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.

at worknow, so this shouldn’t concern you,

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

casual talk. You don’t need to be

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

if she might break down any moment. She had barely eaten and hadn’t slept well the previous night without sleeping pills. Feeling increasingly strained, she sensed

anymore. 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 do

felt the urge to storm back and confront them. She couldn’t understand what she had done wrong to be unfairly targeted by

was no point in arguing;

a deep breath and

to her for work. He needed

in work without distractions, but today she found it

the finished document to Bryan and then picked up her phone to search for news about Elena’s attempted suicide. As expected, it was all over the internet. The comments were flooded with Elena’s supporters,

the worst comments were just about her cozying up to a wealthy man, which