Chapter 20
Since Jude agreed to let me file for work injury compensation, I naturally wouldn’t spare any expense for him.
Plus, I had my own agenda this time. I kept feeling like the way Jude looked at me was different today, which reminded me of the past
1 sorted all the receipts and sent them straight to Emance that night
After a good half an hour, she finally replied.
Nina (Is this your medical record? Did Mr. Carson approve the reimbursement!]
Me: [Yep, I’ll come see you tomorrow.
I could imagine she must be utterly shocked, given that no one at the company was aware of my illness.
Nina was an old hand at the Carson Group, personally picked by Jude’s grandpa to help Jade.
I trusted her and knew she wouldn’t spill the beans. And I believed if jude asked her, she’d tell him the truth.
1 gently gripped my phone, the screen showing my chat box with Jade. I couldn’t help but wonder what he’d look like if he knew I was really sick.
The next day, I went straight to finance with the receipts.
When Nins saw me holding the reimbursement form, she looked utterly speechless. “Ada, is this for real? I thought you were joking. You sure you want the company to reimburse you?”
I nodded, of course, I was sure, or I’d be footing the bill myself.
1 me a hard time but told me how to organize the receipts directly.
Nina didn’t give n
When she saw my receipts, she clearly froze. “How old are you? How’d you get this illness? When was the surgery?”
Yesterday, the doctor changed my dressing, fearing my wound would reopen. Everything was clearly written in the medical record.
Nina could see it, and I believed anyone who w
wanted to check could find it out
1 didn’t answer her questions but instead asked, “Did Jude tell you it’s okay to reimburse me?”
She nodded. “Said in counts as worker’s comp
“Nothing else?” I pressed.
Seeing Nina shake her head, I had nothing more to say
If he had just asked one more question, maybe he would’ve known about my condition, but he didn’t.
I let out a heavy breath, my lingering hope finally dead.
He couldn’t care less about me, so naturally, he wouldn’t bother to know what expenses I was reimbursed.
k report had been sitting in his usual spot for the car keys for months.
My health check
Back then, I thought maybe he’d turn over a new leaf like the male lead in the novel, who felt remorseful after realizing his wife was sick.
But he didn’t even glance at my health report, and eventually, I had to throw it away myself.
My situation with Jude wasn’t a secret at work, he’d brought plenty of women to the office. Pretty much everyone knew I was cheated on.
Yet, he just wouldn’t let me go, and the colleagues had all sorts of things to say about it.
Nina looked at my receipts and then gave me a sympathetic look. “Ada, you’re capable and pretty. Why him! Listen, save up more money, got it? Just look at that Vivian”
I nodded in full agreement,
Maybe that was the right way for those who’d been through it–feelings were fake, only soney was real Now I got it too.
Suddenly, I felt a bit envious of Vivian, being so clear–headed in her prime
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