Xander had originally planned to inspect Westwold Wetlands with the CEO of Alastair in the afternoon, but he knew it wasn't urgent and could be postponed. Abigail nodded, "I'll inform Alastair and reschedule the appointment."Xander looked up from his paperwork and furrowed his brows, sensing Abigail's fatigue from their travels the day before. Realizing that a night's rest might not have been sufficient for her to recover fully, he said, "You don't have to come into work today."Abigail was caught off guard and wondered, 'Who did he mean?' She decided to ask, "Mr. Zane, are you firing me?"Xander was surprised by her question and thought, 'When did I say I was going to fire her?' Despite having worked with Abigail for only six months, he trusted her as much as he did his longtime assistant Keith. Xander knew that even if Abigail wanted to leave, he might not be ready to let her go just yet.He continued, "Do you feel well enough to meet with clients today?"Abigail began, "I'm so
Cassandra's first question left Xander speechless. She assumed he was just shy or didn't want to talk in front of others. She smiled and said, "Sophia, I'd like to chat with my grandson-in-law in private. You can go do your own thing."Cassandra emphasized the word "grandson-in-law" to remind Sophia that Xander was her granddaughter's husband and discourage Sophia from having any romantic interest in Xander.Sophia knew she shouldn't entertain any romantic thoughts about Xander, but she couldn't help taking a quick glance at Xander and thinking to herself, 'How can someone be so good-looking?'Xander didn't even acknowledge Sophia's presence throughout the whole exchange, which pleased Cassandra greatly. The more she looked at him, the more she liked him. She beamed with happiness and said, "Nate, I'm glad you found time to visit me despite your busy schedule."Xander politely replied, "It's the least I could do."Cassandra continued, "You and Abigail weren't in love before you go
"Is there any chance you two can save the marriage?" Cassandra asked again."No," Xander replied firmly."Thanks for being honest," Cassandra said, pausing for a moment before adding, "Don't tell Abigail yet that I know about your plans to divorce. Let me figure out how to talk to her.""Alright," Xander agreed.After Xander left, Cassandra lay in bed thinking for a while. Once she had made up her mind, she picked up the phone and called Abigail.Abigail was abruptly awoken by the ringing phone from her deep sleep. She answered and heard her grandmother's excited voice, "Abigail, Nate came to visit me. He's not only good-looking but also thoughtful in everything he does. He arranged for me to move to a private room and set up two caretakers to take care of me in shifts. He thinks of everything. You should rest after work today and not come to the hospital.""Okay grandma, please remember to eat on time. I'll come to see you tomorrow after work," Abigail replied. She thought that
Lucas slapped Xander on the shoulder and said, "Are you going to say she's married again? So what if she's married? Can't she just get divorced? Give her husband some money and make him go away. Once he's got the cash, he'll be out of her life and she'll be yours."Xander bent down and stamped out his cigarette before fixing Lucas with a cold stare. "She's not someone you can just joke around about."Lucas chuckled. "So you're protecting her?"Xander replied, "Protecting her? I just can't stand it when people make fun of women.""Alright, alright," said Lucas. "I won't talk about her anymore. Let's go eat." But in his mind, Lucas was thinking, "Xander is all talk and no action. He can't even handle someone saying his assistant isn't just his assistant. He won't even admit he has feelings for her."The truth was, maybe Xander wasn't avoiding admitting his feelings, he just didn't know how to love someone. Having never been in a relationship, he had no idea what it felt like to love
Abigail not only had to manage what Xander drank but also what he ate. She wouldn't let anything he didn't like anywhere near his plate.After the meal, Abigail tended to Xander's needs, and by the time she had a chance to eat, her food had gone cold, and her stomach was starting to growl.Xander was accustomed to having Abigail as his assistant, taking care of everything for him. He didn't think anything was wrong with letting her take care of him so much tonight.Stella was furious and pinched Lucas hard. She cursed under her breath, "It's all because of this jerk. I invited friends over for dinner, and now everything's ruined."Lucas held Stella's hand. "What do you want to do after dinner?"Xander replied, "Anything's fine with me."Stella turned to Abigail and asked, "What do you like to do for fun, Abigail?""I'm not really into—" Abigail started to say, but suddenly, a wave of nausea hit her stomach, and she rushed to the bathroom.Xander's gaze followed her, and a hint
Stella over imagined things in her mind. Abigail did not know how to explain it to her. So, she just did not bother to do it.Her stomach was not feeling well and wanted to vomit just now. It was because she accidentally ate a dessert with peanut butter filling.She had been allergic to peanut butter since she was a kid. So, she could not eat any food made with peanuts.Luckily, the peanut butter filling in the dessert was not much. So, her allergic reaction was not too strong.Abigail poured a glass of hot water and drank it. Her stomach felt much better after a while.Stella worriedly said, "Abigail, should we go to the hospital?"Abigail smiled. "Stella, I'm fine. Don't worry."Stella was still worried. "Let us send you home then."Before Abigail could reject her, Lucas grabbed Stella as he said, "There are so many paparazzi outside. How can you send her home? It's safer to just let Ms. Renee go home by herself.""Mr. White is right. I should leave now." Abigail liked Stell
Xander glanced at her flat belly. He wanted to say something. But he remained quiet in the end. He just asked his driver to drive off.Abigail took a taxi to the hospital. She then only got to know that her grandmother had been transferred back to the normal ward. The caretaker hired by Nathan was dismissed as well.Cassandra's excuse for dismissing the caretaker was that she did not want to waste money. But Abigail still sharply noticed something was wrong. "Grandma, what did you and Nathan chat about this afternoon?"Cassandra grabbed her glasses at the side and put them on. She held Abigail's hand and gently patted it as she said, "Abigail, if you decide to get a divorce, I'll support you."Since Cassandra talked about it, Abigail wanted to just confess what was really happening between her and Nathan. But she did not dare to take the risk. "Grandma, Nathan is just busy working. We're good..."When Cassandra saw Abigail try to comfort her, she felt even more heartbroken and reg
Abigail did not really sleep well that night because she was too excited. But she was still very energetic the next morning.Before she went out in the morning, she checked the documents in her bag again. She wanted to make sure she had everything before going to the office.After she finished her tasks in the morning, Abigail requested a half day's leave from Xander. "Mr. Zane, I have something to do in the afternoon. I want to apply for a half day's leave from you."Her mood was so good today that Xander could feel it without looking at her.'She's so cheerful. Could it be because she's really pregnant?' Xander thought to himself.Xander felt inexplicably annoyed with this guess in his mind. He fixed his collar. "Both of you can rest this afternoon."Abigail said, "Mr. Zane, you're giving us time off again?"Under Xander's leadership, the Zane Corporation had developed so well to the point where many corporations could not match. All the heads of departments in every subsidiar