Beloved Old Lover

After examining, sewing, and bandaging Emily’s wound, the doctor called Kevin in and told him and the nurse to take her to the hospital room for further observation because the wound was quite deep so he was afraid she would have a fever in the middle of the night.

Through examination, her current physical condition is not very good.

“Luckily, it didn’t hit her tendon, otherwise she would have had to lie down for several months.” The doctor said with a serious face.

“Thank you, doctor.”

Kevin bowed his head to say thank you and then pushed Emily out of the emergency room with the nurse. She lay still, not daring to look up at him.

The feeling of lying on her back on the stretcher and being dragged away like this made her scared, feeling empty and unsafe.

In her head, she was imagining many of the next situations, his questions, and his attitude when they were alone.

“The patient will stay in a one-bed VIP room, right?” The nurse confirmed it again because Kevin had suggested it earlier.

“No, I can sleep in the normal room. I…”

“VIP room with one bed.” Kevin interrupted her.

The nurse smiled and pressed the elevator button. She guessed that this was a couple where the man was a rich tycoon and the girl was a poor Cinderella.

The elevator quickly took the three people to the third floor and the stretcher continued to be pulled towards the VIP room.

Often people with abundant finances will choose these rooms so that their family members can comfortably recuperate without fear of being disturbed by noise from people around them.

Kevin leaned over, carried Emily to the bed, and adjusted her pillow. He didn’t know if he should feel lucky because she was injured.

If she was healthy, he guessed she would run away as soon as she finished cutting the fruit and would push another waiter to serve.

“Please give her this medicine in a moment. If the patient shows signs of fever, call the doctor immediately.” The nurse gave him the prepared dose and said.

“Yes, thank you.”

After less than a minute, the room was left with only Kevin and Emily. She almost held her breath, waiting for his wrath.

However, a minute, then two minutes passed, and the atmosphere in the room remained terrifyingly silent. She wondered if her injury had made him temporarily not angry.

She didn’t expect that she and he would meet again so soon. She thought it would take at least three years, or five years, like the novels she had read, like the first time she left him.

That time will be long enough so that when he sees her, he will ignore her and not care.

“Have you had dinner yet?”

“Huh? Ah, already eaten.” She was startled and quickly answered.

“Yes, then take medicine. Wait for me to buy water.”

Looking at the man’s back disappearing behind the door, she was stunned for a long time then reached out to touch the wound on her foot.

All day today, she was running around with Brian and now she had to sit in one place like this.

Has the curse that she will get injured when she is with Kevin taken effect again?

Five minutes later, Kevin returned with a bottle of mineral water and a plastic cup in his hand. He took the medicine, poured the water into a glass, and brought it in front of her.

Emily reluctantly took it and put it in her mouth. Thinking about him carrying her away and leaving behind the group of people accompanying him in the pub, she didn’t feel very good.

“Thank you. I can take care of myself, you should go back to your business partner.” She squeezed the glass in her hand, bowed her head, and spoke softly.

“Just friends, haven’t cooperated yet, moreover, there’s Venn there.” He took back the glass, placed it on the table, and replied indifferently.

Her hands clasped tightly, her eyes secretly looked at him. It turned out that this reunion was quite gentle compared to her imagination, not as terrible as she was worried.

However, she didn’t know what he would say next. Because she lied, almost like a fraud, she always felt insecure.

“Let me go get you a hospital outfit, wearing a uniform makes it difficult to sleep.”

He spoke up, interrupting her thoughts, and then left the room. He also didn’t understand himself anymore, almost all of his words, attitudes, and actions were completely different from his original expectations.

He could not glare, get angry, and ask her if she had eaten tiger liver or not to dare to deceive him, and could not threaten her that if she did not marry him, he would make her unemployed.

He couldn’t hurt her, he didn’t want to see her tremble and cry.

His younger brother wanted him to bring her happiness, not suffering.

Hearing the phone ringing in her pocket, Emily immediately took it out to look at it and quickly picked up the phone when she saw that the caller was the deputy manager. Before she could say a word, the voice of the person on the other side rang out.

“Are you okay, Emily? Is the wound deep? Are you in the hospital now or have you gone home already?”

“Luckily, the tendon wasn’t injured. The doctor told me to stay here for one night. If I had a fever, they would be able to handle it in time.”

“So do you need me to ask someone to come with you?”

“No need, there is… my missing husband’s brother is… here.”

