Have I Told You Lately

Chapter 20: Surprise

Kenneth finally signed on the crumpled document and put down the pen before retrieving his jacket and

left.

He did not say even one word throughout the whole process.

Rachel could not hold back any longer, she buried herself in Theresa’s embrace and cried miserably.

If she wanted to preserve the child, she had to get a divorce. If she was still married to him, the child

would be gone under Kenneth’s mercilessness. Hence, she had come up with a plan to put on a show

with Osmond and Theresa, with the purpose of forcing Kenneth to agree to the divorce.

But when he really signed his name on the certificate, Rachel felt that her interiors were being blended

together. She felt really miserable.

Kenneth was downstairs without him realizing it, and when he encountered someone who was

smoking, he offered some money to him, “Sell me the cigarette and the lighter.”

When the person saw that he had offered one hundred yuan, he hurriedly gave him the cigarettes and

the lighter.

Kenneth lighted up one cigarette.

He had never liked the smell of smoke, and he only smoked when he was negotiating business. But

now, there was a void in his heart, he wanted to find something to fill in that void, and smoking could

somehow manage that.

When he was raising his hand, Kenneth only noticed the platinum ring on his finger, and he slowly

produced a velvet box from his pocket.

When he was going on business trips in Singapore, he had passed by a jewellery shop and recalled

that he had bought Rachel a diamond ring worth thirty thousand yuan when they were just married.

She had always been wearing it, and looked as if she never removed it. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

Maybe he subconsciously wanted to make up for his mistakes, so Kenneth had made an arrangement

with the manager of the shop to create a couple ring. He was able to obtain them the second day, and

they were made by platinum. Afraid he would lose it in a foreign place, he wore it quickly once he had

gotten it. For the female counterpart of the ring, he had sent it back to the country.

He was originally planning a surprise for Rachel, but he never thought that before he could give her this

ring, the ring that she owned was returned to him too. This was definitely a ‘surprise’ for him!

These few years, he had been busy with his career, although his marriage with Rachel was a planned

one, he concluded that he had never mistreated her…

When he thought of Rachel’s solemn and calm words back in Theresa’s house, strangely his anger

slowly rose in his heart as he stared at the ring. In the end, he removed the platinum ring from his

finger and flung it into the man-made lake together with the velvet box.

Divorce wouldn’t change a thing about him, he was always going to be Kenneth Shawn!

For the sake of the baby in her belly, Rachel who had never taken care of her diet had begun to take

care of her nutrition. She made sure she had consumed folic acid and avoided any alcohol and

smoking. She even changed her high heels into flats. Sometimes she had to work overtime, but she

made sure she wouldn’t finish work too late.

As time passed by, her belly started to show a bulge, and she discovered she couldn’t fit in to those

tight-fitting clothes anymore. She could only wear loose clothing.

Rachel caressed her round belly through her shirt, and melancholy was slowly creeping up on her.

When she reached three months, loose clothes wouldn’t be able to hide the fact that she’s pregnant,

and by then everybody in the company would know. Her boss wouldn’t let her continue doing intense

jobs anymore, but she was afraid that once she was done with giving birth, her position would be

replaced by someone else.

This job could supplement her with tens of thousands of yuan worth of salary per month, and she could

use this money to pay for car loans and mortgages. If she lost this job, she would feel immense

economical pressure.

“Manager Yvonne.”

When she saw one of her colleagues was heading towards her, Rachel hurriedly put down her hands,

and smiled faintly. “Anything I can help you?”

“Mr. Johnson has called for you to attend a meeting at ten.” The colleague placed some documents on

Rachel’s desk, and inched towards her and whispered. “I heard that people from Dragon Age is coming

for a visit, Mr. Johnson has already booked the whole restaurant in order to welcome them!”

Dragon Age…

Rachel bit her lips, and thought that it had been a month since Kenneth and she were divorced.