Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 884 I Thought You Would Come

The bridal room had grown quiet. The once lively chatter of bridesmaids and groomsmen had disappeared.

The door was closed, leaving only the two of them.

It seemned the countdown to the ceremony was irrelevant now.

Emelie sat quietly on the edge of the bed in her dazzling wedding gown. Her hair ornament swayed gently beside her temple.

After a long pause, she finally broke the silence. "William, I thought that you'd come last night."

throat tightened. "If I had come,

shook her head. "It doesn't matter anymore.

then that William realized what he had missed. A deep, aching pain gripped him as he clasped Emelie's hands. Her fingers were cold, and he gently cupped them in his palms to warm

too many things on my

need to ask; she already knew what had been running

long he could be with her. He questioned whether

him that he shouldn't be there. Samuel was the

thought everything through.

when morning came, he heard the firecrackers. The whole of Mercianna was buzzing about the

his emotion overpowered his rationality, and so