Next One Is a Babe

After giving it a thought, Sophia said, “Maybe someone doesn’t want me to give birth to this baby.”

Twisting her head and peering at her over her shoulders, Matilda could guess who she meant. If there was really someone who didn’t want her to have the baby, there was only one person who came to her mind.

A few minutes later, Sophia’s phone rang while she was sitting there on her bed. She glanced at the caller and frowned. Then, she rejected the call without hesitation.

Taken aback, Matilda asked, “Who’s calling? Why aren’t you answering the call?”

Letting out a sigh, she answered, “That’s a spam call, and it has called me many times before, so I don’t feel like picking it up.”

Matilda merely acknowledged with an ‘I see’, and she didn’t think anything else of it. Out of boredom, Sophia browsed the Internet on her cell phone and lay down on the bed again. Thankfully, she was always feeling sleepy from her pregnancy, so she could catch some sleep whenever she had nothing else to do. After she had Matilda help her to close the curtain halfway and block out the light on her side, she drifted off to sleep.

While Sophia was sleeping comfortably, her cell phone rang again. As she was still half-asleep, she picked up the call without even checking the caller when she fumbled for her cell phone.

The voice on the other end sounded cheery. “What are you doing, Soph?”

Because she didn’t hear anything clearly, she didn’t say anything in reply. However, her silence didn’t dampen the spirits of the caller at all as she continued, “I’m just done cleaning up the house. Your sister is a really naughty child and always messes up the place, which reminds me of how you were when you were young. You were so obedient, a complete opposite of her.”

Opening her eyes slowly, Sophia stared at her phone and hung up. What’s in the mind of these people? They even have the cheek to put up a show of fake family affection. After she switched off her phone, she rolled over and continued sleeping.

Meanwhile, John went into the living room and chatted casually with the supervisor. However, while he was speaking, he would peer over at that guy from time to time, and that made it seem like they were having a discussion about him.

It was clear as day to him that that guy was feeling unsettled. Even though it wasn’t apparent that he was avoiding his gaze, the guy didn’t have the nerve to meet his gaze directly either. John wasn’t such a perfect judge of character, but he was sure that there was something suspicious about that guy, and he felt relieved that Sophia was sharp enough. Or else, this guy would have gotten away with some shady business on this day.

Following that, it probably hit that guy that something was wrong. Hence, he went to the supervisor and told him that he was feeling unwell, requesting to take the day off.

It was obvious from the supervisor’s face that he was unhappy about it as he said in an angry, hushed voice, “You’re here to stand in for another person. Who is going to take your place if you’re gone as well?”

Embarrassed, the guy said in insistence, “But I’m really feeling unwell and a little dizzy.”