Bought For A Baby, Kept For A Lifetime-Chapter 118: Baby?

Half past seven that same evening, many of the employees had already left the company by now. Anne had stayed behind to get to sort out the whole issue on the forum once and for all. Though she could quietly look away as if she didn’t see or hear how badly people were talking about her it still irritated her and if possible she’d want those baseless accusations taken down.

Anne went over to the admin department, asking a few of the security guards stationed around there for directions to Brian’s office. Clara told her before she left the office that she’d already informed Brian about her coming to him so he was currently expecting her.

She was led to the man’s office which was a modest looking space that looked slightly cramped, but the man waiting inside the office was of an average height, his face beheld a friendly smile that made Anne feel somewhat at ease.

"Are you Anne? Clara told me about you so I’ve been expecting you."

"Hello Mr Brian, I’m so sorry for the trouble."

Brian waved his hand, "No trouble at all, please sit down."

He faced her with a professional pose.

"So Clara told me briefly about what’s currently going on, I don’t know what to say about what they do on the forum these days. That space was created for information to be spread quickly in the company, but it became more of a gossip hub than an information sharing site. There’s two options of what to do to handle this matter, I can either directly delete every post regarding it, or make an announcement with a strict order that the rumor shall never be discussed again, of course that is after making sure they no longer have bad opinions of you anymore, I have my methods of achieving that."

Anne came expecting help, but she didn’t expect to get this much help. A relief filled smile spread on her face.

In her relief, she didn’t notice how dazed Brian looked staring at her.

"Can you really do that?"

He recovered from his daze and nodded quickly.

"Of course, there’s nothing I can’t achieve in this company. Dare I say, I can even convince director Sterling to do my bidding if the situation calls for it. Everyone knows how hard it is to convince director Sterling, so when people find out I can actually converse with him like a friend would and even convince him to do something, they usually get really surprised. You can relax, I’ve got you covered."

"Oh thank you. You don’t know how relieved it feels to know that this will finally end, I can’t do or say anything in the company without being under constant scrutiny, I’ve gotten so tired of it that I’ve begun to wish that I never shot that ad in the first place."

"Not to worry, I’ve got you. When I’m fully done, I assure you no one will dare to even breathe a word about this again. But..." He seemed to hesitate which made Anne sense that something was wrong.

"What is it Mr Brian? Please do tell me if there’s anything I’ll need to do."

"It’ll cost you a little bit because this isn’t an easy job." He said with a lightly nervous chuckle. What he was about to say was inevitable since she’d come to him, but being in the presence of a woman so pretty made the words a bit hard to utter.

Realization showed in Anne’s brown eyes.

Of course he wouldn’t help her for free, if he was going to do this for her, he should at least benefit from it.

"Oh, of course Mr Brian, how much do you need?"

Anne somewhat felt strange, because it felt as if she were giving a bribe to get something done for her, but if she was to continue to work comfortably in the company, she really couldn’t endure the scrutiny, constant looks of judgement and wagging tongues anymore.

"How much? Do you mean money?" Brian suddenly asked, throwing his head back as a bolt of laughter peeled through him.

"You’re such a pure, innocent little thing." He suddenly stood up from his seat under Anne’s suspicious look.

Was he not talking about money?

"I didn’t mean money Anne, I meant something entirely different. Of course it’ll be a good enough payment for what I’m going to do for you, but I’d say it’s well worth it. Don’t you think?"

Anne watched as he circled the desk and then came over to her side, an uncomfortable frown pulled her brows together and as he said the last words, his hand settled on her shoulder giving a disgustingly lecherous squeeze before he began to lean down towards her, that was when Anne shot out of her seat and pushed the man back a few steps.

"What are you doing? I came here to ask for your help, not for you to take advantage of me!" Anne fisted her hand by her sides to stop herself from sending a punch to the man’s face. To think she’d actually become comfortable here thinking he meant no harm.

A look of displeasure flared on Brian’s earlier friendly looking face.

"What do you mean taking advantage? Didn’t you know what you were getting into before coming here?"

What was wrong with this girl? Was she truly acting pure in front of him?

He’d found it cute at first but her resistance and how she pushed him away was beginning to irritate him, not to mention how she was currently glaring at him as if he was some disgusting piece of trash.

Clara told him that the girl needed his help desperately, that she was a very beautiful girl who was willing to do anything to get his help.

Clara knew how he operated, he only worked for benefits. And the exact kind of benefits he required wasn’t something Clara wasn’t aware of, so he was sure she wouldn’t send him someone who would be resisting and putting up a fake righteous act.

