Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 834 Deep and True

Elias let out a dry chuckle. "Do I need to have some hidden agenda to marry you? Couldn't it be just because I like you?"

Ashley stared at him, her expression blank.

"You like me?" she asked.

"Why wouldn't I?" Elias shot back, his eyes wild with defiance.

He continued, "What? You think you're not attractive enough? Don't have a good body? That you couldn't catch a man's eye? Or do you think I'm so desperate to marry you because I had nowhere else to go?

"What about Will and Jayden? Did you think they all just vanished off the face of the earth? That they couldn't give me a place to crash for a few days? You think I came all the way to your place just to cling to you?"

Ashley's mind spun at his sudden barrage of words. "What are you trying to say?"

Elias stepped closer, closing the distance between them.

He was tall, and the narrow bathroom only amplified his presence. He cast a shadow over Ashley, forcing her to focus on nothing but him.

that I've been into you since I was a teen. I wanted you. Wanted to kiss you, to have you in bed with me. Does

down on

"If you still don't believe me, let me make it clearer. I was 16 the first time I saw

pinned up on one side. I remember the wind blowing through the leaves as

and his gaze darkened. "That night, it was my first time having

remember any of it since it had

though you were in a coma, you could still sense things around you. For three years, I told

but Elias firmly turned her face

I cheated on you? Every time I went out or came home, I told you everything about what I did. You should know by now that I haven't been with anyone else. It's

his hands away, her voice cold and unyielding as ice. "No matter what you say,

feeling that spark, or are you saying there's no

it's the first one, that's pretty normal. Even

of excitement is more for falling in love at first sight or when you first meet someone. We've been together for a long time. If my heart still races like

Ashley remained silent.

physical attraction, we haven't

Ashley didn't respond.