A Crazy One-night Stand
Chapter 54: I’ve Liked You a Long Time Ago

Knowing that Wilson was going to get married, moreover to a humble landscape designer, Harry was a little regretful. It was a pity he can't get such an impressive person like Wilson to be his son-in-law.

Monica pouted in annoyance. She felt Wilson was going too far. In order to dash her hopes, he dared to lie to her father. Previously, she did not know about Alina's background and assumed she was the daughter of a well-known family. However, knowing that she was just a designer, Monica was certain that Wilson was lying to her. How could the president of Scott Group marry a person with no social standing? It should be someone like her, Monica Adams, who deserved that title.

Because of Wilson's declaration, the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Harry changed the topic. "Mr. Wilson, let's go to see the showrooms."

"Alright!" Wilson nodded.

They walked towards the direction of Building A.

They had to pass through the area where the transplantation process was ongoing.

Alina hid quietly for a few minutes until she felt that Wilson should have walked away, then only she returned from the bathroom. As soon as she came back, she saw Wilson turning away to walk to Building A. She took a deep breath and patted her chest. "Finally!"

Alina walked quietly on tiptoe towards Rosie like a thief.

It was as if Wilson had eyes at the back of his head. He turned around suddenly and saw Alina tiptoeing back to Rosie, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible. Wilson could not help but shake his head and smile. He really didn't know what to say about her antics.

"Move to the right, just a little more. Alright, lower it down!" The crane operator and the person in charge from the nursery department were working together to transplant the ginkgo tree into its planting hole. Wilson looked up and his heart fell like a rock. The ropes that were supposed to attach the huge ginkgo tree to the crane suddenly snapped. The tree tilted to the left and was going to fall onto Alina's path, but she didn't notice it.

Wilson rushed towards Alina and pulled her out of harm's way.

With a loud noise, the tree fell to the ground with a large crash, mud and earth flying everywhere. The impact was so great that a pit formed at the place where the tree landed. One could imagine that if Alina hadn't been pulled away, she would have died on the spot.

Alina looked at the huge ginkgo tree that had fallen in front of her. She was so frightened that she could not stand up. Alina grabbed tightly onto Wilson's suit instinctively, her voice trembling. "S-Scumbag, what in the world happened?"

"Are you blind, stupid? Look where you walk!" Wilson's tone was harsh. This woman really knew how to make people worry about her. She had no sense of danger. Moreover, she didn't pay attention to her surroundings in a construction site fraught with hazards. Accidents could happen in a split second. If he was any later, Alina would have died in front of him.

"Well, I'm sorry!" Alina apologized, her voice still trembling. She was shaken from the incident. Her heart thumped loudly in her chest.

What was wrong with her recently? Was she cursed? Why did all sorts of accidents and mishaps happen around her suddenly?

Harry witnessed the scene as well. He was so furious that his face contorted with rage. Harry turned to his assistant and instructed him sternly, "Go, investigate what was the cause of this casualty!" "Yes." The assistant immediately left.

"Mr. Harry, my fiancée doesn't feel well. I'll take her home." Wilson's face darkened. He dragged Alina and headed out of the construction site.

Alina was still gripping onto Wilson's suit as he supported her out of the construction site. Her heart was still beating wildly and frantically. Her head was spinning as she thought about the close shave she had just now.

Wilson's expression was as cold as ever. "Why are you always so careless? I won't always be by your side to protect you all the time!" Even if he could, accidents could happen in a split second. For instance, like the accident just now. What if he could not react in time? Just one second later, he would not have been able to save her in time.

"I'm sorry, it wasn't on purpose!" Alina bit her lower lip. She didn't know how to tell Wilson that she had been especially unlucky recently.

Wilson couldn't bear to continue scolding Alina. She was obviously still terrified and her face was full of remorse.

Reaching out, he pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. He said whispered softly to her. "Don't be scared, everything is okay now! Just be careful in the future!"

"Alright." Alina broke out into sobs. She had truly been scared out of her wits by the incident.

He softened his tone and asked Alina, "Have you offended anyone?"

This was already the second time that an accident had happened to Alina at the construction site. Although she had not suffered any serious injury, Wilson did not believe that such fundamental mistakes would happen one after another in a company with strict management like the Adams Group. Furthermore, it seemed to be targeted at Alina each time. Was this pure coincidence? Was she really that unlucky?

If it was not a mere accident but targeted specifically at Alina, then it must be someone with a grudge towards her. He would send Simon to investigate later, but if he could get some clues from Alina, it would make the investigation easier. She would also be safer earlier once the perpetrator was identified.

"Offended someone?" Alina frowned. After thinking for some time, she peeked out of Wilson's arms and said, "The only person I have offended would be our former director of design, Hall Garcia." "He has been imprisoned!" Wilson said.

"How did you know?" Alina looked up. This was their department's private business. How did an outsider like Wilson know? She had never told him.

