Beloved Old Lover

Because Kevin had an appointment with the city party secretary, before five o’clock, he picked up his briefcase and left the office.

He also wanted to bring his assistant with him, but looking at her tired face, he couldn’t bear to drag her with him.

Anyway, her body is weak so it would be better for her to go home and rest. Furthermore, tonight Daniel was also invited to a ceremony honoring young entrepreneurs, so he guessed that his younger brother probably wouldn’t have time to follow her footsteps.

Emily stayed behind, arranged the documents neatly, cleaned the desk and floor, then turned off the light and walked to the elevator.

The private offices of big bosses are always cleaned by assistants. Cleaning staff are not allowed in, they only clean the hallways.

In the early winter afternoon, the wind was chilly, blowing her soft hair. The staff standing next to her had boarded the bus that had just arrived, and now she was the only one left at the bus stop. Her route home did not coincide with theirs.

While tiptoeing to look towards the crowded traffic to see if the bus had appeared, a luxury car suddenly drove forward and stopped right in front of her.

“Daniel.” She opened her eyes wide and looked at him in surprise.

“Yes, get in the car, beauty, I’ll take you home.”

She smiled wryly and shook her head to refuse. Does this action mean he’s planning on picking her up? Compared to his brother, he is much more proactive and daring. She felt that he was very different from the first few times they met.

“If you don’t get in the car, I’ll come down and carry you into the car. Or do you like to be carried?”

After saying that, he quickly unfastened his seat belt. However, before he could get out of the car, she voluntarily climbed into the car and sat next to him.

If others see Daniel carrying her right in front of the corporation’s gate, tomorrow Kevin will carry her out of the gate right away.

“Let’s go have dinner.” Daniel suggested while turning the steering wheel.

“I’m not hungry yet. Please take me home.” She shook her head vigorously.

He smiled gently, looking at her while she bowed her head, looking at her knees.

The car drove through a few busy roads and turned into an alley. Daniel unfastened his seat belt, got out of the car, and quickly grabbed Emily’s arm as she touched the lock on the big gate.

“I’m hungry.”

“Huh? Ah, you’re hungry. Ah, at the end of the alley, there is a restaurant, near the cake shop.” She quickly pointed to the street and guided him.

“You cook instant noodles for me to eat. I suddenly want to eat instant noodles.”

“Noodles… instant noodles?”

Her head began to spin in thoughts. When she was in high school and college, she loved romantic movies so much that she would watch them in her free time, sometimes all night long.

And when the male lead tells the female lead to cook noodles for him to eat, it means he wants to spend the night with her, more precisely, he wants to be physically close.

“Emily.” Daniel was a bit confused when he saw her as if she had lost her soul.

“Oh, my house is out of instant noodles.” She said urgently.

“Then let me go buy it, I’ll be right back, don’t lock the door and lock me out.”

After saying that, the deputy general director, who fell in love for the first time, immediately got back in the car and drove away.

Emily couldn’t cry but couldn’t laugh either with this situation. Why does she suddenly feel that Daniel looks like a child? The more innocent he is, the more she doesn’t want him to get involved with her.

Pushing the gate open, she entered but only closed it and did not lock it because she knew Daniel would appear soon.

Perhaps her father came home late again today. He said he had to convince investors who were planning to contribute capital to the Wine Company.

She still didn’t dare to tell him that she had been kicked out by Kevin and no longer had the chance to rely on the Unicons group.

About ten minutes later, Daniel came back. He opened the gate himself, entered the house, and went straight to the kitchen.

Seeing that there were still instant noodles in her house, he knew that she had deliberately said that to chase him away. The feeling of pursuing someone but being rejected by that person is also interesting.

He didn’t believe he couldn’t touch her heart. He didn’t believe she was a bad girl. If she returned to his brother because of status and money, she should have let go of the fishing rod when he gave the green light. He didn’t believe she didn’t realize what he meant.

“Why do you say your house is out of instant noodles? There’s still plenty.” He took the pot, put it on the stove, and asked.

“My dad must have just bought them because when I left home there were no more instant noodles left.” She quickly explained.

He took the green onions from her hand, cut them into pieces, and put them in the pot of noodles.

The fragrant smell made Emily’s stomach suddenly gurgling. She was embarrassed so she used an excuse to lock the gate and ran out of the kitchen.

“You said you’re not hungry. Not only your eyes but also your stomach have betrayed you.” Daniel smiled and said to himself.

