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.

that I've been into you since I was a teen. I wanted you. Wanted to kiss you, to have you in bed with me. Does that make it clear enough?" Elias said, each word sharp and

bit down on

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

were walking in the garden with my mom, wearing that white floral dress with your hair pinned up on one side. I

and his gaze darkened. "That night, it

couldn't remember any of it since

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

to look away, but

home, I told you everything about what I did. You should know by now that I haven't been with anyone else. It's always

you say, I don't feel anything for you anymore.

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

"If it's the first one, that's pretty normal. Even though

first meet someone. We've been together for a long time. If my heart still races like that every day, I'd say that's a

Ashley remained silent.

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

Ashley didn't respond.