Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 35 Lover

Everyone immediately looked at Emelie.

Emelie stood there with a blank expression, like some frozen statue.

Mikhail Spencer and his wife, Linda Grabel, were actually quite fond of Emelie, especially after seeing how capable and sociable she’d been tonight. They knew Troy was not cut out for managing a business, so they had hoped to find a woman capable of doing so for him.

Emelie’s lack of wealth of influence was actually advantageous to them, as it meant they could easily manipulate and control her. They were concerned that if Troy’s wife came from a wealthy or influential family, she might divert the company’s profits to her own family.

Linda clasped Emelie’s hand and smiled kindly at her. “Yes. I think Emelie is a fine young woman, too.”

Emelie immediately pulled her hand away, shocking Linda.

Emelie then said calmly, “Mrs. Spencer, please don’t misunderstand. Mr. Troy was just fooling around. We’re no more than friends, so there’s no way marriage would be involved.”

Troy exclaimed in a panic, “Emelie!”

as a

Emelie continued swiftly, “You’ve misunderstood my feelings, Mr. Troy. I’ve only ever treated you a normal friend, nothing more.”

can treat me as more than a friend now, right?” Troy said adamantly. “I don’t care!

said, “Are you forcing me now,

am,”

wiser one compared to his

Even if William didn’t marry her, she’d still be his implied “lover“. It wasn’t uncommon for influential families to adopt such a system. The Undvike family was

Emelie away from the Middletons. So Mikhail said sternly, “Be quiet,

sneering. “You have such poor taste, unlike some

expressionless, though his

the table again. He said suddenly, “I’ll give you a dowry if you marry Troy,

Emelie exclaimed

sure you can see how kind he is, right? He’s a fine young man

was no way that Troy was a good choice for her. Emelle wanted

matchmaker for Emelle and Troy’s marriage. “I can vouch for Troy’s character. I’ve watched him grow from a child to the man he is

develop your love for one another later on. Why don’t you two get engaged first? Then you can strengthen your

just announce the engagement right now to all the guests out there? It will be a wonderful surprise

so much as waiting for Emelie to respond, Troy dragged her outside to announce this news. None of them had