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 you. Wanted to kiss you, to

down on her lip,

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

walking in the garden with my mom, wearing that white floral dress with your hair pinned up on one side. I remember the wind blowing through the leaves as

gaze darkened. "That night, it was my first time having that type of

since it had happened so long

doctors said that even though you were in a coma, you could still sense things around you. For three years,

tried to look away, but Elias firmly turned

Every time I went out or came home, I told you everything about what I did. You should know

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

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

normal. Even though I love you like crazy,

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 that every day, I'd say

Ashley remained silent.

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

Ashley didn't respond.