Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 911 Special Edition: Closure

Emelie wondered how she should respond to this question.

Given that she was quite far along her pregnancy, her back hurt after sitting for a long time. She shifted and tried to lean back

"Don't move," Wesley said calmly.

Emelie glanced up at him. He had already risen, fetched a cushion from the suite, and gently placed it behind her.

She smiled all of a sudden. Despite everything that had changed over the past year and two months, their relationship hadn't deteriorated to the point where every word needed to be carefully measured or overthought. She relaxed and leaned back.

She spoke candidly. "If we had grown up as siblings, I would've only ever seen you as a brother. The thought of anything beyond that would never cross my mind. If someone suggested marriage, I'd have called the police."

Wesley smiled faintly in response.

Emelie continued while looking at him, "And if we had been strangers, even without the blood tie, I'd still oppose an arranged marriage. I wouldn't accept it.

"But that's not our story. We've known each other for so long, and we were always more than just friends. People used to call you my unrequited love, and you were. When I found out that you were my brother, it felt absurd. Laughable, even. But I never felt disgusted."

Wesley met her gaze.

There was no physical resemblance between them that hinted at their blood relation. What they had in common were their eyes-calm and cool, like the reflection of the moon in still waters.

Wesley knew that some things should be left unsaid, but he needed closure.

He asked in a hoarse voice, "Did you really love me?"

"I did. I loved you very much." Emelie didn't avoid the truth.

him anywhere. When he left for abroad, she spent countless nights crying over him. And when they reconnected years later, she found herself

reason. During those years, her heart still belonged

school, because her world had revolved around Wesley. Everyone else was simply background

Wesley in Emelie's world" was not

his heart. It was enough. This

Even after she discovered his deception, she hadn't hated him. She hadn't found

her promise, traveling to Mercianna to marry him. And now, after more than a year of no contact, she had come to give him closure. That

leaned back, his expression still the same, but the tension in his features seemed

Pierce and Hoven families. However, there was another burden that Wesley had been carrying

happily married, deeply in love with her husband, and expecting

he had ever

piece reached the finish line. She had won. She said, "Wesley, I will always be grateful to you for saving me from

"You think that it was a favor? wasn't it all part of William's plan? I was just another pawn, even in those years I spent taking

no bitterness in his voice, only a

surprised. "Is that what you've

it?" Wesley assumed that she saw things this

it was part of William's

how elaborate William's schemes had been, Wesley's own decisions had played

"I had never expected Mr. Cronus to think so

was momentarily at a

Wesley's distaste for William was no secret. Realizing that he had unwittingly played into William's hands

you had known it was part

some. Moreover, things change so quickly. You used your own judgment, made your

"I'm your

smiled, her eyes

busy, had another appointment at 4:30