Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 866 Beck and Call

Emelie had always known that Jodie reported everything to Wesley. So, whether it was Lyle stopping by that night or her spending nearly a full day and night at Sunnington Hill, Wesley would probably know despite being all the way in Mercianna.

That meant he knew what Lyle had told her, and exactly what had gone down with William. He hadn't called in the last two days, most likely because he didn't know how to approach her, until now.

Emelie's eyes locked on her phone screen, where the words "Mr. Cronus" flashed in bright letters. She wondered what he wanted to say, but at the same time, she really wasn't in the mood to find out.

After she let it ring for a good ten seconds, she calmly reached over and pressed the decline button.

She hit the recline button on her chair and leaned back, letting it lower slowly into a more comfortable position.

Emelie leaned back and tried to relax, but her nerves wouldn't let her. Even after a few minutes of silence, the tension still buzzed beneath her skin.

She picked up her phone and typed out a quick message to Wesley. "I'm busy right now. I'll get back to you when I can,"

His reply came almost instantly, "Okay,"

She unbuttoned the top two buttons of her blouse, hoping to shake the tight, suffocating feeling that had crept in. But it clung to her stubbornly and unrelentingly.

took a long sip. It didn't

bite mark that William had left was almost gone now. She sighed and

Then, without thinking too hard about it, she dialed William's number.

Xanther Group's stock was in freefall, and it was dragging the Cloudex Corporation down with it. So, he had spent hours in tense board meetings, listening to grown men bicker

he paused for just a moment before grabbing it. Without a second thought, he rose from

his shoulders as he

said, his voice

"You got 30 minutes. Shower and

caught the underlying meaning in her words and wasn't sure whether to be amused or offended. "So I'm just your

I can always find someone else," she replied, her voice devoid of

indifference, and that only made his thoughts wander further. His fingers tightened on his tie, loosening it with a

30 minutes. I'm still at the Cloudex Corporation. I'll head straight to you. As

abruptly. That was

the conference room behind and headed downstairs, ready to be at her beck and call, just like how he

It was situated in the heart of

lost in thought. He passed a convenience store, paused,

planned to buy a box of condoms but remembered Emelie's remark

of colorful boxes, he was torn and ultimately he left the store