“Wash up first, otherwise it will be easy to cause misunderstanding if others see you.”
Emma Rosy stared at his back, thinking: now afraid of misunderstanding, what did you do last night?
Half an hour later, a fully dressed Emma Rosy walks into the living room, and Alex Brown raises his hand to look at his wristwatch, putting his impatience on full display.
“I warned you that time is precious and better not be wasted.” He raises an eyebrow at Emma Rosy, his indifferent gaze no different than before last night.
Emma Rosy’s heart instantly went half cold.
Although she hated to admit it, she did have some expectations, thinking that after the skin-to-skin meeting, Alex Brown would remember something, or else, there should be some strange feelings for her. The reality, unfortunately, was a cruel slap in the face.
Now what is this? A drunken love affair between a grown man and a woman, going their separate ways at dawn?
She followed his example and pretended to be dashing: “So what, in this precious time, should you not give me an explanation?”
“Why did you bring me here, why did you force me, why did you betray your ‘beloved’ fiancée…” Emma Rosy stared hard at Alex Brown, one word at a time: “Give me an explanation!”
Her desperation and indignation were expected by Alex Brown, so it was very easy to respond.
Alex Brown got up and walked to the window, his hands in his trouser pockets, standing against the light, only a few steps away from each other, but it was as if there was a rift between them.
“Last night you and Charles Taylor collapsed in front of the door of the private room, ruining our pleasant atmosphere, but I am a soft-hearted person, see you look so miserable, so I found a random place to take you.”
Emma Rosy nodded: “Good reason. And what happened next?”
Alex Brown flexed his fingers and rubbed his brow, very helpless look: “Who knows you deliberately seduced me knowing that I had a fiancée, and even used force a few times…”
He lamented and couldn’t go on.
Emma Rosy was laughing at him, the first time she had ever seen such a person!
“Alex Brown, you’re shameless.” She gritted her teeth and squeezed the words out from between her teeth.
Alex Brown spread his hands: “That’s the truth, if you want to accuse me of lying, please show me the evidence.”
Bastard!
She knew very well that Alex Brown was trying to avoid responsibility, to get rid of her like before, and that she was only making a fool of herself by arguing or accusing.
She turned around to leave, and before she opened the door, Alex Brown’ voice sounded again behind her.
“What happened last night better not be known to Charles Taylor, and don’t pester me in the future, if you don’t want to be abandoned by him.”
The heart was fiercely clenched, a breath stuck in the chest, half unable to breathe.
Emma Rosy closed her eyes, and the corners of her lips slowly rose: “Oh! I’m not ashamed to tell others about such a sordid experience.”
“That’s good.” Alex Brown five fingers folded, his voice could not be heard emotion: “Knowing how to regret, it’s not too bad.”
Emma Rosy listened, and the pain in her heart intensified: “Yes, I have regretted it. Falling in love with that man, giving him children, hoping for his return… If I could choose again, I would not have done these damn foolish things!”
“Let’s hope we’re each happy in the future.”
The door opened and closed, Emma Rosy’s last voice dissipated in the wind, Alex Brown looked down, looking at the black hairpin lying quietly in his palm.
It was still tainted with Emma Rosy’s scent, and he looked like a thief, pleased that he had hidden something that concerned her.
Emma Rosy was not lying, there was no other man beside her for the past two years, waiting for him wholeheartedly. He was despicably happy, but more than that, he was heartbroken.
Knock, knock, knock…
His thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door, and he quickly closed his palms and hid his hairpin back in his pocket, before answering the door, Ivy Smith had already barged in aggressively and skipped him straight to the bedroom.
The bed was a mess, and the dreadful anticipation in her mind seemed to have come true.
“What are you looking for?” Alex Brown followed her in with a frown, following her line of sight and seeing the messy bed.
With a last ditch chance, Ivy Smith said in a quiet voice, “I should ask you, what did you… do last night?”
He had to act in front of Emma Rosy, the replacement of Ivy Smith, there would be no need.
Alex Brown’ expression was unruffled, calm as if discussing the weather: “As you wish.”
Ivy Smith’s eyes widened, “You actually did… you… Did you forget your plan? You’re not afraid of hurting Emma Rosy, of giving her hope and then letting her down?”
Alex Brown and Emma Rosy spent the night together, Ivy Smith naturally jealous about to go crazy, but self-respect and high pride does not allow her to show this emotion, can only be another way to accountability.
But she seems to forget that Alex Brown, even if he can not get back together with Emma Rosy, but any decision he makes, is not something she can oppose.
“You and I are just acting.”
After reminding in a cold voice, Alex Brown picked up the phone on his bed and left, leaving her with an indifferent back.
Project company.
