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.”

said adamantly. “I don’t care! It’s you I want! You need to marry me because I said so! Today’s

forcing me

I am,” Troy

was clearly the wiser one compared

family was clearly fond of Emelie. 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

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

glanced at William before sneering. “You have such poor taste, unlike

remained expressionless, though his jaw was pulled

gave it some thought before steadying his glass on the table again. He said suddenly, “I’ll give you a dowry if you

exclaimed

how kind he is, right? He’s a fine young man and reputable

good choice for her. Emelle wanted to

playing matchmaker for Emelle and Troy’s marriage. “I can vouch for

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

just announce the engagement right now to all the guests out

to announce this news. None of them had given her any chance to voice her