chapter 8

Amanda's perspective.

He was silent, and all those eager, soaring hearts that had just fallen to the ground in an instant. It was the first time he had kissed me outside of bed, and I had a moment of pleasure, but when I asked, my heart slowly lost its eagerness.

It was hard for him to answer, or rather, he was reluctant to say anything too much. He was about to say something when the phone suddenly rang.

His expression got serious: "What is it? ...... Got it, book a flight, I'll be at the airport right away."

Silence hurts more than rejection, and he was ever decent. What purpose did it serve for me to ask these words but to make a fool of myself?

I took this time to wipe the moist moisture from my eyes and pat my face, I had to see my mom later when I got back, I didn't want her to see anything strange.

"Just go, you sign the divorce papers and then give them to me." I picked up the bag on the floor and prepared to go upstairs, not wanting to look at him any longer.

"What's going on?" Nathan frowned and pulled me back, suddenly remembering something: "Is it because of your father's affair? I'm taking care of it, and ......"

"No!" Getting involved with money, especially coming from his mouth, I felt incredibly ashamed and immediately denied it: "I'll fix it myself, don't worry about it."

"How are you going to fix it? That's $10 million, the bank seized all the property in his name, how much can your mother's dowry be?" Nathan sounded as if I was being unreasonable and gave me a clear count of my family's money, but I felt even more embarrassed and interrupted, "I'll take care of it myself."

Nathan's face turned ugly for a moment and he was about to say something when my mother's voice suddenly appeared: "Amanda? Why don't you go home? What are you doing standing there all the time?"

I looked up and found that it was my mother who was looking at me from the window on the second floor, not knowing how much she had just seen ...... thinking about that kiss, I blushed and hastily gave a casual yes, who knew that Nathan was pulling me and not letting me go, and looked up to my mother and said, "I came to see Amanda, can I stay for dinner?"

My mother froze for a moment and nodded a little awkwardly, "Yes, you can come up too."

I was stunned and subconsciously asked, "You're staying?"

"Why can't I stay?" His expression was also strange: "Haven't you stayed for dinner at your house before?"

But you didn't say yes either.

I silently retorted in my heart, but after a careful look at him, he seemed to have just come from the company, and he hadn't been home in the past few days, and seemed quite busy ...... my heart softened, a little reluctantly said, "Okay, then you are not allowed to talk nonsense, I haven't told my mother about the divorce. "

I took Nathan upstairs, the meal was a bit awkward, I ate while curious, he just called seemed to say that he was going to the airport, but now how not to go?

Not only did he not leave, but he even watched a TV show with me for a while after dinner, but of course, mostly I watched it absentmindedly, and he was beside himself not knowing what he was dealing with, frowning all the time.

In fact,...... we get along with each other like this quite a lot, after dinner, we will also sit in the living room like this for a short while, but none of the time is too long, the president's time is always accurate to the second. We are not really far apart, my mother is cleaning up the kitchen and has just kicked me out, I think she also wants me to spend more time with Nathan.

Unfortunately, she didn't know that I had already filed for divorce.

I stole a glance at Nathan, he is willing to stay here with me, does it mean that he is actually not that indifferent to me? I gathered my courage and was about to say something when Nathan flipped his phone over and said to me, "I'm going to the

[11/28, 2:35 PM] Pappi Small 😃: airport, you should move back quickly in the next few days, I don't agree with the divorce."

He said nothing more, said hello to my mother and left my house. I went to the balcony to look at him, his driver was already waiting for him downstairs, his face had little expression, I looked in the direction he left and felt a little shaken in my heart.

The next day, the company's administration told me that a business trip was arranged for me, it was in Ocean Group, to participate in the bidding of the project, although there is a probability that this time is to accompany the run, but the other president idly read our previous planning case, think it is very interesting, maybe there is another cooperation. So Nancy wanted me to go, because I was involved in that planning case.

I didn't want to leave at this time, and I wanted to talk to my lawyer about my father, but Nancy told me that she had applied for a grant for me, and it was not a small amount.

Well, I was most desperate for money now, and there was no reason to refuse. I went to the lawyer first in the afternoon and handed him the money, and he was visibly relieved to have the money: "That's a good thing."

I reluctantly smiled. The lawyer had been busy for a long time for my father's sake, and after thanking him again, I hurried to Ocean Group headquarters.

When I registered at the reception desk downstairs, I suddenly saw an acquaintance.

A group of people came in from the front door in a hurry, and in the middle was my handsome, upright, expressionless husband.

Nathan.

