Chapter 2 She Is Pregnant

"Only someone with no shame would behave like this! Look at your good daughter, so young, yet she goes to hotel rooms with a man!"

Her mother knelt on the ground, and her grandmother threw a pile of photos at her face.

Her mother was already unsteady, obviously, she had been kneeling for a long time, her face was injured, and her forehead had obvious bruising, clearly from knocking her head repeatedly.

Her grandmother was treating her mother harshly again, but this time, she didn't know what it was for.

"Mom-" Shirley suddenly threw the bag in her hand to the ground, rushed forward, and knelt in front of her grandmother. "Grandma, what did my mom do wrong again? Why do you have to treat her like this?"

Grandma Wright looked at her disdainfully, suddenly picked up a photo from the table, and thrust it hard toward Shirley's face.

"Do you still have the nerve to ask what she did wrong? Your mom can't even give birth to a child, that's her biggest failing! And you, the one we took in, are no better!" Grandma Wright looked at her and her mother with disgust, her eyes revealing obvious disdain. "Today someone sent these photos directly to our house! They said you went to a hotel with a stranger! You've brought shame to our Wright family!"

Upon hearing her grandmother's words, the color drained from Shirley's face. She picked up the photo from the ground, only to find a picture of herself and that man in a hotel room!

She flung the photo far away. What was this? How could there be these photos?!

And... how did these photos end up in her grandmother's hands?

"Grandma..." She opened her mouth, attempting to explain, but found herself unable to say anything because everything in the photo was true!

Her mother tried to explain, "Mom, Shirley is..."

Before her mother, Mrs. Wright, could finish her sentence, Grandma Wright pounded the table angrily and shouted, "Who gave you the right to argue?! The photos came directly to our house, are they falsely accusing your daughter? One can't give birth, and the other shows no regard for propriety! What did our Wright family do to deserve women like you who bring nothing but trouble?"

Grandma Wright grabbed a coffee cup and threw it hard toward Mrs. Wright.

Shirley saw her grandmother about to throw something toward her mother again, so she quickly turned and hugged her mother.

"Bang!"

The cup fell directly on Shirley's back, shattering into pieces.

Shirley felt an intense heat and sharp pain on her back as if it wasn't her own body that was hurting anymore.

"Shirley..." Her mother saw that Shirley used her body to shield her from the cup, and her eyes turned red with worry. "Does it hurt?"

Shirley shook her head lightly, her eyes also turning red.

What's a little pain?!

Over the years, her mother had endured much more than this.

Grandma Wright snorted coldly. She couldn't stand seeing their mother and daughter display such deep affection for each other.

At that moment, the TV finally finished its long advertisement and switched to a news segment, showing a series of photos.

"This morning, heir to the Nelson Family Group, Keith, was involved in a story about an encounter with a woman in a hotel room. From the photos, we can see the room in some disarray..."

Grandma Wright stared at Shirley's photo on the television and became instantly furious. She grabbed her cane and approached Shirley and her mother.

"What a disaster! Even this is on television! It's so shameful, how could our family raise someone like you? Get out, both of you! Get out!" she yelled.

Shirley never expected this incident to make it onto television. However, she had no time to think about the news right now. She held on tightly to her mother, gritting her teeth, not daring to resist or step out of the house. Because once they stepped out, they could never come back.

Just at that moment, someone rushed in through the door, shouting, "Mom..."

Upon hearing the voice, Shirley's eyes immediately filled with hope. It was her father coming back! She eagerly looked at her father, hoping he would speak up and plead for her mother.

However, Shirley's father, Mr. Wright, looked at them, extended his hand, but then pulled it back, avoiding eye contact awkwardly.

Shirley's heart slowly turned cold. If even her father couldn't protect them, how much longer could she and her mother stay in this home?

For all these years, her father had been so weak, always standing by helplessly whenever her mother was mistreated by Grandma, or apologizing afterward, but nothing ever changed.

Enough! They had truly had enough!

This kind of family was truly despairing.

Mr. Wright dared not speak a word for his wife and daughter; he could only beg Grandma Wright in a low voice, "Mom, if you hurt her, who will cook dinner tonight?"

Grandma Wright shouted, "I'm not dead yet! I can still cook! Let them go, far away!" After saying that, she walked into the kitchen, really starting to cook.

From that moment on, Shirley made up her mind. She would work hard to earn money so that she could bring her mother out, and then never come back!

Sitting on the bus returning to the city, tears couldn't help but fall again.

