Chapter 39

Andre's POV
　　I was lying in a hospital bed and Emily didn't have time to come and take care of me today. I've recovered so much from my wounds that I don't need her to come over to the hospital every day to be with me. I just want to see her every day. From the moment I tried to save Emily against all odds, I knew I wouldn't be able to live without her for the rest of my life.
　　Emily sent me a message today telling me she had some work to finish and couldn't come to the hospital with me. I was a little disappointed, but I thought Emily should have her own space, so I didn't make excessive demands.
　　It was close to midnight and I was lying in bed playing with my phone when an unfamiliar number suddenly sent me a text message, followed by several pictures. I clicked in curiously and found it was a message about Emily.
　　Do you want to know what your girlfriend has been doing?
　　Although I have a desire to control Emily, I'm not a paranoid control freak, so I've never sent anyone to follow Emily, but why would someone send me a message about Emily now? Wait? This is Nathan and Emily? Didn't she tell me that she had a job? Why is she in Paradise with Nathan?
　　The main characters in the photo are Emily and Nathan.
　　A picture of Nathan holding Emily in the hospital with everyone watching. Some photos of Emily getting off work and Nathan coming to pick her up, and a photo of them looking at each other under the fireworks!
　　The date on the photo shows today, and Nathan and Emily are so close that the angle the photo was taken would make me think they were kissing!
　　I trusted Emily not to cheat on me, but I couldn't control my anger and jealousy.
　　I dialed Lucy's phone number. "Lucy, go to the project department immediately! Go and see if Emily is still working."
　　"Okay. Mr. Vincent... Sir, Ms. Jones is not in the project department right now. An employee told me she left the office right on time at closing time." Lucy's answer reminded me of that picture again.
　　Emily left the office and didn't come to see me, but went to paradise with Nathan?
　　This was unacceptable to me!
　　I glanced at the time on my phone, it was 9:30 p.m., and the park was already closed. I dialed the home phone and the person who answered was Kate.
　　"Dad? Are you feeling better?"
　　"Much better... I guess I'll be back with my little angel soon. But, Kate, isn't Emily home yet? How come you're the one answering the phone?"
　　I didn't want to think about the worst possible answer. If Emily and Nathan had simply been hanging out, she would be back at the villa by now...
　　"Emi just got home. She looks exhausted. I'm a big girl now and I can't always bother Emily, so I'm coming down to get some water myself."
　　Kate's answer made me sigh with relief.
　　Although I don't know what happened to Emily to make her follow Nathan to the amusement park after work, and even lie to me about it. But I would ask for clarification when she came in tomorrow. I'm worried that something unpleasant happened to Emily and that's why she chose to go on a trip with Nathan to relax instead of talking to me.
　　On the weekend, Emily came to the hospital very early. I had planned to ask her about it a little later, but the doubt inside me made me unable to control my question immediately.
　　"Baby, I want you to answer me honestly. Where did you go yesterday? Why did you come home late at night?"
　　"How do you know I came home late last night?"
　　"It doesn't matter, Emi, just tell me why you came home late last night?"
　　I didn't answer Emily's question, stubbornly repeating my earlier query.
　　"I already told you yesterday, Andy, I was working."
　　Emily's tone was hesitant, but she still chose to lie to me, which made me very angry.
　　I took out my phone and clicked on those photos I received yesterday, "Tell me what's going on with these photos? Why would you go to an amusement park with Nathan when you are no longer in charge of the mall project?!"
　　"Oh my God, Andre, where did you get these pictures?" Emily questioned me, she looked very angry, maybe she thought I had someone following her.
　　"Emily. It's not important about the photos. I'm just asking you if you don't have these photos, are you going to keep lying to me?"
　　Emily's POV
　　I was very surprised.
　　There were so many photos on Andre's phone. Every time Nathan and I saw each other and even yesterday when I went to the park with Nathan, they all had pictures taken.
　　The angle of each photo looked like someone had secretly taken it from a location we couldn't see, and Nathan and I looked very close in each one.
　　I couldn't help but remember what had happened yesterday. I was worried that telling Andre about Toby's arrival at the office would make it difficult for him, so I chose to avoid it. I agreed to Nathan's proposal to go to the amusement park with him, but I didn't expect Nathan to confess his love to me and be so sincere and humble.
　　I already had Andre's love, and I loved him very much. So I firmly rejected Nathan, although he never expected me to abandon Andre to be with him in the first place.
　　"Andre, you had someone follow me?"
　　My first thought was that Andre didn't trust me, so he had been arranging for someone to keep an eye on my whereabouts out of my sight and report back to him.
　　Andre is a very controlling and possessive person, and I know his character very well after spending so much time with him.
　　"No! Emily, you disappoint me so much. How could you doubt me like that?" Andre looked very angry and he answered my question angrily.
　　I believe Andre. I know him, he doesn't care to lie about this. If he had asked someone to follow me, then he would have admitted it.
　　"I'm sorry, Andy, I shouldn't have doubted you. I shouldn't have lied to you yesterday either. I... I just didn't want you to worry about me. I agreed to go to the amusement park with Nathan just to relax." I walked over to Andre and hugged him, feeling very guilty inside.
　　I knew I had to tell Andre the truth today, otherwise, there would be a crisis of trust between him and me, and that would be a terrible thing.
　　"Yesterday Toby came to see me at work and he got down on his knees in front of me and begged me to give him money. I turned him down, so a lot of people think I'm a bad woman. Because Toby looked so miserable and I, as his daughter, didn't care about him. It was Nathan who helped me at that time, he pulled me out of the crowd and I didn't come to see you because I didn't want you to worry."
　　I told Andre everything that happened yesterday, including the reason why I would promise Nathan to go to the amusement park, and I also told him what happened that day at the hospital.
　　"That day at the hospital I was tricked by Fiona to stay in the hospital lobby to do research, and I was misunderstood by the nurses as a commercial spy to be thrown out of the hospital. I called Fiona's phone and she didn't pick up my call. It was Nathan who helped me. Nathan has helped me so many times that I couldn't refuse him."
　　I pointed to the last photo again, where Nathan and I were so close under the fireworks that it looked like we were kissing. But I knew that wasn't the case.
　　Nathan was just trying to touch my cheek but I avoided it.
　　"Yesterday, Nathan told me he liked me, but I had firmly rejected him. I love you, Andy, you are my eternity and I will never betray you."
　　"Emi, you are always so soft-hearted. I trust you won't do anything to betray me, but I hope you won't see Nathan again in the future, I'll be jealous and mad with envy."