Beloved Old Lover

After the engagement ceremony, everyone returned to their work routine. Seeing Emily still wearing the bracelet he gave her, Kevin suddenly felt happy.

His parents gave her a lot of gold jewelry studded with precious stones, but she didn’t wear them, only the proposal ring and bracelet.

“Daniel said maybe after getting married, he will come to your house to live.” Kevin returned the signed documents to Emily and said.

“I’m sorry.” She bowed her head, slightly hesitant.

“It’s okay. There’s still me at home. It’s okay for both of you to visit our parents from time to time.”

“Yes.”

Emily breathed a sigh of relief, hugged the documents in her arms, and quickly left the room, taking them to the accounting department.

Kevin’s gentle attitude made her feel no pressure anymore, feeling very comfortable.

Before, when she was abroad, she always felt like the fate between her and him had not ended. It turned out that the feeling was transformed from love to intimacy and she and he were still related to each other.

While returning to the general manager’s office, the phone in her pocket rang. The screen displayed the caller’s name as teacher Mike, making her very surprised. She didn’t think he would call her.

“Yes, I’m listening, teacher.” She leaned against the wall and answered the phone.

“Hello, long time no see. Are you still healthy?”

“Yes, thank you, teacher, I’m still fine.”

After a few polite greetings, Mike immediately got to the point. He said he knew she was engaged to the deputy general director of Unicons Group and sent his congratulations.

Next, he expressed his desire to invite her to be the host for the exchange between Fashion Future students and students of TA Business Fashion School.

Previously, thanks to her charming speaking style and bright stage appearance, Emily also took on this role in school activities.

Therefore, she did not hesitate and accepted the invitation as soon as she knew the meeting time was on Sunday morning.

She also wanted to meet and greet her former teachers, the people who trained her and always encouraged her.

When Emily returned to the room, she saw Kevin talking on the phone. She walked slowly, went to the desk, sat down, and continued her work.

Yesterday, her father announced that two investors had contacted him to discuss cooperation. Key employees who intended to resign have also withdrawn their resignation letters. Everyone is excited and eager to work again.

The upcoming marriage of Daniel and her makes all Wine company employees feel like they have received a refreshing rain after days of scorching heat from the desert sun.

“Emily, please arrange to go with me this Sunday. The city chairman just called me, telling me to join him and the representative of the young business association in an exchange event with representatives of business associations from other countries.”

Kevin’s expectant eyes made Emily hesitate, not knowing what to say to him. If he had spoken a little sooner, she would have refused the offer from teacher Mike.

Why did the city chairman call him so suddenly? But clearly, Daniel is the vice president of that association and there’s also the president, why did he ask Kevin to go there?

“What’s up? Are you busy that day?” He asked because he saw her looking at him, her lips moving but not responding.

“Ah, the teacher at the fashion school just called me, he invited me to be the MC for the exchange between Fashion Future students and students of TA Business Fashion School that will take place this Sunday and I accepted.”

Her voice grew smaller and then fell silent. She knows that her assistant job cannot be limited to office hours, but since joining the group, Kevin has never dragged her to work on Sundays. Therefore, she was confident that she would be free and hastily agreed.

“I see, it’s okay. Just do your job, I’ll ask Emma to come with me.”

“Thank you.”

Now Kevin understood why his younger brother suddenly changed his schedule and refused to go with the city chairman because he was busy.

It turned out that his younger brother was spending time escorting his future wife to that student exchange.

A work day passed smoothly and when the last meeting ended, the clock struck six o’clock in the evening. Emily quickly gathered documents, turned off the computer, and left the meeting room with Kevin.

Kevin knew Daniel was waiting below, so he didn’t offer to take her home. Just now, while in a meeting, he suddenly had an itchy neck, had to ask everyone for permission to go out to cough, and accidentally saw Daniel standing near the security post, looking like he was chatting with the security guard.

“I’ll go home first.” She spoke up when she saw that he had no intention of leaving but pulled out a swivel chair and sat down.

“Yes, you can go home.” He nodded.

She smiled but her beautiful eyes still contained a sadness. Recently, she saw Kevin coughing a lot, his eyes always had red blood, as if he stayed up very late. When she stood near him at close range, she could smell the smell of cigarettes.

Before, when he was not in love with her, he smoked. The work of loading and unloading goods took place at three or four o’clock in the morning, the weather was still cold, so he said that at first, he smoked because he wanted to warm up according to the instructions of the elders.

