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

wasn't entirely without reason. During those years, her

recollection of William in high school, because her world had revolved around Wesley. Everyone else was

was only room for Wesley in Emelie's world" was not

his heart. It

loved him. Even after she discovered his

to Mercianna to marry him. And now, after more than a year of

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

both the Pierce and Hoven families. However, there was another burden that Wesley had been carrying for a long

her happily married, deeply in love with

all he had

four. Her game piece reached the finish line. She had won. She said, "Wesley, I will always

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

bitterness in his voice, only a simple

surprised. "Is that what you've been

how you see it?" Wesley

Whether or not it was part of William's plan, you still acted out of care. You wouldn't

been, Wesley's own decisions had played the key role. How

with amusement. "I had never expected Mr. Cronus to

was momentarily at a loss

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

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

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

"I'm your brother, not

eyes softening.

another