Chapter 288
Rita, standing nearby, was beaming with excitement. She cheered for Callum, “Congrattions, Mr.
Callum, we’re going to have a little duke in our castle soon; this is such fantastic news!”
Callum was over the moon. He had only been specting before, but now Lexi’s pregnancy had
be a reality, and he was thrilled beyond words.
“Rita, everyone gets triple their sry this month.” Callum, struggling to suppress his rising joy, ordered
Rita to give everyone a raise.
“Yes, boss!” Rita left cheerfully to share the good news with everyone.
Soon, only Lexi and Callum were left in the room.
“Sweetie, you’re amazing, you must have the baby,” Callum said without any doubt, his heart filled with
excitement. “Ha, finally, I’m going to have my own child. My son won’t be inferior to Magnus’ son!”
Lexi was still in shock from her unexpected pregnancy. She hesitantly touched her t belly, finding it
hard to believe that a tiny life was growing inside.
Hearing Callum’s words, Lexi’s heart sank. From the beginning, she was just a substitute for Natalia,
even this unexpected child would bepared to Natalia’s son in the future.
Wasn’t this just sad? Lexi looked out the window with a deste look in her eyes. This ce was
nothing more than a gilded cage that held her captive. When could she truly leave, and escape this
beautiful prison?
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Meanwhile, in Melfort, the rtionship between Magnus and Natalia was growing stronger each day.
Magnus was out early and backte every day, while Natalia spent her time working on her design
sketches. Her exceptional design talent had earned her des from all over the country. Invitations
were flying into Andersen Corporation like snowkes.
In his spare time, Magnus was eager to fulfill his promise to Jonas and get Natalia pregnant with their
second child as soon as possible.
Sometimes, he would attend meetings and socialize to avoid Natalia’s constantints about him
neglecting his duties as a CEO and pestering her all the time.
The new assistant was a girl with sses, named something like Kitty or Poppy. She was timid and
cautious but made particrly fragrant tea. Gradually, Magnus found himself liking the tea, feeling
iplete without a cup each day.
One day, as soon as he got to the office, he couldn’t wait to drink the tea that the assistant had brewed.
But after drinking, he felt that something was off.
“What’s wrong with today’s tea? It’s tasteless.” Magnus frowned, looking at Molly, who had just
delivered the tea.
Molly was startled; she didn’t expect Magnus’ taste buds to be so sharp. She had just run out of the tea
bags Belle had given her a while ago and had used ordinary tea bags. Yet, Magnus had instantly
noticed the difference.
“Mr. Andersen, I’ll go make you another cup,” Molly said timidly, quickly taking the tea cup and leaving.
Magnus nodded. “Be attentive, the previous tea was very fragrant and refreshing. Keep it up.”
“Yes, yes, I’ll keep it up!” Molly left the CEO’s office nervously and headed to the sales department. She
had to ask Belle for some more tea bags for the sake of her future.
When she arrived at the sales department, she saw Belle sitting leisurely at herputer, sipping her
tea. Molly walked up to Belle cheerfully. “Belle?”
Belle turned around at the sound of her name. She saw Molly standing in front of her and gave her a
friendly smile. “What’s up, darling?”
Seeing the people in the sales department turning their heads, Molly pulled Belle’s arm and walked
towards the pantry. “Belle, I have something to ask you.”
In the pantry, Molly exined her request somewhat bashfully, “Belle, can I buy some more of the tea
you gave mest time? The boss said he really likes it.”
Belle lowered her head, hiding her smug smile, then looked up, feigning confusion. “Tea? What tea?
Darling, are you still dreaming?”
Molly was stunned. “Belle, it’s the special tea you said was from your hometown. You gave it to me to
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brew it for the boss. Have you forgotten?”
Thinking that Belle didn’t want to give it to her for free, she sincerely said, “Belle, I took your teast
time, I’m sorry. I’ll pay for it this time, can you help me get some?”
Belle casually yed with her nails, looking utterly confused. “Molly, what are you talking about? I
never gave you any tea. You’ve dragged me here to say a bunch of nonsense, what are you trying to
do?”
Molly was dumbfounded, she could never have imagined that Belle would deny knowing about this.
“Belle, how could you do this? You clearly saidst time that the boss loves the tea from your
hometown, so I brewed it for him. Now that I want to buy some more, why are you pretending it never
happened?”
“Molly, you gotta be careful of what you say. Who knows what kind of tea you gave to the boss? If
something goes wrong, it’ll be med on me, and that’s terrifying!” Belle said, walking out of the pantry.
“Don’te to me with these nonsensical things anymore, I’m busy and don’t have time to chat with
you.”
A cold sweat broke out on Molly’s back. Yes, she had used the tea Belle gave her without thinking.
What if Belle had maliciously added something to the tea bags? Why else would she deny it now and
totally disregard what happened before?
The more Molly thought about it, the more scared she became. She didn’t know what to do, so she
quickly asked Paul for leave and left thepany.
Back in the office, Magnus was bing increasingly restless, as if a fire was burning in his chest,
making him want tosh out. He paced restlessly around the office, desperately craving a pot of the tea
Molly brewed. But even after waiting for a long time, there was still no sign of Molly.
This assistant was simply irresponsible. How could it have taken so long to brew a pot of tea?
After pacing back and forth in his office for what seemed like the tenth time, Magnus pressed the
inte button for his secretary’s desk. “Where’s Molly? Have here to my office.”
“I’m sorry, sir, but Molly said she’s not feeling well. She just took a sick leave.”
“Fine, then have someone bring me a pot of tea. Make sure it’s the kind Molly always brews for me.”
Magnus hung up the inte, frustration evident in his tone. Molly was usually so reliable; she had
promised to brew him a fresh pot of tea. Shouldn’t she have taken care of that before taking off?
Not long after, an office aide arrived with the requested tea. “Sir, here’s your tea.”