Reborn as Mr.CEO's Fat Wife-Chapter 858: Abigail Gets Scolded for Being Pregnant
Chapter 858: Chapter 858: Abigail Gets Scolded for Being Pregnant
Seamus Noah was momentarily puzzled by Reed referring to Miss Ford and asked curiously.
Reed ignored him, looked around, and asked, "Has Miss Ford already left? When did she leave?"
"Are you talking about Catherine Ford?" Seamus Noah, noticing Reed’s action, finally asked a beat too late.
Rita Pansy, thinking Seamus Noah had earlier called a driver to take Catherine and others, hurriedly explained, "They have already left; it’s no trouble for you anymore."
Reed looked at Rita Pansy oddly, "Who is this?"
This time it was Seamus Noah’s turn to be surprised, "This is Miss Rita Pansy, don’t you recognize her?"
"Should I know her?" Reed retorted, then pulled out his phone to call Catherine Ford, and after a few rings, got through. Ignoring the other two, he politely asked Catherine, "Miss Ford, where are you now? I’ll come and pick you up."
Catherine Ford, surprised to receive a call from Reed, politely declined, "My colleague and I are taking the subway and will arrive soon; no need to trouble you, thank you, Brother Reed."
Reed’s eyelids twitched upon hearing ’Brother Reed’, recalling Catherine’s reaction when she called him ’Brother Reed Boss’ that morning, and corrected her solemnly, "Just call me Reed Jones." freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
For the first time, Catherine Ford realized that Reed’s real name was Reed Jones, and knowing calling him Brother Reed might be inappropriate, she quickly changed to thanking Reed Jones.
Reed Jones finally breathed a sigh of relief, hung up the phone but met Seamus Noah’s incredulous look, somewhat puzzled, "Why are you staring at me like that?"
"Are you very close with Miss Ford?" Seamus Noah, who has worked with Reed Jones for so long, had never seen him be so polite to anyone, especially a woman.
Reed Jones thought for a bit and nodded, "Sort of."
After all, Miss Ford calls him Brother Reed.
Seamus Noah became even more curious. Reed drives for the Boss every day, knows Catherine Ford but doesn’t know Rita Pansy? This was strange. He couldn’t help but look at Rita Pansy beside him. Could he be wrong? Or did the Boss keep Reed in the dark too? Seamus Noah turned to speak with Reed about the situation, just then the emergency room doors opened.
No longer able to delay, Seamus Noah rushed forward, "Dr. Hutt, how is Lawyer Jones doing?"
"It’s not serious, but what’s been happening recently with him? Wasn’t he flaunting his romance daily on Facebook Circle? How could he still ruin his stomach?" Dr. Hutt, a college friend of Benjamin Jones who is also familiar with Seamus Noah, couldn’t help Tsukkomi, then glanced at the only woman present, a hint of peculiarity flashing in his eyes, thinking the stunt Benjamin Jones pulled earlier was just for such an ordinary woman, could it be too mundane?
Confused, Seamus Noah looked at Rita Pansy.
Rita Pansy was startled; she didn’t have Benjamin Jones’ Facebook, so how could she know about him flaunting his love life daily? She took a step back with a guilty conscience.
Seeing Rita Pansy’s reaction, Seamus Noah immediately thought of a possibility—Ms. Pansy’s cooking was terrible and even ruined the Boss’s stomach!
He couldn’t help but recall the lunch Boss brought every day; although it looked fine, it was just typical restaurant quality, and it often had quite a bit of chili. Considering the Boss, usually such a calm and wise man who clearly couldn’t handle spicy food, sacrificed his health to please his girlfriend—it was unimaginable!
With this in mind, Seamus Noah couldn’t help but take another look at Rita Pansy. Seeing her looking down as if feeling very guilty and sad, then he looked at Reed. He knew about the photo shared this morning from LG, which, although blurry, clearly showed a woman getting off the Boss’s car, resembling Rita Pansy in stature. Thinking about this, Seamus Noah couldn’t help but look at Reed again—how could he not recognize Rita Pansy?
Reed was clueless about Boss’s intentions, deliberately avoiding Seamus Noah’s probing gaze, and approached Dr. Hutt, saying, "I’ll push Lawyer Jones to the ward first."
Having said that, Reed didn’t care what Seamus thought, and directly wheeled Benjamin Jones to the ward.
As soon as they entered, Seamus suddenly turned back and looked at Rita Pansy who hadn’t moved, "Miss, come in as well."
"Ah? No, it’s unnecessary, knowing that Lawyer Jones is fine is enough for me; I still have work to do, I’ll visit another day." Rita Pansy was terribly anxious with a guilty conscience, she wasn’t close with Benjamin Jones in the first place, her visit today was just to create a misunderstanding, to let those in the company know there was indeed something between herself and Benjamin. However, the comments from Benjamin’s driver earlier almost blew her cover, if Benjamin woke up later and asked why she was there, it would be even more embarrassing, so she promptly excused herself after this comment.
