Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 730 An Uninvited Guest

Emelie replied, "Yes, most of the original furnishings have been preserved. Some were too damaged due to bad workmanship and can't be restored, so I had replicas made to match the old style."

Wesley's voice deepened slightly. "That wasn't necessary. Things change, and that's okay. Holding onto the past can be painful."

Emelie disagreed, thinking that he was cold and heartless.

As she cooked, she said, "I see it differently. I never knew my parents, be it their temper, personality, or appearance. I can only learn about them from other people.

"Even so, what I hear is only a fraction of who they were. No matter how much they praised my parents, I couldn't relate."

"But this house holds echoes of their lives. Sometimes, when I touch a worn spot on the wall or a chipped piece of furniture, I feel a connection to them. That's why preserving these things is important to me."

Wesley stood in his spot and listened quietly, then simply replied, "Hmm."

He was unusually quiet tonight.

He walked to the window, lost in thought, then crouched down.

The spaghetti was almost ready. Emelie served two plates and placed them on the dining table to cool.

crouched

Emelie curiously approached him.

could finish, the lights

heard a strange noise, like

crouched, but he was now holding a dagger. None of them made a sound, their

a noise came from the dining table. Emelie glanced

figure grabbing one of the plates. Then,

stunned and asked directly,

to eat the spaghetti as if he

when Wesley pulled her close. He was

the knife

not well. Let me handle this," she said. For the first time in his life, Wesley found himself

and touched. The gloom that had enveloped him the entire night

table. She

person quickly gulped down more spaghetti before catching

block her attack. With one hand still holding the plate, he defended himself while slurping the spaghetti

angered by his arrogance and

coughed, nearly spitting out his