Sheldon took out his phone and said, "If you won't go to the hospital then I'll call the doctor to come here."
Sheldon would call the doctor over to take a look at Preslie. He'd feel better after.
Preslie panicked when she saw Sheldon take out his phone.
If the doctor actually came to see her, she would get laughed at.
She then quickly shouted, "Mr. Hawls, please stop! I'm really fine. I'm just menstruating and having stomach cramps!"
Sheldon was quiet.
Preslie realized that she had yelled that out loud and wanted to slap herself.
What was wrong with her?!
Had she lost her mind?
If she had wanted to tell him this, she could it done it more tactfully. She could had said that her relative, Aunty Flo was coming to visit or that it was the time of the month for her. She didn't have to say that she was menstruating.
Preslie felt like she was about to cry. She hung her head in shame and didn't dare to look at Sheldon.
For a moment, the atmosphere felt awkward and tense.
Sheldon then broke the silence.
Sheldon's handsome face was now slightly red as he asked, "Well, then when I first came in, I saw you sitting on the sofa, smiling. What were you doing there?"
Preslie was quiet.
She then explained, feeling very embarrassed, "Because Yesseca called me and told me about all the things Tremaine had given her. I was very happy for Yesseca, so I was smiling."
Sheldon was silent.
Preslie had successfully transferred all of her embarrassment to Sheldon.
Sheldon felt extremely awkward at the moment.
A short while later, he blushed and said, "I'll be going then. I need to get back to work. You... you should rest."
Sheldon then hurried away. As he walked out, his handsome face was completely red. It looked like he gotten drunk.
Yesseca called Tremaine.
As soon as the call connected, she asked, "Why did you give me all of these things?"
Tremaine didn't answer her question, instead he asked, "Do you like them?"
Yesseca didn't know how to answer him.
She didn't know if she liked them or not. She only knew that all of these clothes were very expensive and that she couldn't accept them.
Yesseca took a deep breath and said, "Tremaine, thank you for giving me these clothes, but I can't accept them. They are way too expensive."
"You have to accept them." Tremaine said without thinking, "You are my woman and I am giving these clothes to you, so you should accept them."
"No, it's much too expensive," Yesseca replied.
If Tremaine had given her a few articles of clothing, she would have happily accepted them. She couldn't accept all of these expensive branded clothes in the cloakroom!
Yesseca couldn't accept them.
"Yesseca." Tremaine suddenly spoke gently. "Why does it matter if it's expensive? You're a priceless treasue. Anything I give will never be as precious as you."
"You're a priceless treasure." Hearing him say this gave Yesseca a warm sense of comfort.
Tremaine continued, "I've always assumed that you didn't care about appearances. I though that you'd be happy just being in a burlap sack, but yesterday I realized that I was wrong. Yesseca, from now on, I will make you beautiful and bright every single day."
Yesseca was quiet.
She was rendered speechless and embarrassed when she heard him say that.
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