Chapter 416 The Child's Surname
"Hello?" Emily's voice was calm.
"It's me." Michael's voice came through, just as she expected.
"Yeah, I know it's you." Emily sighed deeply, watching as Abigail tactfully left the room.
She walked to the window, looking at the swirling dark clouds in the sky. It looked like it was about to rain, just like her current mood-she couldn't quite tell if it was good or bad.
"I called just to... just to ask how you've been lately." Michael's voice was tentative.
There was no response from the other end for a while. He hesitated, then quickly changed his question. "I mean, I wanted to ask when your due date is."
Emily remained silent. It wasn't that she lacked patience or didn't want to answer.
She just didn't know how to respond.
Logically, she should stick to her original decision to cut ties completely.
But now that Michael was hurt, should she still be so heartless?
Could she really be that cruel?
Emily kept asking herself these questions. Just then, Michael spoke again, cautiously. "I just want to be there when the baby is born."
Michael's voice grew weaker, eventually fading away.
Hearing this, Emily felt a strange discomfort gnawing at her, like ants biting at her heart.
How could the president of Smith Corporation be so humble to her?
Yet, she found it oddly endearing... No! Absolutely not!
Emily silently warned herself that this path would lead nowhere good for her.
over
should she feel any
the point of you being there, Michael? He
I'll let him
as she
to be silent. Emily was
Michael suddenly
It was intense.
healthy, never
and instinctively asked, "Are you
quickly replied, "I'm fine... I just caught a
eyes lifted, her lashes
and was still trying
to keep her, to bind her, to
Michael
tightly locked inside. Michael
this book
knew she didn't completely hate him, and he heard the voice he had missed for so
he would become so
the truth was, he
every day regretting and feeling guilty for
was what he deserved, and no one could argue
Not even himself.
Emily couldn't
next morning, it did indeed start to
of the big mistake she made last night, Emily decided
with the partners,
felt she needed to do right by Penelope in return for the advanced salary. "Emily, I think... since you're pregnant, Ms. Blair should understand! Besides, with your great design sense and dedication, any boss
Emily, gauging her reaction. Seeing that Emily wasn't angry, she quietly closed
an empanada. I bought
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