When she came out of Alex Brown’ room in the morning, Emma Rosy received a phone call from Charles Taylor, who had no memory of last night’s events, so she made up her mind and lied about getting up early to go for a morning run.
And then They had a simple breakfast at the hotel restaurant and came here for business.
Last night a banquet, completely see the true face of Manager Jiang and others, in order to prevent further accidents in the project, they decided to negotiate with the project company, either to replace the person in charge or cancel the cooperation.
The boss of the project company did not dare to offend, and they were indeed responsible for the death of the workers, so they offered to lower the price and were willing to give a five percent discount on the negotiated price.
Emma Rosy flatly refused: “If you don’t change, we’ll cancel the cooperation, don’t waste each other’s time.”
Through the contact with Manager Jiang, she had no good feeling about the company at all.
Manager Jiang had shares in the company and was considered one of the partners.
Since the project fell into his hands first, no one else in the company dared to take over. Seeing Emma Rosy’s tough attitude, the boss thought she was deliberately looking for trouble and immediately sank his face.
“Miss Richard, it is true that the Wright Group is more prestigious than my company, but I have also taken on similar projects, and you are the first person to suddenly make such an unreasonable request in the middle of a project!
“I have the right to cancel the cooperation if your company’s business ability is not up to standard.” Emma Rosy calmly confronted him, and her aura was not weak at all.
Charles Taylor, worried about Emma Rosy, stepped forward to protect her.
“We will also compensate for the damage caused to your company, so…”
Charles Taylor smiled, not expecting the other party to slap the table in exasperation: “Nice talk! How much can you pay to compensate for the human and material resources we invested in this phase of the project?!”
This project company has been established for decades, and the local power is strong. Successive presidents have had gray experiences and even raised a group of professional thugs.
It was helpless to choose this company at the beginning. After all, the museum project has a huge investment and needs the support of local forces. Any mistake in a certain link will make it difficult for the project to proceed. In order to save time and energy, this is the only way.
The president of the company obviously understood their concerns, so he became even more reckless and even threatened implicitly that if they canceled the cooperation, they would have no place in the local community in the future.
Emma Rosy was so disgusted by such a despicable tactic in a normal business partnership that she finally came up with a killer.
–The project, in the end, is just a way to hire civilian workers to help us turn a contract into money.
–This is a museum, not a residential area, decorate it beautifully, buy a few pieces of antiques to put in, cheat the tourists’ money absolutely no problem.
Emma Rosy put away the recorder, cold eyes on the boss of the company.
“Yesterday the manager Jiang drank too much, really said a lot of things.” She said calmly.
But after all, he is a businessman who has been through a lot of battles, and the company boss knows very well that if this legally invalid recording gets out, at most, the company’s reputation will be damaged, but they are still unstoppable in the city.
So he didn’t let up, and only gave Emma Rosy two options.
“Either we continue to work together and I’ll give you a few percent. Either you withdraw your investment, but the compensation for the dead workers and the funds consumed in the preliminary works, you must pay in full!”
The negotiation ended unhappily, and on the way downstairs by elevator, Emma Rosy angrily expressed that she must confront this kind of black and evil forces to the end, and must not encourage their arrogance.
“Our aim is to complete the project successfully, there is no need to expend energy for other things.” Charles Taylor had reservations about the matter, thinking Emma Rosy was too aggressive, but did not dare to raise it because she was angry.
Emma Rosy frowned, not hiding her displeasure: “You can quit.”
In personal relationships, Charles Taylor is able to accommodate Emma Rosy in every way and do exactly what she wants, but when it comes to corporate issues…
“I need to talk to the board and the shareholders before I can decide, Emma, just give me some time.”
She had mixed feelings in her heart, but finally said nothing and walked out.
She didn’t expect to see Alex Brown downstairs in the office just after she left the door.
Emma Rosy didn’t even want to look at him. She immediately withdrew her gaze and turned to the parking space.
Charles Taylor took Emma Rosy out for a sumptuous lunch at one of the city’s speciality restaurants before heading home.
It had been a few days since she had left home, and on the way back, Emma Rosy spoke to Hope.
“Great-grandfather is in good spirits. Yesterday he wanted to go for a walk after dinner, but my uncle forbade him to go, so he gave him a half-hour lecture and sulked in the yard by himself.”
Joe Wright is only Keira’s nominal father and now has a new girlfriend, so Hope is used to calling him “uncle”.
Master Wright is becoming more and more like an old child, Emma Rosy is not surprised, after laughing, and listened to Hope continued: “By the way, uncle took Keira to the hospital this morning to review, her condition is still stable, but… doctor recommended that she should have a transplant as soon as possible. .”
