Have I Told You Lately
Chapter 5: French Translator

Not knowing when she fell asleep, Rachel felt a wrench in her underbelly when she was conscious.

She knew it was a sign for her period. Kenneth came back when she had her period few times ago therefore she subconsciously wanted to search for him this time. "Honey, my underbelly hurts..." Yet she grabbed nothing when her arm stretched out.

She opened her eyes in confusion and realized no one was beside her and the cold bed sheet surface indicated he was long gone. A note was left on the bedside cabinet:

I'm catching the plane and will be gone for three days.

His words resembled himself, neat and tidy with appropriate spacing between words.

Rachel grasped the note in her chest and finally broke into tears.

She had never felt this much sadness which crushed her heart even when she was alone without him by her side these three years.

She felt extremely uncomfortable due to both her period pain and catching a cold. She phoned the company to apply for a leave, shut her phone down and slept soundly under the blanket. She ordered porridge through delivery when she was hungry.

After two days, she recovered from her cold and finally felt much more comfortable.

Rachel got up from bed to take a bath. Feeling pleasant, she called Lillian Chou on phone. "Lil, I have something to ask you for help."

Lillian asked, "What's wrong?"

"Do you have any more money? Could you lend me some?" Rachel knew Lillian was born from a middle-class family and her parents who were both employees did not have a high monthly salary, yet she did not have other choice.

"Is it because of your father?"

"Yup."

N City's top lawyer being corrupted and destroyed his whole career, even the beggars would know about this with the news spreading all around.

"I can't leave, I'm on a night shift," Lillian said, 'I'll transfer eighty thousand yuan to you through phone. Although it's a bit little, yet that's what I can give you at the moment. I'll think of other ways." "It's enough. I'll think of the ways myself." Rachel did not know what to say as she felt stifled. "Lil, thanks a lot, you're really a big help."

Lillian replied with contempt, "Come on, we didn't only be friends for today. Oh, by the way, haven't you learnt French? I have a guest who needs a French translator and offers to pay a hundred thousand yuan a night. Do you want to have a try?"

"A hundred thousand?" Being able to get a hundred thousand yuan for just a negotiation was truly a lifesaver for her now as what she needed now the most was money. "Sure! Give me the contact details." "But they enjoy binge drinking, would you be able to handle it?"

"No problem, didn't you know my drinking capacity when we binge drinking back in school days?"

"Alright."

They finished their conversations with just a few lines and Lillian soon sent her a number.

Rachel called the number and the person at the end quickly understood when she mentioned Lillian's name. The person asked her to prepare her clothes and went to H&Y Hotel at six o'clock for a meet. Rachel then jotted it down on a paper.

Spending three minutes to snatch the high reward deal by being a temporary translator, Rachel was on cloud nine that she wanted to scream.

She could get a total of one hundred and eighty thousand yuan from what she borrowed and earned.

Rachel was cautious for her temporary job. She flipped over her clothes in the wardrobe and spent a few hours to choose a suitable dress. Seeing it was about time, she quickly did her makeup and went out after taking her purse and keys.

The cab arrived at H&Y Hotel after around ten minutes.

Rachel only told the waiter the phone number and he immediately knew which guest from which room she was looking for. He led her to the third floor. The corridor was laid with soft red carpet and no footsteps could be heard when walking on top.

There were only four people in the room and Rachel could discern who the leader was at first glance. She started forward and stretched out her hand. "Hi Mr. Taylor, I'm Rachel Lewis who would be the French translator."

"Oh, you're here." Seeing Rachel greeting him when she entered, appropriately dressed with a natural elegance, Baker Taylor showed his approval and shook her hand.

He introduced Rachel to the people around him concisely and also the negotiating meeting today in regards to the export of the products. They only hired a translator to come over as the representative of their counterpart was French.00