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! It’s you I want! You need to marry me because I said so! Today’s my birthday.

said, “Are you forcing

I am,”

clearly the wiser one compared to

be his implied “lover“. It wasn’t uncommon for influential families to adopt such a system. The Undvike family was a prime

afford to take Emelie away from the Middletons. So Mikhail said sternly, “Be quiet, Troy. Stop fooling around.

“You have such poor taste, unlike some

expressionless, though his jaw was pulled

the table again. He said suddenly, “I’ll give you

exclaimed in

Troy is just childish at times, but I’m sure you can see how kind he is, right? He’s a fine young man and reputable

a good choice for her. Emelle wanted to counter, “Mra. Spencer,

in. He began playing matchmaker for Emelle and Troy’s marriage. “I can vouch for Troy’s character. I’ve watched him grow from a child to

on. Why don’t you two get engaged first? Then you can strengthen your relationship and

the engagement right now

for Emelie to respond, Troy dragged her outside to announce