Beloved Old Lover

By the time Emily returned to the alley, it was already seven o’clock at night. Because she was in a bad mood, she changed her mind.

She told the driver to drop her off at the park, go for a walk alone and sit on a bench, watch the lake sparkling with electric light, review old memories, then make up her mind to let go of the past, then return.

As soon as Emily opened the gate, suddenly a group of people rushed to her side. Their faces were very fierce, she could tell they were gangsters by looking at them.

She quickly rushed in and closed the gate, but they quickly grabbed her, dragged her into the yard, and called James out to talk.

And as soon as they saw him appear, they immediately pushed her away.

“What’s wrong, old man, are you planning on hiding in the house? Hurry up and pay, our big brother said if we can’t get the money today then we’ll have to take your fingers.” One guy pulled out a sharp knife, touched the blade with his finger, and said.

Emily was scared and quickly ran to her father’s side. She guessed this was another gang of loan sharks because the gang that beat her father had extended the debt repayment period for another three days.

“Right now I don’t have any cash in the house, all the money is at the company. Tomorrow… tomorrow I will go to the company and…” James stammered.

“Shut up. Do you think we are children? Always promise. If you don’t have money, raise your hand.”

After finishing speaking, he nodded his head and signaled the people standing behind him to rush up, grab Emily and James, and pull them to both sides.

They didn’t hit her, but they did hit her father in the stomach. With each hit, he asked her father if he would pay or not.

“Don’t fight anymore… dad… dad. Don’t fight anymore, I beg you guys don’t fight anymore.”

Emily cried and tried to rush forward, but was pinned to the ground by two strong men.

She helplessly watched them beating her father. Desperation made her hate herself. She hated herself for not having the courage to help him. She hated that she was not good at making money and not good at communicating to be able to shoulder that debt for him.

“Don’t fight anymore, please stop… please…”

While crying, she suddenly saw a very familiar figure appear and quickly pass by her. She blinked to see clearly and realized it was Daniel.

He didn’t say anything, grabbed the guy who was beating her father, and punched him in the face, then he grabbed the wrist of the man who was holding her father. Perhaps he used too much force, so that guy quickly let go of her father.

James lost his support and fell to the ground. He couldn’t see anything because he was beaten so much that everything around him went dark.

Seeing their comrades being beaten, the two guys holding Emily and the leader immediately rushed forward.

“Dad, dad…” Emily quickly crawled to help her dad up, tears falling from her eyes, causing strands of hair to stick to her face.

Next to her was a mess, Daniel and several men were fighting. His movements were very fast, punching this guy, kicking that guy, and soon making them roll around in the yard.

When Daniel was six years old, his parents let him learn martial arts for self-defense, so inside the weak, scholarly appearance of an office worker is a guy who has practiced martial arts for more than twenty years.

“Damn it.” The leader cursed loudly, then grabbed a knife and ran forward.

Daniel leaned over and prevented the sharp blade from piercing his chest, but it passed through his arm, leaving a long laceration.

Not caring about the pain, he grabbed the leader’s hand and turned around, twisted his hand backward, took out the knife, threw it into a potted plant, and then kicked him down.

Several of his subordinates had just gotten up, roared, and ran at the same time, determined to take down their target.

Emily was almost frozen from just now until now, but when she saw blood flowing from Daniel’s arm, she quickly stood up and rushed to block in front of him.

“Stop, he is the second young master of the Unicons group. You won’t be able to live if you hurt him.” She shouted, her whole body trembling.

“What? Did you say this man is the deputy general manager of the Unicons group?” The leader opened his eyes wide, pointed to Daniel, and asked.

“Yes, so if the problem is related to money, please tell me.” Daniel gently pulled Emily behind him, stepped forward, and spoke politely.

Seeing that the leader had signaled the juniors to retreat, Daniel immediately told Emily to take James into the house and leave the work outside to him.

At this point, she could no longer refuse his help, so she was helpless and obediently followed his orders.

“Oh my god, deputy general director, why didn’t you reveal your identity sooner? Your hand…”

“Okay, let’s get to the point. How much do they owe you?” Daniel spoke up, interrupting the man’s words.

He took a step back and told Daniel that the total amount of principal that James had borrowed and interest on interest had now reached eight hundred thousand dollars.

He also revealed to Daniel that James not only borrowed money from his boss but also borrowed money from other gangs through bank maturity dates.

Daniel frowned when he heard the person opposite him say. He suddenly thought that the reason Emily approached his brother might be because she wanted someone to help her father pay this huge amount of money.

Just thinking about how she had to live in anxiety and fear all this time made the bridge of his nose suddenly sting.

