"Congratulations, you are pregnant."
Maeve was a little absent-minded.
Her mind was full of the doctor's words in the afternoon.
Suddenly, she was pinched by Shaun Ford fiercely. He said in a low voice, "What are you thinking about?"
Before she could speak, he had clasped the back of Maeve's head and kissed her hard.
Then the man got up and went to the bathroom.
Maeve laid on the big bed, weak, her temples were throbbing, and her eyes were tearing, she was exhausted.
After a while, she opened the drawer and took out the pregnancy test report.
Maeve
In the afternoon, I went to the hospital because of stomach discomfort. After the blood test, the doctor told me that I was almost five weeks pregnant.
I was only stunned at that time. Obviously, there were measures every time we did it.
I racked my brains and recalled that there seemed to be a time last month, after the reception, Shaun sent me home. When I arrived at the door, he suddenly asked, "Is it the safe period?"
I didn't expect that the safety period was not reliable...
There was a pattering sound of water in the bathroom, which was her husband who had been secretly married with her for two years and was her immediate superior, Shaun Ford, the president of the Ford Group.
At the beginning, because of a drunk accident, she was disoriented and bedded her immediate superior soon after she joined the company.
Later, Shaun's grandfather suddenly fell ill. He proposed a fake marriage and wanted to fulfil his grandfather's wish to see him get married.
The two signed a prenuptial agreement, and the hidden marriage can be terminated at any time.
At that time, Maeve only felt a that she was making a huge gain.
Never in her dreams would she expect that she could marry the male god she had been secretly in love with for eight years, and readily agreed.
After marriage, Shaun was very busy, and he was so busy that he disappeared 25 days a month.
However in the past two years, he has never had any other women around, and there has been no gossip. Other than being a little indifferent, Shaun was simply a perfect husband!
Maeve looked at the pregnancy test report in her hand, which was sweet and nervous. She decided to tell him!
She also wanted to tell him that it was not the first time they met two years ago. She loved him for ten years!
In the bathroom, the sound of water gradually stopped.
As soon as he came out, Shaun's phone rang. He just put a bath towel and went to the balcony to answer the phone.
Looking at the time, it has already passed midnight.
Maeve was inexplicably a little uneasy. Who would be calling so late?
At the end of the phone call, Shaun came over and untied the bath towel without hesitation.
He has an extremely superior figure, clear abdominal muscles, firm and strong muscles, long legs and buttocks, and is extremely sexy. No matter how many times she has seen it, Maeve's face was still red, and her heart was pounding.
Shaun went to the head of the bed, picked up his shirt and trousers and put on. His slender fingers tied his tie, and his handsome face was clear, noble and elegant.
It's pleasing to the eyes and makes people feel happy.
"Go to bed early." He said.
Does this mean he plans to go out?
Maeve was a little disappointed. Her hand holding the pregnancy test report unconsciously shrank back.
After thinking about it, she couldn't help saying, "It's already very late."
Shaun's tie-tied hand stopped, reached out and pinched her full earlobe, and gently pulled the corners of her lips, "Don't want to sleep tonight?"
Maeve's little face turned red in an instant, and her heart beat faster uncontrollably. She was about to say something, but the man had let go of her and said, "Good girl, I have something else to do. Don't wait for me."
Then he walked out the door.
"Shaun."
Maeve caught up with him and stopped him.
Shaun turned his head, his jaw was neat, and his eyes looked straight at her.
"What's the matter?"
His voice was stained with the cool air outside, and the temperature seemed to drop a little.
Maeve's heart was throbbing, and she asked softly.
"Do you have time to see grandma with me tomorrow?"
Her grandmother is in poor health, and she wanted to take Shaun to reassure her.
"Let's talk about it tomorrow." Shaun did not agree or refuse, and then left.
After taking a shower, Maeve turned and turned without sleeping.
She got up and warmed herself a glass of milk.
There is an entertainment notification on the phone page.
She was not interested in these, but as soon as she was about to close it, she saw a familiar name at a glance and couldn't help but click in.
#designer Shirley Lynn returned to C City and appeared at the airport with her mysterious boyfriend#
In the picture, Shirley Lynn was wearing a cap. The man accompanying him was just a vague image, but it was not difficult to see that he had a superior figure.
After Maeve enlarged the photo, her mind was buzzing.
That figure turned out to be Shaun!
So, he temporarily canceled the meeting in the afternoon to pick up his white moonlight, Shirley Lynn?
Suddenly, Maeve's heart seemed to be weighted down with a stone, and she panicked.
She trembled and somehow pressed Shaun's number.
Maeve was in a hurry and wanted to hang up, but there was a voice from there.
