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

Not just colleagues and clients, but the

over the past

and friends had silently thought she would become his

marriage more than once.

but smirk

he expected, the topic of marriage

bracing herself all afternoon, Emelie still found herself lost for words, looking

some guidance.

water. His voice was devoid of any warmth or flavor as he stated, “I won’t be marrying

fell back into her bowl with a soft clink. But what William said landed heavily in her heart, fracturing it like glass under

she couldn’t hear her own

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

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

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.

slammed the table, standing up as

up as he said, “I’ve finished,

to calm. him down. “Relax, dear.

had a tough time with the clients

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

defend him.”

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