Chapter 143 - Commotion At The Cafeteria (1)

Fae bit her lip and tried to think about the pros and cons of seeing Ren again. She did miss the man. Really missed him.

Her lonely nights in her flat were heavy and depressing. However, Fae realized that she shouldn't think about Ren anymore. Ren didn't know Fae had lied about her pregnancy.

Now Ren treated her well because he thought Fae just went to cool off and someday would come back to him. If Ren found out that Fae was actually pregnant, maybe his attitude would change.

Fae still remembered Ren's every word how he didn't want her to get pregnant. Those words were very hurtful and made Fae realize that she and Ren didn't want the same thing.

She must be able to toughen up and hang on. She had to try to distance herself as much as possible from Ren. Slowly, if Ren could meet her, he would definitely let Fae go.

With those thoughts, finally, Fae wrote a reply to her husband.

[Sorry, I can't do it this weekend.]

Not long after, a text from Ren came again.

[When can I take you to dinner?]

[I don't know.]

[You don't know or you don't want to?]

Fae decided not to reply again. She knew Ren was a genius. What was so difficult to understand from her reply? Obviously, she didn't want to have dinner with him. Why would he need to ask? Fae thought while pursing her lips. She didn't want to have dinner with Ren because she wanted to distance herself from him.

Hopefully, Ren would give up on her, and he would take care of their divorce to Monaco so that Fae didn't have to spend her own money.

She then returned to focus her attention on the reporting task requested by Mischa. In her heart, she wondered when her boss would come to Almstad.

When Fae accepted this job, she didn't think that her boss was actually Mischa and that the man didn't really work in Almstad either.

Was it true that Mischa gave her this job out of pity?

Ahh .. Fae really wanted to decline people's help, which was given to her out of pity like this. However, this was not a time to be choosy. 

She must not let her pride get in the way when she needed money to take care of her baby.

Finally, Fae went back to studying the report and tried to get over her uneasiness.

However, curiosity came back to her. She felt there was nothing wrong with asking Mischa directly so that there would be no misunderstanding between them.

[Good morning, Boss. I just learned that you don't actually work in Almstad. Some people say that you only gave me this job as an excuse to give me money. You don't even need a personal assistant in Moravia. Is that true? If that's true, I'm not angry. I am grateful to you. But I need to know whether my job is really fake or not and whether you have any other agenda for helping me. Because, frankly, I feel uncomfortable. I'm a married woman. I'm not a comfort woman selling my body to men in exchange for money.]

Hmm ... was this text message too blunt? Fae read it again. She didn't want to offend Mischa, but at the same time, she didn't want Mischa to misunderstand and thought she would be willing to repay Mischa for giving her a job with her body.

Fae was not that kind of woman.

Mischa didn't reply to Fae's text, and after a while, cold sweat ran down her back.

Gosh .. what if Mischa was really offended by what Fae said on the text message?

Ugh ...

Fae really felt terrible. She tried to focus her attention on her task on hand and forget about the SMS incident earlier. The longer she thought about it, the more frustrated she would be.

Lunchtime arrived, and she immediately went up to the 20th floor. There was a restaurant for the employees, and they all could eat delicious and healthy food for free. This was one of the perks of working at a company that was under RMI.

When Fae walked into the restaurant, the faces of the employees who were eating immediately fell on her. Fae always attracted attention wherever she went. Although her clothes were formal and professional, she looked very attractive as if she was a model showing off work outfit on the catwalk. 

Today, her hair was hung down her back and decorated with small blue bobby pins. Her face was only covered with a very thin layer of makeup and lip balm, but she looked so fresh and bright. Fae tried to ignore the faces staring at her attentively.

They may think badly of her too, just like Sarah. It would be better for Fae not to hang out with them and mind her own business so that she wouldn't feel hurt.

She ordered food and drinks and then looked around her, trying to find an empty table. Ah .. unfortunately, because it's lunch break time, all the tables were full. She couldn't eat standing up, could she?

"Hey .. what are you looking at?" asked a man standing behind her, waiting for his lunch order at the same counter.

Fae turned and looked at the man with glasses in his late 20s. She did not think anyone would greet her with such a friendly voice. She felt bad if she doesn't answer the person who greeted him nicely.

"Uhm.. I'm new here and still getting to know my workplace. I'm looking for an empty table to eat," Fae answered honestly.

"Oh .. just join our table. My friends and I, from marketing department, are sitting at the table in the corner." The man waved to the back and several people from the table at the far end immediately raised their hands and waved back. "See? My friends over there don't mind you joining."

Fae initially had doubts, but then she decided to accept the man's offer. There were absolutely no other tables available, and she couldn't possibly have lunch standing up.

"Thank you," said Fae with a nod. "My name is Fae."

"Oh, right... My name is Thomas. Just call me Tom. I'll introduce my other friends later."

"Thank you," said Fae.