Beloved Old Lover

On the first morning of the week, Emily came to the company early. However, until nine o’clock, she still couldn’t see Kevin.

Today, he didn’t have an appointment with anyone, so she reassured herself that he would probably be a little late for work.

Last night, she ventured to call him a few times, but the phone kept saying it was busy, and now, the situation is not getting better.

She was sitting and thinking when the phone suddenly rang. Seeing the strange phone number, she hesitated a bit but then she still picked up the phone.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

A gentle female voice sounded on the other end of the line and she quickly realized it was Kevin’s mother, Mrs. Jessica.

“Yes, hello. Are you calling me for something?” Emily put her hand on her chest, hugged her fast-beating heart, and asked.

“Ah, at seven o’clock tonight, please come to my house for an intimate meal.”

“Yes.”

A tingling feeling of happiness ran through Emily’s body. She secretly blamed Kevin. It turned out that he avoided receiving her phone calls because he wanted to give her a surprise.

Perhaps he had already discussed the love between him and her with his mother. It seems that the guy now acts much faster, more compactly and more decisively than before.

“Then I’ll see you tonight. Future daughter-in-law.”

When the call ended, Emily dared to scream softly. She stopped thinking and focused on preparing documents for the upcoming meetings.

Everything went so smoothly that she was extremely grateful for life, silently telling herself that in the future, she would try to improve herself and love him very much to make up for the losses in the past.

While Emily was concentrating hard, there was a knock on the door from outside. Before she could stand up, Daniel walked in. He looked around the room and then looked at her.

“Where did Mr. Kevin go?”

“Ah, he didn’t come to the company this morning, and I couldn’t contact him.”

“That’s strange, he clearly left the house earlier than me.”

Daniel said as he walked towards Emily’s desk.

Seeing the fresh scratches on the back of her hand, he immediately asked questions and she had no choice but to lie that it was because she carelessly slipped and fell while crossing the stream.

Although Kevin’s arm also had wounds, because he was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, Daniel couldn’t see it, otherwise he would have suspected them.

“Didn’t Kevin help you go? Really… I shouldn’t have handed you over to that cold-blooded guy. Yet he dared to tell me that you were fine.”

Daniel picked up Emily’s hand and looked at the wounds. He didn’t know why he suddenly felt a pain in his heart when he saw her injured, even if it was just a small wound.

As for Emily, she assumed that Daniel was her future brother-in-law, a family member, so she didn’t overthink and didn’t pull her hand back.

This emotional scene caught Emma’s eyes as soon as she entered the room.

She saw the door was slightly open so she went in because she had urgent business and needed to see Daniel. She did not expect that she would witness this heartbreaking scene.

“Miss Emma.” Emily quickly retracted her hand and smiled.

“Ah, boss, there are a few documents that need to be signed urgently so that the accounting department can complete payment documents for subcontractors.” Emma nodded back to Emily, then spoke and walked to Daniel’s side.

He didn’t say anything, took the documents in her hand, glanced at them, then signed. His appearance is quite leisurely, almost lazy. However, it radiates an extremely great attraction to Emma.

She looked away from him and then at the girl who was busy arranging the documents piled up on the desk.

After finishing signing, Daniel also left with his assistant, leaving only Emily in the room. She worked in a very excited mood and secretly wished for her shift to end quickly.

Outside the window, the sunlight gradually deepened and then gradually faded, in the end, only a few streaks of light remained behind the tall buildings.

Glancing at the clock, seeing that it was five o’clock in the afternoon, Emily immediately turned off the computer and prepared to leave work.

She put on her coat and thought about what she should wear to go there. And then, she decided to choose the simplest dress because, in the past, Kevin said he liked to see her in simple, uncomplicated outfits.

The reason is that when she wears elaborate, flowing dresses, she is no longer his chirping little bird, she can’t walk comfortably, and she has to look ahead and look back.

For him, she makes the outfit more beautiful, not the outfit makes her more beautiful. He’s strange like that.

At exactly seven o’clock, Emily was at the gate of the luxurious villa. When the gate opened, as soon as Jessica saw her, she immediately approached, rubbed her head, and held her hand.

“Where is Kevin? He said he would go pick up his girlfriend, why did you come alone?”

While Emily was bewildered, Jessica pulled her into the house.

From yesterday until now, Kevin has not contacted her. She thought this was his intention, but when she heard his mother ask that, a feeling of insecurity and fear suddenly rose in her heart.

Daniel had just come down from upstairs when he saw his mother holding Emily’s hand and pulling her. He immediately ran over, his face unable to hide his surprise.

“Emily, why are you here? Do you know my mother?”

