Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 360 Overwhelmed by Trouble

Even with William’s assurance, Emelie couldn’t find complete peace of mind. Since Jeremiah and Lindsey were willing to offer 50 million dollars to sway William, Emelie couldn’t imagine what else they might offer to achieve their goals.

She even felt anxious about receiving calls, fearing it might be the police asking her to cooperate with an investigation. The entire morning passed with her feeling distracted and uneasy.

During lunch break, several colleagues invited Emelie to join them at the cafeteria. Although she wasn’t very familiar with her colleagues from Swanson Corporation and rarely dined with them, she decided to go along since they had called her.

It turned out they were eager for gossip.

“Ms. Hoven, there’s a rumor online about Ms. Allen attempting suicide last night. Is it true?”

“Why didn’t you come to work yesterday, Ms. Hoven? Someone saw you at the police station. Were you called in by the police?”

“Ms. Hoven, is the incident with Ms. Allen related to you?”

“Oh, come on, don’t be so secretive. We’re colleagues; there’s nothing we can’t talk about,” they pressed on.

“Yeah, we’re just curious. It’s nothing serious,” another added.

so this shouldn’t

emotions and replied, “If you must know, iny answer is “I don’t know.” If you’re not satisfied with

“You’re really aloof. It’s just casual talk. You don’t need to

back from retorting. Just as she was about to respond, her phone rang on the table. It was

moment. She had barely eaten and hadn’t slept well the previous night without sleeping pills. Feeling increasingly strained, she sensed a lingering PTSD–like reaction

Pushing her plate aside, she got up abruptly and left.

away, she overheard her colleagues muttering, “Who does she think she’s fooling? It’s probably

they were falsely accusing her of something she didn’t

understand what she had done wrong to be unfairly targeted by Elena and singled out

a while, she managed to quell her emotions. There was no point in arguing; it would only add fuel to

took a deep breath

to her for work. He

but today she found it

attempted suicide. As expected, it was all over the internet. The comments were flooded with

were posted back then, the worst comments were just about her cozying