Chapter 38

Emily's POV
　　Andre left the suburban hospital to continue his treatment at the city hospital where Hellen was located after his wounds had healed a bit so that I could take care of them both.
　　I would go home every day after work, make dinner and then come to the hospital. I gave the mall project back to Fiona so as not to delay the work schedule, but to my surprise, she wasn't sarcastic or blaming me.
　　"Emily, I've been meaning to tell you for a long time that because this job is too difficult for you, I'm going to assign it to another colleague. You take good care of your mother now, and I'll get it done in earnest."
　　Fiona's attitude made me feel puzzled. She was too strange lately, but I didn't have time to think about her change.
　　Although I had handed all my work back to Fiona, I still didn't have any free time because I had to take care of two patients.
　　"Jane? Sorry, I didn't know you were coming, so the food I prepared might be a little short. I..."
　　Hellen had been asking to come and visit Andre since she found out about his injury. So I took Hellen to the ward at the other end of the hospital and pushed the door open only to see Jane.
　　Why didn't Andre tell me in advance that Jane was coming? I wouldn't have brought Hellen up if I had known.
　　"No, Emily, I've already had dinner. You can come in. But can you introduce me to the lady next to you, Emily?" Jane called out to me, her eyes on Hellen the whole time, and I couldn't guess what she was thinking inside.
　　"Sorry, I forgot. Jane, this is my mother, Hellen Jones. mom, this is Andre's mother, Jane Vincent."
　　Jane and Hellen greeted each other, both of them very friendly, and Hellen had been talking to Jane since she had seen Andre's condition. Andre and I looked at each other and both could see the surprise in each other's eyes. Neither of us expected that two women with such a big difference in status would be able to have such a pleasant conversation.
　　"I'm so glad I got to meet you today, Hellen. I enjoyed talking with you so much, and if you have the chance to please come to my house as a guest, we will surely have a very pleasant day."
　　"Me too, Jane. I'll be sure to visit you when I'm fully recovered."
　　Jane and Hellen spent the entire afternoon talking in Andre's hospital room. They were like a pair of friends who hadn't seen each other in years, and in just one afternoon had become incredibly close. They even affectionately called each other by their first names, and Jane was kind enough to invite Hellen to her home as she was leaving.
　　"Emily. Is the man who picked you up from work these days your boyfriend? He's so handsome!"
　　I was no longer in charge of the mall project, so I rarely met with Nathan. But lately, he has been showing up at my work hours, inviting me to dinner, and taking me to the hospital for some reason.
　　Nathan is a very gentle and attentive person. I have a very good impression of him and I can't refuse his requests. He would sometimes even go with me to see Hellen, who was also very fond of him.
　　But I don't know why people at my work suddenly started saying that I already had a boyfriend and that it wasn't Andre but Nathan. more than one person had told me that I had found a handsome boyfriend, and now even Andy had misunderstood.
　　"No, Lilly, Nathan is not my boyfriend, he's just my regular friend. If you think he's handsome and wants his contact information, I think I can help you. But let's wait until tomorrow for all that, I'm getting off work. Bye." Once again, I explained to Lilly that Nathan and I were not a couple. Even though they didn't believe me. I didn't know what more I could do, except to hope that the rumor would dissipate before Andre returned to the office.
　　"Emily! Emily! Please! I'm your father! Please! Help me! Give me some money!"
　　I had just walked out of the office when a man suddenly rushed up to me and knelt on the ground. I was taken aback and unconsciously stepped back. Only after I got to a safe distance did I have time to take a look at the person in front of me, and it was Toby.
　　He had become a very different person. The last time I saw Toby was at his villa. At that time he was still wearing a bespoke suit, and from the outside, he always looked like an elite. Now, Toby's entire outfit didn't even add up to a few hundred dollars. His hair was very messy, full of the smell of alcohol, and that handsome face was full of beard, looking like a long-time hungry bum on the street.
　　"You didn't have to do that, Mr. Brown! I don't know why you're in this state, but I have nothing to do with you!"
　　I don't feel sorry for Toby just because he's become pathetic. He had done many things to hurt Hellen and to hurt me. I don't have any reason to help him anymore.
　　"No, Emily! I'm here to apologize to you! Please forgive me! My company needs your help!"
　　It was after hours, and there were a lot of people coming out of the office, and they noticed my side of things and stopped to watch. Toby cried out to me at this time, as if I had done something terrible to him.
　　"I told you, Mr. Brown. Your company is losing money and you should figure it out yourself. I'm not going to help you, I have nothing to do with you! Get up!"
　　I knew what Toby was up to, he wanted to show my ungratefulness, my badness by behaving in such a humble way! He wanted to force me to give him money in such a way! That's not even possible!
　　"You can't do this, Emily, I'm your father! You can't help me now that you're working for such a big company! I'm begging you. You have a rich boyfriend. Why can't you help your father?"
　　"Oh my God! Is she from our company? How can she treat her father like this?"
　　"Is this her father? Why does he look like a bum and she looks like a lady from an elite family?"
　　Some people believed Toby's words and whispered accusations that I was a vicious woman with no compassion and uncaring parents. I tried to argue, but they didn't believe me at all. I don't know how Toby could have committed such a despicable act. I also didn't know how he knew I worked at Andre's company.
　　"You're not my father! I don't even have a father! No matter how much you pretend to be pathetic today, I will not choose to help you!"
　　I was so angry, Toby was the most shameless person I had ever met, he didn't have any of the reserves that an elite family should have!
　　The crowd was getting bigger and bigger, and Toby stopped in front of me and wouldn't let me leave, making sure I took out the money before I could leave.
　　"Come with me, Emily!"
　　Nathan suddenly rushed to my side from the crowd, took my hand, and led me out of the crowd, he pushed me into his car and took me out of the company, Toby chased after me desperately and finally couldn't catch up with the speed of the car. I watched Toby disappear from my sight with great joy.
　　"Thank you, Nathan. You've helped me again."
　　I looked at Nathan, who was driving next to me and thanked him sincerely. Nathan was always there when I needed him to help me out, so I didn't know how to repay him.
　　"If you want to thank me just go to the park with me. I hope you'll promise me, Emily."
　　I didn't expect Nathan to make the request now. I had no reason not to say yes to him. He had just helped me get rid of Toby and I didn't want to go see Andre in such a bad state. he would be worried about me.
　　"Okay, I'll go with you."
　　I messaged Andre and told him I couldn't make it to the hospital today and then went to the park with Nathan.
　　We stayed there together until the amusement park closed. The fireworks went off high in the sky and Nathan suddenly took out a bouquet of roses and got down on one knee in front of me.
　　"Emily, I've liked you since I first saw you. I know you can't agree to be my girlfriend because you already have Mr. Vincent. I don't need you to accept me, I just want me to be by your side all the time. I just want you to be happy."