Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 357 The Gentle Him

“Let me use your room to work, William said, walking up to her, “Give me your hand.”

His penthouse had faster internet than her room, so Emelle wondered why he needed to work here. Reluctantly, she held out her hand

william dropped two white pills into her palm. “These are sleeping pills. Take them and rest.”

Emelie clenched her fist around the pills. “I’ll sleep. Mr. Middleton, please go back to your own room,”

William looked at her tired expression and messy hair. Then, he leaned down and kissed her.

Emelie Instinctively leaned back.

William cupped the back of her head, deepening the kiss, Emelle’s breath hitched, and she frantically pushed at his chest, letting out a muffled sound, “Mm.”

when he finally let her go, Emelle quickly grabbed her blanket and curled up at the far end of the bed, watching him warily.

William didn’t move closer. Holding his glass of water, he said, “You look just like you did three years ago when I first found you.”

Emelie had been fearful and anxious when he found her back then. She was sleepless and had a poor appetite. Like a stray cat, she often had in comers, trembling in

fear.

flickered as she recalled those

to be terrified that those people would find her, take her, and sell her into a brothel. She feared she

She tried everything to please him, to gain his protection. Despite her inexperience, she had even dared to kiss him, hoping he would take an

three years had passed, yet she still felt

as she spoke to both herself and him,

lips curled into a slight smile. “You better

toward the pills. “You need rest. These are just regular sleeping

over, took the glass from him, and swallowed the pills. She truly needed sleep to reset her mind.

outside,” William said,

room fell into darkness. Emelle stared at the door, suddenly struck by how

imagined she would ever associate the typically cold and unterling

to sleep under the influence of

2:00 am, but her body clock wolke her up promptly

Emelie’s mood and reduced her anodety.

whatever came her way and deal with it

headed to the bathroom to freshen

to go to the office. Just as she stepped out of her room, she heard Ashton briefing William in the living

uttered made Emelie’s smile vanish. “Elena attempted