“I just …”
“No need to explain, you don’t trust me at all!”
Alex Brown turned his head angrily, as if he had suffered much insult, Emma Rosy knew he was well-intentioned, originally wanted to talk to him calmly, but at the moment she was a little dissatisfied: “The prerequisite for trust is honesty, before accusing me, have you done so?”
At the word, Alex Brown abruptly looked at her, thin lips tensed into a straight line, the gaze contains a complex emotion.
“Good, very good … I did lie, I was wrong, I shouldn’t have been here today!” Alex Brown nodded and turned away indignantly.
Emma Rosy took a step, the words contained in her mouth but did not come out.
She was too tired, with her grandfather’s illness, Joe’s depression, and the difficult situation the Taylor Family siblings were in … all piling up and requiring her to deal with them all.
She thought that after an open and honest conversation, their relationship would ease up and even go back to the way it was before, but now it seems she was too optimistic.
She exhaled deeply and just raised her head when she saw a man standing not far away. Thinking that what she had just done might have been seen, she raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear and smiled awkwardly: “Joe, when did you come back? I didn’t even notice.”
“No need to test me.” Joe Wright approached and gave her a gentle pat on the shoulder, “Why do you have to fight when you know he means well? Are you happy?”
Emma Rosy hung her head in embarrassment, as if she was back in her childhood, being taught by adults for doing something wrong, and deliberately acting against them for the sake of face.
After Joe Wright’s guidance, Emma Rosy’s depressed mood was much brighter, and after thinking about it, she went to the doctor’s office to ask Master Wright about his real condition.
The real situation is not as good as Alex Brown said, but it is not as bad as Emma Rosy guessed.
The need for surgery is real, but Master Wright better regain consciousness before surgery, otherwise the process may be too high brain pressure, or even the risk of shock. At the same time, the date of surgery can not be extended indefinitely, or the accumulation of blood clots in the skull, the removal will have to take more risks.
In a word, the longer the delay, the worse it would be for Master Wright.
Leaving the office in a daze, Emma Rosy leaned against the window at the end of the hallway and slowly leaned over, burying her face in her palm.
Grandpa is old, and even without the accident, his health is deteriorating. Having been a doctor, she understands that old age, sickness and death are all normal, but understanding is one thing, accepting it is another.
She is indeed greedy, wanting to stay with her grandfather forever, as a child who is happy, not willing to face the cold world alone, to support the large Wright Family.
She really can’t afford it …
This morning it rained, and now the breeze is blowing, with a coolness that does not belong to summer. She wrapped her arms around herself, but could not feel the slightest warmth until her back was pressed against a broad chest.
He protects her like the strongest armor and exposes the softest chest and belly to her, giving her a gentle harbor.
“Emma I’m sorry.” He came up to her ear and murmured softly, “I shouldn’t have lied to you, shouldn’t have lost my temper, I will change in the future, can you forgive me?”
Her eyes blinked a few times, and the tears she was trying to hold back finally fell.
She turned back to hug Alex Brown, lost her voice and cried, but kept mouthing a vague apology: “It’s my fault … I also … I will also change …”
A few steps away, Keira lying on the wall, pretending to cover the eyes, through the finger crack to watch this inappropriate scene, the corners of the mouth is high, the heart is happy.
When the family returned to the hospital room, Joe Wright had the good sense to leave, leaving them the space.
Shortly after, the nurse knocked on the door and took Keira back to nap.
Alex Brown rushed to take Emma out to eat: “You’ve been hungry since noon, haven’t you? Come on, let’s go out for something to eat.”
Emma Rosy was already suffering from hypoglycemia, and when she got up after sitting for a long time, she was so dizzy that she almost fell to the ground.
Luckily, Alex Brown was watching her and quickly turned around to help her.
“What did I just say? You’re not as sensible as Keira!” Alex Brown lectured, but noticed that Emma Rosy’s eyes were looking past him to the door of the ward.
Before he could ask, Emma Rosy said in a loud voice, “Mr. Taylor, what do you want?”
Outside the ward, Charles Taylor’s footsteps lurched, and he stiffly turned around and walked back.
He was ashamed and angry when he received a phone call from Emma Rosy in the morning and heard that she had learned of the Taylor Group’s current crisis, but not long after, a bank actually contacted him, claiming to be interested in the Taylor Group’s new project and willing to lend to him.
What bank would have approached him if not for Emma Rosy’s secret help?
He was grateful to Emma Rosy, but also ashamed of his previous behavior. He came to apologize, but before he could enter, he saw her and Alex Brown embracing.
Seeing his embarrassed look, Emma Rosy also realized that she should have played dumb, but now it was too late to regret, so she could only pretend to be relaxed and said, “We’re going to dinner, why don’t you join us and we’ll talk about it over dinner?”
As soon as the words left her mouth, she bit her tongue again.
