Chapter 835


    As expected, Daphne was more rxed after she heard Sonia iming that Sonia wanted to meet


    for work-rted matters. Daphne massaged her rather tense cheeks before she responded with a


    text. ''Sure, President Reed. Let me know where to meet. I can meet you anytime.'' Daphne was still


    on holiday, so she had all the time in the world.


    Sonia nced at the watch on her wrist. ''Let''s meet at 10.00AM at the milk tea shop right below the


    office.''


    ''Okay.'' Daphne texted. After that, Sonia lowered her phone and continued eating. Her breakfast had


    turned cold since she had been talking on the phone and texting for a while. After eating a few more


    mouthfuls of it, she lowered her cutleries and decided not to have any more. She cleaned the table


    before picking her bag up and heading out.


    As Sonia sat on her desk at the office, she found herself distracted by thoughts of Daphne''s


    pregnancy. She couldn''t focus on the work she was doing. She only managed to deal with two to


    three documents after an entire hour-she was much less efficient than she usually was.


    Sonia only felt a little calmer after Toby replied to her text. Toby was busy, so they didn''t talk for


    long. However, he tried his best to find the time to reply to her texts every now and then. After they


    texted for a while, Toby continued to focus on his work. It was about 10.00AM then, so Sonia


    headed downstairs after she was done texting Toby. She went to the milk tea shop right beside her


    office.


    Daphne was extremely punctual—she was already in the store when Sonia arrived. Sonia entered


    the store to find Daphne waving at her, and Sonia smiled and waved back before walking over.


    Daphne stood up and pulled the chair out for Sonia to sit in. "Please take a seat, President Reed."


    "Thank you." Sonia beamed as she sat down. Daphne only returned to her seat and sat down after


    Sonia did. "What would you like to drink, President Reed?" Daphne gazed at Sonia while handing


    her a menu. After going through the menu for a while, Sonia ordered an original-vored milk tea.


    Without asking for Daphnes order, Sonia simply returned the menu to the waiter. "Give her some


    warm milk," Sonia told the waiter.


    The waiter was just about to respond when Daphne frowned. "I don''t want to drink milk, President


    Reed. I don''t like its smell," she uttered.


    "No." Sonia gazed at her sternly. "You''re pregnant, so it''s best for you to drink milk."


    ng! Daphne''s ss fell from her hand, making a loud noise as itnded on the table. Water


    spilled out of the ss onto the table in front of her. Fortunately, the ss didn''t roll off the table, or


    it would have shattered.


    However, Daphne didn''t care about the ss at all. Her pupils were shrunken, and her face was


    pale as she gazed at Sonia. Her lips twitched for a moment before she spoke in a trembling voice.


    "P-President Reed, how-"


    "How did I find out?" Sonia interrupted. She was calm in the face of Daphne''s shock. Daphne could


    only open and close her mouth without saying much. It was clear that her silence was an agreement


    to Sonia''s words. Sonia pressed her palms together. "Calm down. For now. let’s clean up the mess


    in front of you." Sonia called for the waiter beside her. "Excuse me! Sorry, can we get some help?"


    The waiter smiled. "Sure. It’s no problem at all." He quickly gathered some cloth and cleaning tools


    before he came over to Daphne''s side of the table and cleaned up the mess. Only then did Daphne


    realize that she had spilled a ss of water while she was panicking. She felt rather guilty. "I''m


    sorry.


    I didn''t do it on purpose," she uttered.N?velDrama.Org ? content.


    "Don''t worry about it, Miss. This is no big deal. We can clean it up. What matters is that you aren’t


    hurt," the waiter said with a smile. His actions were swift and smooth, and he cleaned the table up in


    an instant. After the waiter left, it was just Sonia and Daphne at the table.


    Daphne felt even more afraid when she was alone with Sonia. In fact, Daphne was so nervous that


    her hands were shivering. She was unconsciously scratching the back of her own hands, and red


    marks had formed all over her skin.


    Sonia sighed upon seeing what Daphne was doing. "That''s enough. You''re going to start bleeding if


    you scratch any harder." Daphne lowered her gaze to see the red marks on her hand before she


    immediately pulled her hands off the desk and hid them under the table. Sonia lifted the ss in


    front of her and sipped on her drink before she spoke at a slow pace. "You went for a pregnancy


    checkup at First World Hospital yesterday, didn''t you?"


    Daphne''s pupils shrank. Her first instinct was to lie, but she couldn''t seem to utter any of her lies


    when she looked directly into Sonia''s eyes. Instead, Daphne remained silent for a long while. Sonia


    sighed and smiled upon seeing Daphne''s expression. "The next dean of the First World Hospital is


    actually my friend. You guys have met in the past," Sonia exined.


    "Is it Dr. Lancaster?" Daphne immediately thought about the man in his whiteb coat. "Yeah."


    Sonia nodded. Sometimes, Daphne would apany Sonia to the hospital for Sonia''s checkups,


    so Daphne had definitely seen Tim around.


    "He saw you at the hospital yesterday, and he had a look at your records since you''re my assistant.


    He found out that you went for a pregnancy checkup, and he called me to tell me about it this


    morning-that''s how I found out that you''re pregnant," Sonia exined as she lowered her drink.


    Daphne bit her lip. "I see. I thought you realized it on your own, President Reed."


    "You''re too good at hiding it. I would never have realized it on my own. Furthermore, there was once


    where you showed pregnancy symptoms in front of me, yet you managed to convince me that you


    just ate something bad. I didn''t even suspect that you were lying! I was once a pregnant woman


    myself—I can''t believe I was fooled by your lies!" Sonia chuckled.


    Daphneughed along with her. She knew that Sonia was trying to make her feel better by iming


    that she was a good liar. Sonia was trying to ease the mood to make Daphne less tense. However,


    after speaking to Sonia about it, Daphne did feel a little less worried than before. "You were only


    pregnant for about two months, and you didn''t know much about pregnancy, so it''s no surprise that


    my little trick fooled you," Daphne said as she took her ss of milk that the waiter handed her.


    Sonia took her milk tea and sipped on it before speaking. "Yeah. But I should have also checked on


    you more. If I did so, I might have seen through your lie earlier."


    Daphne shook her head. "You''re already good enough to me. You even gave me a holiday!" "How


    are you feeling now?" Sonia gazed at the other woman. "Tim said that your health isn''t that great.


    He said that you overthink, which causes all sorts of health issues in the long run." "Did Dr


    Lancaster tell you that as well?" Daphne was shocked.


    Sonia stirred her drink in the cup. "Since he decided to tell me about your pregnancy, he provided


    all the details as well."


    "I guess that makes sense." Daphne nodded before responding to Sonia''s earlier question. "My


    health isn''t that poor. My blood sugar is a little low, and I get dizzy easily. I have a few of the


    symptoms of pregnancy, but apart from that, everything''s fine," she said.


    "That''s still pretty bad." Sonia frowned. “I don''t think you shoulde for work anymore. You need


    to stay home and rest. How does a three-month break sound?"


    "No." Daphne shook her head immediately. "I don''t need rest, President Reed. I can go to work."