Chapter 938


    Upon Sonia''s question, Daphne released her grip on the door handle. "I was in the hospital, but


    decided to leave halfway through."


    "Halfway through?" Sonia frowned. "What do you mean? You''re not going through with the


    surgery?"


    "Yeah." Daphne nodded slightly.


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    "Why not?" Sonia was even more confused. "Does this mean that you regretted your decision just


    before the surgery?"


    There was that possibility after all.


    There had been many women who had chosen to give up on their children out of impulsiveness.


    However, they would regret the moment it was time for them to go past the point of no return. Thus,


    it would not be out of ce for Daphne to suddenly back out from her decision.


    However, contrary to Sonia''s assumption, Daphne shook her head. "No, I''m not regretting it now. It''s


    just... I can''t go through the surgery today."


    "What do you mean?" Although confused, Sonia went over and supported Daphne over to the sofa,


    as Daphne would have a sore back from standing for a long period of time due to her pregnancy.


    Feeling grateful to Sonia, Daphne smiled at her before she answered, "I was in the hospital to


    prepare for the surgery today. However, just before it was time for my surgery, I met Mrs. Lane.”


    "Mrs. Lane?" Sonia was surprised to hear that name popped up.


    "Yeah." Daphne bit her lip.


    "What''s wrong with her?" Sonia''s shock turned to anxiety instantly. "Is she sick?" But, that''s


    impossible. She


    looked fine when I met herst night!


    Sure enough, Daphne shook her head. "No, she''s not sick. She’s just there for a routine medical


    checkup."


    "So that''s what it was." Sonia heaved a sigh of relief upon Daphne''s rification. Phew. As long as


    she''s fine. That really gave me a scare. She patted her chest to calm the anxiousness in her before


    she fixed her attention squarely on Daphne. "So, you suddenly decided to leave before the surgery


    after meeting with Mrs. Lane out of fear of her finding out about your pregnancy?"


    Gazing at Sonia, Daphne nodded slightly. "Yes, President, you should know that I was ssmates


    with President Lane back in university. Ever since we graduated, I''ve been his secretary by his side


    for many years, which is why Mrs. Lane knows me. In the past, when she came to visit him in the


    office, she would always bring along some homemade snacks for me as well. Over time, we


    became much closer to the extent that I would be the one apanying her for meals and walks


    whenever President Lane was not around. It would not be wrong to even say Mrs. Lane had already


    treated me as her friend at that point. Hence, if she finds out just what surgery I would be going


    through today, she would definitely be curious as to the identity of the father of my child. At that


    point, even if I do lie to her, she might just mention my pregnancy as a topic of gossip to President


    Lane. By then, he would find out that I am pregnant with his child."


    With her brow wrinkled, Sonia nodded in agreement. "It''s indeed possible for that to happen. After


    all, you used to be Charles'' secretary. If Mrs. Lane finds out you''re pregnant, she would definitely


    mention it to Charles."


    "That’s why I immediately asked to postpone the surgery right after meeting with Mrs. Lane,"


    Daphne said bitterly with a sigh.


    Sonia kept her gaze on Daphne. "Mrs. Lane wasn''t suspicious of you being pregnant, right?"


    Daphne waved her hand. "I doubt it. She did ask me about why I was in the hospital, but I exined


    to her that it was just a problem with my neck. Since many office workers who sat in the office the


    whole year round would have some sort of problem with their necks, Mrs. Lane did not doubt my


    exnation and only urged me to get some massage device to help relieve my neck." "She is a kind


    person, after all." Sonia smiled faintly.


    Daphne forced a smile. "Yes, Mrs. Lane is a kind person." For her, anyone fortunate enough to have


    Grace as their mother-inw would be lucky indeed, as Grace was a kind person and wasn''t like


    those kinds of evil mother-inw that would spite their daughter-inw. Unfortunately, she would


    never have the opportunity to be Grace’s daughter-inw.


