“Zion, what’s going on with you? Didn’t I tell you Hayden doesn’t eat spicy food? What is this you bought? A McSpicy Chicken Burger?
Haven’t we already reached an understanding? I’m only having this child for him, so why are you being so petty?
“I didn’t expect you to be so narrow-minded, unable to even accept a child. Besides, I already said we won’t be raising the child ourselves. What exactly are you being difficult about?”
Listening to her talk really makes me laugh, truly shameless. “Jasmine, don’t you feel ashamed saying those things? Do you think you’re some kind of surrogate, just casually having a baby for someone else? Moreover, now everyone at the company knows you’re pregnant out of wedlock and carrying another man’s child. How do you think the people at work see me? And how do you think they see you?”
“Forget it. I can’t afford to lose face over this. We’re breaking up. From now on, you can have babies for whoever you want. It has nothing to do with me.”
When Jasmine heard me say “break up,” she froze. She probably never expected me to say those words, since I had always been the one revolving around her before. How could I possibly say break up?
“Zion, don’t be stubborn,” she said. “I know this process is a bit long. After the baby is born, Hayden and I will live together with the child. Once the child is a bit older, we’ll let Hayden take over.”
Hearing her say this only made me find her more ridiculous. I smiled and said, “Forget it, this is too much for you. Let’s break up. You can settle down with Hayden and have as many kids as you want.”
After I said that, I turned and left her office. As I walked away, I heard her shout after me, “Zion, don’t regret this!”
Meanwhile, Hayden comforted her, “Jasmine, don’t be angry, don’t upset the baby. Didn’t I tell you not to fall in love or get married? Look how he treats you even though you’re pregnant. He doesn’t cherish you at all. Who knows how he’ll treat you after marriage!”
Fortunately, it was still early and there was no one else in the office lobby. Otherwise, I would have wanted to find a hole to crawl into and disappear.
After the annual company meeting, I probably became the laughing stock of the entire company. Honestly, continuing to work here no longer made much sense to me.
This was Jasmine’s family company. I had originally joined Fletcher Group through campus recruitment.
Jasmine was impressed by my academic achievements and after joining the Fletcher Group, I didn’t let her down. I was competent at my job.
At work, I helped Jasmine quite a bit, so she promoted me continuously. I rose through the ranks quickly, but I also received plenty of sideways looks from others.
Over time, we went from being colleagues to lovers.
Even though my coworkers called me a “kept man,” saying I climbed the ladder because of Jasmine, I never minded. After all, they didn’t understand. They didn’t know about the relationship between Jasmine and me.
Actually, I always thought my relationship with Jasmine was pretty good. All the changes came after her childhood friend Hayden started working at our company.
Since Hayden joined, Jasmine always brought him along for work matters and stopped consulting me. Her reason was that Hayden had studied abroad, was more experienced and had better ideas, so he could help her more at work.
This time, with everything that happened, it was inevitable people would gossip, so I decided to resign.
When I handed in my resignation to the HR department, I was even mocked a little.
“Zion, are you sure about quitting?” Zara from HR asked me.
“Yes, I’m sure.”
“You’ve only been with Fletcher Group for a short time. Getting to your current position so quickly is impressive. If you leave Fletcher Group, you probably won’t amount to much. You really don’t know how good you have it.”
Zara was Jasmine’s close friend, so of course she would defend her. I expected that.
