"W-What?" She looked at him puzzledly. However, she shouldn't be blamed for being confused since Charles was the one who suddenly barged in and questioned her furiously. Meanwhile, the other secretaries looked at each other as they tried to make sense of the situation. They didn't know why Charles was suddenly mad.
"Is what you said about Daphne's pregnancy true?" He clenched his fists and questioned her while trying to suppress his anger.
Hearing that, Rita finally understood what he meant and responded, "Oh, you're referring to that. Yes, it's true that Daphne is pregnant."
His gaze darkened upon hearing that. Although he had heard about it from their conversation while he was standing outside the door, he was overwhelmed by emotions when he heard Rita reiterated about Daphne's pregnancy. Daphne really is pregnant!
"President Lane, what's wrong?" Rita was confused when she saw Charles' unusual reaction.
"Was the appointment for abortion that you mentioned about earlier true as well?" He stared at her with bloodshot eyes and asked.
"Of course. How could we joke around about things like these?" She nodded.
The others nodded as well. Indeed, it was no joking matter as making fun about such matters was immoral. Even worse, it would bring trouble and inconvenience to Daphne. Since Daphne was an experienced senior at work, there were a lot of things that they had to refer to her. Besides, she was a kind and lovely person who was generous in sharing her knowledge and helping them when they were in need. Thus, they shouldn't spread rumors that would hurt Daphne as it would be ungrateful of them to do so.
Even though they were discussing Daphne's pregnancy among themselves, they weren't planning to tell anyone else about it as it would be troublesome if others found out about that. When Charles saw how serious Rita and the other secretaries looked, his chest felt tight as if a hand was gripping on it, and he almost couldn't breathe because of it.
He couldn't understand why he was experiencing such feelings, but one thing he was sure about was how furious he was at Daphne for not telling him that she was pregnant. He was angry at her for deciding for an abortion all by herself. Since the child could be his as well, she didn't have the final say on whether to keep the child or not.
The thought of it made his chest feel tight as he experienced shortness of breath. His handsome face was flushed red with anger, and the veins on his temples were popping out as his blood boiled.
Rita and her colleagues were startled when they saw his expression, and they didn't know what triggered him.
"President Fuller, are you alright?" Rita asked worriedly.
Hearing that, he sluggishly waved his hand and asked in a hoarse voice, "I'm fine. Did you manage to see what time the appointment for the abortion was?" He was dying to know when the procedure would take place!
"Yes. If I'm not mistaken, it's this afternoon." Rita recalled as she lowered her gaze.
"This afternoon?" It felt as if something in his head had exploded, for the answer came to him as a surprise.
"That's right. It's at 4.00PM." She nodded.
"Are you sure?" Charles glared at her with bloodshot eyes, and it seemed like he was going to break her neck if she gave the wrong information.
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