    Noticing Daphne''s mood slightly taking a turn for the worse, Sonia gently patted her shoulder and


    assured her, "Alright, time to stop drowning in your thoughts. It was unexpected for you to meet Mrs.


    Lane in the hospital. Since you couldn''t go through the surgery today, you should take this time to


    compose yourself before going to the hospital next time."


    "Yeah." Daphne forced another smile at Sonia.


    With that, Sonia took her hand off Daphne''s shoulder. "However, why did youe back to work


    instead of just going back home to rest?"


    "Rather than being bored at home with nothing better to do, I would much prefering back to the


    office and having a look at everyone''s face. President, you don''t have to worry about me. I''ll be


    extra careful myself," Daphne replied.


    Since Daphne had already said this much, there was nothing more Sonia could say. Thus, she only


    nodded in response. "Fine. Oh, right, did you have any business meeting me?" asked Sonia, as she


    noticed that Daphne had no documents with her when she came in. Probably something that isn’t


    work-rted?


    As Sonia expected, Daphne sighed helplessly upon her president''s question. "It''s nothing serious.


    It''s just that I was sent here by the others in the secretary circle."


    "What do you mean?" Sonia became interested.


    Daphne shrugged her shoulders while smiling. "It''s all because everyone found out about the many


    gifts President Fuller gave you and were just full with curiosity as to what those gifts were, as they


    saw their low-profile president show off the gifts during her entrance here. Since they were too


    embarrassed toe over and ask you themselves, they pushed me intoing here to ask you,


    as they thought that you would certainly tell me, the one you''re closest with in the office, about it.


    Since I had no other choice in the matter, I came here to ask you about it. So, President.


    You wouldn''t just let me go off without anything to offer to the other secretaries, right?" At this point,


    Daphne had swept away the despondency and bitterness she felt when she was talking about her


    pregnancy and was smiling at Sonia.


    Noticing that Daphne had perked up, Sonia felt relieved as she had thought that Daphne—despite


    what she had said about herself—was not at fault. Sonia always felt she was partly responsible for


    what had happened with Daphne, which was why she always felt a twinge of guilt whenever she


    was with Daphne. Hence, it was only when Daphne was happy did the heavy feelings in her heart


    stop weighing her down.


    "Naturally I won''t leave you out to dry. Since they want to know about it, I''ll naturally oblige. After all,


    happiness is meant to be shared, right?" Sonia said with a smile before pointing at the coffee table.


    "Look, it''s all there. Give me a hand here, would you?"


    "That wouldn''t be appropriate of me." Daphne quickly shook her head while waving her hands.


    "These are all President Fuller''s gifts to you. How could I help you unwrap them?"


    "It''s fine. They''re just presents. Just think of it as me having not enough hands to unwrap them,"


    Sonia said nonchntly with a smile.


    Daphne''s mouth twitched as a response. "President, what you said is just annoying. If possible, I


    too would like to have so many gifts that I couldn''t unwrap them all by myself."


    "You will." Sonia looked at Daphne. "With how wonderful of a person you are, it’ll definitely happen


    to you eventually."


    "Then I''ll ept your kind words." Daphne smiled once more.


    Saying nothing further, Sonia gave Daphne one of the gifts and asked for her help unwrapping


    them.


    Daphne—who said nothing as well-proceeded to help Sonia unwrap the gifts. Although the gifts


    were hers, she still felt the simple joy in unwrapping the presents, especially the sense of


    satisfaction one would have upon seeing what the gifts were. For Daphne, it was truly an


    indescribable feeling.


    In no time, the gifts were all unwrapped with thebined efforts of the two. Looking at the various


    luxurious gifts, Sonia had not much change in her expression, as she already knew exactly what the


    gifts were even before they unwrapped them, but she was still happy nheless. After all, these


    were all from Toby.


    As for Daphne, she was so shocked that her jaws had dropped to the floor. It was only after a


    moment passed did she manage topose herself. Pointing at the gifts on the table, she gulped


    and said, "Chairman Reed, President Fuller is just too good at winning over a woman!"