Jeremy promised to wait

“Emy I..” Emerald started staring up at Jeremy as he straightened his suit jacket around her, keeping her warm.

“You don’t need to answer straight away. I’ll give you all the time in the world I’ve always been here and I’ll always be here,” Jeremy said soothingly as he watched Emerald throw him a faint smile.

“So umm I heard your dad is letting you take charge of the fashion mall and I’m sure you’ll do just great, I’m just wondering why you studied law if you were not gonna use it anyway,” Jeremy said trying to balance the awkwardness between them.

There was silence for few seconds before Emerald broke in with a scoff. She turned to grab the bottle of whiskey beside her. Jeremy sighed, taking it from her and pulling out two glass cups from the cup holder.

He filled both glasses halfway to the top before handing Emerald a glass; she nodded thank you before proceeding to gulping it down.

“Remember when I first saw you, I was ten, and you were standing there at our garden