Thea’s face immediately turned pale, her eyes brimming with tears that seemed ready to spill, making her look utterly


    vulnerable.


    “Alvin, you’re finally fed up with me, aren’t you?” As soon as the words left her mouth, a tear fell.


    Alvin didn’t respond, his entire presence giving off a suffocating silence.


    “But if Benjamin weren’t in trouble, I wouldn’t bother you…” Thea’s voice was shaky, but there was an underlying weight to


    her words.


    “You can bother me all you want, just don’t bother her.” Alvin’s “her” was clearly referring to me.


    It looked like they were about to start arguing, and for a moment, I wasn’t sure if I should stay or leave.


    “I get it. I won’t bother you again, and I won’t interfere with you two,” Thea said, turning and walking quickly toward the door.


    This time, Alvin didn’t chase after her. Instead, he looked at me. I lowered my head slightly and walked toward the exit.


    Alvin followed closely behind. As we stepped out of the café, a loud screech of tires pierced the air.


    Both of us looked up at the same time, and saw Thea knocked to the ground by a car pulling out of the parking garage.


    “Thea!” Alvin called out, running toward her inrge strides.


    I froze for a second, then quickly followed.


    “Alvin, the baby…” Thea’s face had gone ashen, one hand clutching her stomach, the other gripping Alvin’s arm.


    I thought, ‘Hasn’t she just said she wouldn’t bother him? Now, seeing him, it is as if he is her only hope. Thea… she really could’ve had a career in acting.”


    The driver, clearly shaken, started to exin repeatedly, “Mr. Dolton, she ran right in front of me…”


    Funny enough, the driver turned out to be an employee from thepany.


    “Get out of here!” Alvin snapped angrily, scooping Thea up and rushing toward his car.


    It was just around the time everyone was getting off work, and employees wereing and going. The scene had drawn a crowd, and whispers started to spread.


    “Mr. Dolton seems really concerned about that woman. Who is she?”


    “That’s not the point. The real question is… she said something about a baby…


    “Oh my god, could Mr. Dolton have gotten some woman pregnant on the side?”


    “Shh! Keep it down, don’t let the ‘official wife’ hear.”


    As they finished talking, I walked over. The gossiping girls, seeing me—the “official wife”-quickly stuck out their tongues


    and scurried off.


    I wasn’t bothered. After all, I thought, Who isn’t talked about behind their back? Alvin is the boss, so people gossip about him all the time.’


    I walked up to the driver, who still had his intern badge hanging around his neck. “What happened?”


    The intern, clearly rattled, turned pale and nervously exined, “Ms. Kemp, she ran right in front of the car…”


    (


    I had seen Thea’s emotional outburst just moments earlier, so I wasn’t about to me him. “It’s not your fault. There are cameras around, so you don’t have to worry.”


    Everyone at thepany knew I was Alvin’s assistant and fiancée, so my words seemed to put the intern at ease.


    “Thank you, Ms. Kemp!” he said.


    “You can go now. Whatever needs to be dealt with can wait until tomorrow,” I said, offering him some reassurance before


    walking away.


    I called Jasmine to update her on Thea’s situation, ending the call with, “Let me know what’s going on with herter.”


    “Why do you care so much about her? It’s not like you hit her,” Jasmine asked, confused.


    I paused for a moment. “The person who hit her was an employee from thepany. I don’t want him getting dragged into this.”


    Jasmine immediately caught on that I wasn’t telling the whole truth but didn’t press further. Instead, she said, “Alright, I’ll let you know if there’s any news.


    “By the way, where are you going today? If you don’t want to go back to the Dolton family’s ce, you cane to mine.”