Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

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Chapter 569 Wesley, the Faux Gentleman

Emelle carefully applied the ointment onto Wesley’s wound with a medical cotton swab, gently spreading it from the edges toward the bleeding area. She was being careful.

“It’s not the same at all,” she said,

Wesley felt her touch, which was as light as a feather, brushing against him. It didn’t hurt, but it did tickle a bit.

He looked at her reflection in the glass. Her head was lowered, and she had a focused and serious look.

He didn’t press her about what was different. Perhaps she meant that a wound on oneself felt different from a wound on someone else.

Meanwhile, what he thought about was how she had once been a young, delicate girl. However, she had experienced so much over the past decade, so much so that she had even consented for an abortion surgery. Thus, she was no longer scared of such minor injuries.

Wesley frowned as he recalled the events.

Emelie thought she might have hurt him and bent down to gently blow on the wound. Wesley found it amusing, considering he was already feeling ticklish

“I’m notachid,” he said.

Emelie blinked and noticed his chest.

a scar on his chest, about the size of a ringmall Such a scar could only have been

paused. “What happened here?”

at the scar and answered in a flat tone,

first time,

raised, and her fingertips felt the rough texture. She could imagine the gruesome scene when the bullet had penetrated his chest and caused the

critical area. Even without him saying it, she knew how dangerous it must have been.

understand why he hadn’t taken her abroad at that time just by looking at the scar. He was fighting

naively believed that there were

book had led to the death of her adoptive parents, she thought of something she had read

before

the gallows. If there’s a 300% profit, they trample all laws of

fighting for inheritance rights. So, he was hated bitterly by the io family, who would gladly see him eliminated:

was still resting on Wesley’s chest until Jodie knocked on the door. She came back to her senses and noticed Wesley had been looking at her for some time. His expression was

her action was inappropriate

wanted to explain that she was merely curious about the gunshot wound. She had no other intention. However, what other intention was there? Saying so might make

worse

hesitating to speak while looking

the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

it even harder to speak under

was about to say “I“, Jodie walked