Beloved Old Lover

Kurt’s trip took longer than expected, it wasn’t until Thursday night that he set foot at the airport.

During this business trip, some friends took him to get acquainted with the big bosses of companies specializing in importing handicraft products from rattan and bamboo for distribution in their country and to other countries.

Their potential customers are cafes, tourist areas, resorts, restaurants, hotels… even houses.

The first thing Kurt did when he almost got home was to knock on Emily’s motel room door and give her some dumplings he bought on the south side of the city.

He heard the deputy manager report what happened in the pub that day, but because he didn’t know what Emily’s current mood was and whether she wanted someone else to mention that issue, he still didn’t ask her.

“It smells so good, thank you.” She took the bag of dumplings, smiling brightly, no different from a child being given candy.

“Does your leg still hurt?” Kurt looked down at the wound on her foot and asked softly.

“My pain is much less. I can go back to work tomorrow.” She replied while tapping her feet continuously on the floor to prove to the person opposite her that she was not lying.

Kurt nodded and turned away after wishing her good night. It seems very difficult for her and Kevin to end their relationship. He is afraid that they will be entangled with each other forever.

From what he heard, he guessed that Kevin loved and worried about Emily very much. It’s a pity that their relationship makes people feel so contradictory when looking at it.

Emily brought the dumpling to her mouth and took a bite. Its taste reminded her of the friendly old days, the roads, street corners, rays of sunlight, raindrops, and even the people she used to know in the old place.

Maybe it’s time for her to feel secure and go back there to visit her parents and Daniel. Kevin’s attitude that day proved that he had given up on her. That’s good.

When darkness fell again, Emily and Kurt moved to the Paradise pub. The moment the employees saw her appear, they all looked at her with admiration.

Initially, they thought she had been left out by that rich family, but when they saw Kevin carrying her to the hospital, they knew that she still had a certain place in the young president’s heart.

“Oh my god, I didn’t know about the drama related to you until now. I didn’t expect you to have such a noble status in the past.” The waitress from the countryside approached Emily and spoke.

“It’s in the past.” Emily smiled wryly and replied.Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

“The president of the Unicons group seems very worried about you.”

“He is the older brother of my late fiance.”

The waitress pouted and said that in her hometown there was a woman who, after her husband died, remarried her husband’s younger brother and together raised her previous husband’s children with her. Their family lives together extremely warmly and harmoniously.

“Besides, you and Daniel haven’t registered to get married yet, and haven’t had a wedding yet.”

Seeing Emily frown, the girl immediately shut up and ran away.

It’s not that Emily had never heard of such cases, but they were all ordinary workers, living in the countryside.

As for Kevin, he is a famous businessman. Furthermore, his parents were definitely against this to the end.

Furthermore, the reason she couldn’t agree to marry him was largely because she didn’t want to commit more sins with Daniel.

After changing into her uniform, she went to the main lobby and began her work. However, when she had just finished bringing wine and food to two tables of customers, she was grabbed by the deputy manager and dragged to a corner.

The deputy manager has a very beautiful face and smooth skin, but at this moment, Emily doesn’t know what awkward thing happened to the deputy manager that caused the pleated lines to appear clearly on her forehead and the corners of her eyes.

“What’s going on?” Emily asked worriedly.

“Ah, Emily, your husband’s older brother… no, the president of Unicons Group, he… he…” The deputy manager’s face became more and more wrinkled, almost turning into a grandmother.

“What’s wrong with him?”

The deputy manager took a deep breath and revealed that for the past few nights, Kevin had been coming here and even though she said that the person he was looking for was on leave, he still went to the VIP room and ordered wine to drink.

Today was no different, but he saw the person he was looking for getting out of Kurt’s car, so he asked Kurt to call Emily into the room to pour wine.

“The manager explained that the waiters only serve food and do not sit and talk to customers. But that guy said he wanted you to bring him wine and help him pour the wine, cut the fruit, and tear the squid, without talking or singing or touching.”

Next, the deputy manager said that Kevin ordered ten of the most expensive bottles of wine here but asked Emily to be the one to bring them in, not any other waiter.

“Emily, he is an influential figure in society so Kurt is also very difficult to deal with, you see…”

“Then let me bring the wine in there.”

“Oh, okay.”

Hearing Emily’s agreement, the deputy manager immediately went to get a bottle of wine and gave it to her.

In pubs, customers often nominate who will serve them food and drinks. But because Kevin wanted the manager to break the rules and let Emily stay in the VIP room and serve him until he left, Kurt was in a dilemma.

