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.

teen. I wanted you. Wanted to kiss you,

on

first time I saw you. You'd just gotten into college, and my parents invited you over

with your hair pinned up on one side. I remember the wind

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

remember any of it since

coma, you could still sense things around you. For

but

cheated on you? Every time I went out or came home, I told you everything about what I did. You should know by now that I haven't been

cold and unyielding as ice. "No matter what you say, I don't feel anything

Are you talking about not feeling that spark, or are you saying there's no physical attraction?" Elias

that's pretty normal. Even though I love you like crazy, I don't get butterflies every time I

first meet someone. We've been together for a

Ashley remained silent.

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

Ashley didn't respond.