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

everyone liked Emelie. Not just colleagues and

integrated into both his professional and personal lives over the past three years, dealing with matters

friends had silently thought

marriage more than once.

but smirk at

expected, the topic of

afternoon, Emelie still found herself lost for

some guidance.

sipped his water. His voice was devoid of any

a soft clink. But what William said landed heavily

a moment, she couldn’t

questioned in n low voice, “If you’re not marrying Emelle, then who? That young secretary from the company? Don’t think I’m unaware of the foolish notions

instinctively wanted to diffuse the sudden tension, a role she

“Dad, you’re intruding too much. And regarding foolish actions, you’ve had your

Vanessa’s face stiffened.

standing up as

napkin and stood up as he said,

water, trying to calm. him down.

“Mr. Middleton had a tough time with

and countered, “I’m well aware of his temperament, there’s

defend him.”

the CEO of such a major corporation. You can’t still talk to