Winning Her Heart Back (Emelie and William) novel Chapter 402

Chapter 402 She’s Too Hard to Please 

Halfway through the meal, Emelie stepped outside to answer a call from her housekeeper. 

The housekeeper reported that Ronan had been drinking heavily for the past two days and had gotten drunk every day. Greta had tried to persuade him to stop, but he wouldn’t. So, the housekeeper was worried that something might happen and wanted to ask Emelie what to do. 

Emelie had sensed that something was off with Ronan’s mood when she had left Alderbrook. Why did he suddenly start drinking so heavily? 

She frowned, worried that Greta’s concern for Ronan might affect her health. 

“Call me when he wakes up tomorrow. I’ll talk to him.” 

The housekeeper agreed. 

When Emelie returned to the private room, she found only Ashley and Ashton inside. The three men were gone. 

“Where are they?” 

Ashley succinctly replied, “Smoking, taking a call, and using the restroom.” 

Emelie returned to her seat. She looked past the two empty chairs and asked Ashton, “Did you just come from Capebatt City?” 

Ashton replied professionally, “Yes. I came to Weston after seeing Ms. Bowen off. She’s been sent to Sentiland.” 

Daphne had been sent to Sentiland? Emelie was slightly taken aback. 

Ashton added softly, “Ms. Bowen will most likely not be coming back anymore.” 

Emelie sipped her drink slowly. She hadn’t expected William to be willing to send Daphne abroad. 

Was this another one of his attempts to act cute? By sending Daphne away, was he saying that he wouldn’t be involved with her anymore? 

Was he trying to show Emelie that he really didn’t care about Daphne by sending her so far away? Was Daphne really just someone he had used to provoke Emelie? Had he really never liked Daphne? 

Emelie felt a mix of emotions. The person who had bothered her for so long had turned out to be so insignificant. It made her feel ridiculous, as if all her efforts had been in vain. 

Emelie felt relieved that Daphne was finally gone. But at the same time, she also felt that Daphne had been let off too easily. 

Emelie glanced at the door and saw that the three men still hadn’t returned yet. A thought occurred to her, and she turned to Ashley and asked, “Do you know Mr. Collins?” 

Ashley wasn’t surprised that Emelie had noticed. After all, Emelie had always been an observant person. 

Ashley didn’t hide anything and directly said, “He’s my ex–boyfriend.” 

So, that was their relationship. Emelie pursed her lips and said, “I’ve wanted to ask a question for a few days now.” 

“Yes?” 

“The Allen family doesn’t seem to know that even if Elena is convicted, she’ll likely only get a suspended sentence.” 

If they had known, they wouldn’t have paid so much for her settlement. After all, a suspended sentence meant no jail time. Getting her settlement wasn’t that crucial. 

Ashley paused. “There’s only one explanation. Beathan didn’t tell the Allen family that.” 

This meant that he was helping them to deceive the Allen family in a way. Beathan was the high–priced lawyer hired by the Allen family. Why would he act against them? 

“Is it because of you?” Emelie could only think of Ashley’s past relationship with him as the reason. 

Ashley shook her head without hesitation. “We broke up years ago and haven’t been in contact since. It couldn’t be because of me. Either he didn’t foresee the suspended sentence or there’s another reason.” When she put it that way, Emelie believed her. 

Ashley turned to look at her and asked, “Shouldn’t you check on them? I’m worried that Mr. Middleton and Mr. Davis might get into a fight.” 

Given their status, that shouldn’t happen, right? However, Emelie wasn’t entirely certain. She hesitated before getting up to check on them. 

When Charles ended his call, he turned around and saw William lighting a cigarette. 

Charles smiled and said, “Mr. Middleton, if you had paid this much attention to Ms. Hoven before, I probably wouldn’t be in the picture now. But I believe that Ms. Hoven might favor Mr. Swanson or me over you. Your efforts were too little, too late.”