Looking at the people walking in and out of the lobby, I asked the receptionist, "Does Miss Burton come frequently these days?"

The receptionist nodded and looked at my belly. Hesitatingly, she replied, "Ever since Mr. Roberts came to Jarold City. Madam, you are...?"

"I'm Hendrix's wife." Pointing at my baby bump, I smiled softly, "Soon, I'm going to give birth to our child."

Then, I brushed the lady's doubtful gaze aside and called Hendrix.

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"Hello!" The flirtatious female voice was obviously not Hendrix's.

It was Andrea.

"I'm looking for Hendrix," I couldn't exactly say that I was uncomfortable with Andrea picking up the call. After all, it was normal for women to be obsessed with someone like Hendrix. "He's in a meeting," Andrea replied, a little too triumphantly. "By the way, you're about to give birth, aren't you?"

I narrowed my eyes in displeasure and hung up the phone straight away.

my reaction, the receptionist scoffed, "Look, here's another woman dreaming of becoming Mr. Roberts' wife.

to!" Minnie was so worked up that her face

were a lot of people passing by the lobby, and they were watching. Picking

lowered my gaze at the phone again, this time calling Josiah. The call connected

as distant as usual. "Arianna,

in Jarold

He replied curtly, "Yes."

with Hendrix, so the receptionist doesn't allow me to go up," I said

he answered and hung

didn't look good. She looked very puzzled, still couldn't decide if she should believe me or

the front desk and waited for Josiah. Minnie glared coldly at the receptionist and

about to refute when someone came to the desk. The man requested, "Hi, I have an appointment with

receptionist went back to her work, nodding efficiently, and she said, "Sure, please

knew. I turned around and saw that it was Troy, the president of Alford Audit, in his

I would see him here, and I called him before I could

pregnant. Shouldn't you stay in Ucrebury just to be safe? If you must work, surely there are matters you

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