She grabbed Amber’s right hand in a fit of desperation.
Amber heaved a sigh when she saw Sheila’s pale face and bony hands. She then tapped the back of Sheila’s hand with her left hand. “Don’t be so emotional. I am not going to fire you. I was just wondering now that you are pregnant, you are going to get weak and you would be in worse conditions if you continue working. I just want to give you some time off and get back to work when you get better.”
“I know, but it’s unnecessary.” Sheila shook her head and added, “I am going to abort this baby in the hospital in a few days, so I can resume working soon and don’t need to take time off.”
“What?” Amber’s face changed, “Are you really going to get rid of your baby?”
Sheila was not surprised at the fact that Amber had already guessed that she was going to let go of the baby.
After all, Dr. Lansdale told her that she was pregnant and he would naturally learn that she had consulted a doctor about the abortion in the hospital and then tell Amber.
“Yeah, I am going to do it.” Sheila nodded and she was shrouded with loneliness, “This baby shouldn’t have come to this world anyway. His father doesn’t even know his existence, so I’m going to do this soon and get everything back to track. We are just going to pretend that nothing has happened between me and his father.”
Amber stared at Sheila and asked in a while, “The baby’s father is Cole, right?”
Sheila instantly froze and met Amber’s eyes in shock and didn’t expect Amber to know this information.
Amber let out a sigh when she saw Sheila’s reaction, “Well, I guessed it right. This is Cole’s baby. You have had feelings for him for a long time and certainly wouldn’t accept other men. Moreover, there aren’t any other men around you, so this baby can only be Cole’s. Um, you and Cole, when did you…”
Amber was embarrassed to finish her sentence but they both knew what she was referring to.
Sheila dropped her head and looked quite awkward, “It happened when Mr. Lyon stormed out of your office and you asked me to check on him and prevent him from doing anything stupid as you were worried.”
Amber immediately remembered everything.
Cole told her his feelings for her at that time, but she rejected him and stated that she had no feelings for him and just saw him as her friend and bestie and would never be with him.
She was worried when she saw Cole’s gloomy look and was afraid that he might do something impulsive, but she can’t just chase him out.
After all, she just turned down him and it would be confusing for him if she followed him and soothed him.
She then asked Sheila to follow Cole and keep an eye on him so that he wouldn’t do anything stupid.
After all, Sheila was his secretary before and they were classmates and remained on good terms, so it was perfect to let her check on Cole.
However, she didn’t go back to the office till the second day and Amber actually noticed that she was walking weirdly that day, but she didn’t really think too much.
Now that she came to think of it, she had missed many key elements.
Amber rubbed her temples in regret and was upset that she was careless before.
“I see. No wonder.” Amber let out a wry smile, “I just realized the weird vibe between you and Cole started after that day. Before that, you were normal friends, but after that day, Cole’s attitude towards you just changed and got mean. What’s more, you were pretty strange every time you mentioned him.”
“Yeah. We had sex that night.” Sheila looked upset, “After leaving Goldstone Co. that day, Mr. Lyon went to a bar and got wasted. I told him to not drink so much, but he wouldn’t listen and I had no choice but to accompany with and wanted to drive him back to his back when he was done. But he mistook me as you after getting drunk and just dragged me to…”
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