Beloved Old Lover

The following days, as usual, every eleven o’clock in the afternoon, Emily appeared at the corporation’s gate and went straight to Kevin’s office because now, all the employees of the company knew she was his wife.

“I heard that pumpkin cures headaches, try to eat more.” She scooped a bowl of soup and gave it to Kevin and said.

“Yes, it seems I’m old. Before, even if I stayed up until morning, I wouldn’t have a headache like this.” He took it, smiling tiredly.

After the meal ended, Emily quickly cleaned up and followed Kevin into the bedroom. She told him to put his head on her legs and then massaged his head.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Long, soft fingers threaded into thick hair, gently massaging, causing Kevin’s pain to quickly subside.

Emily understands that men like him and Kurt always want to reach out to the ocean, go further and further, and don’t want to stop.

Therefore, she can only encourage and do these small things for him but does not dare to open her mouth to tell him to be content with the present and narrow the scope of business to avoid hardship.

There was also a time when she told him to stay at a hotel near the company to save time, but he refused, no matter how late it was, he still went home to sleep with her.

After a long time, seeing his facial muscles completely relax and hearing his steady breathing, Emily knew that he was asleep.

Because she didn’t want to wake him up, she kept her sitting position and closed her eyes.

This seemingly simple happiness is exchanged for blood, tears, and losses that are difficult to compensate for. Therefore, she wants to cherish him a lot.

When Kevin woke up, what caught his eye was the sleeping face of the beauty. Looking at her from this angle made him feel like she was protecting him.

Gently sitting up, he hugged her, carefully laid her down, looked at her for a long time, and then gently kissed her pink lips.

It wasn’t until two o’clock that Emily woke up. She covered her mouth with her hand, yawned, and then went into the bathroom to wash her face, preparing to go home.

When she passed Kevin’s desk, she picked up the photo of the two of them and looked at it.

This photo was taken in the morning, by the window when he and she woke up in the stilt house, taking a selfie, only seeing two contented smiling faces and the blurry green landscape in the distance.

She considered that trip as his and her honeymoon, not long but full of emotions.

“Oh, it’s so beautiful.” Emily exclaimed when she discovered the delicate brooch next to Kevin’s pen box.

Emotion welled up inside her. She didn’t expect that he still remembered today’s anniversary and prepared this gift for her.

After looking at it for a while longer, she put it back in its place and happily left the room.

But that joy didn’t last long when she stopped by the coffee shop opposite the corporation to buy a custard smoothie.

“I heard that the boss’s wife has been coming to give him food these past few days, but I haven’t seen her face yet.” An employee of the finance department spoke up.

“If you go online, you’ll see her. She is the fiancee of the late deputy general director Daniel.” The girl next to her replied.

“I heard that too, but I just wanted to see what she looks like now.”

“Still as beautiful as a beauty queen. She’s in a place where the sun doesn’t shine and the rain doesn’t hit her, so how can she be ugly?”

Next, the girl sighed, saying that at first, she thought Lisa was the boss’s current lover, but unexpectedly she was just a substitute.

However, the finance department employee quickly said that being a substitute was not a disadvantage because Lisa was given money and clothes by her boss.

And on long business trips, it’s like she gets to monopolize that national husband for many days, just like a concubine.

Next, both girls also discussed Lisa’s limp gait after a longer-than-expected business trip and blamed Kevin for being too violent and not cherishing the beauty.

“Your drinks are ready.” The beverage bartender handed the bags containing the smoothies to the two customers and said.

The two girls quickly took them and left.

Emily felt cold all over, trying to hold on to the counter to steady herself, and looked at the two slender figures crossing the street.

She is also no stranger to employees buying drinks for the entire department during work hours.

Emily only knew the face of one of those two girls. Perhaps she was wearing a mask and hat so they didn’t realize she was the character they mentioned at the beginning of the story.

And when their story ended, she felt like she was just a supporting character in it.

She wanted to trust her husband, but if there was no fire, how could there be smoke?

Previously, when she was his assistant, she didn’t hear any rumors about him. Even when she knew he was in a relationship with Emma, no one in the company mentioned it.

The photo of the man’s legs on Lisa’s page appeared in her mind again.

“What would you like to drink?”

The voice of the employee at the counter rang out, pulling Emily out of her chaotic thoughts. She quickly turned around and asked the bartender to make her a custard smoothie.

It was still very sunny, but her whole body was shaking because she was cold.

Leaving the coffee shop, her feet walked unconsciously, bringing her to the front gate of the corporation.

She wanted to call Kevin and ask him directly, but then she asked herself, would he tell her the truth?

It wasn’t until three o’clock in the afternoon that Emily arrived home. She carried a bouquet of dark red roses into the kitchen, took a glass vase, and began to put it in and place it on the table.

She thought a lot and decided to ask him. He and she are husband and wife and she should not doubt him just because of other people’s random words. The man she chooses cannot be a promiscuous and unfaithful person.

