“Come on, Benjamin,” Janie’s eyes were brimming with tears. “How could you break my heart like this? What’s wrong with me?”

“This is none of your business,” Benjamin pulled Emmeline close to him. “I love Emma, and she can love me back. Who are you to interfere?”

“Benjamin, you’re misunderstanding!” Emmeline pushed him away and stood to the side, her face flushing. “I only see you as a brother, I won’t fall in love with you.”

“But that’s not set in stone,” Benjamin gazed at her deeply. “You don’t love Abel anymore, so why not give me a chance? We’re meant to be together, I don’t want to be your brother.”

His intense gaze left Emmeline unsure of what to say.

“Benjamin!” Abel’s anger boiled over and he threw a punch.

Benjamin deftly dodged Abel’s punch, feinting with a punch of his own and winking at him.

Abel was caught off guard, unsure of what Benjamin was up to.

In the moment of hesitation, Abel’s next punch never landed.

“Emma,” Janie spoke with a trembling voice. “Will you really agree to love Benjamin and be with him?”

Emmeline’s mind was racing.

How could she possibly do that?

should she say

thought occurred to

Benjamin’s sudden passion

had left with Janie for a meeting and returned so quickly. Did they

these thoughts as she leaped into Benjamin’s arms, saying, “Ben, I just want to get to know you better. I

be dumbfounded. He almost choked on

or was she really confessing

hear those words and had longed for them

to

probably just using

at a loss

also stunned, realizing that her

going

could Benjamin do

hoped he wasn’t playing with

herself, thinking: “Ha, you really thought you could help Abel against

“Emma, how can you love Benjamin? We’re family, and

to Benjamin’s neck, “We’re both single and not doing anything

was caught between a rock and a hard place. What

with Emmeline, he would offend her. But if he didn’t surrender

to figure out what to do, the door to the CEO’s office suddenly swung open and Ethan burst

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