"Hey--"
The woman's voice is particularly gentle.
Maeve paused for a second and suddenly threw away the phone.
Then, her stomach seemed to be stirred upside down, and she couldn't help but rush to the bathroom and vomited crazily.
...
After dawn.
Maeve went to work in the company on time.
After the flash marriage, Shaun wanted her to stay at home, but she wanted to support herself.
Shaun let her be, but she was not allowed to go anywhere else. She still stayed with him as a little assistant, doing the work of an assistant and pouring tea.
He handed over the core things to the special assistant, Zayne Moore. In the company, except for Zayne, no one knows the identity of Maeve.
In addition, the president of Ford has always only hired male assistants, and there has been only one woman, Maeve, in the past two years. Therefore, everyone is guessing whether Maeve has a relationship with the president.
After a long time, they realise that the president was never special to Maeve, and everyone despised her even more.
At this time, a colleague handed Maeve a document and asked her to hand it to the president's office.
Last night, Shaun didn't return all night, and she didn't sleep as well.
She kept thinking, who is the woman on the phone? Were they together all night?
She knows the answer, but she didn't dare or want to admit it...
Maybe she just has to be slapped to wake up.
Maeve's heart is extremely calm. She thought that no matter what, she wants answers. It can be regarded as an explanation for her ten years of secret love.
She calmly pressed the elevator and went up. Before leaving the elevator, she also adjusted her hair to ensure that she was in good condition.
When she was at the door of the president's office, the male voice from the slightly open mahogany door made her stop.
"Do you like Maeve or not?"
The speaker was Yael Gabrielson, the childhood friend of Fu Siyan.
"What do you want to say?" Shaun's voice was clear and cold.
Yael said, "I think Maeve is quite good. Is she not really your type?"
"Shall I introduce her to you?" The man returned carelessly.
"Forget it."
Yael's contemptuous laughter sounded in the door, which sounded particularly harsh.
They were discussing about her just like an object...
Maeve's felt suffocated, her hand holding the documents was tight, and her palm was cold.
Soon, Yael's words sounded again.
"You are the protagonist of the gossip in Shirley's news!"
"Uh-huh."
"Yo, you are really willing to sacrifice everything to make her happy."
Yael sighed and continued to laugh, "You stayed with Shirley last night. A longed for love is better than a newlywed. Is there any hehe..."
It's like a thunderstorm blowing up overhead in Maeve!
She was pale and as cold as ice all over.
One night!
A longed for love is better than a new marriage!
Every word is like a knife, thrusting hard into Maeve's heart.
A lot of voices went on in her mind, and she suddenly felt dizzy, unable to see things and hear clearly.
Just as she was about to escape, the door opened with a click.
"Maeve?"
It was Yael who opened the door, and he seemed to want to leave.
Maeve clenched her fingers, adjusted her expression, and nodded: "Hello, President Gabrielson."
Then, she walked past him and handed the documents in.
In front of the luxurious desk, the man was wearing a valuable suit, which made him look particularly handsome.
However, Maeve could see that this suit was not the one he wore last night.
She lowered her eyes, "President Ford, please sign this marketing report."
Shaun signed and handed it back expressionlessly.
Maeve took it and walked out. Yael, who looked surprised, was still at the door.
It was not until Maeve's back disappeared at the elevator that he said: "Fuck, little Maeve didn't hear anything, did she?"
Shaun's beautiful phoenix eyes were calm, and Yael's words did not cause him to falter.
Maeve has always been docile and never jealous.
As long as she behaved well, he would not treat her badly.
-In the elevator-
Maeve raised her head, not wanting to let the tears fall, but the tears still dripped from the corners of her eyes.
She thought two years was long enough, and he would see her love, see her goodness... but everything was just what she thought...
It turned out that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't beat the return of his White moonlight.
The elevator door opened, and Maeve had returned to normal, but her face was too pale.
She forced herself to walk into the tea room, wanting to make a cup of tea to sober herself up.
The chatter of several employees inside came into her ears.
"Have you seen the news? Shirley Lynn has returned to C City."
"Who is it?"
"Don't you know? She is the daughter of the Lynn Group, and she is also a senior designer. The key is that she is the only girlfriend our president has ever admitted to. I heard that she is also our president's first love!"
"Isn't it rumored that the president and Assistant Maeve have that?"
"Her? At most, she is a friend with benefits. The president has never admitted it. Look at how you flatter her and treat her as if she is the main wife. How stupid!"
Maeve curled her lips and smiled sarcastically, thinking that no one can see it more clearly than her.
Only she is obsessed.
"Hey, has the president's wife woken up from her dream?"
