“Oh? What kind of reward?” Ranita said, feeling a bit regretful after making such a random promise. It wouldn’t be good if she couldn’t fulfill it.
“I was just kidding!” Ranita quickly tried to make amends.
But Brendon took it seriously. “I’m packing my things and going back to the hospital now.”
“Brendon, I would be happy if you go back to the hospital, but I was really just joking about the reward!” Ranita pursed her lips, her face even redder than before.
“Oh… Ranita, are you going back on your words again?” Brendon teased.
Ranita gritted her teeth and took a while before managing to squeeze out a sentence. “Fine, you move back to the hospital, and I’ll take a look!”
That night, Ranita didn’t sleep well.
She had a dream, a dream about Brendon, and the scene was quite steamy. When she woke up the next day, Ranita felt a lack of energy.
After having breakfast with her son, Ranita drove to the company. As soon as she arrived, someone handed her a document, and inside was a proof of delivery from an auction house.
Ranita felt anxious as she looked at it.
“Brendon, take the things back. I don’t need them.”
Brendon said, “I said it’s for Ayaan’s future wife.”
“I don’t want it either! Can’t I buy things myself?” Ranita said irritably. “I’ll have someone send it back.”
“Are you trying to take advantage of others?” Ranita automatically understood “others” as “Shannon.”
This successfully changed Ranita’s mind.
Indeed, she couldn’t let Shannon benefit!
“You’re Ayaan’s father. You haven’t paid child support for so many years, buying some things is normal!” Ranita gritted her teeth and was about to hang up the phone when she heard Brendon say, “I’m already at the hospital. The doctor wants me to stay for at least three more days. Allen went back to Kurima, and now I only have a little assistant with me. Can you take care of me for a bit?”
“Not convenient!” Ranita hung up the phone directly.
Ranita dealt with her work, but her mind was elsewhere.
In the afternoon, she closed the document and called Allen.
“Allen, did you go back to Kurima?”
“Yeah! I came back for a meeting over here!” Allen paused and said, “By the way, Brendon went back to the hospital again. He’s been alone there these past few days. If you have time, can you go and check on him for me?”
Allen’s tone was full of pleading.
Ranita couldn’t refuse, so she reluctantly agreed.
Allen became happy immediately. “That’s great! But you just go and check on him, no need to stay by his side! Let me tell you, Brendon went crazy all of a sudden and said he wants to avoid Shannon, so he interrupted his hospital stay and went back.”
Ranita raised an eyebrow and asked, “What time did you call him?”
“Well… it was around eight o’clock!” After Allen finished speaking, Ranita understood. Brendon had lied to her!
Feeling annoyed, Ranita hung up the phone and thought about how to expose Brendon’s lie when she heard a knock on the door.
Olivia called her to join a meeting.
Olivia had been helping Ranita in the country, so when she came to Monolith Technology for assistance, Olivia naturally accompanied her. This way, any issues could be resolved quickly and efficiently.
After the meeting, Ranita was about to give Olivia some instructions when she saw people in the company corridor whispering to each other, saying, “Oh my, is that really Shannon?”
“She’s so beautiful! Especially up close, her skin is amazing…”
“She’s like a template for worldly wealth and beauty… I’m so envious…”
Ranita furrowed her brows and asked Olivia to go and see. After a while, Olivia came back with a grim expression. “Ranita, I heard from the gaming department that their deputy director invited Shannon for a discussion about endorsing a game.”