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.

she recalled those

used to be terrified that those people would find her, take her, and sell her into a brothel. She feared she would be assaulted, beaten, or even killed, with no one

lifeline. 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

wondered how three years had passed, yet she still felt like

the blanket tightly, her voice muffled as she spoke to both herself

lips curled into a slight smile. “You better not be.”

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

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

said, closing the

the door, suddenly struck by how unusually gentle

the typically cold and

and soon drifted off to sleep under the

fell asleep after 2:00 am, but her body clock

Emelie’s mood and

do now was face whatever came her way and deal with it

of bed, she headed to the bathroom to freshen up and change clothes.

to go to the office. Just as she stepped out of her

made Emelie’s smile vanish. “Elena attempted suicide last