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.

years, she had loved him deeply, so much that she would have followed him anywhere. When he left for abroad, she spent countless nights crying over him. And when they reconnected years

wasn't entirely without reason. During those years, her heart still belonged to

William in high school, because her world had revolved around Wesley. Everyone

for Wesley in Emelie's world" was not

Finally, there was peace in his heart. It was enough.

his deception, she hadn't hated him. She hadn't

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

same, but the tension in his features

However, there was another burden that Wesley had been carrying for a long time: feelings for her that had

saw her happily married, deeply in love with her husband, and expecting their child, he could

the beginning, all he had ever wanted was for

line. She had won. She said, "Wesley, I will always be grateful to you

was calm. "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

was no bitterness in his voice, only a simple statement

"Is that what

how you see it?" Wesley assumed that she saw things this

helped me out of your feelings for me. Whether or not it was part of William's

schemes had been, Wesley's own decisions had played the key role. How could all the "credit"

"I had never expected Mr. Cronus to think

was momentarily at a loss of

about it, the funnier it seemed. Wesley's distaste for William was no secret. Realizing

subsided, Emelie turned serious again. "But I believe that, even if you had known it was part of a larger plan,

for me that motivated you, not some. Moreover, things change so quickly. You used your own judgment, made

"I'm your brother, not

smiled, her eyes

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