Have I Told You Lately novel Chapter 6

It wasn't long before the other representative came.

The representative was French; he came with his assistant and two other people. Rachel was familiar with one of the tall men, but she didn't know where she met him before.

The man recognized her, laughed and called out, "Rachel!"

Looking at his kind smiling eyes, Rachel finally remembered.

Osmond Cox, a former apprentice of her father who worked under him in the court. He was like a senior to her. However, he moved to Switzerland because of his family business and never came back.

"Osmond!" Rachel also smiled at him.

In a formal business meeting, it was impossible to talk about the old days with each other, they needed to meet separately for that.

Rachel sat with Mr. Baker and listened carefully to the other party's representatives. Then she translated their words to Mr. Baker. After Mr. Baker replied, she then translated it into French for the other party.

Translation and interpretation test one’s listening capabilities. Each country's language is different in expression and structure, and the translations are not same word by word. Rachel tried her best to make the translation concise and formal, so both sides could understand it.

In the middle of the negotiation, when everyone was in a good mood, they clinked their glasses in a toast. Rachel had to accept the drinks. Her monthly visitor still hadn’t gone; drinking ice-cold alcoholic drinks made her face gradually turn pale.

Osmond looked at Rachel and then whispered something into the representative’s ear. After that there was considerably much less clinking and toasting, mostly just eating the side dishes that came with the drinks. Rachel became much more comfortable after that.

In less than an hour and a half, the meeting ended smoothly and both sides signed the contract.

Seeing that their job ended, Rachel excused herself to go to the bathroom to Mr. Backer. After coming out of the stall Rachel wanted to smoke a cigarette, but she found out that she forgot to bring her purse with her. She hurriedly washed her hands and left the bathroom.

When she walked out of the ladies room, she ran into Osmond.

"Thanks, I’ll call you if I need help." Rachel gave up the idea of borrowing money and changed the topic, "I heard you got married soon after you went to Switzerland. How’s life?"

"Not so good." A wry smile appeared on Osmond’s grave face, "My wife liked partying around so much, she was always out with other men. I couldn’t bear that so I suggested divorce."

“...”

Rachel didn't expect his life to be like this. She didn't know how to react for a moment, "Don't you guys have a daughter? What about her?"

"I was afraid she would mess up my daughter’s life, so I gave her half of the property and got the custody of my daughter. When I came back from Switzerland this time, I also brought my daughter along with me. I want to live here for some time.”

Seeing Rachel’s face wrinkled apologetically, Osmond felt a little embarrassed; he said with a smile, “Don't feel sorry for asking. It's not a big deal. If a couple can't be happy together then divorce is a good option."

Rachel smiled slightly, but did not speak.