Chapter 297 You need an opportunity to cheat, too
After all, the White family was not to be trifled with.
So, for Katniss to secure her position at White Corporation, she needed a project that could stand out, and the Runyon family's project was the most suitable!
She really started to recharge her batteries. Apart from occasionally handling some minor issues at the branch office, she was researching the Runyon family's project.
Eudora was also busily working on the Runyon family's project. With Michael's mediation, she had met with Milan alone twice more.
But each time, Milan made advances on her, and not only did she suffer, but she also didn't get the project.
Because of this, she had to seek out Tristan again, waiting outside his office at the end of the workday to catch him.
"Tristan, even if you've handed over all the work at Synergy Global Corporation to me, you can't just wash your hands of it like this, can you?" She spread her arms, blocking Tristan's path. "The lecherous man from the Runyon family makes it very difficult for me to secure this project, but I believe if you step in, it will definitely work!"
Tristan exuded an aura that warned others to keep their distance. "Why should I help you?"
Eudora added, "Synergy Global Corporation is yours too. How can you call this helping me?"
"Since it's mine, what does it matter to you whether I manage it or not?" Tristan walked around her to the elevator and pressed the button.
Eudora anxiously blocked the elevator door, "I really can't hold on any longer. The Runyon family's project will start preparing for launch in at most two months. I can only delay for two months. After two months, can you step in and we'll secure this project together, okay?"
In two months, everyone would be vying for this project. She feared that if she didn't sex with Milan, she wouldn't get the project!
Tristan was indifferent, "If you can't hold on, then forget it. I won't have time in two months."
"You…" Eudora was shocked, "What are you going to do that you won't have time?"
He clearly stayed in the company every day with nothing to do!
Tristan's thin lips pressed together slightly. After a moment's pause, he raised an eyebrow and said, "Going abroad."
While Eudora was stunned, Ryan pulled her away from the elevator entrance, and she watched Tristan enter the elevator.
Ryan also entered the elevator. As the doors closed, Eudora pressed the button, but it was too late.
"What are you going abroad for?"
The elevator doors cut off Eudora's voice.
And this was a question Ryan also wanted to ask, "Mr. Forbes, the Runyon family’s project is crucial to Synergy Global Corporation's survival. Two months from now is also a critical time for Synergy Global Corporation to turn things around. How can you go abroad?"
"Going abroad, not having an affair. Why are you so agitated?"
Tristan leaned against the elevator wall, his demeanor lazy and indifferent, his words carrying a sense of resignation.
"I…" Ryan was frustrated, "Even if you wanted to have an affair, you'd need the opportunity!"
It was a luxury for a single man to have an affair!
Suddenly catching Tristan's sharp gaze, he quickly added, "Mr. Forbes, tell me the truth. Does Synergy Global Corporation still have a chance to develop? If I jump ship, you won't hold it against me, right?"
If he jumped ship and a few months later Synergy Global Corporation developed again, he wouldn't be able to face anyone.
"Synergy Global Corporation won't develop again." Tristan said with unusual certainty, then added, "But I won't let you suffer."
Ryan didn't understand what this meant, but he was sure there was still money to be made following Tristan.
"Starting tomorrow, I won't be coming to Synergy Global Corporation. You'll be in charge. Once I've handled other matters, I'll go abroad and be back soon."
He just wanted to see her.
Finally, he added, "There's no need to keep my whereabouts a secret. In their eyes, I'm heartbroken, so doing something impulsive is normal."
"Got it." Ryan nodded repeatedly, "You want to get back together with her…"
"I don't get to decide that." Tristan interrupted him, "Don't say such nonsense."
If certain people really believed that he and Katniss had a chance to get back together, she would be in trouble.
In the blink of an eye, she was over eight months pregnant, with only ten days until her due date.
Everything needed for the birth was ready, just waiting for the baby to arrive.
Natalia thought of another crucial point.
"For postpartum care, we should let professionals handle it." She took out some brochures from postpartum recovery centers, "Sophia, come with me to check out some postpartum recovery centers for her these days. Professional care is better!"
Sophia had never thought about postpartum recovery centers. She looked at Katniss, who also hadn't considered such things.
"How about we skip it?" Sophia tentatively said, "The doctor said Katniss could go into labor at any time, she can't be left alone."
"The first baby doesn't come that quickly." Natalia said, looking at Katniss eating fruit, "Look, she's doing fine, isn't she? She won't give birth today. Come with me to check out the two most expensive ones, okay?"
In the living room, the three of them looked at each other, and Sophia couldn't make a decision.
After a while, she asked Katniss, "Katniss, what do you think? Although I've taken care of children before, I might not be as good as the professionals."
Natalia said, "It's not a matter of might; it's definitely not as good as the professionals."
"As long as the baby can be raised healthily, that's all that matters," Katniss genuinely believed this and had always been working towards this goal.
