Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

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.”
William’s eyes grew cold. “Mr. Davis, I’ve told you that Emelie is mine.”
“You did say that, but you also need to respect her wishes. From what I see, Ms. Hoven isn’t interested in you. So, let’s each do
our best.”
William exhaled a puff of smoke, which obscured his deep, icy gaze. Despite looking calm on the outside, he couldn’t help but
wonder if Charles‘ confidence came from signals that Emelie had given him.
William flicked the ash off his cigarette. He was used to Emelie coming and going at his call, and he was used to manipulating
her into submission. This was the first time William realized just how challenging it was to please her.
Had he not done enough?
Charles was about to head back to the private room, but he turned back when he thought of something.” Mr. Middleton, you must
have seen Ronan Hoven at Alderbrook, right? Did he mention the 300 million dollars?”
William’s tone was indifferent as he replied, “Weren’t we going to each do our best?”
Charles lowered his voice and said, “This is different. It’s been too long, and everyone’s running out of patience.
“Also, I recently heard that Wesley Graham, Ms. Hoven’s first love and the one who’s set to inherit the Filo Group, will be
returning soon. I have a feeling that he might interfere. Should we act first?”
William looked up, and a deadly gleam flashed in his dark eyes.