Beloved Old Lover

In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed. Thanks to her efforts to eat and find joy in work, Emily’s body has returned to its original balance, no longer like the skeletons as described by Kurt.

During the day, she works at a tailor shop, and when night falls, she goes to a pub to work as a waitress.This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - ©.

Work at the pub could be said to be going smoothly, and she received a lot of tips from generous customers. However, the job at the tailor shop was not very good, or rather, it was because Loic pursued her too openly, making her extremely tired.

“What did you buy again?” She was bored, pushed the newly sewn shirt aside, looked at the paper bag that had just been placed on the sewing machine table, and asked.

“The dumplings you like.”

“How do you know I like dumplings?”

“Yesterday I heard you tell everyone that the dumplings at this shop are the best. If you don’t like it, how can you praise it? I ran there because I wanted you to eat what you like.”

Emily couldn’t laugh and she couldn’t cry either. Loic is not a free person, but he drives to the south side of the city just to buy dumplings for her.

According to his sister, he is taking over the family business and is quite busy. His family specializes in fabric production, the scale is not too large.

But from the day his father handed over the company to him, the company had continuous orders so everyone in the family didn’t even have time to travel or relax, just focusing on making money.

“Loic, don’t do that again. I feel uncomfortable.”

“Just feel comfortable, everyone is eating. Well, I’m off to work.”

After saying that, he ran away. Even though he was so busy, he still came here every day, chatting with her a few words, sometimes buying this dish, sometimes buying that dish for her to eat.

Of course, all fourteen employees here also enjoyed the same fortune as her, so everyone worked hard to row the boat, advising her to accept the sincerity of the tailor shop owner’s younger brother.

Emily found that Loic looked quite handsome, had business talent, and had a certain voice in the family.

He also refused several predestined relationships that his parents arranged but was not kicked out by them like his sister.

However, she has no feelings for him at all, her heart still misses Daniel and sometimes still has the shadow of Kevin.

Furthermore, she has no intention of marrying anyone. The love affair that was about to end suddenly turned unfinished. If so, just leave her unfinished for the rest of her life. Now she wants to make money, not love.

“Miss Emily, Jolie called you into her office for a moment.” Jolie’s young secretary approached Emily and spoke softly.

Emily nodded and quickly left the chair. More than once, Jolie told Emily to give her younger brother a chance to get to know each other, date, and consider starting a family.

If it were another girl, she would have agreed because Loic’s conditions were not bad and she had his sister’s support.

“Please sit down.” Jolie happily pointed to the sofa opposite and asked.

“Yes.” Emily nodded and sat down.

It’s been just over two months, but Jolie can see a clear change in Emily’s appearance.

Although she had asked Emily to cooperate with her to design outfits a few times, she always received a tactful refusal.

Emily used many reasons to refuse, but the real reason was that she wanted her designs to have value commensurate with her qualifications and enthusiasm.

Jolie’s tailor shop provides clothes for the working class. The designs are mass-produced, but Emily’s target audience is the middle and upper class.

“Yesterday, my parents introduced Loic to the district president’s daughter, but he said he already had someone he liked and left before the meal between the two sides ended. Emily, my brother is honest with you, he doesn’t joke around with you like other girls.”

Emily’s fingers dug into her knees. She felt extremely stressed. She wants to make money in peace. She doesn’t even wear makeup and nice clothes, but why is she always caught in the sights of men?

Who cares if Loic is sincere or deceitful? She didn’t have any feelings for him, she just felt too uncomfortable.

“I… I’m sorry. But love is something that cannot be forced. I feel exhausted. So… I’m resigning from my job.”

“I didn’t mean it like that, Emily…”

“I hope you will transfer this month’s salary to my account. Please consider that I finished my probationary period but did not meet the requirements. Thank you and I’m sorry.”

After saying that, Emily stood up, bowed, and ran out. She didn’t want to hurt any man anymore and she didn’t want to hurt herself.

Every time she saw Loic appear, she was scared. If this keeps up, she’s afraid she’ll die of heart disease.

Anyway, working at a pub at night is okay and brings her a good source of income, so even if she doesn’t do this job, she still has enough money to manage her current life.

Leaving the tailor shop, she carried a few dumplings and wandered to the park, eating and watching the sunset.

This was one of the rare afternoons where she could leisurely eat and watch the setting sun since arriving on this side of the city.

She wondered if on the other side of the river, Daniel and her parents could see her.

She wondered if he and her parents were sad because it had been a long time since she came to burn incense for them.

