Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 10 I Won’t Be Marrying Her

Before getting off from work, Emelie entered the CEO’s office to drop off some documents.

She then mentioned. “Your mother called me at noon, inviting us for dinner tonight. Mr. Middleton, it’s been half year since you last visited.”

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William furrowed his brows. He was visibly annoyed. “Do you often contact my family?”

“Not really. It’s always your mother who calls me,” Emelie responded.

William glanced at his watch and tossed the car keys to her. “You drive. I’ll have the driver take Daphne

home.”

ut couldn’t

As she followed him, Emelie found herself at the edge of asking something significant but

muster the courage to voice it.

She feared hearing the answer she already knew would come

During the Middleton family dinner, Vanessa kept adding more food to Emelie’s plate, expressing concern, “Why have you lost so much weight? You look so pale. Are you sick?”

William, naturally reserved and taciturn, was even more so with the Middleton family, He barely spoke after greeting his father, Henry Middleton, upon their arrival.

He watched Emelie manage the conversation with his parents while Emelie touched her face, smiling as she replied, “Oh, it’s probably just today’s lipstick not suiting me. I’ll throw it out when I get back.”

As Cloudex Corporation’s CEO’s head secretary, Emelie was adept at saying the right things, delighting

Vanessa.

William remembered Daphne’s words

just colleagues and clients,

had seamlessly integrated into both his professional and personal lives over the

thought

marriage more than once.

help but

topic of marriage came up again at

still found herself lost for words,

some guidance.

casually sipped his water. His voice was devoid of any warmth or flavor as he stated,

up fell back into her bowl with a soft clink. But what William said landed

a moment, she couldn’t hear her own

Emelle, then who? That young secretary from the company? Don’t think I’m

wanted to diffuse the sudden tension,

face showed nothing but frosty aloofness, like feeling his boundaries had been breached. “Dad, you’re intruding too much. And regarding foolish actions, you’ve had your own share in the past. Wouldn’t

Vanessa’s face stiffened.

the table, standing

and stood up as

to calm. him down. “Relax, dear. Remember your blood pressure problem.

create an excuse for William, saying, “Mr. Middleton had a tough time with

was rubbing his temples and countered, “I’m well aware of his temperament, there’s no need

defend him.”

of such a major corporation. You can’t