Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 3014

”Okay, I’ll have a look first.” Nina sat across from her as she read the documents Sue gave her.

After flipping through just a couple of pages, Sue asked her, “Why are you keeping your mask on? Isn’t it stuffy?”

“It’s fine.” Nina did not want others to know that Karen had hit her. Besides, it was not worth making the issue known.

Sue frowned as she recalled that Nina had gone home because of Karen showed up there.

She had a bad feeling about it, so she looked at Nina’s face carefully.

“What is it?” Sue was scrutinizing her, so Nina could not help but look away.

“Did Karen slap you?” Sue asked once she understood what had happened.

Nina was shocked. If Sue had not been at the company the entire time, Nina would have suspected that she had followed her back and seen what went down. “How did you know?”

“I guessed it. Seeing as you refused to take off your mask, something must have happened. The tone of your voice was off too, like you were hiding something. Plus, if you’re only covering your face, the only answer must be…”

Sue made a slapping motion before gesturing to Nina to take her mask off.

“Let me see the extent of the damage."

Nina could not hide it anymore, so she had no choice but to take it off.

When Sue saw Nina’s red and swollen face, she gasped in shock. “It’s that bad?”

She thought that a lady like Karen would not be strong enough to make someone’s face that swollen even after slapping them.

She did not expect Nina’s face to be so swollen!

“Did you go see a doctor?” Sue asked.

Nina shook her head. “I put ice on it. It’s no use going to the doctor for this.”

“It’s better to go see a doctor and get an X-ray scan…” Sue was worried that Nina might have knocked into something if she lost her balance after getting slapped. There could be serious repercussions.

“I didn’t hit my head, and she didn't touch my ear. I was just caught off guard when she slapped me.” Nina shook her head, not wanting to make the matter seem more serious than it was by going to the doctor.

If she went, Percy would know.

She knew how much Percy loved her. If he found out about it, he would forget the task at hand and come back straight away just to defend her. Then, the Mallory family would be in chaos again.

Nina did not want that to happen.

Sue could read her mind, so she shook her head and said, “You don’t want to go to the doctor because you don’t want Percy to be alarmed…

“Yes. He’s on a business trip right now, and if he leaves his work to come back, it’ll affect the company,” Nina wanted to explain with a smile, but even just raising the corners of her lips slightly was unbearably painful.

“Fine. Since she was able to look for you, you should be careful. In that case, I don’t think you should handle this job. I’ll find someone else to do it.” Sue took back the document from her.

The job required the person to meet clients, but it was inconvenient for Nina to do so in her current state. Others might find her rude if she wore a mask all the time.

Nina did not object. She really could not do it.

“I’m sorry, but you’ll have to meet the clients on my behalf for the time being,” said Nina.

“Don’t be sorry. Just stay in the office and handle the paperwork. Don’t worry about anything else,” said Sue.

Once Nina left the office, Sue told Jason that Karen slapped Nina.

After Jason got the news, he knew who to tell—Luca.

When Luca saw Jason’s message, she sent an invitation to Nina. Considering that Nina’s face was swollen, it would be difficult for her to speak. Thus, she sent her a text instead.