Her answer fortunately reached Kevin’s ears without missing a word as soon as he opened the door and walked in.

He stood still, looking at her passionately, making her want to turn invisible immediately.

She just wanted to say something briefly for the deputy manager to understand, without any bad intentions. Who knew he would come back so soon?

“Ah, so I’m reassured. Okay, you should rest, I have to continue working.”

The disconnection sound was meant to signal that the person on the other end of the phone had hung up, but for Emily right now, it was more like her death knell.

Would Kevin consider that statement as a joke, disrespectful to him and Daniel?

“Change your clothes.”

He threw the hospital clothes to her then went out again, leaned his back against the wall, and sighed.

The name of this missing husband’s brother makes him heartbroken. He knew she didn’t mean anything bad when she said it, she just said it to make it easier for the person on the other end of the phone to understand.

And he knew she said that because she didn’t want anyone to understand differently about the relationship between him and her. But he wants people to understand differently and think more openly.

Inside the room, Emily quickly took off her uniform and put on baggy clothes.

Her feet hurt so she couldn’t move to the bathroom, so she just stayed on the bed to change clothes.

After ten minutes, Kevin pushed the door open and went straight to the bathroom. Emily raised her eyes to look at the remaining hospital clothes in his hand.

It wasn’t until he came out that she wised up and realized he used it instead of pajamas. Suddenly, she felt a little funny.

“You… aren’t you going home?”

“No, I came here to play for two days, I will return tomorrow.”

“So… you’re not going back to the hotel?”

“You just told someone that I would stay and take care of you. Isn’t that right? Did I hear wrong?”

She nodded and shook her head, then propped her hands on the bed, slowly resting her head on the soft pillow.

If Kevin had not mentioned the issue of marrying her and kept the relationship as normal friends, everything would still be very good, there would have been no problems between them.

However, she and he had made love all night long, so how could they be friends? It’s best for him and her to treat each other like two strangers.

The light went out, leaving only a faint glow through the glass of the bathroom.

Kevin walked to the sofa, lay down, and closed his eyes. He thought he would get drunk today, but he didn’t expect that he would have to spend the night in the hospital.

He thought the little cat named Emily would struggle and run away when he tried to approach, but no, that hateful knife made her collapse and rely on him after a weak refusal.

Looking at his lonely back, Emily’s heart was also empty and extremely cold. Honestly, she hopes he will be happy, soon meet a good girl to love, get married, have children, and build a warm family like he wishes since he was a poor student.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

“If you want to go to the bathroom at night, just call me, I won’t sleep too soundly.”

“Ah, yes.”

Immediately, she turned around, lay straight, and closed her eyes. Perhaps this is the last time he and she sleep together in the same room.

Tomorrow, when dawn comes, she will return to her small rented room, and he will return to the south side of the city, continuing to live and work in luxurious places.

“Is it raining?” She suddenly wondered when she heard the sound coming through the gaps in the window.

The sound of rain became louder and louder, accompanied by the sound of the wind, bringing the cold from outside deep into people’s hearts.

Emily tightened her grip on the blanket, trying to stop her tears. The bridge of her nose suddenly stung and she missed Daniel.

She wondered if he felt cold and lonely in that deserted cemetery.

The image of a man with a warm smile in a white shirt and dark pants always reigned in her heart.

Before, she liked the rain, but since the day he left, she didn’t want to hear the sound of rain falling at all. She was afraid that the rain would wet him and make him sad.

“Emily, did you have a nightmare?” Kevin quickly shook her and called her.

Emily thought the roar of the rain outside would drown out her sobbing, but she didn’t expect Kevin to hear it.

Under the pale light, he could see her tear-filled eyes. He wondered if every night when it rained, she had nightmares and burst into tears.

He wondered how she could spend her days alone on the north side of this city.

“Don’t be scared, I’m here.”

He pulled her up and hugged her. Big and warm hands gently patted her thin back.

In this moment of weakness, in this gentle gesture, she had no intention of rejecting or avoiding him, she just put her head on his shoulder and sobbed.

She once looked for his image in Daniel and now she is looking for her late fiance’s image in him.

“I miss Daniel…” She said in sobs.

“I know, I understand, it’s okay. Be good, don’t cry anymore.”

Even though he coaxed her not to cry, he couldn’t hold back the hot tears falling from the corners of his eyes.

His melancholy eyes kept looking at the dark window. He also missed his younger brother very much and was afraid that the boy would feel lonely and cold on rainy and windy nights like this.