The relationship between her and Alex Brown was clear, and if she invited Charles Taylor, wouldn’t that make him even more embarrassed?
Charles Taylor’s lips curled up and his smile showed a bit of helplessness, knowing that he should have refused, but when he met Alex Brown’ rightful gaze, he was inspired by a bit of competition.
“Yeah, it’s on me.” In the end he agreed.
The restaurant.
Emma Rosy sat in the middle of They men, always felt awkward everywhere, and waited half a day without seeing the food, so she had to excuse herself to go to the bathroom.
After a few moments, Alex Brown spoke first: “She’s uncomfortable.”
Charles Taylor nodded: “Anyone can see that, so what?”
Knowingly?
“So the redundant should be aware of themselves.” Alex Brown said nonchalantly.
Charles Taylor smiled, leaned forward, slowly approached Alex Brown, and asked in a deep voice: “Mr. Brown, no more pretending to have amnesia and pushing Emma away this time?”
Alex Brown lowered his eyes like conceding defeat and laughed at himself.
“Before, I was indeed wrong.”
When he looked at Charles Taylor again, his dark eyes were full of honesty: “I want to get Emma back, to love her and make it up to her as much as I can. Of course, your feelings for her can’t be erased, so if you want to compete, I’m willing to do so.”
Competition? On what basis?
Charles Taylor fell silent, and when Emma Rosy returned, he smiled and said goodbye.
Next to the restaurant was a bar, which was not open during the day, but he forced the owner to open a private room and ordered a table of drinks to drink alone.
Before he got drunk, he kept asking himself, “What makes you compete with Alex Brown?
In fact, from the very beginning, he lost, right …
When he walked out of the bar, night had already fallen, and the central street, which was usually crowded with cars, was exceptionally quiet tonight.
Muttering vaguely, he turned around and walked back, not paying attention to the traffic light that was only a few seconds away above his head.
The siren blasts a few meters away and he is suddenly startled, too drunk to think, and almost watches as the car crashes into him–
The car stopped just a centimeter in front of him.
The woman driver opened the door and got out, only to see him slowly close his eyes and fall to the ground.
Half an hour later, Charles Taylor was sleeping peacefully in his hospital bed, while the woman driver leaned back on the couch and looked at him with a blank expression, thinking that this was probably the worst experience of her life.
She spent the night in an anxious mood, and when dawn came, she stood by the bed with two dark circles under her eyes, waiting for the man to wake up.
And Charles Taylor satisfied with a full night’s sleep, when he opened his eyes to see a cold and slightly disgusted woman’s face, instantly scared to sit up from the bed.
“You … what are you?!”
Zoey Smith rolled a white eye, raised her chin and said, “Please check your limbs, no problem then I’ll go.”
At that, Charles Taylor looked at his hands in bewilderment, before the image of last night flashed in his mind.
He was almost hit, this should be the owner of the car in front of him, know that he was not injured and still guard the hospital, she is also responsible.
Thinking about this, he finally eased his tone: “You brake in time, I was not injured, please send me to the medical …”
“It’s okay, no need to talk nonsense.”
Finally, the trouble is taken care of, Zoey Smith can not wait to draw a check from the wallet, thrown on the bed without looking at Charles Taylor again, and left in a hurry.
One hundred thousand dollars?
Charles Taylor scanned the check and looked at the woman’s direction of departure with a bewildered look, thinking that this person is either a psychopath or has too much money to spend, he did not ask her to compensate, need to throw money like a charity?
The check fell lightly on the ground as he casually lifted the quilt, and he got up to walk to the bathroom, but the phone rang behind him.
Early in the morning, the assistant brought a bad news.
“Mr. Taylor, the bank that was negotiated yesterday has reneged!”
Charles Taylor, who was a bit dizzy after the hangover and had been moving idly, instantly froze in place upon hearing the words.
After meeting with the head of the bank yesterday, he was overjoyed and had been impatient to sign a new project, and intended to use it to fight a turnaround battle.
Now the funding for the new project has fallen through, how can this be good?
After hanging up the phone, he sat down in his hospital bed, as if he had already seen the collapse of the Taylor Group, and it was all his fault.
In desperation, a man calling himself Alex Brown’ assistant called.
“Hello Mr. Taylor, this is Eric Chan, I wonder if you remember?”
Charles Taylor was stunned at first, then remembered the time Eva Taylor was drunk.
“Well, what can I do for you?” He was not in the mood for catching up, and answered casually with a slightly cold look.
“If it’s convenient for you, please come to Brown Group in the afternoon.”
Eric Chan is always polite and courteous when dealing with business, but there is still some imperceptible condescension in his tone.
Charles Taylor, with his delicate mind, was vaguely displeased, but Alex Brown clearly had business to discuss. The Taylor Group’s current situation did not allow him to be as tough as he had been in the past, so he hesitated for a moment and agreed.
