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.

back at worknow, so this shouldn’t

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

talk.

from retorting. Just as she was about to

and hadn’t slept well the

couldn’t eat anymore. Pushing her plate aside, she

she overheard her colleagues muttering, “Who does she

felt unjust as they were falsely accusing her of something she didn’t

She couldn’t understand what she had done wrong to be unfairly targeted by Elena and singled out by

no point in arguing; it would only add fuel to the gossip.

breath

her for work. He needed a document

work without distractions, but today she found it impossible to concentrate. Her mind kept drifting back to her colleagues‘

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,

comments were