Have I Told You Lately

"Tell me if you're feeling unwell." Kenneth stared at her with a serious look. Before Rachel could speak, a staff member who passed by them hurriedly greeted Kenneth. Kenneth ignored him and walked straight to the front. The secretary who was informed of his arrival had waited in the president office for a while. "Mr. Shawn, you've finally come back. Yesterday..." the secretary asked anxiously. Upon noticing Rachel who was behind him, he was startled. He then shut his mouth up and retreated to the side.

Rachel looked at him too. He was the new secretary recruited after Sabrina left? Why was he willing to recruit a man now? Kenneth took off his blazer and put it on the chair. He strode to the side to pour a cup of hot water and put it on the tea table in front of Rachel. He then ordered casually, "Charlie, give me the document that I've asked you to prepare."

"Oh, oh, okay...it's right here." The assistant who was still absent-minded at the side hurriedly opened the document he was holding in his arms and handed it to him. He was still in shock. He did not mention there would be a guest when he asked him to prepare the document on phone. Also, it was not in his schedule. Moreover, he did not manage to contact him when he phoned him for the whole day. If he had not called him back this morning, he would have to call the police. He was really curious about his own president's whereabouts when he had gone missing the whole day yesterday.

And...did he mean to give the water to the lady before him when he poured it?

"Thank you." Rachel nodded at him and took over the document. She flipped and browsed the document with a serious look. She then said softly after a while as she looked, "It's not that hard, I can try solving it for you." As she just said that, her phone suddenly rang. Feeling shocked, she quickly took it out of her pocket. "Sorry."

Noticing it was her mother who made the call, she immediately stood up and walked out. "Excuse me, Mr. Shawn, I have to pick up a call." It was still necessary to act when there was an outsider around. Although Kenneth knew about that, he was still slightly uncomfortable about that. "No worries." Rachel did not walk far. She only closed the door and stood at the entrance, whispering, "Mom, didn't I tell you I still have to stay in City N for two more days? Why did you call again now?"

"Rach...Something's happened to your father. The warden called this morning..., he said your father has fainted in the prison." Theresa's choking voice was heard intermittently from the phone and her voice was full of horror and anxiety. "What?" There was a drastic change in Rachel's expression and tone of voice. Kenneth who was inside the office heard the commotion and with a change in expression, he strode towards the door and opened it, completely ignoring Charlie who was still there. "What's wrong?"

Rachel's face seemed to go cadaverous at once. She grasped her phone and tried her best to suppress her emotions, yet the ring of her eyes still became slightly red. "I want to go back!" She did not understand why such a thing would happen when he had just entered jail for two months. Kenneth's chest tightened. There must be something urgent happening when she had lost control of herself. He walked towards her and held her shoulders gently, speaking with a soft voice, "Don't worry, I'll go back with you."

Charlie who was standing behind him had his mouth agape and closed in a short time. There was no need to guess anymore, it seemed like the president had been with that woman all day yesterday. Rachel went clear-headed and she instantly put up a composed look. She pushed his arms away and took a step back. She then bit her lip and said quickly, "Sorry, I won't be able to solve your company's problem. Something emergency has happened and I have to leave now, goodbye."

There was no more time to consider much, what she was thinking now was all about her mother's anxious look at home. After finishing that, she turned and hurriedly left without even cared for their reactions. The worry inside Kenneth grew. Watching her left, he intended to follow her without a single hesitance. Seeing that, Charlie quickly reminded him, "Sir, you still have two very important meetings today."

"Cancel it if you can, if you can't, postpone it. I'll explain if there's any matter." Having said that curtly, he straight away left. Charlie felt speechless. How should he explain? Had he decided to even abandon his job for a woman? Yet he did not dare to say anything more and he hurriedly replied, "I got it, Mr. Shawn." When Kenneth had caught up with her, Rachel was still waiting for the lift while making calls and she did not notice him. "Mom, stay calm now. I'll rush back now and I'll let Osmond go check dad out later."

After appeasing Theresa, Rachel hung up and started to dial Osmond's number. A voice suddenly came from beside her. "It will be harder to solve the guilt in your heart if you owe him a favour one more time." Rachel was so shocked that she nearly tossed her phone, She turned and frowned while looking at him. "Kenneth Shawn, I really don't have time to deal with you now. It's urgent on my mother's side and I have to go back."

"To seek for help from those far away when there's one close at hand, I can see you're not anxious at all." Kenneth glimpsed at her. He took out his phone and opened the contact list. "Osmond is a lawyer, and he's in City N. He's the only one who can reach my mom the fastest. Kenneth Shawn, could you not bother me at a time like this?" Forget about being guilty, she only wanted to seek for other's help now.

The door of the lift opened just in time and she walked quickly into it without having the mood to argue with him. Kenneth followed behind her. With a deep and level look, he spoke blandly, "He could help you, but do you think it's impossible for me to find someone? If he could help you regarding your father's matter, he would have done so earlier. Not to mention he still needs to bring a child with him everywhere he goes, do you think it's convenient for him?"

He seemed to have found someone after finishing his words. He moved his fingers and dialed a number. After few seconds had passed, the call was picked up and he spoke, "Mr. Edward, if you're free, I have something that I would like to ask for your help."

"Yes."

"Sure, thanks for your help. We'll discuss more about that when I reach there."

Rachel's expression changed and she was locking her eyes on him. Kenneth closed his phone and slightly looked down at her. The tone of his voice remained the same. "He said he had also just received the news and he's heading there now." He then extended his hand and caressed her head, whispering, "Don't worry, it's going to be alright."

"Who is he?" Rachel asked. What she actually wanted to ask was how the lawyer knew about that. Kenneth looked at her with growing thoughts. "He's a friend of mine and a lawyer in City N. I've appointed him for your father's case back then." It was just that before he had started investigating, she had given him the divorce agreement and her father's trial was coming too. She had never mentioned her father's matter in front of him nor asking for his help; therefore he could only secretly ask someone to investigate about it if he wanted to help.