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.

is that I've been into you since I was a teen. I wanted you. Wanted to kiss you, to

down on her

16 the first time

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

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

of it since it had happened so long

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

look away, but

came home, I told you everything

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

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

pretty normal. Even though I love you like crazy, I don't get

meet someone. We've been together for a long

Ashley remained silent.

"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.