Chapter 776 He Does Not Love You
After taking a stroll in the park, Noah carefully headed to the house he shared with Emma. As soon as he stepped inside the house, he choked Emma and pushed her to the wall. Furiously, he questioned, “Emma, what were you actually trying to do? Didn’t I warn you to stay away from Steph? Did you not heed my words?”
He choked Emma so hard that her cheeks turned red. She felt so suffocated that she almost couldn’t catch her breath. Lifting her arms, she slapped his hands with all her might.
Fortunately, there was still a shred of rationale in Noah. He noticed that she was breathing heavily, so he quickly flung her to the side. Clutching her neck in pain, Emma coughed vigorously.
Noah walked over to her while Emma took a step backward like a terrified bunny. “Noah, don’t come over. I’m scared,” she said. Noah’s expression turned grim as he tried to suppress his anger. “Are you going to do it again?”
Emma continued coughing hard. Her head was hanging low, so Noah didn’t notice the resentment in her eyes. Back then, she still had some feelings for Noah, but now, all she felt toward him was hatred. She just wanted to use him.
Words couldn’t describe how much she despised Noah’s heartlessness. The deeper she loved him in the past, the more hatred she harbored.
Noah took a deep breath, attempting to calm himself down.
Walking over, he pulled Emma into his arms forcefully. “Stop moving. Be good, okay? I was too impulsive just now. Did I hurt you? Come. Show me your neck. Thank God it’s not swollen.”
Emma lifted her head silently to show Noah her neck. She then stared at him, who pretended to be upset. There were no traces of emotions in her clear eyes.
Noah, too, lifted his head. In an instant, their eyes met. “Are you really mad at me?” He chuckled in a low voice.
Hearing that, Emma quickly regained her senses. After composing herself, she reached out to loosen Noah’s necktie. “Noah, you’ve misunderstood me, really. I was just taking a walk in the park. I didn’t know I would bump into your wife there. I’m just a canary you keep in the cage. I’ll never dare to mess with you. What if I really piss you off? You might stop sponsoring my living expenses. If that happens, I’ll end up on the streets as a beggar.”
Noah tapped on her nose. “You’re not a canary. You’re my lover. Everything I’ve been doing is for our future.”
Emma lowered her head, trying to hide the mockery in her eyes. This man is really good at sweet-talking, huh? Too bad. I believed in everything he said in the past. I spent all my youth with him, yet the only thing I got in return was just his useless promise.
At that thought, she recalled what Noah said to her back then, “Emma, I plan to pursue the daughter of the Clinton family and marry her. She’s the only one who can help me to regain the glory of Walker Group. With that, I’ll get to grant you the good life you’ve always dreamed of.”
Hearing that, Emma lifted her head and asked in confusion, “Then, what about me? We’ve been together for so many years. Aren’t you going to give me a proper title?”
“Be good, okay? I’m doing all these for our future. After all, I can only introduce you to everyone after Walker Group becomes as successful as Clinton Corporations.”
It was then that Emma realized Noah had never planned to marry her. To him, she was just a pet he could keep in the dark. When he was in a good mood, he would come and visit her. But when he was unhappy, he would just give her some money and ask her to go shopping alone. Nevertheless, the amount of money he gave her was not as much as other rich men. In fact, Emma’s best friend was also a rich woman, and the credit card her friend gave her didn’t even have a spending limit. As Emma compared Noah with her best friend, she felt that the only good thing about him was his looks.
As soon as Emma started despising Noah, she realized he was full of flaws. Although Noah always promised to buy her gifts in the past, he only bought a few luxury handbags for her. Thinking about that, Emma couldn’t help but curse inwardly. I must’ve lost my mind. Why did I even stay with him for such a long time without a proper title? I’ve wasted my best years on him.
“Noah, will you abandon me when I get older? You have your wife and child, but you’re the only one I have,” Emma said worriedly.
“Silly girl. We’ve been together for so many years. We’ve also become part of each other’s life. It’s not that easy for us to separate anymore.”
“Really?”
Noah nodded. Then, he helped Emma over to the couch. “I love you a lot. I’ll support you no matter what you do. But then, I hope you won’t appear in front of Stephanie anymore. She’s now pregnant with my child, and the doctor told me she shouldn’t get triggered. If she finds out about our relationship, she might make a scene. If that happens, not only would the Walker family be affected, but the baby in her belly would also be in danger. Do you understand?”
Emma lowered her head, looking meek.
With a soft voice, she said, “Noah, if I’m pregnant, will you want to keep the baby?”
Noah widened his eyes in shock. “Are you being serious?” he asked anxiously.
It was now the critical moment for him to please the Clinton family. Oscar had found out about his relationship with Emma. Although Oscar didn’t like Stephanie on the surface, Stephanie was his only biological sister, after all. He might seem to hate her, but that didn’t mean he didn’t care about her. If Oscar found out that Emma was pregnant, he would definitely be furious. In that case, all the effort Noah had put into rebuilding Walker Group would be in vain. In the end, he would lose everything.
Hence, Noah couldn’t let Emma keep that baby, at least for now.
“Emma, listen to me. Stephanie’s just gotten pregnant. I have to manage the company while taking care of her. If anything bad happens to her, it’ll be hard for me to explain to the Clinton family. So, we can’t keep this child. Can you go and abort the baby? I’ll pay you. Don’t worry. We’ll have our own child again in the future,” Noah said, feeling nervous.
Hearing that, Emma felt her heart turn cold. She was even more disappointed in the man sitting in front of him. It turns out that the man I love is worse than an animal. He says he loves me, but what he’s been doing to me is inhumane. If he really loves me, he’ll never marry another woman for wealth and personal gains. Moreover, he would have been excited, instead of worried, when I told him I was pregnant just now. He didn’t even bother to consider whether my body could still afford to undergo another abortion.
“Noah, don’t you want this baby?” Emma asked slowly.
“Emma, it’s not like I don’t want it. It’s just that I’m sure we’ll definitely have another baby in the future. After I reorganize my company and settle everything, I’ll give you a proper title. So, just listen to me and go abort the baby, okay? Don’t let anyone know about this.”
“When?”
“Tomorrow.”
“I’m asking you when you’ll give me a proper title?”
Noah’s mind went blank for a second. His expression darkened as he said, “Emma, stop messing around.”
Emma replied obediently, “Okay. I’ll stop messing with you. Also, I was just kidding with you just now. I’m not pregnant. I just wanted to know whether you would want to keep our baby.”
Noah’s lips quivered, but he didn’t know what to say.
Emma gazed at the laptop on the floor. “You’ve brought your laptop here. You must’ve come to work. You can go upstairs and continue with your work. I’ll go and prepare some food for you. Stay here with me tonight, okay?”
A look of guilt crept up on Noah’s face. Perhaps trying to make it up to Emma, he nodded in response.
“You may go back to work now. I’ll go prepare some food for you.” Having said that, Emma stood up and walked into the kitchen.
Noah stared at her back with mixed feelings. No one knew what he was thinking.
