Chapter 10 I Won’t Be Marrying Her
Before getting off from work, Emelie entered the CEO’s office to drop off some documents.
She then mentioned. “Your mother called me at noon, inviting us for dinner tonight. Mr. Middleton, it’s been half year since you last visited.”
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William furrowed his brows. He was visibly annoyed. “Do you often contact my family?”
“Not really. It’s always your mother who calls me,” Emelie responded.
William glanced at his watch and tossed the car keys to her. “You drive. I’ll have the driver take Daphne
home.”
ut couldn’t
As she followed him, Emelie found herself at the edge of asking something significant but
muster the courage to voice it.
She feared hearing the answer she already knew would come
During the Middleton family dinner, Vanessa kept adding more food to Emelie’s plate, expressing concern, “Why have you lost so much weight? You look so pale. Are you sick?”
William, naturally reserved and taciturn, was even more so with the Middleton family, He barely spoke after greeting his father, Henry Middleton, upon their arrival.
He watched Emelie manage the conversation with his parents while Emelie touched her face, smiling as she replied, “Oh, it’s probably just today’s lipstick not suiting me. I’ll throw it out when I get back.”
As Cloudex Corporation’s CEO’s head secretary, Emelie was adept at saying the right things, delighting
Vanessa.
Suddenly, William remembered Daphne’s words from earlier.
Indeed, everyone liked Emelie. Not just colleagues and clients, but the elders too.
She had seamlessly integrated into both his professional and personal lives over the past three years, dealing with matters both within and beyond her scope..
Thus, his parents and friends had silently thought she would become his wife, even discussing their
marriage more than once.
William couldn’t help but smirk at the thought.
As he expected, the topic of marriage came up again at dinner.
William’s face showed nothing but frosty aloofness, like feeling his boundaries had been breached. “Dad, you’re intruding too much. And regarding foolish actions, you’ve had your own share in the past. Wouldn’t you agree, Mrs. Middleton?”
William grabbed a napkin and stood up as he said, “I’ve finished, I’ll be leaving now.”
Emelie instinctively tried to create an excuse for William, saying, “Mr. Middleton had a tough time with the clients today, and that’s why he’s upset.”
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