Sir madame has run away again (Lily and Carson)

Chapter 140

“ I don’t . ”

“ Mrs. _ Morais , I am currently in Las Vegas . Are you sure you want to come down here to talk to

me about medical expenses ? ”

I was speechless . _ Henriques was being exaggerated , and it was clear he was kidding me . _ If he h

ad told me right at the beginning of the call that he was abroad , I would not

have suggested a meeting , much less with such an excuse .roomy .

Since I could n’t stay silent for the rest of the phone call, I forced myself to

ignore the awkwardness and apologize . “ I ‘m sorry , President Ribeiro . I

thought you were in the country when I decided to call you . How are you not _in the country , I will leav

e you alone . When you get back , feel free to call me ; maybe we can meet in another

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By the time I finished the sentence , I was ready for Henriques to completely reject me . Little did I

expect that he would

not only not reject me , but also promptly give me a definitive answer . “ I ‘ll be back tomorrow , so plea

se call me _ _ _day after tomorrow afternoon ” . _

After hanging up the phone , I

felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders . I considered myself a daring person , but why was I

so nervous when I was with Henriques ?

Was

it because I needed a favor from him ? Maybe that ‘s why people said that every person has needs and

wants . _ _ I finally understood what that meant today . _

However , I had taken my first step and it would just have to be seen how things went from here . After

Henriques returned to the country , I would have to find an opportunity to go see him , and the only exc

use I had _I could arrange to run away from home was to say that I had something urgent to attend

to at the office .

Since I got “ pregnant ” , Carlos asked me several times to resign , but I always rejected him with some

random excuse . _

In the last few days , while I was in the hospital , I requested annual leave from

the company . Since I married Carlos , I had never asked for annual leave .

My boss even jokingly told me that he rarely found employees as dedicated as I was and that he was w

ise to hire a workaholic like me . _

However , this year was an exception as I

had asked for annual leave twice before that time when I found out that Carlos was having an affair . I d

id n’t have many days left on my twenty – day annual vacation entitlement .

When I mentioned this to Carlos in the evening , he didn’t like

my plan to go back to the office . “ Linda , didn’t I

tell you earlier to quit your job now that you’re pregnant ? You should stay home and take

care of the baby . I can work andto feed

all of you . ”

“ I know you can , but I still have a contract with my company . Even if I resigned , it would

have to wait until we reached an agreement , so that I could amicably close this door . It

will not be well with me if I justdecide not to show up one day . ”

I

would never resign , at least not now , and the contract was just an excuse . Just as Carlos had already

confidently stated that he would

pay any compensation for premature termination of the contract , today was no exception . “ Do n’t worr

y about compensating– them . If they ask , I pay for you . ”

“ It’s not about

the money , Carlos . This is my first job , and I really like it . All these years , President Freitas treated

me well . _ I need to take care of my conscience , so I don’t want to leave on bad terms . ”

“ But I’m worried about your health . Why do n’t you excuse yourself just to rest a little longer and take

care of the baby ? Your company knows our situation , so I believe they will agree . ”

“ Carlos , I ‘ve thought about

this before , but did n’t you say we should n’t tell anyone about my pregnancy until after the first trimest

er ? Wouldn’t everyone know about my pregnancy if I decided to take leave to take care of

the baby ? ”