“A friend of yours?”
A sh of disgust crossed Lucia’s eyes. “No, someone | dislike.”
“Anyone you dislike must not be a good person,” the colleague said, trying to tter her.
Lucia appreciated it. “Let’s not talk about it. It’s a mood killer.”
When N arrived at the restaurant, Vrie was just getting there too.
Linking arms, they walked in together.
“How did the interview go?”
“It went alright, but I’m not sure if I’ll get the job.”
“If you don’t, just try anotherpany. There are plenty of pharmaceuticalpanies in the city. Anypany would be lucky to have you.”
“Thanks for the confidence, but I haven’t worked in ab for years.”
Drug research required a lot of experience, and aside from the three years N had spent in theb during her graduate studies<b>, </b>she didn’t have much professional experience.
“Don’t
worry. Once you start working, you’ll catch up quickly,” Vrie said.
She knew that N had always been dedicated, often working tirelessly for results and data. “Enough about that. Last night on the phone, I heard a man’s voice. What’s going on?”
Vrie blushed, avoiding N’s gaze. “Did you? Are you sure?”
N stared at her. “Vrie, I’m not hard of hearing. I clearly heard a man at your cest night.
Vrie’s cheeks reddened further. She knew she couldn’t avoid it. “Alright, alright. It was my boss… We’re dating.”
N didn’t respond, her eyes fixed on a spot in the restaurant, growing red.
Vrie’s heart sank. Following N’s gaze, Vrie saw rk sitting with a woman who was crying and asionally giving him a longing look.
Chapter B
Vrie couldn’t believe rk would be so brazen, openly bringing his mistress to a public ce. “Is that the woman he’s seeing?”
“Yes.” N tried not to care, but seeing them together felt like a hand tightening around her heart. It made it hard to breathe.
“I’m going to confront her! How dare she unt her affair in public!”
N quickly grabbed Vrie’s arm. “Don’t.”
Confronting them would only humiliate herself further.
“How can you stand this…” Before Vrie could finish, she saw N’s near–tearful expression and felt a pang in her heart. “Don’t cry. He’s not worth it!”
N rubbed her eyes and took a deep breath. “I know.”
The moment rk cheated, he stopped being worth any of her feelings. However, after loving him for eight years, it was impossible for her to simply switch off her emotions. Eventually, she would distance herself from him until he was nothing but a stranger.
Without looking back, N turned and walked away.
rk sensed someone staring at him, but when he looked up, he saw no one.
Next to him, Jordyn continued to sob softly, further irritating him.
He lit a cigarette and said coldly, “If you won’t get rid of it, I have ways to make sure you don’t carry it to
term.”
rk grabbed his phone, ring at the message with a dark expression. He and Jordyn <b>had </b>always used protection<b>, </b>so either she was lying, or she had tampered with the <b>condoms</b>. Either way, it crossed a line
for rk.
He <b>called </b>her directly. “Where are you right now?”
Jordyn felt a pang of bitterness when she heard the anger in his voice. “rk, I’m pregnant. Aren’t you happy at all?”
rk let out a <b>cold </bugh. “Are you sure it’s mine?”
“rk, you’re the only man I’ve ever been with. Wouldn’t <b>you </b>know better if it’s yours or not?”
Her tone was usatory, with a hint of grievance, but rk just felt annoyed.
“Get rid of it.”
The only woman he wanted to have children with was N. Women like Jordyn, who threw themselves at him, were just for fun. He never took them seriously.
“No, this is our child. I’m keeping it.”
rk frowned in irritation. If he had <b>known </b>she was so troublesome, he wouldn’t have touched her. “I’m asking onest time, where are you?”
There was a brief silence before Jordyn’s tearful voice came through. “Are you nning to force me to. have an abortion<b>?</b>”
rk didn’t reply, his silence answering her.
“If you don’t want this child, I’ll raise it on my own. I won’t let it know who its father is…”
Before she could finish, rk hung up and instructed his secretary to find out where she was.
When N discovered his affair, he quickly learned that Jordyn was behind it and kicked her out of thepany. He didn’t expect her to have a backup n.
That child couldn’t be born. If it was, his rtionship with N would be truly over.
Late that night, N, half awake, heard the car engine start but didn’t think much of it.
The following morning.
During breakfast, the housekeeper mentioned that rk had left in a hurry during the night, possibly due to an issue at work.
N didn’t respond<b>, </b>sipping her milk with a hint of mockery in her eyes.
An issue at work? It was more likely he was rushing to see that other woman.
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As she left, she messaged Vrie to ask where they should meet for <b>lunch</b>.
Vrie replied with a restaurant address.
N put away her phone, got in her car, and set the <b>GPS </b>Text content ? N?velDrama.Org.
What she didn’t notice was a woman in ab coat with delicate makeup staring in her direction with at <b>slight </b>frown.
The woman’s colleague, also in ab coat, nced where she was looking but only saw N’s car disappearing around the corner. “Lucia, what are you looking at?”
Lucia Pord shook her head. “Nothing… I thought I saw someone I knew. Must have been mistaken.”