"Well," Wilson replied, but he did not explain further.

He did not want to let Alina know that the reason why Hall's matter had been handled so quickly, and she had been able to obtain the 200 thousand dollar bonus was because of Wilson's interference in that matter. Wilson had Simon investigate all of Hall's crimes, including Hall betraying his company's interests and selling design plans to Adams Group's competitors. Simon then handed the information to Adams Group's secretary team at the headquarters.

To avoid giving Hall the chance to take revenge on Alina, he ordered Simon to send Hall to prison. He did not expect Alina to have so many enemies apart from Hall.

Alina thought about it carefully. She couldn't think of anyone else she had offended, other than Hall.

She shook her head. "I don't know who else has a grudge against me. Normally, I just go to work, after work I'll go home to have dinner and sleep. I don't think I would have offended anyone."

"I see," Wilson replied again. Since he could not get any information from Alina, he would get Simon to investigate.

Wilson looked down at Alina lying in his arms. Seeing her innocent expression, he was really worried for her. He gently released her and rested both hands on her shoulders. "Please be more careful in the future."

"Yes, I will." Alina nodded vigorously.

"You need to know how to protect yourself." Wilson added.

"Alright."

"Tomorrow, let's take some time off to register our marriage!" Wilson gazed at Alina expectantly.

Alina was taken aback by his words. The reason she was afraid to meet Wilson and tried so hard to hide from him was because of Wilson's persistence to register their marriage. What was wrong with him? Why was he so fixated on taking responsibility and marrying her? They weren't in a relationship, for goodness sake.

"You don't want to?" Seeing as Alina didn't respond, Wilson asked after a long pause.

"I..." Alina stammered. How should she answer? Wilson had just saved her life.

Pursing her lips, she asked Wilson, "Do you need a person to get married with urgently?"

"Yes!" Wilson replied.

"But there are many daughters from wealthy families eager to marry you. As long as you are willing, I'm sure tons of women will line up to be chosen as your partner!" Alina really did not understand why Wilson was so stubborn.

Wilson snorted. "No man wants to marry a woman who only cares about his status and money!"

"Oh, you want to marry me because you think that I am not interested in your money?" Realization suddenly dawned on Alina.

Wilson replied bluntly, "Yes."

Alina looked up in exasperation. "How could you be sure that I am not interested in your wealth? Furthermore, I may not be interested now, but I might in the future!" Wilson chuckled. "Didn't we have an agreement? After marriage, our assets will remain separate. I will live my life, and you live yours. We won't interfere with each other." "..." Alina was speechless at his words.

What else could she say? He had more foresight than she thought. People in the business world knew how to protect themselves and take calculated risks.

She shrugged. "Okay, I'll think about it."

Previously, she was worried that his status in the Scott Family would be affected. She had worried needlessly. Wilson was such a shrewd person, he would never make a deal that was unfavourable to himself. After marrying her, Wilson would not have to worry about his family urging him to get married and could focus solely on his career. Moreover, as he said, his grandfather liked her. In that regard, she might not lose to the daughter of a noble family!

Alina was in a dilemma.

On one hand, she didn't want to get involved with such a wealthy and noble family. On the other hand, she really wanted to repay Wilson. He helped her out too often.

For example, he had saved her life just now, didn't he?

As she was deep in thought, Wilson spoke up. "I'll give you three more days to think about it."

"Okay!" Alina quickly nodded in agreement. Indeed, she needed more time to go back and consider this proposal seriously.

"Let's have a meal together!" Wilson looked at the time on his watch. It was still early, so he could take her to a place farther away to soothe her nerves. She must have been scared stiff. He himself was so scared that his heart almost stopped beating.

"No, I want to go to the hospital!" Alina replied.

"I'll give you a ride!" Wilson nodded. He did not force her to comply with his wishes.

Wilson asked the driver to drop Alina off at the hospital. Since there was no need to have a meal together, Wilson simply returned to the office and continued his work.

After Alina got off at the hospital, Wilson's face darkened. He made a phone call. "Simon, investigate whether Alina had offended anyone and whoever is trying to harm her in secret."

In Michael's ward.

When Alina walked in, Michael's face lit up with a smile. He gave a knowing look to Morgan. Morgan got up and left the ward.

"Alina, come and have a seat!" Michael greeted her.

Alina sat down on the chair beside Michael's bed and asked, "Mike, how are you feeling today?"

"Are you still calling me 'Mike'? Did you forget your promise?" Michael pretended to be unhappy with her.

Alina laughed. "Alright, I'll remember. I'll address you as Michael next time."

"That's more like it!" Michael smiled, and then his eyes became serious. He stared at Alina earnestly.

Seeing his expression, Alina immediately felt that things were not going to end well.

Sure enough, what Michael said next gave her another headache.

Michael said carefully, "Alina, assuming that if I manage to fully recover as I am before, would you be my girlfriend? I've liked you a long time ago!"☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