Have I Told You Lately novel Chapter 114

“Do you need any help?”

Rachel felt so flattered. With a smile, she refused decisively, “No, thanks, Mr. Reed. I have several friends who are helping me now. I can’t trouble others.”

“Are you sure? Ms. Lewis, I still need your help in the future. You don’t need to be so polite to me. Besides, although others have helped you, I can’t stand by and do nothing.” The man slightly smiled.

Rachel wondered how she could refuse him.

Her expression changed a bit. Fortunately, he was not in presence, so she didn’t need to hide her expression. She couldn’t handle such enthusiastic kindness at all.

She smiled quickly and then said calmly, “Mr. Reed, you don’t need to. These are just some trifles. If I bother you with them, I can’t explain to Mr. Lopez shortly.”

It was quite difficult to figure out what was on Ogden’s mind.

Realizing that she refused him decisively, the man on the other end of the line didn’t insist. He said in an obviously disappointed tone, “All right. Then I won’t send my men over there. Ms. Lewis, when you’re back to your work, I’ll ask my subordinate to contact you. Currently, I’m still in City N. If you need any help, you can directly reach me at this number.”

Rachel felt relieved. She immediately thanked him, “Thank you so much, Mr. Reed. I’ll keep it in my mind.”

“OK. I won’t disturb you any longer. Don’t forget to have a good rest,” Ogden said slowly on the other end of the line.

After finishing his words, he hung up the phone. He raised his head, a trace of mockery appearing on his handsome face. Then he asked the secretary standing opposite in a flat tone, “Is Kenneth Shawn still in the hospital?”

“He was there yesterday. Not sure if he’s there now,” the secretary answered respectfully.

Behind the desk, the man pinched the cuffs of his suit. There was a hint of languid leisurely in his calm and indifferent expression. “He was willing to dump his company just for a woman.”

The secretary smiled slightly. “Then we could carry our original plan, couldn’t we?”

“Don’t rush.” Mr. Reed shook his head, his black eyes deep and unpredictable. He said slowly, “This woman... doesn’t seem to be as brainless as we thought at the beginning. I wonder if she has sensed something or someone has told her something.”

She could choose to divorce when there was no other way out. She was brave but devoid of a plan, even mindlessly and stubborn. It would cost him a lot of effort to gain her heart.

“Did you show her too much excessive attention so that she sensed something wrong?” The secretary looked at him carefully with a weird expression.

Upon hearing it, Ogden was taken aback. With his slender fingers rubbing his chin, he squinted. “Too much excessive attention? Did I? Isn’t she divorced and available now? She’s in such a hard time now, and I don’t think she would refuse other men to chase her, wouldn’t she?”

The secretary kept silent.

If a woman didn’t like the man, no matter what the man did to chase her, she would feel annoyed.

However, the secretary didn’t have the guts to speak it out. As a man like Mr. Reed, seldom woman would refuse him.

The secretary looked down and thought for a moment. Then she said, “Perhaps... Miss Lewis has too many things to care about in her family now, so recently she’s not in a good mood. If you kept reminding her about you, I’m afraid you might get the opposite effect to what you wish.”

Ogden fell into the silence.

Staring at her, he sat motionlessly. The secretary wondered if he was looking at her or thinking about her suggestions. After a while, he said thoughtfully, “In that case, does she also like playing the cat and mouse trick?”

The secretary was stunned. Then she put on a wry smile and said, “Mr. Shaw is still with her. If Miss Lewis truly has such a thought, she should do that on the man who’s closest to her, shouldn’t she?”

Both Mr. Shawn and Mr. Reed were wealthy and powerful. If that Miss Lewis was indeed a vain creature, she wouldn’t have chosen to divorce back then. Everyone knew that Mr. Shawn always kept a low profile in the business circle. He didn’t have any scandals. Hence, it shouldn’t be because of his mistress that they had divorced.

Ogden became expressionless and quieted down. Then he changed the subject. “Let’s forget about her first. He’s not in the company. Anything new from Dragon Age?”