Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 5 Rumors

Emelie returned to the house she was renting to pack her bags.

“Emelie, you’re finally back? I was about to search every hospital in town for you tomorrow if you hadn’t shown up today.”

“Well, everything’s fine now,” Emelie replied.

Emelie’s roommate, Mona Hardy, who was also her college dorm mate, had lived together with Emelie for six or seven years. Their relationship had always been good.

Throughout her hospitalization, Mona had been the only one genuinely concerned for her.

Yet, Emelie had not disclosed the full truth to her, merely mentioning

id fallen ill and refusing visits.

Mona slipped into her slippers and approached Emelie’s room, only to find her squatting on the floor, folding clothes.

“Preparing for another business trip? You’ve just recovered from your illness, and now a business trip? Is your health up for it? William, that jerk, why does he always have to push you so hard?”

Mona was aware of the strain in Emelie’s relationship with William and had never approved of him.

d to a

Emelie didn’t know how long she would be away, so she told Mona the truth. “I’ve been assigned to a project in Vinetown. Mona, I’ll extend the lease for another quarter.

“If I can’t return in three months, you might need to find someone else to share the rent with, just let me know, and I’ll come back to take the rest of my stuff.”

Mona was startled. “What? Why so sudden?”

Emelie–replied, “It’s just a shift in position, happens all the tim

It would be normal for anyone else, but with Emelie’s relationship with William, how could she be sent.

away?

as she asked, “Did you

really want to discuss

stood up to get something, a piece of paper

to pick it up when Mona snatched it up

was a report from

was stunned

report to Emelie. She noted that

“Were you hospitalized because of an abortion? The child

Chapter 5 Ruinart

child and then drove you away? Damn him, how

name, she possessed a core of

doesn’t know about this! It was

miscarriage.”

frowned. “You didn’t

lips and replied, “There’s no need for him to

What are you thinking?” Mona

abortion report, tore it up, and threw it in the trash bin. “I didn’t think much, just felt that

struggled to understand Emelie’s decision, feeling a deep sense of

to the bathroom to

picked

in case.

bin, saving them

Emelie took a flight

from routine updates to

from William.

did receive occasional office gossip from the two secretaries, who were