Winning Her Heart Back (Emelie and William) novel Chapter 452

Chapter 452 The Grahams 

When Ellas arrived at Westward Club, he only saw Lyle playing games there. 

The wounds on Elias‘ face were still untreated, and his expression was both cold and irritable. After looking at the surroundings, as asked, “Where’s Will? isn’the supposed to beat Westward Club? This is the location he had sent me.” 

Lyle looked up. “Will suddenly became interested in Xander Group and dragged jayden along to find out more from Norman.. Elias, what happened to your face? Did you get into a fight” 

Elias had no interest in trivial matters. Annoyed, he sat down heavily. “Lyle, get me a few bottles of something strong” 

After putting away his phone and getting up, Lyle picked a bottle of liquor from the cabinet behind him. “What’s going on?” 

As casual as Elias was, he didn’t feel like explaining that his wife had cheated on him. He opened a bottle of whiskey with a grim face and poured himself half a glass. “You’re young, so you wouldn’t understand. But the prettier the woman, the harder she is to deal with.” 

Lyle pondered. Weren’t they the same age? They were both 26, with Elias being only three months older. 

Later, after William and Jayden left, Blas played a few games, but his mood inexplicably worsened. He poured himself another half–glass of whiskey. With drooping eyelids and eyes reflecting the color of the alcohol, he lazily said, “I understand.” 

They raised their glasses and drank silently, one glass after another, until both were quite drunk. Only then did Elias smirk slightly. His bruises still hurt. 

“Can you believe that she’s a lawyer? Before convicting someone, she doesn’t even give them a chance to defend themselves and just hands them the death sentence. Is it so hard for her to talk to me beforehand? she’d rather listen to her ex than to me. Does she even know who her husband is?” 

“Sometimes, women are just unreasonable like that. If you offend them, they’ll retaliate. But they’ll still hold grudges and give you the cold shoulder whenever they see you. 

“But if you defend a mistress, they might forgive you in a couple of days and even marry you. Women are strange creatures” Lyle chuckled. 

Elias had originally thought that Lyle wouldn’t understand these things, but it turned out that he did. They clinked glasses. “I won’t let go, so neither should you if we aren’t happy, why should we let them be? 

Lyle took a sip of his drink but didn’t swallow right away. He allowed the Gery liquor to linger in his mouth, contemplating something before slowly letting it slide down his throat with a subdued grunt. 

When William and Jayden arrived at the Graham residence, it was already 11:00 pm. 

Suddenly visiting at this hour was clearly impolite 

Luckily, Normin usually stayed up late. He was just preparing to go to bed when they arrived. He hurriedly put on his coat and came downstairs. “Will, what’s the matter? Why are you here to see me this late? Jayden, why are you here too? 

Jayden got up from the couch and smiled. “Don’t worry, we’re not here for anything serious. Will suddenly had a whim to hear some gossip. I scolded him on the way, saying he’d scare you coming over so late at night. I told him to wait till tomorrow, but he wouldn’t listen.” 

“So, you’re fine” Norman was indeed startled by William. 

The last time he was unexpectedly visited in the middle of the night was more than twenty years ago by the Pierce family. It had been raining heavily that night. The chill still crawled into his bones when he thought about it now. 

“Bring us some coffee,” Norman instructed the maid as he sat down. He pointed at William. “You’re becoming more reckless. I have heart problems, you know. Don’t scare me to death.” 

“If you can’t handle this much, you wouldn’t be fitto be Chairman of the Alliance Chamber.” William chuckled lightly. “I just wanted to ask you about the Xander Group and Xander Pierce.” 

As the maid brought the coffee in, Norman hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it. He looked at William and asked, “Xander Pierce? Why are you suddenly bringing this up? All that happened decades ago.”