Does she consider him a friend like she said? Why didn’t she talk about this with him?

“I will pay you this money on behalf of her father. Tomorrow, bring all the loan documents to the coffee shop opposite Unicons Group for me to see. Now get out of here.”

The leader agreed, nodded, and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to leave. He did not doubt Daniel’s identity because even though he had never seen his face, the car parked in front of the house was already a certificate.

There are only two of cars in the country, one belongs to Daniel, and the other belongs to the youngest son of the president of NA Bank, who is also his big brother’s business partner.

Waiting for them to get in the car, Daniel went to the gate and closed it. He is in the business world so he understands that these gangs are related to banks.

Every time a business or individual has to go through bank maturity procedures but has no money, the bank staff will introduce them to borrow money from these gangs.

After that, the disbursement procedures will be delayed by the bank, sometimes they say there are missing documents, and sometimes they say the person with authority to sign the documents is busy with work…

One day without disbursement, the hot loan amount will increase exponentially. After a week or two, the business will incur another debt.

When he entered the house, Emily also came down from upstairs, carrying a first aid box. She didn’t know what to say, she couldn’t even say thank you.

She no longer feels confident when standing in front of him, she is now a poor person, even worse than a street vendor, at least, they don’t have as much debt as her.

“Is your dad okay? Do we need to take him to the hospital?” He proactively asked.

“He is sleeping. He only had pain on the outside of his body. I applied medicated oil to him so the pain eased. Let… let me help you bandage your wound.”

After saying that, she grabbed his hand, pulled him to the sofa, and forced him to sit down. Her slender, trembling hands helped him undo each button.

The shirt was quickly removed, revealing Daniel’s perfect body with toned muscles. Emily only focused on the cut on his arm, not paying attention to anything else.

“Are you in pain?” She asked while wiping away the dried blood streaks around the wound.

“No pain.” He smiled and replied gently.

After disinfecting and bandaging his wound, she helped him put his shirt back on. Perhaps this shirt will only be worn on him for today. It was torn and he would throw it away.

“Daniel, thank you, sorry.” She bowed her head and said.

“Emily, can you lean on me? You’ll think I’m an opportunist, but I still want to say it. Emily, please agree to be with me. I will help you solve all your family problems.”Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

He quickly placed his hands on her shoulders, forcing her to face him. He admits that he is truly an opportunist.

As soon as he knew his brother had just abandoned her, he took that opportunity to pursue her. And now too, he believes that the moment she is weak and needs a lifeline, she will give him a chance.

Tears broke and flowed down the girl’s haggard face. She could feel the sincere feelings that Daniel had for her through his eyes and the things he did for her and her father.

However, how could she accept entering into this relationship when he knew clearly that she and his brother had loved each other and knew that she came back to approach Kevin but failed?

“Daniel, my father’s company is about to go bankrupt, the debt is a huge number, not just eight hundred thousand dollars.” She gently pushed his hand away from her and said.

“I know, that’s why I proposed like that. Emily, if I can go through this difficult period with you, I will be loved a lot by you in the future, right? Give me a chance, maybe you don’t love me now, but if you agree to be a little closer to me, you will more or less have feelings for me. Emily, for the past three nights, I haven’t been able to sleep because I’ve been thinking about you. Let’s consider that I agree to save the Wine company and you agree to save me, okay?”

Daniel spoke for a long time, one sentence after another, making Emily speechless, and could only open her eyes wide and look at the lovesick man in front of her.

Yes, her heart fluttered before him. For the first time, she thought a lot about another man, not Kevin.

The time they met wasn’t long, but he left deep footprints in her life that are hard to forget.

She really didn’t want him to fall in love or miss her, but now, that seed of love had fallen into his heart and it was growing quickly and intensely, beyond her imagination.

Afraid that Emily would refuse, Daniel quickly hugged her so she could feel the beat of his heart, feel the warmth he could give her.

The strong vibrations she brought to him from their first few meetings made him love her as deeply as he loved her many years ago.

“Emily, please think about my proposal. For now, I will resolve issues related to your family outside of the bank. Don’t feel pressured, just think slowly.”

After saying that, he let go of her and used his hand to wipe away the tear stains on her cheeks.

Then he asked her to allow him to stay and sleep on the sofa because he wanted to make sure that no other gang broke in here in the middle of the night.

Although she knew it was just an excuse because if she didn’t open the gate or the door, no one could get in, she couldn’t bear to refuse his offer.

“Have you had dinner yet?”

“I’ve already eaten, I just need a place to sleep.”

“Okay, go upstairs, there’s an empty room. Let me get you a pillow and blanket.”