“Let’s call her your sister-in-law. This is your brother’s lover.” Jessica spoke up before Emily could open her mouth.

“Sister-in-law?”

Emily shyly bowed her head, followed Jessica to the lavishly arranged dining table and bowed to Matthew.

He also smiled and nodded to greet his future daughter-in-law. When he heard Daniel say Kevin changed positions and went with the volunteer group, he and his wife learned that Emily was their son’s temporary assistant and that she had accompanied Kevin to that mountain area.

Therefore, both he and Jessica are sure that the two of them are in the love and dating phase.

At first, Jessica intended to secretly invite her future daughter-in-law to her house and then force her son to admit and publicly reveal his dating story to the family.

However, because she was so excited, she accidentally spoke to the maid and Kevin overheard. So he said he would go pick up his girlfriend, but now his girlfriend had arrived and she couldn’t see her son anywhere.

Daniel’s eyes were glued to Emily because he couldn’t believe that she was the girl his brother had recently gone to see.

If both of them were determined to go further, why did she and his brother keep acting like they didn’t know each other at all?

Or did they initially have no feelings for each other, but after working together for a few days, they developed feelings?

“Please call Kevin.” Jessica turned to Emily and urged her.

However, before she could take out the phone, footsteps rang out, not one but two people. The girl shyly walking next to Kevin is not a stranger, she is Emma.

All three people at the table widened their eyes. Emily was almost motionless.

Just now, his mother told him to go pick up his girlfriend, could it be that Emma is his girlfriend? No, he just proposed to restart his unfinished love affair with her, how could he…

“Hello Mom and Dad, I would like to introduce to you two, this is my girlfriend, Emma, who is also Daniel’s effective assistant.”

As if there was a thunderclap in Emily’s ears, her whole body went limp, she had to use her hands to hold on to the edge of the table to be able to sit steady.

Her eyes did not leave Kevin’s face. He was smiling but his body exuded the cold aura of a cruel, scoundrel guy.

“Hello you two, hello… deputy general director.”

The expression on Emma’s face was also unnatural when facing Daniel’s sharp eyes. She didn’t know that Emily would be here. Kevin only told her to come to his house to have an intimate meal with his family so he could introduce her to everyone.

“Please sit at the table, don’t keep everyone waiting.” Matthew spoke up.

Emma quickly agreed and sat in the chair next to Emily. Kevin also pulled out a chair to sit next to Daniel.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was extremely uncomfortable, no one said a word to anyone, and only Jessica kept reminding Emily to eat more.

She felt so guilty because she arbitrarily arranged this meal to invite Emily and when she heard Kevin say let him go pick up his girlfriend, she thought that person was Emily.

The food was full of delicacies, but when it entered the two girls’ mouths, it became bitter and unappetizing.

“My mother said she invited a special guest today, who turned out to be my temporary assistant.”

Kevin’s words made Emily’s hands tremble and the soup spoon that had not yet reached her mouth fell, soiling her pure white dress.

“Oh my god, be careful.” Jessica quickly took a wet tissue and gave it to Emily.

“I’m sorry, could you tell me where the bathroom is?” Emily quickly asked.

Following Jessica’s instructions, Emily quickly left the table and went straight towards the bathroom. Tears were about to flow from her eyes. She needed a few minutes to calm down. She didn’t want to appear pitiful and weak in front of everyone.

The surprised look on the faces of his younger brother, his father, and his mother showed that they did not know that Emma was the person he was going to introduce as his girlfriend.

The moment the door closed, she brought her hand to her mouth, biting it tightly to keep from letting out a sob.

Obviously, until that night, he was still very affectionate, gentle, and caring for her, even promising to take care of her for life, but how could he turn into such a stranger in just over a day?

It wasn’t a dream. Even though she searched through all her memories, she still couldn’t find the reason why he suddenly changed. He left before she woke up, without any arguments or anger.

Knowing clearly that she couldn’t stay here for long, she tried to suppress her emotions, washed her face, rinsed her dress with water, and then used the dryer to dry it.

To be honest, she was not willing to leave when she didn’t understand what was happening to her. She wanted to meet Kevin and ask him to give her an explanation.

Her wish was quickly granted by God. As soon as she stepped out of the bathroom, Kevin’s straight back caught her eye.

Facing him right now, she only felt heartbroken, not at all happy, not at all excited.

“Is there anything you want to tell me? What’s wrong with this?” She approached him, her already dry eyes were now filled with tears.

Kevin gently turned his head, the smile on his lips was full of mockery.

He also took a few short steps, narrowing the distance between them, so close that she and he could both smell the gentle fragrance on each other’s bodies.