She felt so stiff that she couldn't help but move slightly, "Marley? I only love you!"
He did not move. "Just one more minute!"
He seldom showed such feelings to her. He was like a wronged child that asked for comfort. He only wanted to hold her for a while.
When Sylvie could only hear the sound of his breathing, he suddenly let go of her and stood up. "Go to take a rest. I am having a meeting!"
"OK!" She nodded.
He took the documents and left.
Sylvie saw him leave the office. He seemed to be very lonely, a bit fearful, and timid. She didn't know what he was thinking. He was always domineering, so she felt sad when he looked so lonely. Did Marley blame her?
He was still in a meeting at lunchtime.
Sylvie didn't know the meeting topic. She just felt that it last so long.
Sylvie went to the door several times but no one came out. When the meeting was over, Ernie walked out of the meeting room and saw Sylvie. He threw a glance at Sylvie with a straight face and went downstairs.
Then Marley walked out and came over to Sylvie. He said in a gentle voice, "Are you hungry?"
"No!" She shook her head.
"Why are you waiting at the door?" He came up to her, took her hand, and asked softly.
"I'm worried you will be angry with me!" She put it bluntly. She was really worried.
Marley was in a daze for a long time. He raised his eyes and looked at her. He put on a smile, and his beautiful eyes seemed to be shining. "You care about me very much!"
He was thick-skinned enough to say that, but he was true. She did care about him!
"Let's go to have a meal!" He got so close to her that her heart was racing. She subconsciously took a step back.
He added, "I will announce a big decision at home tonight!"
In the afternoon, Marley went to Tyler's office.
Sylvie guessed that Marley wanted to talk with Tyler and avoided her on purpose.
After she spoke for Ernie and asked Marley to buy that land, there was a touch of sadness in his eyes when Marley looked at her. She couldn't figure out what he was thinking about.
Was he disappointed?
Therefore, he began to hide something from her.
In the afternoon, Sylvie took a nap in the lounge of his office. After she closed her eyes and slept for a while, she was woken up by a telephone call.
She didn't know the numbers. Sylvie frowned and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Miss Sylvie!" Jemima's voice came from that end. She seemed to hesitate for a long time before she called Sylvie.
"Miss Jemima, can I help you? Marley is in a meeting now!" Sylvie thought Jemima may want to call Marley.
"No! I want to see you!" Jemima said at once.
"Why?" Sylvie was a little surprised, "Why do you want to see me?"
"I want to return some things to Marley but he refused to see me. I will leave here and never come back, so I want to give them back to him. Can you come and take them?"
"If he doesn't want them, just threw them!"
"They are very important!" Jemima said hurriedly.
"Very important?" Sylvie thought for a while. "Let the deliveryman deliver them to Marley's company!"
There are a lot of ways to give things back. They didn't have to see each other.
Hearing that, Jemima was silent for a while. Then she said, "Alright, I will have them delivered to the company."
Sylvie hung up the phone and lay on the bed. Jemima was unwilling to give up, but Sylvie could understand Jemima. After all, Jemima and Marley had been together for so many years. Marley really didn't care about Jemima at all. Thinking about that, Sylvie was a little upset and turned over in her bed. The baby was the most important now.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...