Semua Bab I'm Glad We Met After Marriage: Bab 21 - Bab 30

Zach did not answer me. After a brief pause, he went upstairs.I knew he was not that cruel. He just did not love me.I wanted him to say something comforting, even if it was a polite comment like, “How could you think that? I couldn’t bear to let you die.” If a man would not even say half-hearted remarks to you, you did not matter to him.I sat on the couch and stared blankly at the gifts on the coffee table. Mrs. Hudson came over and softly asked, “Mrs. Gordon, would you like to have dinner?”I was not hungry, and the weird smell was still around.Sophie soon sent me a message in excitement. [I got a recipe from Hayden that’s perfect for Cecilia’s illness. I’ll buy the ingredients tomorrow and bring them to your house. After looking through the ingredients, I have a feeling that it’ll be even worse than Cecilia’s concoction.]It was just a harmless prank. The more I caused trouble, the more Zach would find me unreasonable. However, being reasonable did not matter. It would

I did not see Cecilia’s reaction because I quickly returned inside to lay back in bed. Even so, I knew that she must have been furious.Since she used these tricks all the time, I decided to use them too.Zach finally brought me the milk. It was warm, so I could drink it in one go.However, I sipped the milk slowly while he watched me closely from the bedside.“Is it too hot?” he asked.“No. It’s just right.” I shook my head. After I finished it, I still had a little milk on my lips.He bent down and gently wiped it off with his finger. His gaze was gentle.We had spent many late nights working together after Cecilia left. He had looked at me with that same gentle expression on occasion, and I had thought he might be falling in love with me. Unfortunately, everything changed when Cecilia came back.Zach lay down next to me. The nightlight was shaped like a cute bunny, and its smooth, round head glowed softly in the dark.I had gone on a business trip with Zach, and there h

We soon arrived at the office. It seemed like everyone already knew about my illness. They looked at me with pity.Hailey, my secretary, helped me with the elevator and doors. When I entered my office, she even used her hand to keep me from bumping into the door frame.“Hey, am I some kind of fragile item?” I asked.She looked at me with a sad expression. “Ms. Freeman.”“I’m not dying that soon.”Her eyes filled with tears. “Ms. Freeman, don’t say that. Nothing bad would happen to someone as kind as you.”Hailey’s concern was heartfelt. After all, I treated her well.It was still early in the morning, but she had already made me a little sad.I rubbed my nose. “Get me the documents from the past few days.”“Sure.”Hailey brought me the documents, and I quickly checked them. Zach had already signed them.Since we were both company owners, it did not matter who signed the papers.Everything looked fine, so I handed the documents back to Hailey. Then, I remembered something. “

Cecilia was still leaning against Zach’s embrace, and she looked extremely fragile. “I really want to slap her. What an adulterous couple!” Sophie said through gritted teeth.“Stop it,” I said faintly. “Zach was planning to divorce me to be with Cecilia. Now, I’m the one faking my illness, so in a way, I’ve stolen their time together.” “Cassia, where’s your fighting spirit?” Sophie looked at me. “Cecilia was such a b*tch. Oh right, I forgot to tell you something. Wilson Corporation is facing bankruptcy, so Jacob Wilson has run away.” Jacob was Cecilia’s eldest brother, the vice president of Wilson Corporation. He was a few years older than us, but he was an ambitious man with limited capabilities. A few of his investments had fallen flat, so Wilson Corporation had suffered some huge losses. Wilson Corporation had a weaker foundation compared to Gordon Corporation and Freeman Corporation. They had always been inferior to us. If we had not taken care of them for the sake of our

After that initial shock, I decided to sunbathe in the garden. I had not been this relaxed in years. I was almost bored out of my mind. I rested on the lounge chair, and I could see Cecilia’s mansion from this angle. She was on the phone in her living room, and she was swaying side by side like a mad woman. It was as if she had a lot of phone calls to make. I did not know whom she was calling. She looked very anxious, so I did not think that she was calling Zach. I gave Hailey a call out of boredom to ask about the company. “Everything is fine, Ms. Freeman. You should rest well. Mr. Gordon is around, so there’s nothing to worry about,” Hailey said. She was right. Zach was extremely capable. He had taken good care of the few subsidiaries under Gordon Corporation, so it would be no different with our company. Before I ended the call, Hailey asked, “Oh right, Ms. Freeman, Mr. Gordon is going to sign an agreement with Jade Trading this afternoon.” “Is it going to happen in th