A mocking voice came from behind. It was Shaun Ford's cousin Sadie Ford who came in. She always had a problem with her.
Presumably, she had heard all the gossips of the employees inside.
Maeve did not want to have a conflict with her in the company, so she turned around to leave, but was blocked by Sadie.
Holding the coffee she had just received, she said with a mean look on her face, "Now that Sister Shirley is back, do you think Brother Shaun will still sleep with a lowly, waiting, woman like you?"
Seeing that Maeve ignored her, Sadie continued to ridicule her.
"How about I introduce you to a few old men? Anyway, you are good in bed, so it doesn't matter who you sleep with."
Maeve clenched her hands secretly at her side, and said coldly,
"This is a company, not a place of love. Miss Sadie should go somewhere else if she wants to do business."
"You...!"
Little Sadie thought that this was a disguised way of scolding her for being a pimp.
Her's face changed.
She suddenly threw the hot coffee at Maeve.
Maeve didn't expect her to be so crazy, and quickly stretched out her hand to block it.
The whole cup of boiling hot coffee was poured all over her arm, and her snow-white skin instantly turned red.
Maeve frowned in pain and shouted angrily, "What are you going crazy about?!"
It was break time, and there were many employees watching the fun, so Sadie was even more proud.
She said with a mean face, "Why are you so proud every day? Don't think that others don't know that you are just a bastard without a father or a mother! I don't even know where your mother found a wild man to give birth to you..."
"--Pa!"
The rest of Sadie's words were interrupted by the crisp sound of a slap.
She never thought that Maeve, who usually tolerated her, would hit her, and she didn't react for a while.
After a while, she screamed and said, "You, you dare to hit me!?"
Maeve looked at her coldly, "I'm teaching you what is politeness."
She has no parents, but she will not allow anyone to slander her.
Also, her grandmother told her that her mother is a very gentle person, unlike what Sadie said.
Sadie's face turned pale with anger. As Shaun's cousin, she was used to being flattered, but this was the first time she had been hit.
"You bastard!"
She rushed up like crazy, raising her hand high, ready to hit Maeve in the face.
Maeve was prepared this time, and stretched out her hand to directly grasp Sadie's wrist, making her unable to move.
Sadie was small and not as tall as Maeve.
At this moment, she was waving her claws like an octopus, which looked a bit funny.
She was furious and blurted out a curse, "Who do you think you are? You are just a thing for Brother Shaun to warm the bed. You are not even as good as a prostitute!"
Sadie's words were very unpleasant, and more and more people gathered.
"Nonsense!"
A deep male voice sounded behind her. Shaun Ford had just come out of the office and saw this farce.
In an instant, the lounge was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"Brother Shaun?" Sadie was a little afraid of him. Her cousin was very strict, and her mother also reminded her to be more restrained when she saw her cousin.
But when she thought about the fact that she was the one being beaten, she toughened up again, stretched out her red mouth, and cried, "Brother Shaun, look, has Maeve gone crazy?!"
The sun was shining brightly outside the window, casting a shadow on the handsome features of the man.
Maeve's nose suddenly felt sore, with the pain of being wronged and the pain of the back of her hand being burned.
When their eyes met, Shaun frowned: "Assistant Smith, don't you remember the company's rules and regulations?"
The man's ruthlessness was like a wall, stopping Maeve from breathing.
Therewas silence all around.
She stood alone and helpless, her figure slender but straight, like a green bamboo in the misty mountains and waters.
When she first entered the company, Shaun Ford told her that the company was not a place for her to show off, and he would not condone her gaffes.
Maeve knew all of this and could understand his position.
But at this moment, she really wanted to ask him if he had heard those words, or if he had also tacitly agreed with those words that - she, Maeve, was just a bed warmer.
The colleagues who had been watching the fun dispersed after Shaun came, but there were still a few bold ones who secretly stood not far away, waiting to watch the show.
The man's cold eyes made Maeve feel cold from head to toe.
She pinched her palms to suppress the pain that was about to overflow, and bowed her head to Sadie.
"I'm sorry, as an employee of Ford's, I shouldn't hit you."
Sadie looked at Mingxi and bowed her head, raised her chin and looked complacent: "Haha! Don't think that you can be fine just by apologizing--"
Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Maeve, "This slap only represents me personally, as Maeve, I refuse to apologize."
After that, she didn't look at the man again and passed by.
"You... bastard!"
Sadie's face was twisted with anger.
She was used to being domineering, but this was the first time she suffered such a big loss, and it was at the hands of a woman she looked down on.
Now even if this woman was cut into pieces, it would not offset the humiliation she suffered.
