“Are you okay?” Richard reached out to her. He looked down at the food and saw that she barely ate her food. She blocked her mouth with a hand, breathing slowly. “My stomach feels upset. I think it's my morning sickness. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine.” She dropped the cutlery on the napkin. She smiled faintly.“Is there anything you crave for? You don't seem to have a healthy appetite.”She shook her head. “No. I'll be okay.” She pushed the chair back a little. “I'm going back to the room.” “All right.” He attempted to stand up, she lifted a brow and gestured to him not to bother himself coming with her. “I lost my appetite.” He explained. She figured he wouldn't listen to her even if stayed back at the diner. She shrugged off. “Okay.” She turned to a maid next to her. “You can clean up now.” She left the dining room with him. “Do you have a plan for today?” He asked, walking inside the roomShe walked over to the bed, she sat down and faced him, then nodded. “Yes, I promise
Henrietta stood on his way, stopping him from taking another step further. “I don't like the babysitter. Please fire her.” She said without minding the consequences of her action.Richard glared at her. “I'm not firing her. If you don't like her you should deal with it.” “Miguel hurts his ankle all because of her carelessness. I can't deal with my baby getting hurt. It hurts seeing him in pain.” Her eyes became red as her tears hovered her eyes.He flustered at her, simply didn't understand what she was talking about. “What happened to Miguel?” Worried about him, he inquired..“Why don't you come see for yourself.” He hesitated. He wanted to check Miguel in his room but there was part of him that made him restrict. When he locked eyes with her, there was no sincerity in her eyes. However, since Miguel was the one they were talking about he couldn't resist it. “I know you're not coming with me but my son is in pain because of her. Please Richard, even if you're not going to see our
“How's Miguel? I couldn't check on him because Henrietta won't let me in. Is he okay?” Charlene asked, changing into her nightdress, then walked up to the bed.Sitting up on the bed with his laptop next to him, he was working on it in total concentration. “He's getting better.” He answered her without looking up.Charlene climbed up from the bed and moved close to him, peeking into what he was doing. “Have you heard from Ariel? The maid told me she didn't come here today.”“I got a call from her, she won't be coming to the mansion for a while.” He answered calmly, not looking away from the laptop.Charlene looked at him sharply. “Did you fire her?”“No.”“So, what happened to her?”He stopped his finger halfway close to the keyboard. He closed his eyes briefly and sighed softly. “She just needs a break. And please, Charlene, enough questions. I have to work this out and if you keep asking questions, I won't be able to concentrate.” She blinked slowly, making a hilarious expression. “
“You're drinking alone at this hour.” Henrietta showed up behind him. She was in the home bar with him. It was already twelve o'clock at midnight. He couldn't get a wink of sleep after a teleconference with his clients. He exited the room to have some drinks. He thought everyone was sleeping, however Henrietta awoke like an early bird. “What are you doing here?” He asked without looking at her.“I've been having sleepless nights ever since I got here. I didn't expect to see you here, I usually come here every night.” She skipped a step closer to him.“Why can't you sleep?” He poured more champagne into the flute, then sipped.“Maybe because I have a lot in mind. Dolly broke up with me. I'm about to be kicked out of the industry, they're looking forward to mishaps from me and here I am, somewhere I'm not welcome. I felt like an intruder. May I sit?” She pointed at the chair opposite him. He nodded, giving her his permission. He faced her and lifted a brow curiously. “What have you do
Richard glanced up to know the person that stepped into his office, it was Devyn, He strides toward the chair around his desk and slumped onto it. “What brings you here?” He asked, writing something down on a note. “It's lunchtime. I came to ask if you'll like to join me.” Devyn chirped. He tilted forward to take a look at what he was scrambling down. Richard put down the pen and gazed at him squarely. “What?”“Nothing. Will you join me?”“As you can see I'm busy. Go ahead.” The door slid open and Henrietta casually sauntered in. The bright smile on Devyn's face instantly turned sore, his brow ceased as he twitched his lips, showing dislike. “Hey. What's she doing here?” He faced Richard and whispered to him.“Richard...” Henrietta walked up to them and stopped in front of his desk. She had a cup of coffee in her hand while she was carrying Miguel in her arm, she put the coffee on the desk and passed it over to him.Richard didn't have the time to answer him. He lifted a brow puzzl
“What did she tell you?” He inquired. His voice was calm as always. Richard couldn't get angry and make it worst for both of them. She was furious, and deep inside he also was but he had to conceal his anger so everything would work out perfectly for both of them.“What she told me? Do you think I'll right here asking you if I know about the contract both of you signed?” She yelled through gritted teeth, clenching her fists exasperatingly.He shut his eyes briefly, inhaling and exhaling deeply to calm his nerves. “Calm down, Charlene. I'm going to tell you everything you need to know, but you have to calm down.”“I am.” She snarled.“You are not.” She blinked rapidly, looking around the room she found her way toward the bed and sat down. She buried her face in her palm and cursed underneath. “Fuck you, Richard. You're making everything hard for us.” She gazed up at his face and peered into his eyes, waiting for him to start speaking.“Whatever Henrietta might've told is a lie. Don't
Richard stopped by the kitchen to fetch some water after returning from morning exercise. He sauntered in. Unexpectedly, there were no maids in the kitchen except Henrietta, who was cooking. He would have mistaken her for Charlene, he distinctly remembered warning Henrietta never to overstep the boundary . However, the hair color was different. Charlene had golden blonde hair whereas Henrietta's was dark brown. “What are you doing in my kitchen?” Richard grabbed water from the refrigerator, he selected a glass and poured some into it. He raised the glass to his mouth and guzzled everything.She turned at him, holding a knife in her hand. She was wearing an apron and her hair was also covered to prevent it from falling into the food she was preparing. “Cooking, as you can see.” She replied cheerfully.“And the cook, what happened to her?”“I told her to take a break. She's unwell and nearly fainted while preparing your breakfast. I promised her I'm going to inform you. I'm just offeri
However, it was a mistake and he found it hard to forgive himself for what happened. Charlene was deeply hurt, and he couldn't comfort her because he was the one who brought tears to her eyes.On the other side, Henrietta was enjoying every moment of their throes, nothing seemed to inconvenience her since Richard hadn't spoken a word of leaving the mansion to her. She believed there was a chance for her, now that it appeared to her Richard still left a soft spot for her in his heart, and that alone kept her hopes up. She had made up her mind to seize the opportunity and made good use of it.The incident was a coincidence, he foolishly lost himself and allowed his emotions to get the best control over his action; he contemplated thoroughly how he could explain to her that it was a mistake without hurting her, she didn't give him the audience he needed. Besides, she didn't want to talk to him, shutting him out was all she could do to avoid a dispute and breaking down right in front of h