One Night Stand With That Beggar

After Culver said so, he walked out of the company unhesitatingly, leaving the badge behind.This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

Norman stomped his foot in anger, “What an unfilial son!”

Marilyn pursed her lips and said, “It’s all Naomi’s fault! She’s such a jinx!”

…

Naomi stood by Nelson’s side in the hospital.

Nelson, who was lying on the hospital bed, had not woken up, and his face seemed to have become even paler than the previous day.

“Is he seriously injured?”

“Um, no! The doctor said that he’s fine.”

“From the looks of it, he doesn’t look okay at all.”

As soon as Naomi finished her sentence, a few droplets of glaring red liquid gradually seeped through the gauze on his arm.

“There’s blood! He’s bleeding!”

Emma also panicked, “Doctor, please come over!”

After a while, the nurses rushed in and pushed the two of them out.

“Please wait outside. We’ll need to perform emergency treatment for the patient!”

“Excuse me, what happened to him?”

Naomi wasn’t a fool. Nelson’s injury was too serious to be a result of getting beaten. There must be another reason for it.

However, the nurses had no time to explain things to her.

They locked the ward. Therefore, Naomi turned to look at Emma.

“You know something, don’t you? Are you hiding something from me?”

“No, I don’t!”

Naomi said gravely, “Emma, you’ve been changing your stance on Nelson’s issue. Don’t tell me that you already knew that he was sick! What kind of illness does he have?”

She managed to guess the truth.

Emma knew that she could not keep it a secret any longer.

She had no choice but to tell Naomi the truth.

“He told me not to let you know. Actually, he found out that he had cancer a long time ago. Didn’t I ask you before if you wanted to know how he got out of prison? You didn’t want to listen to me at that time. It was because he was ill, and he behaved well in the prison. So, his requisition for commutation had been authorized.”

Naomi was totally dumbfounded.

“Emma, are you kidding me? How can he get cancer at such a young age? This is n’t a TV show!”

“It’s true! In fact, his illness has nothing to do with me. I didn’t care about him at first. Do you remember the day when he came and stood below your apartment? After you fell asleep back then, I took a look at him out of curiosity. It just so happened that he passed out. It wasn’t until I brought him to the hospital that I realized he hadn’t come out to take revenge on you, but he wanted to patch things up for you during his last moments.”

“Stop!”

Naomi covered her ears. “Leave me alone!”

…

After coming out of the company, Culver drove all the way to the hospital.

Seeing Naomi standing in the corridor, he anxiously ran over and grabbed Naomi’s shoulders.

“Are you alright?”

Naomi raised her head in a daze and met Culver’s eyes. She was stunned and took a step back subconsciously.

“What are you doing here?”

“I’m sorry! I know everything now. My mother is the one who made things difficult for you. I’ve misunderstood you. I’ll bear full responsibility for all of your losses I’ve caused. Don’t worry!”

Naomi replied calmly, “Well, it doesn’t matter anymore.”

Culver frowned, “Naomi, I know it’s hard for you to forgive me, but please give me some time. I can-”

Naomi turned around and said, “No! I’ll give you no more time because I’m going to leave Greene City soon. I will never come back here again!”

Culver was taken aback for a moment.

“It’s okay. Where are you going? I’ll go with you!”

Naomi looked at the closed ward door in front of her, saying, “No need, someone will accompany me!”

Culver gritted his teeth, “Nelson? You still can’t forget him, can you?”

“Yes! I just can’t forget him. He was my first love and the person I once wanted to marry.”

“So what?”

Culver simply couldn’t believe her words, so he retorted, “You’re obviously not that kind of person whose brain will be addled when you’re in love. You’ve always been really nitpicky with me, so why are you so forgiving towards him? He has done so much to you, yet you can still forgive him?”

“I love him!”

Culver gazed at her intently, shouting, “Naomi George, you liar!”

“I don’t believe you! Don’t try to lie to me again!”

“Have it your way!”

After saying that, she turned and walked away from Culver to the end of the corridor.

…

After a few hours, the doctor and the nurses came out of the ward.

“The patient has come to a temporary stable state. He has woken up, and his family members can go in and have a look at him.”

“Thank you, doctor!”

Naomi walked in with Emma without looking back at Culver, who had been standing there the entire time.

Nelson had indeed woken up.

There was a smile on his face, which made his pale face look slightly better.

“Are you okay?”

He asked about Naomi’s condition first before she said anything.

Naomi smiled bitterly, “Shouldn’t I be the one to ask you that question?”

“Me? As you can see, I’m fine. I’m telling you, although I don’t practice self-defense like you do, I have a strong constitution. Furthermore, I trained and exercised when I was in prison.”

Emma, who was standing behind Naomi, gave him a look and said, “The cat’s out of the bag!”

Astonished, Nelson said, “You already know the truth, don’t you?”

“Yes!” answered Naomi. After that, she sat down beside the sickbed and said, “Just tell me how much time you have left.”

Dumbfounded, Nelson retorted, “It seems like you’re looking forward to my death.”

Naomi tried to joke with him, “Yes, I’m looking forward to it, so that I can find another decent guy as my boyfriend.”

He rolled his eyes at her as he said, “What a heartless girl!” Shortly afterwards, Naomi fell silent. She took a tangerine, lowered her head and started to peel it slowly.

All of a sudden, the room became quiet.

After a long time, she heard Nelson whisper, “I’ll only rest in peace after you and Culver get together.”

Naomi was astounded. She clenched her fist so hard that the whole tangerine rind in her hand was torn to shreds.

“It’s impossible. I can’t be with him anymore.”

“Why? Can the two of you stop being stubborn? Don’t repeat the mistakes that we’ve committed!”

Naomi directly stuffed a piece of tangerine into his mouth and said, “Stop talking!”

Nelson was at a loss for words.

Then, Naomi pushed open the door and went out.

Nelson turned to look at Emma and said, “Hurry up and call Culver for me. I need to talk to him.”

Emma shook her head, “He’s already outside the ward and he knows about the ins and outs of the recent problem involving our companies. He came to apologize to Naomi, but she doesn’t seem to want to forgive him now.”

Nelson quirked his eyebrow, “Since the misunderstanding has been resolved, then it’ll be fine. She just went out, didn’t she? She’ll forgive him eventually.”

When he said that, he turned his head away, looking relieved and sad at the same time.

…

Meanwhile, Culver was still standing there.

Seeing Naomi come out, he looked up at her. However, she didn’t look at him, instead going straight to the doctor’s office.

After a while, she came out of the office, holding her phone.

As she walked past Culver, she kindly reminded him, “It’s true that Marilyn might have participated in this matter, but as far as I know, she was merely a cat’s paw. Someone is using her to drive a wedge between us and they’ll strike when the time is right. At such a moment, you should go back.”