Chapter 116
After munching on snacks for over half an hour, I was finally stuffed.
“Hey, if you’re not too busy, could you give me a lift to the hotel?” I was so full that I didn’t feel like walking or hailing a cab
Since Neil was still hanging around, I decided to swallow my pride and ask.
Neil didn’t respond, he just turned and headed towards his car.
I quickly followed suit
At the hotel, I thanked Neil and then hurried back to my room.
Linda and I had separate rooms. I wasn’t sure if she was sleeping, so I sent her a message to let her know I was back.
Linda replied. “Alright”
Then I took a shower and started looking up pregnancy tips on my bed. I had decided to keep the baby and raise him on my own.
This was my first child, and I didn’t want to give him up. Even though I could provide him a good life, he would still lack a father’s love.
The next morning. I was awakened by the alarm clock. After quickly getting dressed and putting on light makeup, I met up with Linda. She was driving and I was sitting in the passenger seat, heading towards G City.
The drive took about eight or nine hours. By the time we arrived, it was around four in the afternoon.
My partners had already made contact. They had booked a hotel and planned to host a welcome dinner for me and Linda to discuss our future collaboration.
“Tm beat, let’s rest up a bit before heading out for dinner,” I said to Linda while lying on my bed in our twin room.
“Sounds good, I could use a break too” Linda responded, stretching out on the other bed.
was around the same age as me, not from Caladonia, but after completing her university studies in her
studied in Rosemont. So when I attended Stella Wallace’s wedding, she was essentially returning to
Finch’s company was because I studied in Rosemont. He’s very patriotic and misses his hometown, so he
talking about was my
me, you know this place
related to
“Yes,
laughed, “And I said, you two share the same surname and look alike, you must be siblings. Are
one at the company knew about my situation
about my divorce either.
I guess you could say I’m single,” I tried to change the subject, “What about
person, Linda
are plenty of men chasing after you Why don’t you consider getting married?” I couldn’t help but open my
What’s the point of saying ‘I love
of Neil, and I was left
over, not speaking anymore. I closed my eyes again and fell
Yawning, I got up and hurried
in his forties named Ferris. He was accompanied by a few younger employees, seemingly
my attention was on Ferris, who had ordered a table full of
served, I felt disgusted. Just the
came seafood sashimi, seafood salad, seafood stew Each dish made me feel
I excused myself to the restroom in the middle of the conversation. Since I hadn’t eaten much, I couldn’t even
out of the restroom, I felt dizzy and my legs were
made my way back to the private room, when suddenly I heard someone behind me call my name,
around, and
and held me up. “Have you been drinking?”
just a stomach discomfort,” I
you have a stomach problem? Why haven’t you treated 17”
nothing serious, just gastritis. Sometimes it makes
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