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.”

matter! What matters is that you can treat me as more than a friend now, right?” Troy said adamantly. “I

said, “Are you forcing

I am,” Troy

clearly the wiser

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

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

sneering. “You have

though his

his glass on the table again. He said

Emelie 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 in Capebatt

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

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 the

another later on. Why don’t you

grew excited. “That’s a great ideal Why don’t we just announce the engagement right now to all the guests out there? It will be a wonderful

to respond, Troy dragged her outside to announce this news. None of them had given her any chance to voice