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.

worknow, so this shouldn’t concern you,

and replied, “If you must know, iny answer is “I don’t know.” If you’re not satisfied with that, feel free to ask

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

as she was

herself on edge again, as if she might break down any moment. She had barely eaten and hadn’t slept well the previous night without sleeping pills. Feeling

her plate aside, she got

took a few steps away, she overheard her colleagues muttering,

were falsely accusing her of something she didn’t

the urge to storm back and confront them. She couldn’t understand what she had

no

breath and

to her for work. He needed a document completed

past, Emelie could immerse herself in work without distractions, but today she found it impossible to concentrate.

news about Elena’s attempted suicide. As expected, it was all over the internet. The comments were flooded with Elena’s supporters, blaming Emelie for pushing her to the

were just about her cozying up to a wealthy man,