Although these conditions have not occurred due to long-term control with treatments and medications, the potential cannot be ignored and the best solution can only be a bone marrow transplant to treat the root cause.
And as Keira grows older, her tolerance for the procedure will increase, and her chances of success will grow as well.
Having worked as a doctor, Emma Rosy understood the considerations of Keira’s primary care physician and sighed heavily, “Okay, mommy knows.”
Not wanting Hope to be upset with her, she quickly gathered her emotions and asked in a lighter tone, “What about you? Did Daniel Lewis send you to school recently?”
“Mom you… how do you still remember this ah?!”
Hope inevitably blushed and quickly changed the subject, not giving her a chance to continue the joke.
“I still have business to talk about. The new homeroom teacher talked to me last week and suggested that I skip a grade and go straight to high school.”
Emma Rosy seldom asked about her academic performance, she would only ask Hope casually when she thought of it, Hope always said she ranked in the upper middle class, now it seems she must be modest.
To be advised to skip a grade means she is at least at the top, more likely the top student in the school, number one at her age!
Even though Emma Rosy doesn’t value grades, she couldn’t help but be excited to learn that her daughter was a genius.
However, the decision to skip a grade is very important. If she goes, Hope can receive the knowledge of high school earlier, and the time of entrance exams, college and society will be advanced, and her life experience will be different.
But if she can’t cope with high school life, the pressure will grow exponentially, and she will make a mistake.
Emma Rosy was hesitant and did not say anything for a long time.
“Mom, do you think the teacher’s advice is bad?” Hope asked cautiously.
After a moment of consideration, Emma Rosy said frankly, “No, mommy is just torn as to which is the best choice. It’s your life, and you should decide for yourself, but I feel like I’m not doing a good job as a mom when I say things like that.”
Hope, who had always been independent, naturally understood what she meant and did not feel sad or disappointed at her words, but promised her that she would think about it seriously for a while longer.
After an intimate goodbye to Hope, Emma Rosy hung up the phone, unbuckled her seat belt and prepared to get out of the car.
Charles Taylor knew that Emma Rosy was still angry about the project, thought he was not decisive enough, and even saw him as the same kind of person as the lucrative businessmen, so she was no longer willing to talk to him even about the trivial things in life.
But in fact, he also has his own hardships.
“Emma,” called out to her in a hurry, wanting to explain, but not even having the chance to speak.
“No need to say more, I understand your position is difficult, so let’s now…”
Emma Rosy turned her head, looking rather impatient, her eyes crossed Charles Taylor, after glancing at the private car not far away, her face suddenly stiffened.
“Now let’s each calm down, I’ll go back to rest.” After opening the door and getting out, she walked into the hotel without looking back.
Charles Taylor thought she was still angry, so he quietly stopped bothering, but did not notice They people sitting in the private car next to him.
Emma Rosy and Charles Taylor left one after another, Alex Brown withdrew his arm around Ivy Smith’s shoulders and leaned back in his seat, clearly keeping his distance from her.
Not for the first time, the feeling of heartache and sorrow did not lessen at all. Ivy Smith sat back in the passenger seat and laughed to herself: “Pushing away after using, Mr. Brown is really heartless?”
Alex Brown raised his jaw slightly, loosened his tie, and was as cold as ever: “If you don’t want to, you can always announce the dissolution of the engagement.”
“Did I say that?!”
Every time, he threatens to cancel the marriage contract, yes, she is abandoning her dignity to voluntarily accompany him to do the drama, but for the sake of her deep love, he occasionally listened to her complain a few words, what does it matter?
After venting, Ivy Smith gradually calmed down, trying to redeem the loss of control just now, and took a deep breath: “I didn’t say no, don’t get your head in the sand… before Randall Harrah told me that Paul Johnson has recently appeared in the country, you be more cautious on weekdays.”
“He’s back, where’s Marisa Miller?”Paul Johnson works for the Miller Family; he’s there, and Marisa Darcyis likely to be there.
Ivy Smith hung her head to hide the loss and said succinctly, “No news.”
Two whole years of no-shows, so unusual for Marisa Miller, unless she was in trouble or preparing for a larger conspiracy.
Alex Brown pondered for a moment and said gruffly, “Tell Randall Harrah and Eric Chan to keep an eye on Paul Johnson’s every move, and maybe we can follow the trail from him to Marisa Miller’s hideout. Remember, don’t take this lightly.”
“Yeah.” Ivy Smith absentmindedly responded.
On the other hand, Emma Rosy was still investigating the information about his condition.
For Emma Rosy, there is no direct connection between the irreparable damage Alex Brown has done and the love she feels for him. So even if They go their separate ways in the future, she wants to say goodbye plainly, not spend the rest of her life in a mystery.