Winning Her Heart Back

Lover

Everyone immediately looked at Emelie.

Emelie stood there with a blank expression, like some frozen statue.

Mikhail Spencer and his wife, Linda Grabel, were actually quite fond of Emelie, especially after seeing how capable and sociable she’d been tonight. The

Emelie’s lack of wealth of influence was actually advantageous to them, as it meant they could easily manipulate and control her. They were concerned t company’s profits to her own family.

Linda clasped Emelie’s hand and smiled kindly at her. “Yes. I think Emelie is a fine young woman, too.”

Emelie immediately pulled her hand away, shocking Linda.

Emelie then said calmly, “Mrs. Spencer, please don’t misunderstand. Mr. Troy was just fooling around. We’re no more than friends, so there’s no way ma

Troy exclaimed in a panic, “Emelie!”

as a

Emelie continued swiftly, “You’ve misunderstood my feelings, Mr. Troy. I’ve only ever treated you a normal friend, nothing more.”

“That doesn’t matter! What matters is that you can treat me as more than a friend now, right?” Troy said adamantly. “I don’t care! It’s you I want! You nee

Emelie said, “Are you forcing me now, Mr. Troy?”

“Yes, I am,” Troy grumbled.

Mikhail was clearly the wiser one compared to his son.

The Middleton family was clearly fond of Emelie. Even if William didn’t marry her, she’d still be his implied “lover“. It wasn’t uncommon for influential fami

The Spencers couldn’t afford to take Emelie away from the Middletons. So Mikhail said sternly, “Be quiet, Troy. Stop fooling around. You can’t force Ms. H

Henry glanced at William before sneering. “You have such poor taste, unlike some people.” ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

William remained expressionless, though his jaw was pulled taut.

Henry gave it some thought before steadying his glass on the table again. He said suddenly, “I’ll give you a dowry if you marry Troy, Emelie!”

“Sir!” Emelie exclaimed in shock.

Linda immediately piped up, “Ahem, Troy is just childish at times, but I’m sure you can see how kind he is, right? He’s a fine young man and reputable in

There was no way that Troy was a good choice for her. Emelle wanted to counter, “Mra. Spencer, I.

“Emelle.” Henry cut in. He began playing matchmaker for Emelle and Troy’s marriage. “I can vouch for Troy’s character. I’ve watched him grow from a ch

Linda hurriedly added, “And you can always develop your love for one another later on. Why don’t you two get engaged first? Then you can strengthen your relationship and arrange for n wedding.”

Troy grew excited. “That’s a great ideal Why don’t we just announce the engagement right now to all the guests out there? It will be a wonderful surprise

Without so much as waiting for Emelie to respond, Troy dragged her outside to announce this news. None of them had given her any chance to voice he

Emelie stumbled behind Troy.

She hadn’t been too concerned when it was just Linda and Troy talking about marriage. But when Henry. began supporting it, fear and panic immediately

Emelie was certain they were very much capable of making a marriage between her and Troy come true.

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