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 have

on

clearer. I was 16 the first time I

with your hair pinned up

to a low, intense murmur, and his gaze darkened. "That night, it was my first time having that

any of it since it had happened

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

but

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

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

you mean by 'don't feel anything'. Are you talking about not feeling that spark, or are you saying there's no

pretty normal. Even though

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

Ashley remained silent.

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

Ashley didn't respond.