Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 877 Penance

Beathan had been taken away for quite some time, but his words lingered in the air. They echoed endlessly in the small room, refusing to fade away.

Emelie's expression was hard to read, like a moon veiled by thick clouds, obscuring any trace of light.

Jodie couldn't bear the silence any longer and tentatively called out, "Ma'am?"

Emelie closed her eyes, her chest tightening. It was hard to tell if she felt pain or numbness.

She asked in a low voice, "Do you think what Beathan said is true? That my mother didn't die three years ago and is still alive?"

Jodie was just as shaken. In fact, her world had already been turned upside down some time ago.

The William she thought that she knew and the William she had witnessed these past few days were completely different.

One was cold, heartless, and indifferent.

The other would go to the ends of the earth for Emelie. He would jump off a cliff without hesitation, or venture into dangerous territory in Faldoria without a second thought.

It was as clear as day that he would do anything for Emelie. So, even Jodie couldn't bring herself to say anything harsh.

"I don't know, ma'am," she said.

a self-mocking smile. "I think that it's

underestimated him. If there was anyone who

which meant that he knew every detail of her life, was enough to prove that he had the

her mother was really

throat was dry and

many times, in so many different situations, and he

her to hate him. He knew that if she believed he was responsible for her

shed or how many dangers he faced for her, there would always be an unbridgeable chasm

dawned

bitterly. "Oh, I get it now. What he wanted was for me not to forgive him. He wanted me to take revenge

wanted her to make him feel the pain and the

what William wanted all along. He believed that he owed

of him. How full of self-awareness and

spent my whole life reacting. And now, look at me, even my revenge is

asked hesitantly, sensing that this

her head. "No, I'm not going

band brushed under her eyes, though it was hard to tell what she was wiping away. The room was dim and the light was too faint to see

said, "I promised Wesley that I'd be in Mercianna the day before the wedding. Jodie, we'll stick to the

was still going to

Wesley, she couldn't help but feel that Emelie should

"Ma'am..." Jodie started.