"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
Xander took out his personal phone. He then found the phone number labeled "that woman" in his contact list. But he hesitated to press the call button.He thought, 'What if the person who answers the call isn't Abigail...?'Xander only pressed the call button when Shawn urged him.When the call was dialed, Xander raised his head to stare unwaveringly at Abigail who was standing not far away from him. A voice in him was constantly praying hoping that Abigail would pick up his call.When the phone rang, it rang once, then twice, and just when he was nervously waiting, he finally saw Abigail take out her phone from her bag. He could then hear a sweet, familiar female voice from his phone. "Mr. Hart, I'm here. Are you guys here?"Xander did not dare to answer. He immediately ended the call and said to Shawn, "Pass me the marriage certificate.""Why do you need it at a time like this?" Shawn took out the marriage certificate from his folder and handed it to Xander.Xander opened the
"He's probably this kind of guy." Shawn looked at Xander as he intentionally said, "Ms. Renee, just forget about this kind of guy. Your marriage to him is meaningless. It's like you two aren't married anyway. If you want to get a boyfriend, just..."Before he could finish his sentence, Xander raised his arm to take his phone over and decisively ended the call.Shawn said, "You do know that she has a boyfriend. Why do you look unhappy?"Xander abruptly remembered the conversation between Abigail and Keith at noon. He asked, "What are the three happiest events in the modern day?"Shawn answered, "For men, it's getting promoted, getting rich, and that his wife dies. For women, it's getting promoted, getting a pay raise, and her husband dies."Xander thought, 'So Abigail was so happy this morning because she wanted to divorce me!'This realization made him look gloomy. "You can shut up now."Shawn was speechless.Xander opened the car door and got out of the car. He then got into t