Desperate Lovers novel Chapter 309

As Angela didn't find papers, she phone noted what Luna said on the notebook in her phone.

"Don't push yourself too hard," persuaded Luna, "Violet has always been in contradiction with Lorenzo and may want to give you a hard time by giving you such a difficult case."

Angela asked, "In normal situations, can an assistant of the finance director deal with a case like this?"

Luna didn't know what to say.

"I got it," said Angela.

Fearing that Angela would be worn out, Luna said, "You can't make yourself too tired as you are preparing for pregnancy. You should know what is more important."

"I see. I'll take care of myself," said Angela, "You can leave now. I'm going to read for a while."

Seeing that Angela just took what she said for granted, Luna sighed, "It's all Greyson's fault. Last time he said that he was going to work hard and failed to insist. Recently, he starts to do stupid things again. If he has..."

"In spite of all his disadvantages, he is a good brother to me," said Angela with a small smile.

After Luna left, Angela didn't read. Instead, she went into the bathroom with the pregnancy test strip. After a while, the result came out - two bars.

Licking her parched lips, Angela tore up the strip and threw it in the bin and took out the professional book.

In the evening, when James put his hand around her waist, Angela pushed away his hand and said with her back to him, "I'm pregnant."

With her hands behind her head, Angela tried to raise the corners of her lips and wiped the corners of her eyes as she felt something cool falling into her hands.

Four days later.

As Angela didn't want to stay with James, she wanted to find another driver to drive her to the company. But Lorenzo didn't agree and Greyson was too busy to drive her. She had no choice but to continue to get in the same car with James.

They had all the three meals together, though they seldom talked as if they were strangers to each other.

Noticing it, Angela's families talked to her alone and were fooled by her.

'Our relationship is imbalanced as my competence can't match his. What's more, both of us are stubborn and won't submit to each other. We are just not the right person for each other.' thought Angela.

'What I need to do now is to become strong. So when James and I break up, I have a chance to win the custody of the baby.'

It was the last day given for the case and Angela and Adams hadn't seen Mr. Shaw again since they saw him the first day as the latter was purposely avoiding them and didn't even come to the Smith Group now.

"You have said that there is one way to deal with the case the first day. Do you still not want to speak it out now?" asked Adams as he glanced at the people coming and going in the building of the Smith Group.

Looking at the time, which was eleven o'clock in the morning, Angela said, "Please go back first, Adams."

Adams was confused.

"I'm going to talk with Miss Smith alone," explained Angela roughly.

As Adams had known the feud between Jessica and Angela from the internet, he didn't agree that Angela came to see Jessica alone. Both James and Lorenzo would not spare him once something happened to Angela.

"Don't worry. Jessica is not a violent person and you won't be blamed if anything happens to me," said Angela.

As Angela insisted on seeing Jessica, Adams left hesitatingly.

Taking out her phone, Angela took the number of Jessica off the black list and called it.

"Let's have lunch together."

*

In the Mutton Hotpot Restaurant.

Angela and Jessica were sitting face to face. On the table between them were a two-flavor hot pot and some dishes of vegetables and meat. The red and white soups were boiling in the pot with their strong flavors stimulating their senses of smell.

Jessica was sitting on the wheelchair on an off-white woolen sweater and blue jeans. She looked much thinner and had a morbid beauty.

"I remember you like to place needle mushroom and cabbage into the hot pot best," said Jessica as she placed some needle mushroom and cabbage into the pot.

With a smile, Angela stood up and placed some pork lung she ordered deliberately into the pot and said, "As the saying goes, you are what you eat. This is what I ordered deliberately for you. Be free to eat it."

"No, thanks. I don't like this kind of food as it had a raw taste," said Jessica in a soft voice, "You always like some food like pork offal, don't you? Have more."

Putting down the dish, Angela sat down and said, "This is good for your health. Help yourself to eat more. It's pitiful that there's no pork heart here. I was going to order some pork heart for you."

"You must be kidding. How could l I eat these things to mend my body?" said Jessica resignedly.

Slightly raising her eyebrows, Angela said, "Why not? While pigs look stupid, they are actually smart and good at calculating. Don't you feel familiar when seeing them?"

Jessica was silent.

After a while, Jessica said bitterly, "I'm sorry for the mistakes I've made, Angela. I was too young and naive at that time. But I have been suffering a lot these years and as all these things have been reported now, the stocks of the Smith Group have slumped many times and its market value has declined by nearly 20%."

Raising her head to look at Angela, Jessica said with a bitter smile, "I know you have suffered a lot during the two years in jail. But now the man I love hates me, my elders are disappointed at me and the netizens are cursing me...we are even. I'd rather I were you who has taken some advantages from it."

"You think that I've taken advantage?" said Angela with a sarcastic smile.

Jessica said softly, "You've got James' love and the support of the Harvey family as well as causing a big loss of the Smith Group by just being in jail for two years. Personally, I think it's a good deal."

"Oh, really?" said Angela cheerfully, "You think the same as me."

"Thanks to your scheming against me, James fell in love with me and has promised to marry me. What's more, you've paid the price. Thinking in this way, I do have taken advantage, don't I? Thank you so much, Jessica!"

As Angela's reaction was completely different from what she had expected, Jessica froze and was silent for a moment.

"Let me pour some juice for you as you are lame," said Angela as she stood up to pour two glasses of juice and pushed one of them to Jessica, "Thank you for scheming against me and making my life so good."

Angela didn't speak loudly, but the surrounding people were watching them as they were in the recent hot searches list.