Seamus wanted to explain that it wasn’t completely her fault that Boss ended up in the hospital, but she had already left.
Helpless, Seamus could only enter the ward alone.
Benjamin Jones had already woken up, and upon seeing Seamus come in, he instinctively looked behind him, but didn’t see the familiar slender figure. His mood darkened, which Seamus noticed and felt even more regretful; he should have stopped Rita earlier.
"Lawyer Jones, Dr. Hutt just advised that you must be careful with your diet from now on, especially avoiding spicy food," Seamus had no way to replace Boss’s girlfriend, so he could only remind him to take care of his health.
Benjamin Jones gave a faint acknowledgement, then probed, "What about the person who brought me here?"
"Are you referring to Miss Ford and the others? They’ve already returned to the company. I plan to prepare a gift to thank them tomorrow," Seamus added, recollecting, "Miss Pansy was by your side until just now before she left."
After hearing the first part, Benjamin Jones felt very upset. He was in this state, yet that woman didn’t stay and went straight back to the company. Did she really not care about him at all?
She’s really not endearing at all. Is her work more important than him?
Seamus couldn’t get a response from Boss, but seeing his expression even worse than before, he couldn’t help but think perhaps Boss was blaming him for not keeping Rita Pansy there. He immediately lowered his head, not daring to speak anymore.
Unlike Seamus, who was unclear about the situation, Reed, seeing his boss’s reaction, could roughly guess why he was unhappy, and directly asked, "What about dinner tonight? Should we have it delivered?"
Benjamin Jones’s eyes brightened slightly upon hearing this, giving Reed another look before haughtily nodding his head, "Alright." He paused, then added, "You first send her home, then bring her over."
He still had scores to settle with that woman.
After hearing the order, Reed glanced at the time and directly took his leave.
Seamus was baffled; if previously he suspected Boss had a girlfriend based on various clues, now it was the first time hearing about ’her’ directly from Boss’s mouth. Considering Boss planned to have Miss Pansy’s cooking for dinner, he was shocked and couldn’t help but advise, "Lawyer Jones, it’s fine to spoil your girlfriend, but you also need to take care of your health."
Benjamin Jones was confused, but Seamus’s mention of ’girlfriend’ strangely pleased him, softening his stern expression, "I’m well aware of my own body."
"But..."
"That’s enough, get to work. Make sure to properly coordinate next week’s annual event with LG, don’t let them be put in a difficult position," Benjamin Jones interrupted Seamus’s worries, issuing a direct order. He didn’t want that foolish woman to mess up her last annual event at LG.
Seamus now clearly understood Boss’s intention; Rita Pansy was responsible for liaising with Universal at LG this time, and the boss wanted him to look after his girlfriend, so he didn’t ask further and busied himself with the tasks.
Just as Seamus was about to leave, Benjamin Jones called him again, "Is our finance department short-staffed?"
"Yes, but Boss Jones said it’s not urgent, we can hire after the new year." Seamus Noah didn’t understand why Boss Jones suddenly asked about the finance department.
"No need to hire externally, I have a suitable candidate who will join after the year." Benjamin Jones thought of Catherine Ford, who studied finance and always acts like a little money fanatic, she should be competent for the job at Universal.
Seamus Noah found it strange that the boss suddenly cared about the company’s personnel, but he trusted Benjamin Jones implicitly and agreed without further thought.
After Seamus Noah left, Benjamin Jones took out his phone, looking at the various calls and messages he received, most of which were concerned messages about him, except Catherine Ford’s.
That woman really has no conscience at all, his ruse today was completely wasted, lying on the hospital bed made Benjamin Jones feel both depressed and troubled. Just then, he heard a knock on the door, guessing it was Dr. Hutt, he called out in a not so pleasant tone to come in.
The door to the ward was pushed open, and unexpectedly, it was not the mocking Andy Holmes, but Abigail.
Benjamin Jones was surprised, "Abby?"
"Yeah, I heard from Dr. Hutt that you weren’t feeling well," Abigail hadn’t seen Benjamin Jones since she had moved back to the manor, and unexpectedly, upon arriving at the hospital today, she heard Dr. Hutt joking about Benjamin Jones and came to check on him.
Benjamin Jones suddenly felt embarrassed, even his handsome face turned suspiciously red, yet he still tried to act calm, "I’m not seriously ill."
Having known Benjamin Jones for over twenty years, Abigail had never seen him blush before, and found it both novel and amusing. Her peach blossom eyes gleamed with strong curiosity, "Is that so? I heard from Dr. Hutt that Benjamin has a girlfriend now, I wonder where she’s from and when will you introduce her to us?"
Actually, Abigail had heard about it a while ago through Benjamin’s Facebook Circle, mentioning Dr. Hutt was just to corner him.
Sure enough, Benjamin Jones felt even more embarrassed upon hearing this, the words of denial at the tip of his tongue forcibly took a turn, "I will, but perhaps not recently."