She said angrily: "Brother Shaun, listen to what this bastard said! She slapped my face like this, and she is still so arrogant. If you call her back, I will slap her a hundred times!"
Shaun looked at Maeve's thin back, with a layer of shadow on his thin eyelids.
"That's it." He said coldly.
Sadie's methods have always been vicious. She felt that Shaun did not favor Maeve just now, so he did not care about her.
She gritted her teeth and said with a vicious look in her eyes: "Next time, I will find someone to tear her face off!"
"Sadie Ford!"
Shaun narrowed his eyes.
Sadie felt her hands and feet go cold.
His handsome face was gloomy, "I'll only say this once, put away your nasty thoughts and don't touch her."
Sadie was directly overwhelmed by this terrible aura, and the vicious tricks that had just sprouted in her heart were directly swallowed back.
She stammered, "I know, I know..."
Shaun glanced at Sadie coldly, and when he left, he told Zayne behind him, "Anyone that is irrelevant is not allowed to come in from now on."
Sadie was still unaware, and flattered him, "Brother Shaun, you have such a big company, and you should have rules."
The next second, Zayne stepped forward and gestured to her, "Miss Sadie, please."
Sadie suddenly realized that she was the irrelevant person. She wanted to chase after Shaun's back, but was dragged out of the door by the security guard Zhou Mu called.
No matter how much she threw a tantrum, the security guard showed no mercy.
...
Maeve returned to the office and changed her clothes.
Thinking of the man's cold face, her heart was sad.
When it was time to get off work.
Zayne stopped her at the exit.
He said, "Assistant Smith, the president has something urgent to do and asked me to take you there."
Maeve refused.
She couldn't see clearly before, but now she knows...
What is she?
How could Shaun accompany her to see her grandmother?
When Maeve arrived at the hospital, the nurse was preparing to serve her grandmother a meal. She took the food and fed it to her grandmother herself.
Her grandmother had been living in the countryside before. Last month, she was diagnosed with pancreatitis during a physical examination. Despite her grandmother's objection, she insisted on bringing her from the countryside to the city for treatment.
Her grandmother didn't know about the secret marriage.
She had planned to take Shaun to tell her grandmother today to give her a surprise, but now it seems unnecessary.
After her grandmother fell asleep, Maeve came out of the ward and stood at the door waiting for the car.
In the distance, a black luxury car stopped at the main entrance of the hospital.
Maeve's eyes lit up. That car belonged to Shaun.
He came to the hospital to find her?
At this moment, all the grievances and unhappiness were thrown behind her.
Shaun came to find her, does it mean that he still cares about her...
The car door opened, and the man walked down with long legs.
Maeve walked over happily.
The next second, she was stunned.
Shaun walked around to the other side, bent down, and carefully picked up a girl.
His handsome face was filled with tension and heartache.
In an instant, Maeve's face lost all color and her heart shattered.
The man's tall figure came closer and closer, striding past her without stopping.
She didn't know if he didn't see her, or turned a blind eye.
Maeve saw that the girl in his arms had the same face as the one in the news.
--It was Shirley Lynn.
Maeve dragged her heavy feet and left the hospital.
She was in a daze, and her whole body was wooden.
In the taxi, the driver asked Maeve where she was going.
The simple question made Maeve stunned.
She didn't want to go back to Treetop Villa, maybe it wouldn't be her home soon.
After a moment, she said, "Master, please go to Clear Water Bay."
The apartment in Clear Water Bay was bought by her after marriage.
At the beginning, she thought about bringing her grandmother to live here in her old age, so she bought a 69-square-meter apartment with a mortgage. Although it was small, it was enough for two people.
At that time, Shaun didn't understand and said he would give her a big house, but she refused.
Now, this can be said to be the only correct decision she made.
When she arrived at the downstairs of the apartment, she sat alone in the park and blew the cold wind, trying to blow herself awake.
Looking back on the past, there were both sweetness and bitterness.
Two years - more than seven hundred days and nights.
She thought that even if people's hearts were made of stone, they could be warmed up.
But now, there seemed to be countless laughters surrounding her ears, telling her that all this was just her foolish wishful thinking...
Maeve went upstairs late at night. As soon as she got out of the elevator, she saw Shaun standing in front of the door.
He rolled up his sleeves casually, unbuttoned two buttons on his shirt collar, revealing his slender neck and half of his beautiful collarbone. He stood there, handsome and charming.
Maeve was stunned for a few seconds.
Wasn't he accompanying Shirley in the hospital?
How could he be here...
The two of them looked at each other, and Shaun put his coat on his arm and hands in his pocket, squinting at her.
"Why didn't you answer the phone?"