For a long time, he was almost addicted to cigarettes. Whenever he’s worried or sad, he smokes.

But since the day he accepted to be her boyfriend, he was determined to quit smoking and if she guessed correctly, he only recently started smoking again.

She is no longer his lover, how dare she advise him?

Emily left the room for nearly five minutes when Kevin also left the swivel chair, took his vest, and put it on.

Feeling something in his pocket, he immediately reached in and pulled out a bag of candy, inside there was a small note telling him to suck on them to ease his cough.

“Emily.”

Kevin softly called her name then quickly walked to the glass window, opened the curtain, and looked down in time to see Daniel’s car just rushing out the gate.

The bridge of his nose stung and tears were about to fall. The candy was originally slightly sweet, but when it entered his mouth, it was bitter.

He knew she wanted to remind him not to smoke but didn’t dare to say it directly and used this method.

When passing by the trash can, he took out the cigarette pack and lighter, threw them in there, and quickly left the company.

At this time, Daniel took Emily to a roadside restaurant and had a meal with her.

At noon, he ate little, so at five o’clock in the afternoon, his stomach was ravenous, but he still tried to wait for her to finish work so they could go eat together.

“Daniel, are you free on Sunday?”

“Sunday? Ah, that day was my twelfth-grade teacher’s birthday. My class organized a trip to his hometown. He has been sick for more than three years and has retired from teaching and returned to his hometown. I heard that he is very weak and doesn’t have much time left.”

“Ah, so that’s it.”

“But what’s the matter?”

She shook her head and said that she intended to ask him to go with her to an exchange between students. Daniel also expressed regret for not being able to escort his future wife.

The group of friends just informed him this afternoon and he was the one who initiated the departure time, if he postponed it, it wouldn’t be very good.

“Visiting the teacher is more important, I can catch a taxi.” She smiled and proactively spoke up because she noticed his guilty look.

“Uh, please suffer a little.”

“No disadvantage at all.”

Emily was very excited and looked forward to the day she would meet her old teachers again, not knowing that someone was preparing a trap for her.

Right from college, Jennifer hated Emily and now, her jealousy increased even more when Kevin fired her and saw Emily’s triumphant face in the newspaper.

“If you can’t hold onto Kevin, then turn to seducing Daniel, huh? Emily, I underestimated you.” Jennifer squeezed the wine glass in her hand.

She had just taken a sip of wine when a man walked into the restaurant lobby. He put on a slouchy hat, looked around for a while, then walked over and sat across from her.

A week ago, he contacted Jennifer and borrowed some money from her, but she flatly refused. This afternoon, she suddenly called him and asked him to come here.

Both of them studied in high school together. His family was originally well-off, but after his father fell into gambling and lust for women, his fortune gradually disappeared.

Initially, during the phone conversation, Jennifer said she wanted him to harm the MC of the exchange program between Fashion Future students and TA Business Fashion School students.Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

“Price?” He asked.

Jennifer doesn’t beat around the bush. She pulled an envelope from her purse, pushed it towards him, and said that if he agreed to do the job, she would pay him ten times more and at the same time find him another job with a higher income.

“This is the goal.” Jennifer showed him Emily’s photo and said.

“That is the fiancee of the second young master of Unicons group.”

“Yes, that’s why I paid you so much. Do you agree?”

The man pursed his lips for a long time then nodded in agreement. His mother is in the hospital for kidney dialysis, and the daily hospital bill is not a small amount.

He knew that even the price that gangsters often accepted to buy a human life was only a quarter of this amount.

“Please do it neatly. If you do it well, maybe I’ll be happy and give you an extra reward. Waiting for good news from you.”

After finishing speaking, Jennifer immediately raised her hand to signal the waiter to bring the food to the table.

This afternoon, when she heard her friend who works as a lecturer at TA Business Fashion School reveal that the MC of the exchange was the girl who had just gotten engaged to Daniel, she immediately remembered the man sitting in front of her, Reid.

He is a technical staff member at the Royal City Hotel and Restaurant complex, so it will be easier to cause problems.

“On Saturday, she will have a rehearsal before the exchange program takes place. There are few people at that time, so it will be easier to attack than on Sunday.” Jennifer proactively poured wine for Reid and said.

“I see. I have my way.” He picked up the glass of wine, took a sip and replied.