They must ensure the baby was born safely and grew up healthy.
"I'll pay for it," Natalia said confidently. "Don't worry, I have plenty of money. We'll choose the most expensive and the best. Sophia, you're not reluctant to spend money on Katniss, are you?"
She started using reverse psychology, and Sophia, being simple-minded, fell for it immediately. "Of course not, I'll agree to anything that's good for Katniss and the baby! You don't need to pay, we have money here."
She got up and took the card Katniss had given her, which she had never used. It contained all of Katniss's savings.
It seemed they were determined to go, and Katniss didn't say anything, letting them do as they pleased.
She glanced casually at the brochures, all of which were for international postpartum recovery centers, so there was no need to worry about language barriers or regional differences.
But they were all quite far away, one to the east and one to the west, so it would probably take the whole day to visit just two.
But with ten days left until the due date, they would definitely be able to visit them all.
Just as she had this thought, she went to take a nap.
However, she hadn't slept long when she was suddenly awakened by a warm gush.
She instantly woke up, and as she sat up, more of the warm fluid gushed out!
It was a clear liquid, and at first, she wondered if it was late-pregnancy incontinence.
But as more and more fluid flowed out, a thought came to her mind.
Her water had broken.
She hurriedly took out her phone to call Sophia, but the phone on the coffee table in the living room rang.
Sophia had left in such a hurry that she didn't take her phone. Katniss didn't have Natalia's number, so after some thought, she called Emory.
On the other end, Emory was on his way to the airport. When he got her call, he immediately told the driver to stop.
"You go to the airport to pick up Tristan, I need to go to the hospital, Katniss is about to give birth!"
He shouted at the driver, who immediately turned the car around. In less than twenty minutes, he arrived at Katniss's place.
An ambulance arrived with him, and together they took Katniss to the hospital for an examination.
A nurse handed Emory a form, "Are you the father-to-be? Fill out the mother's information, and I'll come back to tell you the results of the examination."
The form clearly marked: [Mother's name, age, pregnancy duration.]
Emory wrote: [Emory, thirty-five years old, pregnancy duration thirty-eight weeks plus two days.]
He remembered the pregnancy duration clearly, as it was a sign of his care for the baby.
But it was his first time doing this, and he was so excited and nervous that he filled out his own information instead of the mother's.
The nurse glanced at the form and handed him another one, "The mother has lost too much amniotic fluid and needs an emergency C-section. Please sign here."
"I might not be able to sign," Emory said, coming to his senses. "I don't have a legal relationship with her, I'm just the baby's godfather."
Hearing this, the nurse took the form back, "Then I'll have the mother sign it herself."
Katniss signed the form herself and was then wheeled into the operating room for an emergency C-section. Emory, in his confusion, forgot to call Natalia.
He was so nervous that he wanted to talk to someone, but the nurses were too busy to pay him any attention.
Suddenly, he saw Tristan smoking at the end of the hallway. His eyes lit up, and he walked over quickly, "Tristan, why did you come straight to the hospital?"
"The driver brought me here," Tristan said, feeling frustrated.
He hadn't expected that a casual question about Emory's whereabouts would lead him to the hospital to witness Emory becoming a godfather.
"Put out the cigarette," Emory said seriously, taking out a smoke eliminator from his pocket.
He smoked too, but it wasn't good for the baby's development, so he often carried this to spray before seeing Katniss.
After making sure Tristan didn't smell of smoke, he pulled him to sit outside the delivery room.
"Tristan, do you think it'll be a girl or a boy?"
Tristan couldn't share in his joy. He stared at a string of numbers on his phone, hesitating.
"Who's Emory's family?" a nurse called out.
Emory was stunned for a few seconds before realizing he had filled out Katniss's information as his own.
He stood up reluctantly, "I am."
"Please go pay the fees. Hurry, hurry, the C-section will be over in ten minutes, and you need to be outside the delivery room to receive the baby."
The nurse pointed in a direction, "Turn left there, take the elevator to the third floor."
After giving directions, Emory was completely confused.
He only remembered to go to the third floor and ran there.
He ran back and forth, getting lost, and ten minutes passed without him returning.
Meanwhile, the delivery room door opened, and a nurse came out holding a baby wrapped in a small blanket.
"Where's Emory's family?"
Tristan looked away, remaining silent.
Until the previous nurse came out and said, "He's with Emory's family, they should be relatives."
She then said to Tristan, "You hold the baby first. We need to go back and stitch up Emory's C-section wound. Once the fees are paid, you'll know which room to go to. Emory will be in the operating room for two hours of observation."
Tristan instinctively reached out, feeling a small weight in his arms.
The tiny baby was wrapped tightly, with only a small, pink face showing.
The nurse came back and said, "By the way, it's a girl, very healthy, 7 pounds, 20 inches long."
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