Chapter 14

Startled by Yvonne's assistant, Madeline nearly stumbled. Instinctively, she reached to protect her belly. However, she could only sigh in mild exasperation when she saw Yvonne grinning playfully. Then, Madeline looked at the circle of foreigners around her and forced a slightly awkward smile. Whereas Yvonne, as oblivious as ever, pulled her forward and began introducing them one by one. "They're all members of the company's project team. This is Daisy, this is Florence, and this is Bella." Madeline greeted each of them. Her Hesling was fluent and she was sociable enough, so everyone came away with a good impression of her. When it came to introduce Nathan Reed, both of them were caught off guard and froze for a moment. Not knowing what was going on, Yvonne teased, "What's wrong? You two know each other already? Or have you crossed paths before?" "No!" Madeline immediately replied and shot her a look. "We actually ran into each other twice, once in the airplane and the other at