He looked indifferent and was talking to his assistant. I watched him walk past quickly with my mouth open and suddenly noticed a simple, understated ring on his finger holding the phone.

This ring is very simple workmanship, just a ring, but a nice shape, and not a monotonous round surface.

I was distracted by this ring and had a bad feeling in my heart.

The receptionist at the front desk saw me hesitate to put pen to paper, followed my gaze and said with a smile, "So you're looking at our president?"

I subconsciously asked, "Is he the president of Ocean Group?"

The receptionist nodded: "Isn't he young and talented?" After Ocean Group went public in his hands, the market valuation was tens of billions!

So he is so rich.

I didn't know anything, once I thought that last night he told me that he was thinking about my father's affairs ......

Ocean Group is simply a huge tree in the industry in terms of how much money it has, and he says that he's trying to figure it out.

If he was going to settle, it wouldn't take more than a second to write a check. Although I know that he is not obligated to help me, but he has said that he is thinking of a solution for my father's matter, so why give me hope again?

My body seemed to be pressed the pause button, he did not see me, but I felt so embarrassed.

The receptionist pressed open the elevator for me: "Okay, Miss Amanda, you can go upstairs, the president's office is on the 37th floor, you can wait in his office first, the president just went to the technical department and will be in his office in ten minutes."

My feet felt like I was stepping on a swan's feather, my mind was a mess, and just as I opened the elevator, I ran into another acquaintance.

Charlotte.

She was in front of her desk, bent over gathering papers.

She was very pretty, her shirt was unbuttoned by one, and I think when she bent down, people who were very close to her would see the 'nice view' of her chest.

I looked down her arm and noticed that on her finger, she was wearing a ring.

A simple, understated circle, a glance was able to see that the ring in Nathan's hand, and should be the same pair.

It turns out Nathan didn't dislike the wedding ring, it was that he didn't like that the person he was wearing the ring with was me. He and Charlotte wore the same pair, but they looked extraordinarily well matched.

It was ironic that I stood by the door for a while before Charlotte noticed I was coming, and she walked toward me and held out her hand, "Amanda, hello, what brings you here?"

She sounded as if she owned the place, obviously Nathan and I were related by marriage, but in her eyes, I was the one who had intruded into their territory.

My eyes went down and rested on her ring, and I whispered, "It's a beautiful ring, did Nathan give it to you?"

Charlotte laughed and withdrew her hand, "Are you here to see Nathan? He's in the tech department, you may have to wait a while. What would you like to drink? Tea or coffee? Oh, I seem to be out of coffee beans, the one Nathan likes to drink is out, and I've been so busy lately I forgot to get it."

She sounded like she was complaining, but she couldn't hide the intimacy and smiled at me as if she was entertaining a guest in her home.

Even if I was down and out I wouldn't stand to be taunted, I looked at her quietly for a moment, reached over and took the wedding ring off my hand and placed it on the table, "No need, give the ring to Nathan for me."

Screw the proposal, whoever wants to talk about it, I can't stay here for a minute! I quickly left the office and texted Nancy to tell her that someone else was coming over right away, I just wasn't right for the job.

Nancy saw that I refused so simply, so she had to agree. I left Ocean Group, I don't know if it was for physical or psychological reasons, I had a sick feeling in my stomach, thinking about Nathan and the ring in Charlotte's hand, I blushed, originally I thought it was because I couldn't accept the tearing feeling of having to separate from Nathan, but it lasted until the time I was about to meet Raymond, I still felt very uncomfortable.

I covered my stomach and started to remember all the strange places I've been lately. I seem to be getting more sleep lately, and I've also become more easily tired than before ......

Right! The party!

I suddenly thought of the night of the banquet, Nathan ejaculated inside me, although cleaned up, but did not do any protection!

My face went white and a very unbelievable thought crossed my mind.

I didn't dare delay any longer and made a doctor's appointment immediately.

"The test results show that you are four weeks pregnant, congratulations, did your husband not accompany you to the hospital?" The doctor looked at my test report with a smile on his face and a surprised tone, as if he was happy for me.

But I couldn't be happy at all, if I had a mirror, my current expression might be worse than crying, I looked up at the window in a trance, and the reflection of the glass showed me my now very pale face.

I can't believe I'm pregnant ......

"How are you?" The doctor, seeing my silence, called out to me somewhat strangely, but I was now so confused in my mind that I could only nod haphazardly, pick up the examination report like a wandering soul, and escape from the room as she kept calling out.

She kept calling my name behind me, probably thinking it was very strange. For a woman who is already married, pregnancy is definitely not a bad thing that deserves my pale face, even if it is not a good thing.

But how could I get pregnant?