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.

Wanted to kiss you, to have you in bed with

bit down on

me, let me make it clearer. I was 16 the first time I saw you. You'd just

mom, wearing that white floral dress with your hair pinned up on one side. I remember the wind blowing

gaze darkened. "That night, it was my

any of it since it had happened

her face in his hands. "The doctors said that even though you were in a coma, you could still sense things around you. For three

to look away, but Elias firmly

I told you everything about what I did. You

and unyielding as ice. "No matter what you say, I don't feel anything for you anymore. I don't want to stay in

mean by 'don't feel anything'. Are you talking about not feeling that spark, or are you saying there's

a soft chuckle. "If it's the first one, that's pretty normal. Even though I love you like crazy, I don't get

someone. We've been

Ashley remained silent.

continued, "And if you're talking about physical attraction, we haven't tried that out yet, have we? So how would you

Ashley didn't respond.