Abigail raised an eyebrow, "Haven’t won her over yet?"
Benjamin Jones suddenly became irritable, "Andy Holmes and his big mouth."
"Hahaha." Abigail rarely saw Benjamin Jones so emotionally expressive and somewhat flustered, yet she didn’t feel a bit guilty, instead she was utterly delighted.
Seeing Abigail’s unchecked laughter, Benjamin Jones was momentarily stunned and then started laughing as well, feeling an inexplicable sense of relief in his heart. Perhaps his initial feelings for Abby were more familial than romantic, it was only after her abrupt death that he felt regret and could not let go, trying to make up for his regret after learning about her miraculous rebirth. Now it seems, this status between them is for the best.
Abigail never thought she’d see Benjamin Jones laugh in her lifetime, she was startled for a moment and then got serious, "Benjamin, you’ve changed from before."
Benjamin Jones was puzzled, just about to ask what was different, when he heard Abigail suddenly exclaim, "Maybe this is the power of love, I’m becoming more and more curious about the woman who made you resort to such a distasteful tactic."
Benjamin Jones, "..."
Does he have no dignity at all!
Seeing Benjamin Jones’ annoyed and embarrassed look, Abigail couldn’t help laughing again, "Benjamin, fight on, I’m rooting for you!"
"Goodbye!" For the first time, Benjamin Jones wasn’t so eager to see Abigail.
Abigail cheerfully said, "I’ll be leaving first. By the way, Grandpa will spend New Year’s with me at the manor, so if you have time, come and visit. He misses you quite a bit."
Old Mr. Smith didn’t know about Benjamin Jones confessing his feelings to Abigail; in his eyes, Benjamin was like Abigail’s own brother.
Upon hearing this, Benjamin responded, "I’ll make some time to visit."
Unexpectedly, Abigail playfully added, "Bring your little sister-in-law along."
Benjamin, "..."
"Cheer up!" Seeing Benjamin stunned for the second time today, Abigail laughed with her eyes curving, but just after she said cheer up, the door of the hospital room was pushed open again. Brandon Piers entered and possessively wrapped his arms around Abigail’s waist. "What’s so funny? Have you forgotten the condition of your body?"
Abigail responded with speechlessness, "I’m pregnant, not ill. Is there a need to be so anxious?"
Benjamin was already used to Brandon’s domineering demeanor, so it was no surprise. However, he was shocked to learn that Abigail was pregnant, his face paled, "You just gave birth not long ago, how can you be pregnant again? Wasn’t last time tragic enough? Are you disregarding your life?"
Abigail hadn’t intended to inform Benjamin, but with Brandon’s interruption, she accidentally revealed it, and as she had anticipated, she was immediately scolded by Benjamin, giving a shy smile with a guilty conscience, "It was an accident, a complete accident."
Upon hearing this, Benjamin’s face turned grim as he looked at Brandon, "She doesn’t know how to take care of herself, don’t you either?"
This imposing attitude of a real brother made Brandon slow to react, not confronting Benjamin immediately but instead, his eyes filled with guilt.
Touching her nose, Abigail said, "Benjamin, don’t scold him."
"I think it’s because you’re too protective of him, that he does whatever he wants," Benjamin this time was somewhat annoyed with Abigail too.
"Brother, don’t be mad. I am a doctor and know how to take care of my body, you can rest assured, nothing will happen," Abigail understood that Benjamin was worried about her health, but neither she nor Brandon had expected this accident, and she didn’t have the heart to terminate the pregnancy.
"Hmph!" Benjamin, seeing Abigail cooing and assuring him, snorted but didn’t scold her any further, instead, turning to address Brandon, "You know better than anyone the suffering Abby went through during her last delivery. This time, I hope you take good care of her."
After learning that Abigail Green was Abby, Benjamin Jones had investigated her past and roughly understood when she had crossed over into Abigail Green’s body; he knew the pain she had endured, which is why he was particularly distressed about her being pregnant again.
"I know what to do." Brandon finally realized he was being scolded by his rival in love, but seeing Benjamin’s serious attitude, completely treating Abigail like a sister, his previous worries dissolved, leaving him frustrated. Apparently, a brother is more troublesome than a love rival.
Headache.
But it was indeed his oversight, so being scolded was warranted.
Brandon accepted it, and compared to Benjamin, he indeed knew more about the ordeal Abigail had experienced during that delivery. He cared deeply, so upon discovering Abigail’s pregnancy, his immediate thought was to have her terminate the pregnancy.
He preferred Abigail’s health over having the child, but his little darling was stubborn, insisting on giving birth, leading him to reluctantly agree, but with the precondition that everything would prioritize Abigail’s health.
Benjamin knew Brandon well enough to trust that once he made a promise, he would never break it, which slightly eased his expression. However, another face appeared in his mind—he knew the hardship Abby had endured during childbirth, but did that woman experience something similar when she gave birth to Alice, perhaps facing death for a moment?