He looked very indifferent, as if he hadn't rested well, and was a little bit angry.
Maeve took out her mobile phone, and it turned out that she accidentally pressed the mute button.
There were five missed calls on it, all from Shaun.
This was the first time in two years.
Shaun called so many times because he couldn't find her.
If it was in the past, she would definitely be extremely happy, happier than winning the lottery.
But now, Maeve threw the phone back into the bag, stood against the wall, and spoke in a hoarse voice, "I didn't hear it."
Shaun raised his hand, lowered his eyebrows and looked at his watch, and there was a hint of impatience in his voice, "I looked for you for two hours."
After he settled Shirley, he returned home and found it empty. After searching for a long time without success, he even asked Zayne to check the surveillance along the way after she left the company.
Unexpectedly, she actually returned to Clear Water Bay without even saying anything to him.
"Say something wherever you go next time, let's go." Shaun turned around and walked towards the elevator without even looking at her.
He meant to go back to Treetop Villa.
Maeve looked at the man's tall and broad back, and felt a little reluctant and greedy in her heart.
In the future... will they have a future?
Shaun turned around and saw her standing still, frowning, "Waiting for me to hug you?"
His delicate face was illuminated by the sensor light on the top, so beautiful that there was no flaw.
Maeve took a deep breath and looked at him, "Shaun, let's get a divorce."
"What do you mean?"
Shaun's voice was cold, and his handsome face was dark for a moment.
"I'm going to move back home. Anyway, we won't have any relationship soon--"
Maeve forced a smile, but her heart couldn't help but hurt, as if someone was tearing her heart hard.
"Relationship?"
Shaun pulled up the corner of his mouth, and his smile was cold, "Maeve, what kind of relationship do you think we have?"
The man's questioning made Maeve's breath stagnate.
That's right, from the beginning, Shaun's attitude was very positive. They agreed on a marriage, and they didn't talk about feelings outside of bed. In the eyes of others, they had no relationship outside of work.
Shaun was also the most famous golden bachelor in North City, and many socialites were scrambling to pursue him.
Now the man reminded her again, is he afraid that she will rely on him?
Maeve bit her lower lip, swallowed the bitterness in her throat, nodded and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ford, I thought too much, please go back, and don't come to Clear Water Bay again in the future."
After speaking, Maeve still couldn't help but teared.
How could she not be sad? This is the man she has loved for ten years...
But even if it is difficult, she has to learn to let go.
She couldn't let herself live like a joke.
The sensor lights in the corridor flickered.
Shaun narrowed his eyes slightly, pursed his thin lips, and exuded dangerous signals all over his body.
He could indulge her occasional temper, but this time she really crossed the line!
The anger that was about to overflow disappeared when he saw a glimmer of water in her eyes. He lowered his voice, "If it's because of Sadie--"
"It has nothing to do with her, Mr. Ford, please go back."
There was more than just Sadie between them.
Maeve felt very tired, and she walked around him to open the door and prepare to go in.
Shaun was very displeased with Maeve's stubborn attitude.
He pulled his tie irritably, then took a step forward, grabbed her wrist, and held it tightly.
"Can you stop making trouble?"
The next second, he frowned even deeper, and directly put his arm around her shoulders, turned around, and pressed her in his arms.
His arms were hot, as if he was holding a piece of red-hot carbon.
"Fever?"
Maeve felt dizzy and rested in the man's arms listlessly, even her legs were weak.
There was an indescribable ambiguity in the air.
Especially when the man looked down, as if he was going to kiss her in the next second.
Maeve's mind seemed to be half a beat slower. When she realized that this posture was too ambiguous, she subconsciously put her hand against the man's chest and was about to step back.
As a result, before she could move her feet, she was pinched by the waist and pulled back. Shaun said in a cold voice, "Why are you hiding?"
The light above shook, Maeve's body lightened, and she was picked up horizontally.
The man walked towards the elevator without hesitation.
Maeve's brain was a little confused, and she whispered, "What are you doing?"
Shaun frowned slightly, "Going to the hospital."
"No!"
Maeve exclaimed, and she was mostly awake.
If she was given an infusion, the little life in her belly would be threatened!
Although this baby may not be welcomed, as long as the baby is in her body for one day, she is the baby's mother, and she has the obligation to protect this baby!
She struggled to get out of Shaun's arms, but he was too strong, holding her tightly with his two arms, and she couldn't get away at all.
"If you are sick, you have to see a doctor." Shaun ignored her struggle and said in a tone that did not allow for argument.
The man held her and walked towards the elevator. Maeve's heart was about to jump out of her chest. She grabbed his arms and blurted out anxiously.
"I can't go to the hospital!"