Leaving While Pregnant：He Goes Crazy！
Chapter 596 No Relatives

After he said that, Emily felt too embarrassed to lower the car window again. After all, she wasn't the only one in the car. "Hot?" he asked.

"Not really..." Emily tugged at her lips, "I just wanted to open the window for some fresh air."

Even if she was really hot, she wouldn't tell him. After all, who would feel hot in this kind of weather? If she said she was hot, wouldn't it seem like she was admitting something without being asked? Nathan didn't seem to doubt her, he simply said in a calm voice, "If you feel stuffy, you can take off your coat."

Hearing this, Emily was taken aback and instinctively retorted.

"Why would I take off my coat if I feel stuffy? I'm not hot."

Nathan chuckled softly.

"I know, but you'll feel more comfortable without the coat."

...

Although he didn't contradict her verbally, Emily felt that his chuckle was deliberate, as if he knew what she was thinking and was deliberately laughing at her.

Arguing with him seemed pointless, because he wouldn't expose himself, he would just calmly watch her embarrass herself.

Forget it.

Just then, Nathan asked, "Where to?"

Emily had a place in mind, but she still replied with feigned indifference, "Didn't you come to replace me? How would I know where to go?"

Nathan tugged at the corner of his lips, "True, should I make the arrangements?"

"Where to?"

"The city, shall we?"

Since she was planning to go to the city anyway, Emily agreed.

"Okay."

"Did you let your parents know when you left?"

"No..." Her parents weren't home when she left, so she didn't tell them.

"Use your phone to let them know later, so they won't worry," Nathan advised her.

"Okay," Emily agreed without any objections, and immediately sent a text to her mother. "I've sent it."

"Okay."

After putting away her phone, they fell into silence. Emily alternated between looking out the car window and down at her fingers, finally deciding to break the awkward silence. "Where are you staying since you came back?"

"I'm staying at a hotel for now, it's more convenient."

Emily thought about how he had been coming to her house almost all the time these past few days, except for the night of the Spring Festival, and couldn't help but replace it strange. So she asked, "Don't you need to go home to see your relatives? Or are your relatives not here?"

"I don't have any relatives."

His words made Emily pause and turn to look at him.

No relatives?

When he said this, his tone was calm, and even when Emily looked at him, his face was expressionless, as if he was talking about something very ordinary.

Although they had been working together for a long time, and she never saw him return home every year, Emily thought it was because the corporation was too busy and he couldn't spare the time to go home for the New Year. She didn't expect that it was because he had no relatives.

Not even one?

Emily didn't dare to ask this question.

Nathan himself broke the silence, "You don't know much about my family situation, do you?"

"Um, I guess not."

"Well, let me tell you now, I'm the only one in my family, I don't have any other relatives." Even though she had suspected as much, hearing him confirm it himself left Emily stunned.

He actually had no relatives left, so he had been alone all these years?

"No wonder you never go home for the holidays, so that's why."

In her shock, Emily found herself feeling a pang of sympathy for him. Without a single relative in the country, even if he grew up there, how could he feel a sense of belonging?

With that thought, Emily blurted out, "If you don't mind, you could come to my house for the holidays in the future."

She swore that she only said this out of sympathy, without any other intentions.

However, to her surprise, Nathan hesitated for a moment, then followed her words, "So, Emily, is this your answer?" Emily paused.

Seeing her silence, Nathan asked again, "Hmm?"

Emily initially wanted to deny it, but his previous revelations made her feel so sorry for him that she didn't deny it, just lowered her head and said, "It's not exactly an answer, after all, I can't agree to you that quickly." Hearing this, Nathan chuckled softly.

"I understand."

He didn't say anything else, giving Emily just the right amount of space.

Emily felt once again that he was indeed a self-made man, his perceptiveness and intelligence were too strong, her thoughts were completely transparent in front of him.

So, after they arrived in the city, Emily decided not to pretend anymore, she planned to be brave and straightforward.

"In a couple of days, Eva and her children are coming back to the country, I plan to bring them some gifts."

As expected, Nathan didn't seem surprised by her words at all, "Where do you plan to buy them?"

After Emily mentioned a place, he turned the car around.

Emily was surprised by his familiarity with the area.

"How come you seem to know the roads here so well?"

"I worked here for a few years before, and I've been studying the map for the past few days."

So that's why, no wonder he didn't even need to look at the navigation.

"So, have you always lived alone before?"

"Um, I started living alone when I was about ten."

Ten...

That's so young. If she had to live alone at ten, she felt her will might be completely worn away by the hardships of life, let alone building such a large group from scratch.

As they talked, Emily really marveled at this man's strong willpower and deeply understood something.

If she were with him, such a man with a firm will, even if they broke up, he definitely wouldn't feel heartbroken.

He was too rational, rational to the point where he wouldn't feel lost or sad because of anyone's departure, he would definitely take it lightly.

She pursed her lips, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say next.

He dropped her off at the destination and parked the car in the parking lot. The two of them then walked side by side towards the mall.

As they walked, Emily noticed that quite a few people were constantly looking at them, due to Nathan's striking appearance.

She had become used to such scenes when she had accompanied Nathan on business trips in the past.

But she didn't know if it was a change in her mindset, she used to feel indifferent when people looked at them because she was his subordinate.

But now, she was thinking... in the eyes of others, did she not match Nathan at all in appearance? After all, he was so outstanding, and she... No, no, no.

These thoughts had not yet fully infiltrated her mind when Emily immediately denied them in her heart.

She really liked herself, she couldn't deny herself just because she liked an outstanding man, could she?

Besides, if a person as outstanding as Nathan could like her, it meant that she was also outstanding in some ways.

Self-reassurance can be a powerful tool. Emily quickly regained her confidence.