Cutie, Please Marry Me Again (Jenna and Hansen)

Chapter 1719

Raeleigh thought he was on crack. The most unfortunate thing in her life was to have met Jepherson. Were it not for him, would she have been such a pushover?

"I appreciate your kindness, Mr. Richards. Even if I want help, I'd ask my husband, Austin, and not you."

Jepherson's face sank, and he kissed Raeleigh on her lips before continuing to work, surprisingly not upset. Stumped by the kiss, she stood up and sat back down.

The workload was now less heavy with Jepherson's help.

It was indeed a burden, given that she could barely do anything with only one good hand.

Thanks to Jepherson, she could at least take a break, so she didn't stop him. There was way too much for her to go through.

When it was time for lunch, Jepherson snatched the pen in Raeleigh's hand and shoved it in his breast pocket.

"You..." "Alright, take a break. Why waste your time when you can only do this much?"

Jepherson's heart ached for Raeleigh. She had to use twice the effort with only one good hand, and he could only worry by the side.

After checking the time, Jepherson stood up, glanced through a file, and went to her office phone to call the reception.

"Order takeaway to the president's office."

After hanging up, Jepherson lugged a pile of documents and sat down on the sofa, focusing on them.

Sitting in her chair, Raeleigh watched in silence as Jepherson worked away.

By the time the food was sent to Raeleigh's office, he had already read through more than a dozen of them. He couldn't be distracted if he had to look through them meticulously yet quickly.

Raeleigh kept silent the entire time, sitting in her seat. She admitted Jepherson was charming, and his heart had always belonged to her. Her heart wasn't made of stone either; she was well aware of all he had done for her, but she genuinely couldn't go back with him.

Capital City was like a cursed place for her; she dared not even take a step closer.

As for the child he kept talking about, she could only apologize to him.

"Like what you're seeing?" Jepherson asked, his eyes never leaving the files.

His question got her stumped for a second, and next came a knock on the door; she went to answer it. The delivery guy nodded a greeting and smiled at Raeleigh before proceeding to give her their lunch. Raeleigh signed the receipt, and he left.

After the man left, Raeleigh put their lunch on the coffee table.

Jepherson put the pen away and moved the documents aside to make room for Raeleigh.

Raeleigh took the food out of the bag one by one. With only one good hand, she couldn't do most things like she used to. Jepherson's heart wrenched, seeing her like this!

Raeleigh pushed a plate of spaghetti to Jepherson. She couldn't bear to be so cruel to him.

Her heart had softened facing his repeated extortion. Even she thought she was a lost cause.

Perhaps she could still be saved if she ended the relationship with a clean cut.

But if he refused to leave, what could she do?

Raeleigh couldn't exert any force on her left hand, so she had to rely solely on her right. Because of that, she took great pains to open her food

container.

After watching her struggle for a good several seconds, Jepherson helped her out in the end, opening the container and putting a fork in it. Raeleigh thanked him and began eating.

Taking a gander at her, he fed her some sides.

Stumped, she looked over at Jepherson and said, "It's fine- mmph..."

Not waiting for her to refuse, Jepherson shoved the food into her mouth. Reeled, she fixed her gaze at Jepherson and could only swallow.

"I want to know about you and Austin."

Jepherson held his spaghetti as he stared at her, his gaze fathomless. Raeleigh shook her head, still unwilling to say anything about it.

He then took a bite before he looked over at her and stated, "I had the wrong idea back then, didn't I? Nothing ever happened between you and Austin, am I right?"

Raeleigh looked at him and said, "You can't turn back time even if you regret what you did; you can only live with the consequences. That's what happened to us. Why bother with so many questions?"

"I want to know."

Raeleigh fell silent, eating her food.

Despite the upsetting conversation, Jepherson would still put some sides into her food container from time to time.

"No more." Raeleigh was really stuffed.

But Jepherson took a glance at Raeleigh and continued to feed her.

Raeleigh paced around her office after the meal. She was so stuffed that she could barely move.

"You're not fat. You don't have to burn off all those calories walking around like that."

"It's all your fault!"

Raeleigh refuted, but Jepherson was amused.

Raeleigh still wasn't giving up. "We've already divorced. Why can't you leave me alone? I may even die in Capital City if you drag me back."

"I won't let anything happen to you."

Jepherson went back to going through the documents straight after lunch. There were too many of them; just looking through them would take an entire day.

Standing across from him, Raeleigh said, "That's no longer relevant anymore."

"As long as we're both alive, it will always be."

Jepherson said as he worked away. She had to take her hat off to him; he was extraordinarily adept. He could sit there and read through the papers while bargaining with her at the same time.

On this day, Raeleigh felt more relaxed than she'd ever been when she was in the company. But the last document caught her attention.

Raeleigh was a little distracted as she read through the file. Two of her designers were resigning. She only had a small team of them, and two of her best designers were planning to jump ships. Raeleigh was disappointed as she had been helping them and teaching them a lot.

She'd thought that they would stay to help her, but she didn't expect they would leave after receiving a taste of fame.

Seeing Raeleigh lost in thought, Jepherson took the last document from her and read through it. With his brows slightly furrowed, he asked, "They're planning to jump ships?"

Looking at him, she pointed out, "Everyone wants to climb the ladder of success; sometimes you just have to let go. What can I do when they want to leave? They're given a better offer." NôvelDrama.Org: text © owner.

Raeleigh grabbed her pen, intending to sign it, when Jepherson snatched her pen away.

"You're really not one for business."

Jepherson took the file from her and noted 'reject' on the paper.

She looked at him, baffled. "Butt out of this."

"The labor law doesn't only protect the rights of employees but also the rights of employers. Don't tell me you don't know this, given that you've been an employer for three years."

Raeleigh really didn't know about it, or more accurately, she had never thought about it.

It was not easy to solve this kind of trouble, so it was better to avoid it. Just because two jumped ships from her already small team doesn't mean it would be the end of her business, so Raeleigh

wasn't too bothered.

However, given her current condition, she couldn't make the designs herself. What would she do after they leave?

Three years wasn't exactly a short time. It was then really impossible to design herself, and with two of her best designers leaving, was the company going to go bankrupt?