He’d seen the rumors going on about the girl, wasn’t she just another whore who was exposed and now she wanted her name cleared to keep her secrets hidden?

He knew her type well because he’d come across several others like her.

"Look, don’t waste my time. I’m not a fan of games, I’m a very straightforward man and I like everything done upfront. You came here knowing what kind of payment I ask for, if you really do want me to help you, give me what I ask for."

If it were any other occasion he would toss the girl out for actually wasting his time, there were many others like her who would come for his help and willingly give him his payment, but this girl... the more he looked at her the more excited he became.

Her skin was fresh and supple, he wanted to touch and enjoy her. He had already become excited from the very moment she walked through the doors into his office.

Of course he’d seen her circulating pictures on the forum, but the statement that the real thing looks a lot better than the picture couldn’t be more true in her case.

This girl could be a supermodel if she wanted to, but before she’d manage to climb up those heights, he would enjoy her first and perhaps someday if he saw her up at the top, he could brag about the fact that he already tasted her.

Easing down his temper at those thoughts, he composed his displeased expression and returned a smile to his face so as to not scare her off and he’d get the chance to enjoy the process.

"Look, I’ll forget how you just pushed me away, why don’t you come here, let’s get to know each other a bit more huh?"

Anne felt a wave of disgust at how his eyes were roving over her body so shamelessly. He was practically drooling.

He didn’t even allow her to speak before he started to grab her arm to draw her close to him. Anne didn’t hold back this time, the moment he touched her she raised her knee and connected it with a certain spot between his thighs.

A pained groan sounded and the man instantly released her without hesitation as he grabbed what he felt must have been broken from the impact, the kind of pain that overcame him made his brain stop functioning he could no longer think. He went tumbling to the floor howling in unbearable pain.

Anne looked down at the man without a hint of remorse in her face.

"Women aren’t toys Mr Brian, neither are they transactional chips for you to indulge your stupid fantasies in exchange for favors, get that into your head before grabbing any woman that unfortunately finds herself coming to you for help."

She whirled and left the office slamming the door without even looking back. She was pissed beyond words and she was somewhat glad she’d gotten to take out her anger a little bit.

The rumors can keep spreading if this was the price she had to pay to take them down.

When Clara had recommended she come to Brian, she...

Anne’s thoughts paused at this point, a thoughtful look overtaking her features.

Clara.

Her eyes narrowed with faint suspicion.

Clara...

Since her work for the day was done, Anne decided to head home. But immediately she was outside the company, a wave of dizziness made her sway, her vision turning dark.

This constant dizzy spells and nausea, was there something wrong with her health?

"Hey, are you okay? Do you need to sit down?"

A man’s voice made Anne alert, after what she just experienced she became extremely wary, not letting the person get the chance to touch her at all Anne raised her head to see an unfamiliar but good looking face.

"I’m fine thank you." She replied coldly.

"Anne?" The person called her name further stunning her, but before she could ask how he knew her he said something that made her whole body freeze.

"You shouldn’t be tiring yourself out in your condition, it could be harmful for the baby. In fact, I was about to tell Andrew that he should look after you in this period of time, you need a lot of rest." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Condition?

Baby?

Realization washed into Anne making her whole body go cold.

She was pregnant?

Her heart hammered intensely, disbelief filling her chest but she knew it was true.

Pregnant?

She raised her hand to gently caress her stomach.

Of course she was, what else would cause the constant fatigue, fluctuating emotions and ceaseless nausea lately.

But... she’d seen her period, how could she be pregnant?

However that wasn’t what mattered right now, if she was pregnant, how did this stranger know about it and he mentioned...

Andrew.

Did he mean Andrew Sterling?

"Who are you?" Anne asked the man mindlessly, her brain working to put several thoughts together.

"Oh, I’m Shawn Reynolds, Andrew’s good friend. I’m also the doctor who looked after you the other day, I’m guessing you’re all recovered now, but you still have to think about your baby, it’s still in the early stages and..."

Anne’s eyes suddenly turned crystalline with tears. She turned around cutting off Shawn’s words and stormed back into the company. She didn’t even stop to think about the familiarity of the man’s name or the fact that he was the doctor who perform Kristen’s surgery.

Bewildered Shawn watched her leave, but when he followed her and saw the floor she pressed on the elevator, he knew where she was going at that moment.

She was going to Andrew’s office.

But she looked furious and hurt at the same time, Shawn was suspecting whatever she was going to do in Andrew’s office was something serious. Though he came to see Andrew he instantly changed his mind from going up to the latter’s office.

He had a feeling something monumental was about to happen between those two.