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."

didn't know how to describe how she currently

not to bring a child into the world if one already knew how it would turn out. Still, fate was unpredictable. Carrie hadn't had a choice,

from a distance, she could see the little boy digging

some water." William appeared

She accepted the

tried to send the boy to an orphanage, but the

ultimately couldn't bring

raise him herself. She's worked for us for years my mother pitied

in the garden. We're all used to it by now.

Tiffany. She couldn't help softening her tone.

at

avoided his gaze. "We can't go back

William held her shoulders and turned her to face him. "I made a huge mistake, Tiff. And it's precisely because of that that I know how important you

chance, please?"

much in the early days