Chapter 20

Andre's POV
　　"Andre, I'd like you to reconsider your relationship with Miss Jones. If you only see her as a mistress, I have no objection. But if you're going to get married, I'd still like you to find a girl with the same background as our family or a simple background."
　　I had expected that Wilson had approached me to discuss Emily, but I didn't expect him to be so direct. Looking at his already aging face, I seriously told him for the first time what I thought inside.
　　"Dad, I have decided that I want to be with Emily all my life. I only recognize her as my wife. And, as you can see Kate is very fond of her, so I will not accept your offer."
　　Wilson sighed and didn't persuade me any further. I owned the company that belonged to me alone and no longer had to live off him. He could no longer restrain me.
　　Saying goodbye to Wilson and Jane, I drove Emily and Kate back to my villa.
　　We were getting out of the car and going into the house together when my phone suddenly rang.
　　Kelly?
　　"Sorry Emily, you take Kate inside first, I'll take a call."
　　I frowned and looked at Emily and Kate who was still waiting for me aside and let them go back to the villa first. I took the phone and went back to the car.
　　"Andre, how have you been? Are you okay?"
　　Kelly's voice came over the phone. I sat in the car with a cold face, wondering what the reason was for her to call at this time.
　　"Kelly, I'm very busy right now."
　　"Well, I'm sorry to bother you, Andre, but I just wanted to let you know that I'm going back home soon. Do you have time to meet with me?"
　　Kelly's voice sounded eager like she was afraid I would just hang up. But I didn't want to see her, so I just refused.
　　"Sorry, Kelly, I've been very busy lately and don't have time to meet you."
　　"Can I see Kate then? It's been a long time since I've seen her. Has she grown?"
　　"Kelly, I don't understand what you are going to say. But if you cared about Kate, you wouldn't have abandoned her and left here before!"
　　Kelly couldn't find any words to refute me and kept telling me she was sorry. Then she changed the subject to something else.
　　"I'm sorry, Andre. I... I know it's my fault, and I'm sorry. But how have you been? I often see news about you on the Internet, you are more handsome than a few years ago."
　　I was silent and didn't want to reply to her, but Kelly kept finding new things to talk about.
　　Finally, as if she couldn't think of anything else to talk about, she asked about Emily.
　　"Andre, why do you want to go out with that girl? I don't think she's right for you. She doesn't deserve you."
　　I don't know what Kelly's purpose for calling was, but I hate it when someone talks bad about Emily to me, and I hate it when someone says we're not right for each other!
　　"Kelly, we are divorced. It's my freedom to build a relationship with whatever girl I want, and it has nothing to do with you."
　　I sat in the car and impatiently hung up without waiting for Kelly to say anything else.
　　Kelly and I met at a party. She was a very famous movie star at the time, with a very interesting personality, good looks, and a sexy body.
　　I had had a lot to drink that day, so I didn't refuse when she offered to help me into the room.
　　After all, at my age at the time, I wouldn't push away any beauty who offered to make love to me.
　　When I woke up, I was so satisfied with Kelly's service that I sought her out a few more times. There was no more contact after that until the day Kelly told me she was pregnant.
　　I didn't choose to believe her right away when she said she was pregnant on the phone at the time. I took her to a private hospital that I had invested in to get tested and the results showed that she was indeed a month pregnant.
　　Kelly didn't lie, and I wasn't going to give up on this little life, so I chose to marry her. But we didn't have a wedding, we just registered the marriage certificate.
　　When Kate was two years old, Kelly betrayed me. I saw her having sex with a man in bed with my own eyes, and it made me very sick.
　　I divorced her despite Kelly's pleas and apologies. Then she left the area and we never had contact again.
　　I sat in the car for a long time until I opened the door and went back to the villa after Emily sent a message asking where I had been.
　　"Did something happen? You were out there for a long time. kate was asleep."
　　I went back to my room and Emily asked me with a puzzled look on her face if something had happened.
　　I shook my head and told her it was just a work problem and didn't tell her about Kelly.
　　Emily's POV
　　"Emily, how are you doing? I apologize for what happened last time. It was all Emma's fault! If you can I'd like you to come home and I'll say sorry in person for Emma."
　　I didn't think Toby would take the initiative to call me and invite me to his house. He sounded very polite on the phone and even seemed to be ingratiating himself with me.
　　"Mr. Brown, do you have anything else important to say? If not, I'd better not go."
　　"Emily, I have something very important to discuss with you. I need you to come home."
　　Why would Toby have something important to discuss with me? Bella hates me the most, does she agree with me going too?
　　"What's going on? You don't look too good."
　　Andre sat next to me, and after hearing my sigh, he put down the newspaper in his hand and asked me with concern.
　　"Toby, that's my father, asked me to come to his house. He said he had something important to discuss with me."
　　I remembered Toby's very different tone from before and was a little worried.
　　"He never used to call me unsolicited. Every time he received a call from me he was very impatient, but this time it sounded like he was trying to please me. He also told me he wanted to apologize to me. I'm worried they're thinking of something bad."
　　"Can you not go back? Emily, I don't think you need to have much contact with your father. To be honest, I don't think Mr. Brown is a very nice man. Both in terms of work and family."
　　I didn't want to go to Toby's house either. Every time I went to Toby's house something happened that made me feel awful.
　　"I can't go, Andre. if I don't go, Toby will accuse me to Hellen of not respecting him as a father. Mom will be sad."
　　"Hellen just doesn't want you to have a bad relationship with Toby. If you want to go, I'll arrange bodyguards for you."
　　I didn't refuse Andre's offer and arrived at Toby's house with my doubts.
　　This time I was greeted not by a maid but by Toby, who opened the door for me.
　　Bella also didn't ignore me or even mock me anymore and took the initiative to greet me.
　　"Emily! You're back? Come in!"
　　"Emily, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Sit down."
　　They saw the bodyguards behind me but didn't say anything.
　　I led the bodyguards into Toby's house and came into the living room to find Emma there. I hadn't seen her since I beat her up at the club.
　　She stood up looking very upset and I thought she was going to rush over and attack me, but instead, she glared at me turned around, and went upstairs.
　　I felt very strange, Emma had always acted very condescending in front of me. Even in front of Andre, she dared to say bad things about me. I hit her last time, why didn't she get back at me for what happened last time?
　　"Mr. Brown, is there something you need to talk to me about? I hope we can finish our discussion quickly, I have classes this afternoon."
　　I didn't intend to sit still for long. Their perverse behavior struck me as very puzzling. I couldn't guess what was the purpose of their being so friendly to me?
　　"Emily, we heard that you are dating Mr. Vincent. Recently, my company happened to have some problems and needs a large amount of money. I hope you can go and ask for Mr. Vincent's help to invest in our family's company."