Chapter8
When I woke up again, it was already night.
Nicola was dozing off beside the bed, propping his head up with his hand. As soon as I moved, he woke up immediately.
“You’ve been through so much trouble, Brother Nicola.”
I looked at him apologetically.
“How much did my dad’s surgery cost? I’ll write you an IOU.”
After a day, my rationality had returned.
Now, I knew to distinguish between kindness and resentment.
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“You don’t need to write an IOU,” Nicola said.
“No, Brother Nicola. I know it must be a large sum of money. I might not be able to pay you back in a year or two, but please trust me, I will definitely pay you back,” I interrupted him.
I had already made up my mind about this. I knew that Nicola would definitely not want my money, but I couldn’t just owe him like this. When my dad was still in good shape, this money wasn’t a big deal for both of our families. But now, things were different.
My dad was ill, and the company had gone bankrupt. So this money became very important. I didn’t want people to talk behind my back.
“Emelia has grown up.” Looking at my determined gaze, Nicola smiled with satisfaction. “But really, Emelia, you don’t
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need to write tamiOut Wavas your money that was used.’d.”
“My money?” I askedein icononfusion “Didn’t all my money get frozen alatang with the bankruptcy of my dad’s compapanty?”
Nicola stroked my head just dikekedhesused to when we were kids. s.
“Don’t you remember, Emelia? Wheneyoyou were little, you gave me a bank cardrarahshsaid it was your dowry for when you greve pup. You
grewewpup. said you were afraid I’d be taken awayabyby someone else, so you wanted to reserveveme and gave it to me as a deposit in advancede.”
I blushed.
It was indeed true.
When I was a child, I loved following Nicola la
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around.
One day, after hearing about marriage from somewhere, I started pestering Nicola every day, saying I wanted to marry him.
Eventually, Nicola still accepted it.
Over the years, I had forgotten about this.
It was just like countless other silly things I did as a child, insignificant.
But now that Nicola brought it up, I still felt a bit embarrassed.
I didn’t understand love when I was a child, and even if I understood it now, there was no chance for me to be with Nicola.
Who would want to marry a girl from a bankrupt family?
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Even someone like Goden didn’t want to, let alone Nicola, who was far more capable than Goden.
Thinking of Goden, my expression darkened again.
Nicola continued to stroke my head and said, “Over the years, I’ve used the money in that card for investments. With the compound interest, the money in it is enough to buy a company as big as Goden’s.”
I didn’t know exactly how much Goden’s company was worth, but from Nicola’s tone, it seemed to be a large amount.
But how could I just accept it?
I didn’t remember how much money was in that card back then.
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I guessed that I couldn’t have had much as a little kid.
Over the years, whatever it had grown into was due to Nicola’s ability.
How could I just take it without hesitation?
“Brother Nicola, stop kidding me.” I forced a bitter smile
“Please calculate it clearly, and I’ll write you an IOU.”
Hearing me say this, Nicola’s face turned cold. “What? After all these years apart, are you being distant, Emelia? Didn’t you say back then that yours was yours, and mine was yours too?”
“Brother Nicola, you…”
