Have I Told You Lately

"There is no need to quit. I just have to be more careful. Besides, it won't show now. When there is no way to cover it, I will listen to you and quit." Rachel shook her head and mollified her mother smiling. Now the whole family depended on her financially. Besides, she still owned much foreign debt. She also needed to raise money for the babies. Therefore, she couldn't quit at any cost.

But she didn't say these to Theresa for she didn't want to pressure her mentally. If not, Theresa might go out to do laboring work secretly.

Theresa didn't understand why but didn't want her daughter to worry too. She said frowning, "Then you can only work for three more months and at the sixth month, you must take a furlough and come home." "Yes, I know, mother. By then they would chase me away even if I don't want to." Rachel pouted her lips at Theresa, thinking if her colleagues still didn't find out at the sixth month, how much clothes she would be wearing.

Theresa couldn't persuade her anymore, and just looked at Rachel with resignation and love, "Let's go home then."

"Wait!" Rachel grabbed Theresa's arm and looked at the supermarket besides, smiling at Theresa, "Since I don't need to work this afternoon, let's go shopping!"

She wanted to have a look at the baby products too.

What's more, for each product, she wanted to buy double, one for girl and one for boy.

Because she didn't know whether they were boys or girls.

Thing about this, she smiled again, with her eyes full of expectation.

"OK then." Theresa hadn't seen her daughter so happy for a long time and nodded with affection.

...

The next day, Rachel wore a large skirt matched with a wind coat and a pair of flat shoes.

Standing in front of the mirror, she was so glad that her company didn't have regulations that employers must dress formally, or she would give the game away.

Yesterday during shopping, she didn't buy any baby product; instead, she bought multiples of clothes that she would use to cover her pregnancy. They were all large clothes. Luckily, she looked petite and her skin was pretty white, so though she gained some weight, it wasn't obvious.

After dressing herself, she drove her black Volkswagen to the company.

"Rachel, how was your trip? Did you have a good time in Japan?"

As soon as she arrived, her colleagues asked her smiling.

"You see, she bought new clothes, of course she had a great time! But...Rachel, your taste in clothes has changed a lot recently." A colleague body checked her and making fun of her while shaking head. Rachel was shocked and made a discontent face on purpose, "Are you praising me or debasing me? I will give you another chance, or... you will lose your share of the presents I brought back."

"Of course, I am praising you! My princess." The colleague snickered when hearing the word presents.

Rachel faked a snort of contempt and put down a box on the table before distributing the presents in it. "Manager Lewis, Mr. Johnson asked for you." Johnson's assistant knocked in.

"OK, I will be right there."

She replied and then looked at her subordinates, "Put the work left undone in these days on my desk." Then she walked out.

At the CEO's office, Rachel knocked in, "Mr. Johnson, you asked for me?"

"Yes, I did. How was your trip? Are you getting better?" Johnson consoled her in a plain voice.

Rachel nodded, "I am much better now. No problem with my work."

"That's good. Did you solve out the financial problem?" Johnson asked another question.

"Yes, I did." Rachel frowned, "So... Why did you ask for me?"

Johnson carried a cup of water and had a drink. Then he looked at the great buildings across the street, "Dragon Age is going to set up a branch in N City." Rachel paused to make sure it was indeed what she heard.

Dragon Age had cooperation with her company. Now that Dragon Age was setting up a new branch here, two company's relationship would be much closer. Rachel had decided to totally cut off with Kenneth, so she felt upset when hearing the news.

"What's your plan?"

Johnson looked at her, "Surely, we should strive for more cooperation opportunities. After all, Dragon Age is the biggest investment giant in north river district, so the headquarters attaches much importance on our cooperation and asks us to seize the opportunity."

Rachel looked confused and at a loss, "But, Mr. Johnson, My specialty is data analysis. I am not good at negotiation."

She wanted to refuse one more time, though she tried it once already before.

Apart from the reason concerning Kenneth, she was not physically ready to go out and do those talking.

"I know it isn't your specialty. But you are gifted with great eloquence and can help with our business." As a senior businessman, Johnson had a lot of experience in training subordinates, "The work will be a bit hard, but it won't be free. Apart from your original pay, I will pay you for extra job arrangements."

"

Rachel didn't know how to reject now.

The shrewd man must know about her financial condition and wanted to exploit her.

If she wasn't pregnant, she would agree in delight. But now she didn't want to take any risk.

"OK then, I will make myself ready for it." She was being perfunctory.

When she was about to leave, she thought about something and asked, "When will they arrive?"

Johnson thought for a while and said, "Next month maybe."

"OK"

She hoped Kenneth wouldn't come in person.

In the CEO's office of Dragon Age, J City.

"Ken, your coffee." Sabrina walked in in nice clothes and make-up.

"Thanks."

Kenneth was reading documents. At this moment, the phone beside him rang up.

Both of them turned to the phone unconsciously.

Kenneth saw the name and picked up the phone, saying to Sabrina, "You can go now."

Sabrina nodded and smiled before walking out.

After the door was closed, the man pressed the answer key and asked, "How did it go?"

"Not well. I found nothing." The man from the other end of the phone answered with a clean voice.

Kenneth's face darkened and he frowned, "Nothing? Did you not go to the hospital?"

"Of course, I did. That was the first time in my life that I went to department of gynecology and obstetrics for someone other than my wife." The man cursed in rage and then asked in a funny voice, "Are you sure they are your children?"

"If I am sure, why would I ask you to find out?" Kenneth's patience was wearing thin and frowned hard, "What did you get from the hospital?"

"What could I get? The private hospital held customers' information confidential. I got nothing even with money. In the end, I had to sacrifice my pretty face to get that Rachel was carrying twins."