Love Knows No Bounds

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"Emma."

Once Emma stopped, Toddy walked over to the driver's seat and tapped on the window. "Emma, can we talk?"

Emma took a few deep breaths. She knew she couldn't just let things carry on like this, so she unlocked her door and lowered her window. "Get in."

Toddy jumped for joy and hurried into the car.

"Can I get a ride too, Mr. Heller?"

When Pansy saw Toddy getting into Emma's car, she made the impulsive, brazen decision to ask Toddy.

Toddy frowned and replied coolly, "It's not my car. I'm already getting a ride from Emma. I'm not shameless enough to ask Emma to give you one too. You can get a cab yourself."

"It's peak hours right now and it's hard to get a car. You drop me off along the way, Miss Finley."

"Sorry, but we're not going in the same direction so I can't drop you off along the way. Even if we were, I still wouldn't be giving you a ride. Have you already forgotten what you said about me just now, Miss Dickey? Do you remember my response?"

Pansy couldn't reply.

"What did she say, Emma?" Toddy expressed his concern. "Did she criticize you or ridicule you?"

"I didn't, Mr. Heller!" Pansy instantly exclaimed. She gave Emma a pleading look to beg her not to tell the truth.

Emma didn't repeat what Pansy said. She simply answered, "Miss Dickey has been in love with you for as many years as she has been with the company, Mr. Heller. What do you think she'd do to me? I feel rather aggrieved, you know. You're the one who keeps badgering me right now."

Toddy glared at Pansy. He wanted to get out of the car and berate Pansy, but he was afraid that Emma would drive off without him if he did, so he could only growl coldly, "Miss Dickey, right? I'll make a note of this."

All the color drained from Pansy's face.

Emma glanced at Pansy and smirked before driving off.

She never bothered wasting her time on people like Pansy.

If she did want to fight, Pansy would lose every single time.

Does she really think moving to Parker Corporation means President Coleman has given up on me? On the contrary, it proves just how much he trusts me.

Emma knew better than anyone else just how much Dylan loved his wife.

He would be even happier if she helped Kendall than if she helped him.

"What did that woman say about you, Emma? Tell me and I'll get even on your behalf."

Toddy wanted to seize this opportunity to make a good showing of himself.

"Forget it," Emma replied indifferently. "She's just jealous of me because she's too in love with you. She didn't manage to hurt me. I'm the one who pissed her off."

She side-eyed Toddy before adding, "You're quite the b*stard, you know that?"

"How am I a b*stard?" Toddy asked indignantly. "I've never encouraged them in any way. I can't help it if they like me."

After a spell of silence, Emma commented, "You know that a lot of the women in the office have a thing for you, and it seems as if you don't lead us on in any way. Yet, even though you know how we feel about you, you don't move us to a different position. You leave us right in your vicinity where we can't avoid seeing you everyday. If you reassigned me after I confessed to you, I'm sure things wouldn't have gotten this far between us. President Coleman didn't rely on me as much at the time. It wouldn't have affected him at all if you reassigned me elsewhere. You thought that I'd give up because you rejected me, and even though you seemed annoyed that I kept bothering you for years, you liked how it felt to have me devoting myself to you, right? That's why you kept me around and didn't do anything about it. It's the same with the others."

After a pause, Toddy replied, "Are you saying it's my fault for not reassigning you to a different branch of the company? So many women have a crush on me. Am I supposed to reassign all of them?"

"You could've made an example out of me to ensure that everyone else stopped having ideas about you. That's what President Coleman did. He fired all of the secretaries that had their eyes on him and no one else dared to make a move on him after that. Any woman in the office who even tries to get his attention would not be coming back to the company the next day. You're President Coleman's right-hand man. You're the head of his subordinates. You see everything that he does, so why didn't you learn a few of his tricks?"

Toddy had no answer for that.

After silencing Toddy, Emma kept quiet as well.

Soon, she came to a stop outside a casual dining restaurant.

"Roger and I ate here a few times. The food's pretty good. We can have dinner here. It's on me."

"I can't possibly let you pay. It'll be my treat."

Toddy couldn't let Emma foot the bill on the rare occasion when she was willing to eat with him.

Emma didn't bother arguing with him over this. After parking the car, she walked into the restaurant with him.

They sat down at a table by the window and Emma flagged down a waiter. The waiter came over at once and Emma listed a few things that she and Roger had tried in the past.

Once she ordered what she wanted, Emma glanced at Toddy and pursed her lips before ordering a couple of things he liked.

After being in love with him for so many years, she was well aware of his preferences.

When Toddy heard Emma ordering his favorite food, his eyes lit up with a smile.

She still cares about me. She understands me very well too. Roger can't compete with me on these accounts.

Ring, ring, ring!

Emma's phone started ringing.

It was a call from Roger and she answered it.