Unexpected Encounter with my Boss

Chapter 146

Tiffany waved a hand. "I don't want it. Thanks."

She felt like vomiting again before even finishing the sentence. All she could think of was how the boy had thrown the wriggling caterpillar into his mouth.

She shut her eyes and asked, "Whose kid was that?"

"Carrie Simpson, one of our maids." William paused. "Why do you ask?"

Tiffany suppressed the urge to heave. "He looks like he's only seven or eight. Why was he..."

"Carrie took too much medication when she was pregnant, so it affected the baby's growth. He's been like this since birth-he's not too intelligent and is even a little... retarded," William said. When he noticed how pale she looked, he held her steady. "Are you okay, Tiff? Why did you become paler?"

She shook her head and continued asking, "Didn't Carrie do any tests back then? Didn't she do an anomaly scan to see whether everything was okay?"

"According to her, the tests didn't show anything. Sometimes, these tests and scans aren't 100% accurate. There've been many cases of misdiagnoses."

know how to describe how she

better not to bring a child into the world if one already knew how it would turn out. Still,

distance, she could see the little boy

water." William appeared beside

She accepted the

to an orphanage, but the situation there was

ultimately couldn't bring

a parent, so she brought the boy back to raise him herself. She's worked for us for years my

We're all used to it by now. Don't be

help softening her tone. "Mrs. Lewis is

about me?" He looked at her. "Am I not

avoided his gaze. "We can't go back to how we used to be,

him. "I made a huge mistake, Tiff. And it's precisely because of that that I know how important you are to me. make sure to appreciate you fully in

chance, please?"

"You and your sister have been through too much in the early days of your lives. Will you allow me to protect and