She deeply missed the afternoons when he took her to the outskirts of the city, walking with her on the calm riverbank in the sunset.

She missed his warm hugs and smiles and missed even more when he acted like a baby.

“Please wipe away your tears. Why are you crying here?”

A white handkerchief suddenly appeared in front of Emily and the manager’s deep voice spoke, making her almost choke on her food.

She quickly took the handkerchief and turned her face to the side, drying her wet face. Turns out, did she cry that much?

“Why are you here?” She quickly swallowed the piece of dumpling still in her mouth and asked.

“My house is nearby, so I jog around the park a few times every afternoon.” Kurt opened the newly bought bottle of water and gave it to her.

Emily did not refuse, took it and drank it. Kurt treated her no differently than other employees under him, so she didn’t feel anything different or shy.

Sometimes he bought everyone a sumptuous late-night meal. Sometimes he also drags everyone into the room and scolds them all for negligence during the service process, causing customers to complain.

In short, he is very clear: if they do well, he praises them, if they do wrong, he punishes them.

Several long-time female employees said that Kurt didn’t have feelings for women because there were many girls boldly flirting with him, but he didn’t waver, then threatened to fire them if they continued.

“You… miss your fiance, right?” Kurt’s voice suddenly became hesitant.

In modern times, Kurt only needs to type a few words to immediately know about a person who has been in the news, so Emily isn’t surprised at all.

She guessed that Kurt had known about her past for a long time, he just didn’t ask because it wasn’t necessary, but now he saw her crying so he asked.

“Yes, I miss him very much. For me, he is the second-best man in the world, only after my father.”

Talking about this, her eyes suddenly sparkled, unable to hide her pride in that man.

Kurt felt that this girl was pitiful. He had already seen the video of her crawling along behind the coffin, so he wasn’t surprised when she applied to work at the Paradise pub.

Her father passed away, the company went bankrupt and her fiance’s family also turned their backs on her, so where else could she rely?

But today, when Kurt went to the south side of the city for work, he accidentally heard and knew that there was more than one group of people looking for her whereabouts.

And the person who requested them was Venn, a close assistant of the new president of the Unicons group.

“This morning, I just went to the south side of the city. Kevin is looking for you, you know?”

Emily’s hand tightened around the handkerchief, gently shaking her head. She didn’t think Kevin would dare to make a fuss just to find her. Could it be that he didn’t think about his mother’s feelings?

“Who told you so?” She tried to stay calm, forced a smile, and asked.

“I accidentally heard a few people talking when I went to the cafe. I heard they split into small groups to search. But don’t worry, I don’t talk to them.”

“They probably won’t come here, right?”

“I think they won’t think that you work at a pub. Don’t worry too much.”

Hearing his reassurance, Emily felt reassured. Does Kevin know that the more he does that, the more she will fear him? Why was he looking for her like he was looking for a wanted criminal?

Is this not a good ending? Doesn’t he feel uncomfortable about marrying the person who used to be his younger brother’s fiancee? Why is he so stubborn?

“You’re not going to fire me out of fear of getting into trouble, right?”

“We hired you to work, it’s normal. You’re not a criminal, so you don’t need to be afraid of involving us. Stop reading CEO romance stories, Kevin won’t be like those brainless presidents.”

The two sat chatting for a while longer and then left to get ready for work. The small emotions that had just rekindled in Kurt’s heart were completely extinguished when he knew that Kevin was urgently looking for her.

The Wine company’s spokesperson announced that all debts, large and small, were fully refunded by this company and no unit reported that this announcement was false.

So Kurt guessed that Kevin sought her out of love, not money. Although the photos of their youth have been taken down, everyone implicitly understands that love existed between them before she became Daniel’s girlfriend.

The afternoon sunlight made their silhouettes stretch in opposite directions. Some relationships can never develop, and cannot go further.

The bus took Emily through the bustling streets of the late afternoon. She took out the medical mask and put it on her face.

She couldn’t imagine what it would be like when Kevin and she met again. What right did he have to arrest her? Why should she be afraid of him?

Even though she thought so, she still didn’t dare take off her mask even though she felt hot and stuffy.

The moment the bus dropped her off, she breathed a sigh of relief, put her mask in her bag, and walked slowly into the deserted alley.

Just as she climbed the first step, an arm suddenly reached out, grabbed her, and pulled her back.

The face of the man opposite showed anger, making her scared, she instinctively broke away from his hand and stepped back.

Murder cases due to unrequited love suddenly appeared in her mind.

“Mr. Loic, why… why did you come here?” She was trembling as she asked.