Chapter 140
“ I don’t . ”
“ Mrs. _ Morais , I am currently in Las Vegas . Are you sure you want toe down here to talk to
me about medical expenses ? ”
I was speechless . _ Henriques was being exaggerated , and it was clear he was kidding me . _ If he h
ad told me right at the beginning of the call that he was abroad , I would not
have suggested a meeting , much less with such an excuse .roomy .
Since I could n’t stay silent for the rest of the phone call, I forced myself to
ignore the awkwardness and apologize . “ I ‘m sorry , President Ribeiro . I
thought you were in the country when I decided to call you . How are you not _in the country , I will leav
e you alone . When you get back , feel free to call me ; maybe we can meet in another
moment .
By the time I finished the sentence , I was ready for Henriques topletely reject me . Little did I
expect that he would
not only not reject me , but also promptly give me a definitive answer . “ I ‘ll be back tomorrow , so plea
se call me _ _ _day after tomorrow afternoon ” . _
After hanging up the phone , I
felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders . I considered myself a daring person , but why was I
so nervous when I was with Henriques ?
Was
it because I needed a favor from him ? Maybe that ‘s why people said that every person has needs and
wants . _ _ I finally understood what that meant today . _
However , I had taken my first step and it would just have to be seen how things went from here . After
Henriques returned to the country , I would have to find an opportunity to go see him , and the only exc
use I had _I could arrange to run away from home was to say that I had something urgent to attend
to at the office .
Since I got “ pregnant ” , Carlos asked me several times to resign , but I always rejected him with some
random excuse . _
In thest few days , while I was in the hospital , I requested annual leave from
thepany . Since I married Carlos , I had never asked for annual leave .
My boss even jokingly told me that he rarely found employees as dedicated as I was and that he was w
ise to hire a workaholic like me . _
However , this year was an exception as I
had asked for annual leave twice before that time when I found out that Carlos was having an affair . I d
id n’t have many days left on my twenty – day annual vacation entitlement .
When I mentioned this to Carlos in the evening , he didn’t like
my n to go back to the office . “ Linda , didn’t I
tell you earlier to quit your job now that you’re pregnant ? You should stay home and take
care of the baby . I can work andto feed
all of you . ”
“ I know you can , but I still have a contract with mypany . Even if I resigned , it would
have to wait until we reached an agreement , so that I could amicably close this door . It
will not be well with me if I justdecide not to show up one day . ”
I
would never resign , at least not now , and the contract was just an excuse . Just as Carlos had already
confidently stated that he would
pay anypensation for premature termination of the contract , today was no exception . “ Do n’t worr
y aboutpensating– them . If they ask , I pay for you . ”
“ It’s not about
the money , Carlos . This is my first job , and I really like it . All these years , President Freitas treated
me well . _ I need to take care of my conscience , so I don’t want to leave on bad terms . ”
“ But I’m worried about your health . Why do n’t you excuse yourself just to rest a little longer and take
care of the baby ? Yourpany knows our situation , so I believe they will agree . ”
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“ Carlos , I ‘ve thought about
this before , but did n’t you say we should n’t tell anyone about my pregnancy until after the first trimest
er ? Wouldn’t everyone know about my pregnancy if I decided to take leave to take care of
the baby ? ”