In the late afternoon, Charles Taylor walked unhindered into the president’s office of Brown Group, where Alex Brown had been waiting for a long time.
“Taylor Group has just signed a project contract and the lending bank has broken faith with you, resulting in a large lack of funds.” Alex Brown pushed a cup of tea in front of Charles Taylor and said sincerely, “I can help Taylor Group to make up for this funding.”
After Charles Taylor raised his hand in recognition, he continued, “Only one condition, please stay away from Emma.”
Money for feelings is a deal that never gets old.
“I don’t agree.” Charles Taylor didn’t consider and flatly refused: “Emma is not an object, how cold she would be if she knew about this, have you thought about it?”
“We can keep her out of the loop, and you should be aware that even without this deal, Emma will not belong to you. As far as you’re concerned, it’s a virtually costless deal.” Alex Brown spread his hands with a look of righteousness.
His face was so hateful, and what was even more hateful was that there was no fault to be found in his words.
The hands under the table slowly clenched, Charles Taylor snickered, insisting not to let go.
However, many times, silence already represents a choice, just need someone to push him to take the last step forward.
Alex Brown also hooked his lips smile,: “This project is the Taylor Group duel, for a woman who is impossible to get, Mr. Taylor, do you think it is worth it?”
Of course, not worth it.
Charles Taylor stood up and walked expressionlessly towards the door, Alex Brown leaned back in his chair with a leisurely posture: “How about it Mr. Taylor, yes or no.”
“You’ve said all the words, do I have a choice?” Charles Taylor spoke coldly and left the office without stopping his footsteps.
Standing at the end of the corridor, staring at the closed elevator doors in front of him, he tried to tense his face to keep his chagrin from coming out.
When he looked back, the elevator doors opened slowly, and an elegant and beautiful woman came out of it.
Casual glance, but some strange feeling, look again, only to find that this woman is very familiar, it is the rich lady met in the hospital this morning.
The woman walked into the president’s office.
This woman and Alex Brown actually know each other. It’s really strange, last night the woman hit him with her car, and this morning he received a notice from the bank to renege, and Alex Brown is also well-informed, threatening him with this matter.
Is there a connection between them?
He pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then left with a lot of suspicion.
In the office, Alex Brown and Zoey Smith sat opposite each other, looking rather helpless.
“Ms. Smith, I think I’ve made it clear enough that Brown Group has no intention of working with your company at this time, and as for a personal relationship, it’s even more unlikely.”
“Why? Give me a reason.” Zoey Smith folded her legs, her high heels hanging in mid-air, and swayed leisurely.
Alex Brown slightly disgusted averted his eyes, his voice gradually sank: “Brown Group’s project planning for this year has been completed, I do not like to break the plan, this explanation can be?”
Zoey Smith smiled wryly, suddenly leaned forward, arms propped on the coffee table, came up to Alex Brown ambiguously: “What I want to know is, why can’t we have a personal relationship.”
“Because I don’t like you.” Alex Brown replied seriously.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t like it, anyway, there is a saying that love grows with time, but if you fall into my eyes, I will definitely chase you down!”
Alex Brown coldly gave the eviction order: “As you wish, I have work to do, Ms. Smith please go back.”
Zoey Smith also did not linger, quickly got up and left, but before leaving the door, suddenly turned back and said meaningfully: “I know why you do not like me, because of that Emma Rosy woman.”
Alex Brown wasn’t sure if her intention was to show off, provoke, or threaten, but it ultimately deepened his impression of her. Unbeknownst to him, this was exactly Zoey Smith’s ploy.
In the evening, Emma Rosy and Joe Wright had just come out of the hospital and were going home to rest when they suddenly received a call from Eva Taylor.
Eva Taylor sounded anxious and her voice was already crying: “Joe, my brother is missing! The secretary said he was in a very bad mood, what should we do, where the hell did he go?
Joe Wright did not know about the Taylor Group crisis and was confused after hearing Eva Taylor’s words. Emma Rosy grabbed the phone and told Eva Taylor to take it easy and describe the situation as clearly as possible.
Eva Taylor choked for a moment, barely calmed down, choked: “Yesterday my brother did not come home all night, today also did not show up, I was afraid that he was in trouble so I called the secretary, but the secretary said the company encountered trouble, he went out in the afternoon, until now can not be contacted … Emma, you say where he will go ah, will … he do something stupid?”
“Don’t think nonsense, it will be fine, I promise!” The bank has promised to provide a loan to Taylor Group, Charles Taylor should be in high spirits at the moment, how can he think about it?
After reassuring Eva Taylor, Emma Rosy hung up the phone and discussed with Joe Wright and decided to split up and find someone.
After dialing the phone numerous times, she finally got through, Charles Taylor gave her location, and she raced to it.