Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 23 Inscrutable Expression

Emelle downed all three shots in one go. She then said with a smile, “There. May luck lead your way, Mr. Spencer. I really am occupied tonight, so I won’t be able to join. Apologies.”

Emelie then turned and left while William watched on darkly.

Emelle’s swift reaction and departure left Troy’s friends with insufficient time to react and prevent her from leaving. They grumbled to themselves after Emelie left, saying she was no fun.

However, that was just as Emelle had intended.

Emelie was already trapped in a situation where her only means of leaving the room was by drinking the alcohol, just three shots. It seemed like a simple solution to her immediate problem and would allow her to continue searching for Mona. So why hesitate?

However, Emelie knew that while rebellion was an option, relying too heavily on it would only entertain Troy’s friends without truly advancing her cause.

Emelie didn’t want to think about how William had intended for her to drink those shots.

Meanwhile, William had extinguished his cigarette after Emelie left. He glanced at the people who were drinking, which made the latter few ask, “What is it, Will?”

Jayden piped up, “One can get drunk very easily once one drinks different kinds of liquor. Why don’t you

check up on Emelie? After all, this is a pretty shady place.”

Daphne tightened her grip around William’s hand and forced out a smile. “Emelie has really good alcohol

tolerance, so she should be fine. But she did appear to be in a hurry to find whoever she was looking for. Why don’t you see if she needs help, Mr. Middleton?”

you sleepy yet? Need me to drive you home?” William

“Not at all. I’ll

more clear–minded and now

check on her

point. He

called Mona’s number when Mona didn’t write her a response over text. There was

no one picked up.

in the hallway was dim, and the scent of tobacco and perfumes smelled awful together. Emelie’s stomach churned uncomfortably with the heavy smells in addition to the drinks she’d

anxious, she began

into them. The man who she bumped

didn’t mean to,”

man was silent for a moment before saying, “It’s

phone call suddenly

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hear what was being said after that. But there seemed to be more than one

man whom she had bumped into watched her as she ran off, his

two figures ran past the man’s vision.