Chapter 171 Will You Pick Me Up?

“I’m going to resign,” Yvonne replied softly as she watched the cars come and go.

Sue was startled. “Resign?”

“Yes.” Yvonne nodded. “I can’t work anymore with my current condition.”

Sue looked at her frail body that could collapse at any time and sighed distressingly, “You’re right. Then let’s go to the office first. Would you like to make a call to sir before you go?”

“No,” Yvonne refused.

Sue didn’t persuade her further and gently opened the car door for her. “Madam, let’s get in the car first.”

“Okay,” Yvonne hummed and got into the car.

Soon, they arrived at the office.

After being away for nearly a month, Yvonne stood at the main entrance of the office and looked up at the building, suddenly feeling this place felt a little foreign to her.

“Madam?” Sue waved her hands twice right in front of Yvonne’s face when she was standing in a daze. “What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing.” Yvonne averted her gaze and walked into the office.

A few of the employees were a little surprised when they saw her since she hadn’t shown up for nearly a month. Many of them thought that she had resigned.

“Miss Frey.” Yvonne heard someone calling after her as soon as she got out of the elevator.

She looked over and it was Henry's secretarial team leader who was also considered her superior.

“Mr. Connor.” Yvonne smiled politely at him.

Secretary Connor squinted his eyes and looked at Yvonne. “Miss Frey, are you sick? You look pale and you seem to have lost a lot of weight.”

“Yeah, I’ve had a serious illness,” Yvonne replied vaguely.

Secretary Connor nodded. “No wonder you took such a long time off. So are you back to work now?”

“No, I’m here to resign.”

“Resign?” Secretary Connor exclaimed.

Yvonne put her hair behind her ear and answered, “Yes, is Mr. Lancaster in the office?”

“... Yes, he’s here.” Secretary Connor recovered from his astonishment. “I was going to report to Mr. Lancaster about today’s agenda. Then, I saw you coming out of the elevator, so I came to greet you. I thought you were going back to work, but now you’re telling me that you will resign. May I know why?”

“I can no longer work for a long period of time as my health is in bad condition. So to avoid any delay in work, I have decided to just quit this job,” Yvonne replied briefly.

“Oh, so that’s why,” Secretary Connor smiled. “No wonder you’ve taken so many leaves ever since I was transferred here two months ago. Miss Frey, your health is indeed very poor.”

“Sorry, that was embarrassing,” Yvonne smiled bitterly while lowering her eyes.

Was she the one who wanted to take the leaves?

It had been a few years since she worked in this office and she had never taken any leaves before Henry acquired this company.

But ever since he came, she often took leaves for body check-ups. Now that her health had deteriorated, she didn’t even dare to comb her hair that much or else her hair would fall out. She could certainly sense that her hair was much thinner than before.

“No, no. People do get sick. Please take good care of your health after you resign, Miss Frey. I wish you a speedy recovery.” Secretary Connor comforted her.

Yvonne agreed softly. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome, Miss Frey. Then you should go to Mr. Lancaster now. In the meantime, help me to bring this report to him. I’ll get going now.” Secretary Connor handed her the documents.

Yvonne did not reject, but she took the documents and went to the CEO’s office.

She stood outside the door and stared at it for a while. Then, she knocked on the door.

When the door opened, Joe poked his head out.

He was surprised to see Yvonne standing outside. “Miss Frey, why are you here? Why aren’t you at the hospital?”

“I’m looking for him,” Yvonne replied lightly.

Joe turned his head and looked at the person in the office. “Mr. Lancaster, madam is here.”

“Who?” Henry paused his work, thinking that he heard wrongly.

Joe repeated, “It’s madam!”

“Yvonne Frey?” Henry raised his eyebrows.

Joe nodded heavily.

Henry pursed his lips, “Let her in.”

Why did this woman come to the office suddenly?

“Please come in, madam.” Joe turned sideways and let Yvonne enter the office after he got Henry’s permission.

Yvonne thanked Joe and walked into the office with the documents.

She didn’t stop but headed directly towards Henry.

Henry’s heart softened when he saw her thin figure and pale face. “Why are you here?”

His voice became gentle.

“I just got discharged from the hospital,” Yvonne replied. She then handed him the documents in her hands. “Mr. Connor asked to bring these documents to you.”

Henry took the documents, but he didn’t read it and put them aside. “Since you’ve been discharged, what are you doing here instead of going back to the villa? Don't tell me that you’re here to work?”

“No, I’m here to resign.” Yvonne looked at him.

Henry was startled. “Resign?”

“Yes, I can’t work for a long period of time anymore with my current health condition. To avoid any delay in work, I’ve decided to resign after seriously thinking about it,” Yvonne said.

Upon hearing that, Henry wanted to ask Yvonne to reconsider the resignation, but he changed his mind after she gave her reason.

“I got it.” Henry took a deep breath. “I approve of your resignation.”

“Thank you, Mr. Lancaster. Well then, farewell for now.” Yvonne walked towards the door after she bowed to Henry.

“Wait.” Henry stopped her.

Yvonne released her hand from the doorknob. “Is there anything else, Mr. Lancaster?”

“Why didn’t you let me know that you were discharged?” Henry stood up and asked her.

Yvonne lowered her head and smiled indifferently, “There’s nothing to say. Are you going to pick me up if I tell you, Mr. Lancaster?”

“I will!” Henry blurted without even thinking about it.

Yvonne was shocked. “You will?”

“Yes.” Henry nodded.

Yvonne clenched her palms., “Are you saying this because you feel sorry for me? If that’s the case, I don’t need it.”

After speaking, she dashed out of the room and headed directly to the Personnel Department for her resignation. She then went to the Planning Department to inform Lynette about her resignation.

Lynette had a room by herself ever since she was promoted.

Yvonne knocked on the door when she arrived.

“Please come in,” Lynette said while busy noises could be heard from the room.

Yvonne entered and smiled, “Lyn.”

“Yvonne?” Lyn looked up from behind the computer in surprise. But the surprise was gone the moment she saw Yvonne’s physical condition. “Yvonne, how did you become like this?”

Lynette stood up and pulled Yvonne over. She glanced at Yvonne from the top to the bottom with her face full of surprise and worry. “Oh god, I haven’t seen you for a month and you’ve become so skinny. What happened to you?”

Yvonne patted the back of Lynette’s hand. “Lyn, I’m fine.”

“What do you mean you’re fine? How can you be fine looking like this? I almost didn’t recognize you just now.” Lyn took another glance at Yvonne.

Yvonne smiled, “Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore. Are you busy? I see that you have so much work piled up on your desk.”

“It’s not too bad, but I won’t say I’m extremely busy,” Lynette said with a pretended lightness while waving her hand.

After that, she thought of something and asked Yvonne out of curiosity, “By the way, why are you here at the office today? Didn’t you tell me the other day that you’d be resting at home and only be back after the baby is born?”