The Woman From Hell

The next day.

I woke up late, and I saw that no one was home.

Theo and Nicky had both gone to work. I went out after washing up.

I was out to fulfill the promise I made and went to the hospital to accompany Shannon.

In the hospital ward, Shannon and I looked at each other as I ate the grapes on her table. Seeing that she kept staring at me, I handed over the plate. "Would you like one?"

"No thanks."

Nowadays, if Shannon were not eating, she would be sleeping. According to her words, she had become a sponger but a happy one.

She tilted her head and looked at me before letting out a sigh.

I found her sigh highly inexplicable and looked at her. "Why are you sighing at me?"

"I'm thinking about how you, a female elite in the workplace, have been reduced to this." Shannon could not help but be sorry.

down the plate and sighed. "Tell me about it. I've fallen so low that I can only

Why don't I see him?" I looked out but did not see a

my surveying appearance, Shannon seemed a little puzzled. "You seem to be

it. "No, I just think it's weird. I come to see you quite often, but I've never seen him. Is he so busy that he just tossed you, a pregnant woman who's about to give birth soon, here?" "Jordan has been really busy recently. I think it's a

looked like Shannon knew what work he is busy with. Jordan

nodded. "Is that so? What kind of new project takes precedence over his

not very

technical category, so

but it

the hold-up is." Shannon had no reservations about me and told me everything she

an important project in

fell deep in thought.

I had participated in before, could not help but make guess.

shrugged, unable to

felt like

anything more. "He's in charge of making money to support his family, and you're in charge of looking as pretty as a