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.
age as me, not from Caladonia, but after completing her university studies in her country, she went abroad to
attended Stella Wallace’s wedding, she was essentially returning to her
in Rosemont. He’s very patriotic and misses his hometown, so he offered me a job.
she was talking
you to come with me, you know this place well!” I said, lying in
while. Irene, you’re related to Mr. Finch, right?” Linda asked, “You two
anything, “Yes, he’s
“And I said, you two share the same surname and look alike, you must
about my situation back home, except for
Linda didn’t know about
I’m single,” I tried to change the subject,
person,
after you Why don’t you consider getting married?” I couldn’t help but open my eyes and turn to look at Linda on the other bed, “Did you have a bad experience with love?”
a moment, when she spoke again, there was a hint of anger in her voice, “Men are unreliable. What’s the point of saying ‘I love you? They can change their minds at any time, they can even choose to love
of Neil, and I was
unpleasant and turned over, not speaking anymore. I
I was awoken by Linda’s urging. Yawning, I got up
our partners was a friendly man in his forties named Ferris. He was accompanied by a few younger employees,
bothered about this, my attention was on Ferris, who had
was served, I felt disgusted. Just the smell made my stomach
sashimi, seafood salad, seafood stew Each dish made me feel worse
in the middle of the
restroom, I felt dizzy and my
and slowly made my way back to the private room, when suddenly I heard someone behind me call my name,
and it
me up. “Have you been
a stomach
just checked out? Do you have a stomach problem? Why haven’t you
just gastritis. Sometimes it makes
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