With Daisy’s help, near five o’clock in the afternoon, the beautifully decorated dishes were completed.

Emily smiled with satisfaction then went back to her room, took a shower, and changed into a light purple dress.

She put on light makeup, sprayed some perfume, then took the gift she had prepared in advance and went down to the living room to wait for her husband.

Twenty minutes passed but she still hadn’t seen the familiar car appear.

Hesitating for a long time, she took out the phone to call Kevin, but before she could do anything, the screen displayed an incoming call from him.

“Wife, I’ll be home a little late. I’ll probably be home in about fifteen minutes.” Kevin’s voice rang out softly on the phone.

“Yes, please drive slowly. I’m not hungry yet.” She replied. The worries in her heart seemed to be taken away by an invisible hand.

Actually, she lied to him and she was hungry.

Putting down the gift box, she walked out into the yard, and walked around, looking at the bamboo lanterns hanging on the trees.

Just imagining the moment he pinned the brooch on her dress, she felt very happy and eagerly waited.

Another fifteen minutes passed and still no car stopped in front of the villa.

Emily stood alone in the afternoon breeze, her eyes staring painfully at the large gate. Her thin hand tightened around the phone after receiving a call from Kevin.

He told her to eat first, not to wait for him because he had an emergency job and had to meet some high-ranking officials.

She did not believe that the meeting with the officials he mentioned would happen suddenly. Usually, these meetings must be scheduled in advance and be on a predetermined schedule.

Even though Emily was in no mood to eat, she still tried to go back into the house and eat because she regretted the effort she spent.

She continuously put food in her mouth, causing her mouth to swell like a balloon, almost choking several times. Tears suddenly fell from her eyes, unable to hold back.

Emily’s appearance at this time made Daisy extremely worried but she did not dare to open her mouth to ask, only guessing that it was because Kevin missed the appointment.

Returning to the room, Emily took out the gift box, picked up the belt, and stared at it, then as if suddenly remembering something important, she quickly turned on her phone and went to Lisa’s personal Facebook page. If she remembered correctly, today, she saw that girl’s birthday notice.

And when she saw the photo of the brooch and a photo of the birthday cake on the dining table with the words “Thank you for your gift, boss”, she was completely motionless.

“Kevin, how could you lie to me… how could you… why…”

The pain surged up, strangling Emily’s heart, and making it extremely difficult for her to breathe, so she had to rush out to the balcony, trying to get some air.

It turned out that she was deceiving herself, she thought he remembered the anniversary and prepared a gift for her.

He was busy all week and he spent that rare free time with that young girl, not his wife. He is so cruel.

If he had feelings for Lisa, he should not have tied her into this marriage.

Love that lasted nearly ten years suddenly turned into resentment.

She wondered when he returned late at night with a tired face, was he really busy working overtime, or was he busy cuddling with that person.

The night became darker and darker, lightning streaked across the sky, bringing with it the sound of thunder.

Emily was still sitting on the balcony, absent-mindedly watching the lights on the buildings gradually turn off.

Perhaps his love for her faded a long time ago, but he stubbornly wants to keep some remnants of the past.

She felt miserable. She never thought that her husband would betray her and secretly fall in love with another woman behind her back.

At nine o’clock at night, the villa fell silent and Daisy also returned to her room.

Emily walked down the stairs, into the kitchen, pulled the bouquet of roses out of the vase, and threw them into the yard, right at the entrance.

She really wanted to call Kevin, wanted to hear if there were any noises from other people around him, but she couldn’t call. She doesn’t have the courage, she doesn’t want to face the truth.

It’s a romantic birthday party and what happens when both of them get drunk and the darkness covers them?

Wiping away her tears, she took the belt and went to another room to sleep, carefully locking the door and curling up in the blanket, hoping for the warmth to heal her wound.

She misses Daniel. That man, from the moment he loved her until the moment he left her, never made her jealous or suspicious.

Because she betrayed him, this is the outcome of a traitor, right?

It wasn’t until nearly eleven o’clock at night that Kevin returned. He was not too drunk, but for his safety, he had to hire a driver to help him drive.

After taking out his wallet to pay, he quickly walked towards the main door and suddenly stopped when he saw fresh rose branches scattered in front of the steps.

“What are these?” Kevin frowned, pointed at them, and asked as soon as Daisy ran up to him.

“Perhaps the mistress threw them away. When I returned to my room, they were still placed in a vase on the table.”

Seeing Kevin’s eyebrows furrow, Daisy immediately told him that today, his wife went into the kitchen herself, cooked a small party, and even bought flowers herself to put in a vase. In the end, she cried while eating.

At this time, Kevin searched his memory and realized that on this day many years ago, the beautiful, rich student confessed her love to him for the tenth time and he accepted to become her lover.

Work piled up so much that he couldn’t remember that important day.

Why didn’t she remind him? Didn’t he tell her to remind him if he forgot?

“Is there any food left? I mean the dishes she cooked.”