NovelBookChapter 45
| didn't want anybody to know about my panic attacks. | hated how | got one in front of Emily. | didn't want her to
think any less of me. One of the side effects of loving Emily was developing a strong fear of loss, a sort of
separation issue. | had becscared of losing the p Mom suffered from a heart attack, but luckily, they were
able to get everything under control. | was still worried though. | knew that | would still be worried even after |
would be able to take her home.
"Here you go." Emily handed Harper, my dad andcups of coffee.
"Thank you" Harper smiled at her as she took the cup. We were currently in the waiting room, while Mum was in
the ICU. We just wanted to wait until she woke up, then we would go hand visit her the next day. Thanks," |
mumbled, taking
ng the cup from her."
"Arey
you sure that Rosie is okay with her nanny?" | asked her.
"Yes, she's fine. Her nanny is good and Rosic loves her she assured me. | tensed a little when Emily took a seat
beside me. | wanted to run away from her. | didn't want her to see my vulnerability, yet she had seen a huge part
of it. "Are you okay?" she whispered. | hated that what happened made her pity me. | didn't want her pity. |
wanted her to talk toand sit beside me, but not out of pity.
"I'm fine." | replied, not looking at her.
"You're lying," she pointed out. She was right. | was lying, but what did she expectto tell her? Did she expect
| could feel her eyes burning through me, but | acted like | didn't notice the way she was staring at me.
"Maybe you should go," I mumbled, without looking at her. "I bet your fiancé doesn't like your being here." When
my eyes fell on the ring on her finger, | mentally lost it. | thought that | had a chance. | was trying to get close to
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇther, but from what | had seen, | had totally lost "He's not my fiance." That madelook at her. It was her turn
not to look at me. But there was a ring on her finger, so what the hell did it mean! "It's just a promise ring, Julian"
To say that | was relieved would be an understatement.
"When | congratulated you, you didn't say anything. Why?" | couldn't help but ask.
"| thought you were congratulatingfor moving my office here." It was obvious that she was lying. | had come
to realize that Emily wasn't a good liar at all. Did she want to makethink that she was engaged? Why would
she do that though?
Ever since her return, Emily made it clear that she didn't care aboutand | was nothing to her but Rosie's dad.
But if she wanted to makebelieve that she got engaged, that meant that she cared, right? What if | still had
a chance!
"Why did you cto my office today?" she asked. When | looked at her. | saw her eyes fixed on me. Her stare
made my knees go weak. How could she still have that control overeven though it had been five years! |
was under her spell. Did she realize that | was bas "I can't tell you here. Would you like to go for a walk!"
She looked around, then her eyes fell on me. "Let's go. She stood up from her place and only then did | notice
the heels she was wearing.
"Are you going to be able to walk in these?" | asked, pointing at them.
"Not for a long distance." A sheepish smile appeared on her face.
"We can just go to the cafeteria," | told her, and she nodded. "Harper, please callif Mum wakes up. I'm going
to the cafeteria with Amelia to her about something." My sister nodded and Emily and | made our way to the
cafeteria to talk
She had been here in California for a while, yet | couldn't call her Emily in my mind. I only used that name
whenever | was addressing her out of respect. She was always going to be my Emily
fus
"I know that what I'm about to say may seem unbelievable, but this is what Jeffrey toldfive years ago, |
started speaking when the two of us sat down. | saw how confusion took over her face when | mentioned Jeffrey's
name. did you meet with him?" she wondered.
"After what | had done. | tried to right a small part of my wrongs. You were nowhere to be found, so | decided to
take revenge on every person who hurt you Starting from Britney to Jeffrey, Maggie and Flona." Surprise was
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"Is that how Jeffrey's company started to lose a lot of money?" she asked and | nodded.
*He ctoone day and beggedto stop what | was doing to his business. | refused, so he revealed
something huge to me. | took a deep breath and
continued. "When your mum died, she left her company to you, but Jeffrey stole it. He forged the real documents
and the will, taking it all to himself" The way her eyes flashed with shock broke my heart. Pain was crystal clear
in them. "M-Mum left it for me?" she stammered, and | nodded.
"When he toldthat, | couldn't find it in my heart to do anything to the company anymore, so | offered to buy
it from him at a very low price and he agreed." | said. She was silent and seemed to be thinking about everything
| was telling her. "I bought it for you." That m
me
"What do you mean?" She frowned. past five
"| wanted to give you something from what had been stolen from you, so... | bought it and | have been working
on developing it for the p years. My only reason behind buying it in the first place was that | decided to give it to
you once | manage to find you again and here y her.
She stayed silent and | wasn't sure how she was processing what | had just told her. Everything | had done was
for her. | had no other agenda. | didn't do it in an attempt to win her back.
"Why would you even buy it and give him money in the first place?" she asked.
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"Because | didn't want to see it in his hands for one minute afterward and it was already worth way more than
five million dollars, 1 didn't want to bother myself with legal matters," | replied.
"You said that you did something to Britney. What did you do to her?" she asked in a quiet
Lvoice.
"Britney was a proud girl, so | made sure to humiliate her for a long period of time. | made her work in my
company for three years as a janitor." Emily audibly gasped, makingchuckle a little at her cute reaction.
"That's savage," she commented with a little laugh.
"Not as savage as outing Chester and Fiona to the whole world," | reminded her, making her blush.
It had to be done," she replied as she drew invisible circles on the table with her finger.
And I'm proud of you for doing it," | admitted. "I'm glad that you made everybody see that you were never the
devil." | was really happy for her. | was proud of her and what she had done, but all | wished for was to have
another chance. "Why didn't you tellonce you found out! Why didn't you givea chance to prove to you
that | could be a better man for you?"
Because our divorce wasn't exactly clean. You humiliated me, and madefeel like | was way beneath you. Do |
need to remind you of the check?" Her tone wasn't bitter. She wasn't throwing at my face what | had done. She
was just remindingof my terrible actions.
If you had giventhe chance, | would have spent every single day cherishing you, appreciating you, and
proving to you that | could fix my mistakes," | told her.
Too bad there's no tmachine." | saw a sad smile on her lips and | wondered if there was
Is he a good man!" | couldn't help but ask her.
still a part of her that still loved me.
"He is," she assured"You still don't want to tellwhat happened at my office?" she wasn't going to let it j
She was stubborn and | loved her stubbornness. "Knowing that you're not going to let it go, | guess | have no
choice but to tell you. After all, how could I say no to her?
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