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.

I was a teen. I wanted you. Wanted to kiss you, to have you

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make it clearer. I was 16 the first time I saw you. You'd just gotten into college, and

were walking in the garden with my mom, wearing that white floral dress with your hair pinned

low, intense murmur, and his gaze darkened. "That night, it was

couldn't remember any of it since it had happened

could still sense things around you. For three years, I told you 'I

away, but Elias firmly turned her

came home, I told you everything about what I did. You

pushed his hands away, her voice cold and unyielding as ice. "No matter what you say, I don't feel anything for you anymore.

about not feeling that spark, or are you saying there's no physical attraction?" Elias asked, leaning casually against

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

of excitement is more for falling in love at first sight or when you first meet someone. We've been together for a long

Ashley remained silent.

talking about physical attraction, we haven't tried

Ashley didn't respond.