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 from

Not just colleagues and

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

his parents and friends had silently thought she would become his wife, even discussing

marriage more than once.

help but smirk

of marriage came up

all afternoon, Emelie still found

some guidance.

any warmth or flavor as

had just picked up fell back into her bowl with a soft clink. But what William said landed heavily in her

couldn’t hear

n low voice, “If you’re not marrying Emelle, then who? That young secretary from the

sudden tension, a role she

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.

standing

as he said, “I’ve finished,

Vanessa quickly offered him some water, trying to calm. him down. “Relax, dear. Remember your blood pressure

excuse for William, saying, “Mr. Middleton had a tough time with the clients today, and that’s why he’s

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

defend him.”

tried to 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