Chapter 22

Caleb smiled and said nothing before leaving

I lay on the bed for the whole morning. After the doctor came in to brief me on things to take note of and taking my medicine, I was discharged from the hospital.

Stacey was waiting for me at the hospital entrance. She helped me into the car as I looked at her and said, “Please come up with something so that Rebecca knows I’ve had an abortion.”

She nodded, started the car and sent me back to the villa.

Ashton was not around. I sent Stacey back to the office. There was nothing much I could do since I had just been discharged from the hospital. So, I fell asleep on the bed.

However, before I drifted off, I heard the sound of an engine humming downstairs. I walked over to the balcony and saw Ashton and Jared.

Just as I thought, Ashton did not even cast me a second glance. He was just calling Jared here to check on me.

I got on the bed. Jared came in with his kit. At the sight of me, he titled his brows. He motioned for me to let him check my pulse.

brought the

looked at me and said, “Your cover-up plan is

my pulse, taking some medicine out of his kit, and said, “These are all medicine to keep the baby healthy. If you eat these regularly and there’s no mishap, the baby

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out the medicine that Jared gave me with the ones I brought back from the

I lay on the bed again. I had to take at least a week to fully recover from the miscarriage. There was no problem with dragging Caleb’s project for a week. However, it would feel like hell to

Ashton’s fury would subside after he met up with Rebecca, and that it would

between him

he was still mad about the abortion. Well, I

up with my ads and would

everything in the fridge, she walked over to my side and said, “Ms. Stovall, the balance payment from Medwin Hospital has been pending for a number of days, and the Finance Department has called in a few times to check on it. Do you think you should make a call to

standing beside me. I gestured for her to take a seat, wiped my hands, and said, “How many days has it been pending at Dr. Ludwick’s

that the amount involved is quite considerable. The money has been earmarked for a new market development project of the company. Now that the payment has been delayed, it might affect the profit of the company for the

amount pending on Dr. Ludwick’s end was quite huge. Even if the money had not been earmarked for any investment, it would still make a handsome profit just by sitting

man of his word. I’ve been staying at home these few days and this has been thrown to the back of my mind. I will bear responsibility for this payment. Just give a heads up to the Finance Department. I will deal with this as soon as

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