Collins looked down at me and gently shook his head.“There’s no need to rush.We’ll talk after the dessert shop opens.”
I blinked in surprise. For some reason,his words warmed my heart.
It wasn’t that I actually didn’t see how special Collins was to me and thought he would use the matter of saving my life and opening the store as an offer to be with me.I even thought I might say yes if he asked.
I did not expect that he would not say anything about it.
“Then…we have a deal,” I said softly.
“Deal.“He smiled,his eyes like falling stars.“Boss Smith.”
It was late at night,but I no longer felt alone.
There was a time when Nathan filled me with hope,but also with scars.
At this moment,Collins said, “I thought you were doing well,” but it made me remember the little girl who had been full of light for her dreams. Maybe…it was not too late to start over.
The moment Nathan opened his eyes,Alicia was the only one in the hospital room. She was sitting on the bed with her hand clasped. Her eyes filled with tiredness because she had not slept at all,waiting for him to wake up.
“Mr.Campbell,you finally woke up.“Alicia’s voice was soft,with a choked excitement, “You scare me to death yesterday….”
However,Nathan just stared at her coldly. There was no emotion in those eyes.
“Get lost.“His voice was hoarse but without a trace of warmth.“You disgust me.”
Alicia’s smile froze. Her face turned ghostly pale.“What…what did you say,Mr.Campbell?”
“I said I hate being manipulated.”His voice was clear.“You know exactly what you did.”
“I–I didn’t…“Alicia shook her head frantically,her tears sprang out abruptly.“I just…I just like you! never wanted to hurt you,Nathan,I swear!I didn’t know the old madam would resort to family rule….”
“Do you like me?“Nathan furrowed tightly. “Since when?Since you schemed to have my child Since you slowly pushed Laurissa out of my life?”
He was genuinely mesmerized by Alicia’s appearance,thinking she was also a victim of a one–night stand by him by accident and pregnant with a child he couldn’t get rid of. Then the child had to stay because of the Campbell Family’s pressure.
He had even felt guilty toward her. However,now she claimed she loved him. What did she mean? “No!That’s not it!” Alicia’s voice cracked and she babbled all over the place as she shook her head again and again,like a cat that got its tail stepped on.
“I’ve liked you way back since high school,do you remember? That day…I got my period unexpectedly and there was blood on my pants. Everyone laughed at me, but you stood up for me. You said,’Don’t bully people,and stood in front of me to block their view…”
Tears sparkled in her eyes.She couldn’t hold it back anymore.
4:27 pm D DDD.
“That moment changed everything for me.I told myself I had to become someone worthy of you.l studied hard,pushed myself,worked my way into university…then entered your company…became your assistant.”
“I learned fast,Nathan.I did everything I could to make your life easier.Remember that night when you worked until eleven in the evening?I should’ve gone home,but I stayed. I stayed just in case you were alone without dinner. So I stayed until midnight. When you left…you said, ‘Thanks for your hard work.”
“I cried that night.It was the first time I felt all my years of effort finally got noticed by you.” “Also…also,“her voice was getting smaller,but she was choking even more, “Once I had a cold and a fever and you even told me to go home and rest,saying’health is important’and you instructed Adam Sawyer to ask for a vacation for me…. You’ve always been gentle with me,you just don’t know it yourself.”
