Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 767 Mr. Middleton, Save Me

William's voice was colder than the lingering winter chill. "Mr. Swanson and Mr. Collins, it seems you've kept me out of the loop. Why didn't you inform me of such an entertaining show in advance?"

Beathan responded with a sincere expression, "Mr. Middleton, you haven't been feeling well recently, remember? We thought that it wasn't a big deal, so we didn't want to disturb your rest."

He paused before continuing with a smile. "Besides, this is our way of apologizing to Ms. Pierce. It didn't seem directly related to you, so we decided not to bother you with it. Now that you know, it's the same."

These were, of course, mere excuses.

William didn't take the bait and ignored this clumsy attempt to smooth things over. He asked, "Mr. Collins and Mr. Swanson, did you not do your research before sending this gift? Daphne is my mother's caregiver."

Bryan pretended to be surprised. "I had no idea that you two were connected in that way. We honestly didn't know. We only heard that Ms. Pierce was searching for this woman everywhere, so we thought that we'd do her a favor."

"Exactly." Beathan chimed in.

Emelie and said, "Ms. Pierce, I think we've had some misunderstandings that have caused some unpleasantness between us. Why don't we clear

on the sofa and crossed her legs. "Mr. Collins, are you referring

to my secretary's reckless actions, and I failed to supervise him properly. Ms. Pierce, I owe you

all the blame

a sip of her wine and smiled

the box. "Ms. Pierce, if you accept this gift, how about we consider the

"And what about you, Mr.

well, why don't we deepen our cooperation? It would

up and walked over to Daphne, reaching

squinted, struggling to adjust to the

a mix of confusion and terror,

frantically looked around. When she saw William, her eyes lit up with the desperate hope of seeing a

softly. "Begging him won't do you any good. You're now a gift from Mr. Swanson and Mr. Collins to me. Your fate is in

Daphne's face turned ashen.