Chapter 245 In Search of an Assistant

Elinor was oblivious to Jaxson's plans to surprise her with a gift. She had just wrapped up a meeting with Jenice and headed straight to her next engagement. "I know your company's always swamped, but you promised you were free today, right? What took you so long? You do know you're late, don't you?" Lawrence chided. They had planned to meet at the restaurant at 11:30 a.m., but Elinor was uncharacteristically late. She was known for her punctuality, always arriving early, never late. Today's tardiness caught Lawrence off guard. Wearily taking a seat across from Lawrence, Elinor explained, "Before I got here, I had a chat with Jenice. She dug up the truth about the kids and me. I didn't see it coming, her being able to find out the children are actually mine, not adopted. So, we had to talk about this surgery." That was when it clicked for Lawrence. He recalled a recent incident he had not thought important enough to mention to Elinor. "She must be getting desperate. She reach