this.” I was quickly pushed into the emergency operating theatre.Right before I was wheeled in, I caught a glimpse of the pain on Theo’s face. His hands were balled up into fists and he was punching the wall repeatedly.My heart hurt so much I could barely breathe. It was all my fault. It was all because of my stubbornness and my rashness when it came to making decisions. If the baby was gone, just like this, I would be the greatest sinner of all time. I would never be able to forgive myself.When I woke up again, whiteness greeted me. I was laying in a hospital bed, and Theo was staring at me intently. I had never seen him look so tired and roughed up before. The memories of what had happened came rushing back into my mind.“My baby.” I jumped up from the bed and reached

I made a face and kept quiet.“Are you worried it’ll be bitter?” After a short while, he grinned. He lifted his eyebrows up a little, his eyes shining like the sun and his smile extremely alluring. It was a shame he did not smile often.He got up, took a bottle of honey out of the fridge, scooped out a few spoonfuls, dissolved it in water, and passed the cup to me. He said, “It won’t be bitter anymore after this! Let’s eat that medicine now. There’s a good girl!”I… Was he treating me like I was three?Exasperated, I took the cup and gulped it down.Once I was done with the medicine, he took the cup from my hands and washed it in the sink.It was a surreal feeling watching him, with his tall and lanky frame, slave away in the kitchen. Tonight, he was giving me all his love, and it felt unreal, like a dream I had stolen for myself temporarily.There were ripples in my heart even though it was obvious he was only doing all of this for the baby.“What are you thinking about?” Whil

I narrowed my eyes and shot him a cold glance before turning my head away, not wanting to pay him any attention.He was slightly taken aback when he saw me, but he soon started jeering at me. “Wow, Mrs. Grant sure did take her own sweet time coming into work this morning.”“I don’t think I’m under your area of jurisdiction, President Nichols. Whether I come in for work or not is none of your business,” I replied faintly.“Wanda Lane, I never knew you were like this! I thought you proclaimed that Cecilia Shane was like family to you? How can you still come to work when your family’s locked up? How coldblooded of you.” Zedd sneered.I had been perfectly fine before he brought that up. The cheek of him to bring Cecilia up! I was burning with rage, and I furiously glared at him. “I never knew how lowly and despicable President Nichols could be so as to please Ms. Reed. How loyal!”Zedd’s face contorted. As he was about to speak, I interrupted him. “God sees all. You’d better pray that