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

“Are you forcing me

I am,”

was clearly the wiser one compared to

clearly fond of Emelie. Even if William didn’t marry her, she’d still be his implied “lover“. It wasn’t uncommon for

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

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

his jaw was

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

Emelie exclaimed in

but I’m sure you can see how kind he is, right? He’s a fine

no way that Troy was a good choice

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

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

“That’s a great ideal Why don’t we just announce the engagement right

announce this