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.

as she recalled those days.

her, and sell her into a brothel. She feared she would be assaulted, beaten, or even killed, with no one to know or care.

to please him, to gain his protection. Despite her

yet she still felt like she was still relying on him to save

voice muffled as she spoke to both herself and

a slight

toward the pills. “You need rest. These are just regular sleeping pills. Do you want me to

from him, and swallowed the pills. She

said,

stared at the door, suddenly struck by how

never imagined she would ever associate the typically cold and unterling William with the word

her knees and soon drifted off to sleep under the influence

fell asleep after 2:00 am, but her body

nap had noticeably stabilized Emelie’s

whatever came her way and deal with it as best as she

headed to the

Friday, and she still had to go to the office. Just as she stepped out of her room,

sentence she uttered made Emelie’s smile vanish. “Elena attempted suicide