Chapter 1165 Apanying Laney


    As the first rays of sunlight crept through the window, J stirred from her sleep. She struggled to


    sit up as her body felt sore all over after a night of action. She checked the time on her phone. Her


    eyes widened in shock when she saw it was already half past nine.


    "Oh, shit! I''mte!" J eximed. She sprang up from the bed and began to put on her clothes


    with haste.


    In a fit of panic, she identally stepped on Brandon, who was still in a deep sleep.


    Brandon jolted awake and cried out in pain. Upon seeing the flustered look on J''s face, he


    chuckled and asked, "Do you know what day it is today?"


    J checked the date on her phone. The anxiety and panic that had crept into her vanished in an


    instant upon seeing it was Saturday. "Oh my, God. I was so scared. I thought it was Friday."


    "Come back here then," Brandon said while looking at J with an affectionate gaze. "We don''t


    usually get to sleep in together."


    However, J turned down his suggestion without hesitation. When she started working, she had


    grown ustomed to early mornings and eschewed sleeping in. To her, it was a waste of her


    precious time.


    Seeing that J had no intention of going back to bed, Brandon decided to get up as well. With


    that, they went downstairs to prepare their breakfast.


    In the kitchen, just as J was about to make a sandwich, her phone rang.


    It was a message from Laney.


    Mr. and Mrs. Harding wanted Laney to go to another hospital as they were unhappy with the one


    Garrett had chosen. As Laney could not make her mind, she called J and asked for her opinion.


    Upon reviewing the hospital info Laney had sent, J furrowed her brows and asked, "Where''s


    Garrett? Why didn''t he say anything when you were being moved to another hospital?"


    "He''s so busy with thepany affairs right now. I don''t want to burden him with these matters,"


    Laney exined shortly after. J could feel her friend''s helplessness through the message.


    J sighed. Ever since Garrett had agreed to return to the Harding Group in order to marry Laney,


    he had be extremely busy. Nevertheless, J believed he should not have left Laney alone


    in the hospital.


    Suddenly, theplication during Tasha''s delivery crossed her mind. Anxious, J decided to


    apany Laney in the hospital.


    It was not every day Brandon and J got to have a day off together. So, his face darkened upon


    learning that she nned to leave him alone and apany her friend in the hospital.


    "Are you jealous of Laney?" J jokingly asked seeing that Brandon was in a bad mood. "Laney is


    pregnant, and she shouldn''t be alone. Besides, Garrett is a good freind of ours. Shouldn''t I help


    Laney?"


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    Brandon raised his eyebrows and wrapped J in a tight embrace. "In that case, shouldn''t you


    compensate me? Hmm?" he whispered in her ear.


    A shiver went down J''s spine. She jumped out of Brandon''s arms and said, "We have to go


    after breakfast. I''ll meet with Laney at 10 o''clock."


    Meanwhile, Brandon had no choice but to give up for now. Of course, he would not let J go. He


    had


    plenty of timeter in the evening, anyway.


    When the two of them had finished eating breakfast, Brandon drove J to meet with Laney. As


    soon as they got out of the car, Laney waddled to them with her huge baby bump. She was in her


    last trimester, making it arduous for her to walk. Upon seeing the discontentment on Brandon''s face,


    she realized that she had inconvenienced them. "I''m sorry for disturbing you on the weekend," she


    said in a low and apologetic tone.


    "It''s okay." J stepped forward and held Laney''s handfortingly. "I''m free today anyway."


    "It''s Garrett''s fault for not apanying his wife. Now, my wife has to," Brandon shot up.


    J shot daggers at him, signaling him to shut up.


    Being stared at by J and seeing the heavily pregnant Laney, Brandon had no choice but to


    restrain himself.


    "Sorry to have bothered you," Laney repeated with a bitter smile.


    Of course, she wanted to be with her husband. But given the situation, she had to endure


    everything by herself.


    "Don''t mention it. Besides, I want to spend more time with you. If I ever get pregnant in the future, I


    won''t be all clueless," J assured her friend. Laney was on herst term, and thest thing she


    needed was a psychological burden.


    It was only then did Laney feel better.


    Meanwhile, seeing that his work here as the driver had done, Brandon turned around and left.


    As J was about to hold Laney, she caught sight of Laney''s assistant, L, who was staring


    nkly at Brandon''s receding figure.


    She was dissatisfied with L. It did not stem from jealously but rather because L had not been


    attending to Laney since they had arrived. She had


    remained motionless by her side from the moment they got out of the car until now.


    Laney was about to give birth, but her assistant was negligent. What if something happened to


    Laney?


    "L, go and get Laney''s things," J reminded her.


    It was not until that moment that L snapped out of it and realized what was happening. Upon


    meeting J''s gaze, she quickly proceeded to pick up the bags.


    "What''s wrong with L?" J asked Laney. "Her attitude doesn''t seem to be as good as it was


    before."