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.

Daphne’s words

liked Emelie. Not just colleagues

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

friends had silently thought she would

marriage more than once.

couldn’t help but smirk at

the topic of marriage came up again

all afternoon, Emelie still found

some guidance.

of any warmth or flavor as he stated, “I

up fell back into her bowl with a soft clink.

moment, she couldn’t

Emelle, then who? That young secretary from the company?

Emelie instinctively wanted to diffuse the sudden tension, a role she often played in

you’re intruding too much. And

Vanessa’s face stiffened.

the table, standing up

napkin and stood up as he said,

shade, Vanessa quickly offered him some water, trying to calm. him down.

excuse for William, saying, “Mr. Middleton had a

“I’m well aware of his temperament,

defend him.”

and said, “Will is now the CEO of such a major corporation. You can’t still talk to him like he’s