Have I Told You Lately

Miles was still quite curious. “You are so young. I guess you didn’t marry for a long time. How could he get tired so soon? You are such a reasonable woman. How did you fall in love with such a man?”

Rachel twitched the corners of her lips and didn’t answer.

She thought that Miles didn’t understand because he didn’t know the whole story, so she didn’t explain much.

Perhaps Miles didn’t know, in the new century, not everyone could love and get marry freely. Kenneth was forced to marry her, so he hated her and never liked her from the beginning.

Seeing that Rachel kept silent, Miles seemed to realize that he had brought up her sad memories. He smiled apologetically. “I’m sorry, Rachel. I shouldn’t have mentioned such matters. But I believe you would find someone better.”

Rachel looked at him with a smile. She turned the laptop to him and said in a light tone, “All right. I’ve resolved it for you. Take a look.”

“Oh?” Miles’ attention was drawn back to work. He looked through the data carefully and nodded. “It matches now. Sure enough, I still have a lot to learn.”

“Please take your time. Compared with other newcomers, your achievements are about the same as those of the employees who have worked for a year already,” Rachel encouraged him.

As soon as she finished her words, her cell phone rang.

Startled for a while, she stood up and grabbed the phone from the nightstand. “Please look through the data again to see if there’s any problem. Excuse me, I need to answer the call.”

“OK. I will.”

The hotel room was not big. Wrapping herself tightly in the coat, Rachel picked up the phone and sat down on the bedside. Seeing it was an unfamiliar number on the screen, she swiped to answer.

“Hello?”

“It’s me.”

She heard a man’s deep and pleasant voice.

Rachel was taken aback. She put down the phone and checked the number carefully. Then she said in a low voice, “Where are you calling from?”

“The landline in my office.”

“I see.” Rachel curled her lips.

happy with her tone, the man suddenly

be confused. “What are you talking about? Didn’t you

checking the data, looked up and glanced at her. Then

today. He said you came to City J. Why didn’t you tell

questioning. However, Rachel sensed a hint

of guilt and a little unhappy, she blurted out, “Why did you bother Mr.

too fiercely, and Miles was shocked.

Only then did she remember that there was another person in her room. She hung up the phone awkwardly, stood up, and looked

laptop and held it in his arms. He stood up with a smile. “Thank you so much, Rachel. Please go

“Oh... OK.”

easy-going smile. As soon as she closed the door, however, she pulled a long face.

the cell phone was quite cooperative -- it

immediately in a fierce tone, “What

in a

So what? What else do you

almost embarrassed her in front

so late now, but do you still have... a man in

Rachel was speechless.

suddenly she laughed. Raising her eyebrows, she asked, “Is it strange? I’m now single and divorced.

the other end of the line for a few seconds. Then

if you come here to catch the adultery now, it’s too late. Moreover, you don’t

about her business, but he had forgotten his current identity. Rachel wondered if he was driven by his habit formed in the past, or he did care

man’s voice was now

right? Keep on working. I

phone without waiting for his response.

vibration of her phone. Still spacing out, she reached out from the quilt and fumbled for her cell phone. Since she was way too sleepy, she fell asleep again

few seconds and it started

on the lamp and got her cell phone in her hand. Inwardly, she kept cursing the jerk who disturbed her sleep

the familiar number on the screen, her

was connected, she snapped, “Kenneth Shaw, don’t you know I’m sleeping?

man’s low voice answered her, “I’m at your door. Open the

Rachel gaped.