«Take care of the drunk, maybe he’ll marry you!» — shouted the senior nurse. But no one could imagine WHAT would happen in a minute…

Emily hesitated, but still nodded. When the car stopped near her house, David lingered for a second. Emily, his voice was soft, but there was something else in it.

She turned to him, waiting for continuation. But he just smiled. “Thank you for the evening.”

Emily nodded and, without turning around, disappeared into the entrance. She did not know what would happen next. But felt this is not the end yet.

The next day Emily returned to the hospital, deciding that everything would go into the usual routine. But she was wrong. Rumors spread instantly.

“Well what, what is it like to dine with a billionaire?” — asked one of the nurses with a smile, as soon as she changed into uniform. “And did he give you a gift? Or right away keys to the mansion?” — giggled another. Emily heavily sighed.

“Girls, let’s without this,” — she answered tiredly, hiding irritation. But the most unpleasant turned out to be that Susan Thompson finally found a new topic for barbs for herself. “Well what, Emily,” — she drawled, deliberately slowly passing by.

“I told you that everything is leading to this.” Emily did not answer, but felt anger boiling inside. “Why do they all think that I am with him for benefit?” She herself did not understand what was happening.

But something suggested, this story is just beginning. Several days passed. Emily tried not to think about David, but he seemed not going to disappear from her life.

First it was flowers. Simple, without a note. The orderly brought and put on the table in the Nurses’.

“This is for you,” — she said with a grin. Emily blushed, but did not answer anything. Then there was a call…

“Hi, Emily,” — his voice sounded softly. “Do you have time on the weekend?” She pondered. But something inside suggested.

“Don’t refuse.” “Okay,” — she answered quietly. On Saturday he picked her up from home.

This time without security, without pomp. “Where are we going?” — she asked, fastening the seat belt. Surprise! He smiled mysteriously.

And already in 20 minutes she saw in front of herself a horse riding club. Emily blinked. “Are you joking?” David smirked.

“No, I love horses and thought it would be interesting for you.” Emily was confused. She had never ridden horseback.

But when in an hour she was sitting in the saddle, holding the reins and feeling how her horse slowly walks across the field, she caught herself laughing. For real. Without anxiety, without fear.

She turned to David, who was riding nearby, and suddenly understood. This person is not at all the one he seemed in the hospital. But why did he choose her? Emily felt how the fresh wind plays with her hair, while she sat in the saddle, enjoying a leisurely horseback ride.

She still could not believe that this was happening to her. Nearby rode David confident, relaxed, completely different from that person whom she saw for the first time in the hospital bed. “How do you like it?” He turned to her, holding the reins with one hand.

Emily smiled. “Unexpectedly, but amazing.” David nodded, as if he knew it would be so.

“I have long wanted to ride again, but there was no time,” — he admitted. “And now there is?” Slyly clarified Emily. He smiled.

Now there appeared that for which it is worth finding time. Emily felt warmth spreading through her body. What is this? She tried not to analyze, just enjoyed the moment.

When they returned to the car, the sun was already beginning to tilt towards sunset. David opened the door for her, and Emily sat in the salon, still immersed in light intoxication from emotions. When the car started, he suddenly said.

“Emily, I am leaving in a week.” She sharply turned to him. “Where?” “To California,” — he answered calmly…