Chapter 140
“ I don’t . ”
“ Mrs. _ Morais , I am currently in Las Vegas . Are you sure you want to come down here to talk to me about medical expenses ? ”
I was speechless . _ Henriques was being exaggerated , and it was clear he was kidding me . _ If he had told me right at the beginning of the call that he was abroad , I would not have suggested a meeting , much less with such an excuse .roomy .
Since I could n’t stay silent for the rest of the phone call, I forced myself to ignore the awkwardness and apologize . “ I ‘m sorry , President Ribeiro . I thought you were in the country when I decided to call you . How are you not _in the country , I will leave you alone . When you get back , feel free to call me ; maybe we can meet in another
moment .
By the time I finished the sentence , I was ready for Henriques to completely reject me . Little did I expect that he would not only not reject me , but also promptly give me a definitive answer . “ I ‘ll be back tomorrow , so please call me _ _ _day after tomorrow afternoon ” . _
After hanging up the phone , I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders . I considered myself a daring person , but why was I so nervous when I was with Henriques ?
Was it because I needed a favor from him ? Maybe that ‘s why people said that every person has needs and wants . _ _ I finally understood what that meant today . _
However , I had taken my first step and it would just have to be seen how things went from here . After Henriques returned to the country , I would have to find an opportunity to go see him , and the only excuse I had _I could arrange to run away from home was to say that I had something urgent to attend to at the office .
Since I got “ pregnant ” , Carlos asked me several times to resign , but I always rejected him with some random excuse . _
In the last few days , while I was in the hospital , I requested annual leave from the company . Since I married Carlos , I had never asked for annual leave .
My boss even jokingly told me that he rarely found employees as dedicated as I was and that he was wise to hire a workaholic like me . _
However , this year was an exception as I had asked for annual leave twice before that time when I found out that Carlos was having an affair . I did n’t have many days left on my twenty – day annual vacation entitlement .
When I mentioned this to Carlos in the evening , he didn’t like my plan to go back to the office . “ Linda , didn’t I tell you earlier to quit your job now that you’re pregnant ? You should stay home and take care of the baby . I can work andto feed
all of you . ”
“ I know you can , but I still have a contract with my company . Even if I resigned , it would have to wait until we reached an agreement , so that I could amicably close this door . It will not be well with me if I justdecide not to show up one day . ”
I would never resign , at least not now , and the contract was just an excuse . Just as Carlos had already confidently stated that he would pay any compensation for premature termination of the contract , today was no exception . “ Do n’t worry about compensating– them . If they ask , I pay for you . ”
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