Although Kurt chose a good reason to refuse, the demanding customer still did not agree.

“Take care. Ah, what I mean is that if anything goes wrong, just ring the bell and I’ll guarantee that I’ll run there as fast as possible to assist you.”

Emily didn’t understand what the deputy manager was thinking. Does the deputy manager also read romance stories beyond the allotted time like her?

If she had time to ring the bell, she would run out of the room, instead of just standing there pressing it would cause trouble and add more steps.

Standing in front of the VIP room door, after taking a few deep breaths, Emily knocked twice and entered.

She saw Kurt and two waiters standing in a horizontal line, on Kevin’s left. They all bowed their heads.

“Oh, I’m here to serve wine to customers. Manager, please leave this place to me.” She spoke softly.

Kurt looked up, nodded slightly, bowed to Kevin again, then left the room. Following in his footsteps, two female waiters also left.

Just now, even though Kurt used the regulations to solve the problem, Kevin still tried to use loopholes in the regulations to circumvent the law. The two of them kept talking back and forth until their throats were sore.

Finally, Kurt texted the deputy manager, telling her to ask Emily’s opinion.

Emily walked closer to Kevin, put down the bottle of wine, then opened the cap and poured it into a glass for him. Next, she quietly put on plastic gloves and tore the grilled squid, then cut the fruit.

Next to her, he didn’t say a word, just drank and drank. It would be better if he didn’t know she was here. Once he knew, he couldn’t stop himself from coming here to look for her.

The bottle of wine gradually emptied and the man’s face became sadder, his movements were inaccurate, and he became clumsy. He didn’t even touch food, just drank.

She didn’t know if he brought an assistant or driver with him, but he drank non-stop.

“Kevin, that’s enough, stop drinking.” She held his hand, not letting him pour any more wine.

Finally, she had to speak first to stop him. She couldn’t stand watching him drink until he fell. In the end, she couldn’t bear to ignore him.

“Emily, today is one hundred days after Daniel died. It’s been a hundred days. It’s only been a hundred days.”

Under the not-so-bright light, she saw tears forming on the corners of his eyes and then gradually falling, shattering.

Of course she remembers. How could she forget? Today is also one hundred days after her father’s death. This afternoon, she cooked some of their favorite dishes in memory of them.

“Let me lean on you for a moment, just a little while.”

Kevin slowly leaned his head on the shoulder of the person next to him and closed his eyes. Today, he went alone, but because she came, he dared to drink a lot.

He believed she would not leave him here, ignore him when he lost consciousness. And one more thing is that he wants to know if she still cares about him or not.

If today, she refuses to come or later, she throws him to another stranger, then he will have a reason to force himself not to bother her anymore.

Emily had no intention of pushing Kevin away, she understood his mood right now.

The road was too far and the night was too dark. He probably couldn’t find anyone to soothe that loss, so he came here to meet her.

As the leader of Unicons Group, no matter how strong he is in front of everyone, when he faces her, he becomes weaker, especially when drunk.

Her shoulders were too thin, and the sitting position did not make Kevin comfortable, so unconsciously, he sought a more comfortable position, slid down, put his head on her leg, and pulled his legs up onto the sofa.

The wine seeped more and more into his body, causing his consciousness to drift away, not knowing anything anymore.

Emily raised her hand. Her hand hovered in space for a long time and then slowly touched the man’s hair. Her transparent tears fell, wetting his hair. She wondered if she was too cruel to him.

Time passed quietly, in the room there was only the sound of Kevin’s steady breathing and occasionally the sound of him calling her name, calling Daniel’s name, but there were no other sounds.

Emily gently took out her phone and when she looked at the screen, she didn’t expect it was almost ten o’clock at night.

After a moment of consideration, she searched for Kevin’s phone and called Venn. She heard the man’s yawn on the other end of the phone.

“I’m listening, boss.”

“Oh, hello, I’m Emily. Kevin came to our pub and drank so much that he fell asleep, can you…”

“What should I do? I’m in a remote province. I’m afraid that by the time I get there, it will already be morning. The roads here are deserted so I don’t dare drive right now.” Venn quickly interrupted her.

“Really? Then I’ll call Miss Sara.”

“No, don’t call her. Actually… she’s with me, so…”

Venn’s hesitant tone immediately made Emily think wrong. She was embarrassed and quickly hung up, her face suddenly turning red like a tomato.

That’s right, it’s ten o’clock at night. Even if they are close employees of the president, this time is still their private time. They don’t have free time like her to sit here and let him rest his head on their legs.