Chapter 8 Secret Baby

The next day, as planned, Cylin will look for a job in the new area where she now lives. Hopefully, Cylin will find a job quickly so that she can save money for her daily life and also for her future baby. Cylin is worried that her savings won't be enough by the time her baby is born.

"Cheer up for today, Cylin!" As usual, Cylin encouraged herself after finishing a slice of bread she bought at the grocery store.

For this morning, Cylin had breakfast with just a loaf of bread and a glass of pregnancy milk, coincidentally Cylin had just bought some groceries at a nearby convenience store yesterday after returning from sightseeing.

After everything was ready, Cylin immediately left the core of her apartment. Armed with a cover letter and her high school diploma, the woman set out to find a job.

"Should I just walk to save money?" muttered Cylin when she arrived outside the apartment. Again, the woman was thinking about her finances, and saving money was the only way to avoid running out of money.

"Count it as exercise," Cylin continued, before continuing with her intention to find a job while walking without using any vehicles. Cylin thought that by walking, she might be able to get a job close to where she lived.

Cylin started walking, wandering around the streets he passed, trying to memorize the streets so he could remember them quickly and not have to look at maps to get home.

When he came to a rather luxurious and large restaurant after walking for more than five minutes, Cylin stopped his foot because he was interested in the place to eat.

"It looks luxurious, it must pay a lot if I work there, hopefully there are job openings," Cylin said to himself in a low voice as he continued to stare at the luxurious restaurant that looked crowded with visitors. Perhaps most of the visitors were upper class people.

No need to think long, Cylin immediately entered the restaurant with her formal appearance of a shirt and long pants, don't forget Cylin's hair, which was simply tied together.

With confident steps, Cylin arrived at the restaurant filled with people eating. Of course it was, it was not a restaurant if it was filled with people sleeping.

"Excuse me, Miss," Cylin said to the woman at the cash register. As it happened, there were no customers paying, so Cylin was free to ask the cashier.

"Yes? Can I help you?" The cashier's answer made Cylin smile kindly.

"Excuse me, if I may, do you have any job openings here?" asked Cylin politely.

"Sorry, this restaurant does not need any new employees."

Just a moment ago Cylin had felt enthusiastic, now she had to be brought down by her own expectation that the restaurant still had vacancies.

"I see, Miss, if you'll excuse me," Cylin replied disappointedly, her friendly smile disappearing in an instant to be replaced by a faint smile.

Cylin turned and started to leave the restaurant. But when her eyes accidentally caught someone she recognized, Cylin reflexively stopped her steps.

"Layra," Cylin muttered as she recognized the person and said her name.

Cylin panicked because the woman's name was a classmate from school, so Cylin remembered her well.

Cylin had to get out of there quickly and also not let her friend see her there, she might be chatted up and asked various questions by her friend if Cylin was spotted.

"I should try to relax and look casual," Cylin muttered before. Pulling her hair tie to let her long hair down. And that Cylin would use to cover part of her face so as not to look like herself.

With that, Cylin took a wide step out of the restaurant, occasionally glancing at Layra's whereabouts near the entrance.

I hope he doesn't notice me' Cylin's mind was filled with fear. For whatever reason, in his current state, Cylin thought that meeting people he knew was his greatest fear.

"Huffh!" Cylin could only breathe a sigh of relief once he was outside the restaurant, fortunately Layra did not recognize him, even though she had glanced at him as he walked by.

"By the way, who was she with? It looks familiar and not like Johnny," Cylin said as he continued on his way.

Cylin remembered who the man with Layra was, because she remembered that the man looked strange and not like Layra's lover when they were in school. And Layra's lover's name was Johnny.

"Did they break off their relationship?"

"Aish! Never mind, why am I thinking about other people's problems?" Cylin continued when she realized what she was thinking. And what she was thinking was not important to her at all.

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It was late afternoon and Cylin still had not found a job. Several times Cylin had been rejected because she was only a high school graduate, and several times Cylin had found places that had no vacancies.

Now the woman stopped at the roadside near a flower shop that looked deserted. Cylin sat on a chair and sipped a bottle of cold mineral water that she had just bought.

Cylin's face looked exhausted and the beads of sweat on her forehead added to the woman's annoyance.

All Cylin could do was be patient, she had to be patient and not get emotional because she had not gotten a job for herself.

"Huffh! It turns out that finding a job is very difficult," Cylin muttered as she stared at the vehicles on the street that passed by without ever taking a break. Cylin just realized and felt how difficult it was to find a job, all he knew was to enjoy his parents' wealth without ever trying to make money himself. As a result, Cylin now has great difficulty adjusting to her current condition.

Even now, Cylin feels like crying on the side of the road and lamenting her fate. For right now, Cylin felt really tired. The woman covered her face with both palms and looked down until her flowing hair completely covered her face.

"Excuse me, are you all right?"