Suddenly, a message popped up on her phone, "Shirley, what's happened to you these past few days? Why aren't you answering my calls? I'm doing well overseas, remember to call me back when you see this message. Love you, William."

Shirley suddenly clenched her phone tightly, feeling intense pain in her chest. But those words of breaking up were so difficult to say.

It had been two years, exactly two years of emotions, how could she just let go like that? Emotions were not like balloons, they couldn't simply be forgotten with one prick.

Shirley could only seclude herself in a small corner, passively rejecting William's calls over and over again.

To avoid having her bonus deducted, Shirley took a day off to rest, and when her injuries were almost healed, she went back to work, continuing her routine tasks.

Every morning, she was responsible for ordering milk, coffee, and juice for all her colleagues in the logistics office, and she also had to deliver newspapers to everyone's desks. There were even tasks that didn't belong to Shirley, but she would still accept them and then work overtime to complete them.

She was just an ordinary girl, even somewhat humble. With no famous university background, she was already content to be able to work in this large company.

******

Time passed quickly.

The busy days made her feel as if the night from a month ago, that man, and those painful things were all just a nightmare.

As usual, Shirley individually delivered the coffee and juice her office colleagues wanted in the morning, and then placed the files she had worked on late last night neatly on their desks.

At this time, the colleagues began to enter the office one after another.

"Morning!" Shirley politely greeted them, but no one responded to her.

Shirley awkwardly withdrew her hand and prepared to return to her workstation to continue working.

At this moment, the head of the logistics department rushed in hastily and announced as soon as he entered the door, "The CEO called a board meeting suddenly, everyone needs to help, including you, Shirley!"

Shirley was startled and hurriedly followed along.

The colleagues around her had already habitually handed their files to Shirley and then left. They had long gotten used to it, as long as Shirley was there, they would delegate any task to her and only check the results later.

Shirley didn't mind, struggling to hold a large stack of files and trailing behind them. She squeezed herself into the elevator with a pile of folders almost as tall as her head, constantly apologizing to the people around her.

When the elevator door opened, Shirley stumbled along behind the others and hurried toward the large conference room.

At that moment, someone announced, "Mr. Keith is here!"

Then the noisy crowd suddenly quieted down, automatically making way and standing in two rows.

Shirley could also feel a strong presence in the air, and couldn't help but turn around to see what kind of person was creating this powerful atmosphere.

Suddenly, her vision went dark, she felt dizzy, and the folders in her hand scattered all over the floor as she fell forward.

Everyone looked at this scene in disbelief, with only one thought in their minds: Shirley is in big trouble this time! She actually fell in front of the CEO in a public setting, she should prepare to be fired!

Keith was walking quickly toward the conference room when he suddenly saw a girl stumble out of the crowd, holding a pile of folders, with the folders falling everywhere, and then falling toward him.

He instinctively tried to step aside, but when he saw the girl's appearance, he unconsciously reached out and caught her.

There was a collective gasp from the surrounding people, and everyone was stunned! Oh my, Mr. Keith caught her?

Everyone knew that their CEO avoided any association with women! In the past, those who tried to get close to Mr. Keith were all dealt with firmly, without exception! No one had been able to successfully get close to Mr. Keith! Today, Mr. Keith personally reached out to catch this ordinary employee?

As Shirley lost consciousness, she faintly seemed to see a strikingly handsome face.

How strange, why did that face look so much like the man she met a month ago...

And then she completely fainted.

Keith lowered his head and saw that the woman who had fallen into his arms had already lost consciousness.

His handsome brows slightly furrowed, and just as everyone held their breath, preparing for the CEO's reaction, Keith immediately lifted Shirley and turned around, handing her to his assistant. "Since she is an employee of our company, take her to the hospital!"

The assistant quickly took the unconscious Shirley and left.

Keith looked at the scattered files on the ground, frowning. Several people immediately rushed forward to pick up the folders from the ground, clearing the way, and only then did Keith, without looking back, stride away.

After Keith left, the other employees remained in a state of astonishment.

"Mr. Keith... he's always so annoyed by female employees getting close to him, right?" a female employee couldn't help but murmur, "Why wasn't Shirley fired?"

"I think I'm a bit envious of Shirley," another female employee said, looking at Keith's retreating figure.

******

After a series of examinations, the doctor smiled at the assistant who brought Shirley to the hospital and said, "Congratulations, you're going to be a father!"

The assistant was stunned and took a moment to react. This female employee is pregnant?

Mr. Keith suddenly handed this woman over to him. Could this child be his?

While the assistant was processing this information, he realized he needed to quickly tell Mr. Keith the news!