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“Shaun has changed.” Rodney saw why she had lost control and nodded. “I went to look for him and he ignored me too.”
Enduring her helplessness, Sarah asked on impulse, “Have you looked for Chester?”
“… Chester doesn’t want to interfere.” Rodney glanced at her and said, “Chester also thinks that you should return about 8o billion dollars to Shaun. In fact, even 2o billion dollars is a lot. A lot of people can’t make 1oo million dollars even if they don’t eat or drink their whole lives.”
Chester had not made such a remark. However, Rodney was too ashamed to say this to Sarah directly. Therefore, he tried to persuade her using Chester’s name.
“I’ve said that I can’t fork out so much money now because I placed it in a closed-end fund. Why don’t you lend it to me first? I’ll return it to you later.” Struck by a thought, Sarah said pathetically.
Rodney was stunned. “If I had this amount of money, I would’ve surely lent it to you. But I only have a few billion dollars in hand.”
The Snow family had blocked his card to stop him from being with Sarah. Therefore, he could only rely on Osher Corporation now. However, he was also strapped for cash, considering that advertising Osher’s new product would require a great deal of money as well.
Deep down, Sarah snorted and thought, ¡®What a poor man!’
She actually expected him to return 8o billion dollars for her when he was so poor.
How dumb of her!
Rodney persuaded her, saying, “Sarah, you must believe me. I can make a lot of money in the future.
I can give you 200 billion dollars, much less 100 billion dollars…”
“Enough. Drop it.”
Amid her sobs, Sarah rose to her feet. ” Shaun has dumped me once, so I’ve lost faith in relationships. I just want to hold onto what I have now. Besides, what gives Shaun the right to treat me this way?
I’m not happy about it.”
Dejected, Rodney lowered his gaze. “I wish I could help you too. I’ve asked many lawyers about it.
From what they said, you won’t be able to win this case…”
“Please leave now. I want to spend some time alone.” Sarah turned around without being bothered about him.
Rodney felt incredibly upset. He gazed at her for a while before he walked away.
He was very disappointed.
He wondered if Sarah refused to return the money because she was dissatisfied with how Shaun had harmed her or because she could not bear to part with the money.
He just found the current Sarah very strange.
One could be fond of money but… one could not be too greedy.
What was more, Rodney had been going here and there recently to get Sarah a lawyer. He was so weary that he had not even been to the office these days. Even so, Sarah could not seem to understand his intentions.
In the end, Rodney drove to Osher Corporation.
When he arrived there, he spotted a female employee rushing out of the elevator with two packets of jalapeno poppers in her arms.
“Aren’t you… Mireya’s assistant?” Her name was on the tip of Rodney’s tongue. He had met her a few times in past meetings.
“I’m Lauren Cox,” the female employee said, ” Director Lynch ordered takeaway and asked me to collect the food.”
“You mean these…?” Rodney pointed at the jalapeno poppers in her arms and his handsome face darkened.
“Yeah… This kind of food is allowed in the company, right?” His expression frightened Lauren.
Of course, their company did not set any rules about food. Having said that, could she eat… such food with heavy flavors considering that she was a pregnant woman?
Hold on!
Rodney realized something else. “Is Director Lynch still at work?”
“Of course. It’s not even time for a break…” Lauren noticed that his face had turned grim, but she was not sure what she had said wrong.
“Pass these to me. I’m going to meet her. Where’s she?”
Rodney snatched the packets away. “In the lab.”
Rodney strode toward the laboratory that was behind him.
When he stepped in, he saw Mireya developing a product with her head down. She was wearing a white coat and a pair of goggles.
It was his first time seeing her like this.
Although the two of them had been working in the same company, he hardly came to the laboratory. Also, he was not working whenever she visited him.
Mireya was wearing a light yellow checked shirt. Of course, with the white coat covering her body, the curves on her exquisite figure were not visible. This woman could not even be associated with the word ¡®
fashionable’ when she was working.
Nevertheless, her serious and cautious expression made her look like an authoritative researcher whom nobody dared to look down on.
They said that men looked charming when they were working. However, women who were focused o n work were also equally charming.
Mireya heard footsteps, so she thought it was Lauren who came back. She extended her hand in the direction of the footsteps while looking at the result of her experiment.
Rodney glanced at her pretty and clean hand. After that, he shifted his eyes to her serious face.
He was stunned. After a moment of hesitation, he ultimately placed his hand on her palm.
This was what she meant… Right?
Mireya pinched the hand that was much bigger than hers.
She suddenly turned around, only to see Rodney’s dazed and handsome face. She then glanced at the man’s big hand that was holding hers.
Her eyes behind the goggles revealed a confused look. After that, she flew into a rage and broke free from his hand. “Rodney Snow, are you out of your mind? What are you trying to do?”
“You stretched out your hand to me. Wasn’t this what you meant?” Stung by her criticism, Rodney argued sulkily, “Why are you yelling? It’s not like I’m despising you now.”
“Are you a dog?” Mireya criticized, “Only a dog will put its paw on its owner’s hand that’s stretched out.”
“Say it again if you have the guts.” Rodney’s handsome face flushed with anger. “I’m your superior. Is this how you should speak to your superior? What’s more, who asked you to stretch out your hand to me so randomly?”
“Was I stretching out my hand to you? I thought Lauren came back to pass me the jalapeno peppers.”
At the mention of the jalapeno poppers, Rodney snorted nonchalantly. “I threw them.”
“Rodney Snow…” Mireya was so furious that she glared at Rodney with her bright eyes. “Who are you to throw my jalapeno poppers away?”
“Who am I?” Rodney reacted as if he heard a joke. He lowered his head and gazed at her belly. “Simply because you’re pregnant with my child. I need to be concerned about my child’s diet. I can’t let you destroy my child with junk food.”
Mireya rubbed her temples. As her mouth was currently bland, she wanted to eat something spicy t o stimulate her taste buds. However, Rodney had ruined her plans. Was he a rat?
“Besides…”
Rodney continued, “Since you’re pregnant, why are you still working in the lab? Go home and sleep.”
“Sleep, my *ss.” Mireya was at a loss for words. “I’m only one month pregnant, but you’re already stopping me from coming to work. You want to bore me to death and make me suffer from depression, huh?
“Stop biting the hand that feeds you. I’m doing this for your own good.”
Rodney replied sulkily, “Many women just stay home and nurture their babies after they’re pregnant. Our child is fated to live a luxurious life in the future. The Snow family won’t mistreat you either. You can indulge in the pleasures of life forever without having to work hard.”
Our child…
The moment Mireya heard this phrase from his mouth, she found it extremely odd. She had never thought that she would share such a link with Rodney one day.
With that, her feelings became complicated all of a sudden.