When Emily returned, she saw two bowls of noodles on the table. She said nothing, quietly sat across from him, and ate with him.

Remembering his display of authority in the hospital, she suddenly smiled. However, his older brother showed his authority first. She didn’t expect Kevin to call Brian to indirectly fire Jennifer.

“Let me wash, you can go home now.” She took the bowl from his hand, smiled wryly, and said.

Daniel also did not intend to stay and bother her anymore. That’s enough for today. He will come here a lot in the future.

He thought that today he would meet her father. The fastest way to please her is to please her father first. If James said good things about him, she would fall in love more quickly.

Emily was just about to get her apron when the phone in her bag rang. She quickly went back to the table and took it out.

The call came from her father. Suddenly, a bit of insecurity crept into her heart, making her hands tremble slightly.Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“I’m listening, Dad…”

“Please quickly go to the city hospital, Mr. James has just been brought here.” The voice of a girl urgently rang out.

“Yes… yes…”

Emily’s mind was spinning and she almost tripped, but luckily Daniel quickly caught her.

“What’s up?”

“Please take me to the hospital. My father…”

Not letting her finish her sentence, Daniel quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her away, not forgetting to take her handbag with her.

The car rushed out of the alley and sped toward the city hospital. Emily clasped her hands, silently praying for her father’s safety.

She didn’t even have time to ask what was wrong with him, only guessing that perhaps he had an accident on the road.

When she arrived, James was being bandaged by a nurse. Looking at the white bandage on his head and his swollen face, she burst into tears but did not dare to ask the reason because she did not want to bother the nurses. She would ask when she brought him into the hospital room.

The white stretcher was pushed into the room and Daniel carefully helped James move to the hospital bed. Fortunately, James was only injured on the outside of his body, not affecting the inside of his body.

“Dad, how are you feeling? What’s wrong with you?” Emily asked while helping him clean the blood stains on his hands and feet.

“They mistook me for someone else so they beat me. It’s okay, I’ll be fine after resting for a few days.”

James looked up at the young man and quickly recognized him as Matthew’s youngest son.

Daniel bowed slightly as a greeting and then asked permission to go out, giving them space. He wondered just now what Emily would have done without him when she was so confused that she couldn’t walk.

At this moment, he decided to clearly show his feelings for her so that she could rely on him from now on.

While he was lost in thought, his phone vibrated in his pocket. Seeing that the caller was Kevin, he quickly picked up the phone.

“I’m listening, brother.”

“Ah, Daniel, please call the Empire Hotel receptionist. I went to dinner with the city party secretary here and my shirt got dirty. Now if I run home, I won’t be able to arrive in time to the ceremony honoring young entrepreneurs.”

“Okay, I’ll call right away.”

Daniel hastily followed his brother’s orders and as soon as his call with the receptionist ended, Kevin also received the room card.

His shirt wasn’t dirty at all and he just wanted to confirm whether the suspicion in his heart was right or wrong.

As soon as he stepped into the presidential suite, he immediately ran to the wardrobe. His hand trembled as he touched it and silently prayed that his guesses were wrong.

However, the moment he saw the dress she wore on the day of the shareholders’ meeting and the dress she wore this morning, he completely collapsed.

When did the relationship between Emily and Daniel begin? Why didn’t he know anything? What have they done already? Are they living together?

So many questions filled his head that he was no longer alert. Could it be that since the night he said disparaging words to her, she immediately fell into his younger brother’s arms?

The phone ringing pulled him out of his chaotic thoughts. The caller was his subordinate, tasked with investigating people he wanted to know.

“I’m listening.” He tried to stay calm and speak up.

“Dear boss, there is one month left until the deadline for Wine company to repay the debt. I heard that banks are preparing lawsuit documents.”

“Alright.”

He softened his heart again, wanting to hold out his hand for her to hold, helping her save her family’s company. Yet she disappointed him so much.

Did he love the wrong person? He told himself that as long as she still loved him, even if that love involved some self-interest, he was willing to accept it. But he was wrong.

Looking at the clock that was moving closer to seven o’clock in the evening, he forced himself to stand up, go to the bathroom, wash his face, then come back out, call Daniel, and ask him if he had arrived at the national convention center yet.

And the answer Kevin received was that his younger brother had unexpected work and could not attend.

The room was tightly closed, but it seemed like some wind had strayed in here, creeping into his heart, and making it cold.