“Come on, Benjamin,” Janie’s eyes were brimming with tears. “How could you break my heart like this? What’s wrong with me?”

“This is none of your business,” Benjamin pulled Emmeline close to him. “I love Emma, and she can love me back. Who are you to interfere?”

“Benjamin, you’re misunderstanding!” Emmeline pushed him away and stood to the side, her face flushing. “I only see you as a brother, I won’t fall in love with you.”

“But that’s not set in stone,” Benjamin gazed at her deeply. “You don’t love Abel anymore, so why not give me a chance? We’re meant to be together, I don’t want to be your brother.”

His intense gaze left Emmeline unsure of what to say.

“Benjamin!” Abel’s anger boiled over and he threw a punch.

Benjamin deftly dodged Abel’s punch, feinting with a punch of his own and winking at him.

Abel was caught off guard, unsure of what Benjamin was up to.

In the moment of hesitation, Abel’s next punch never landed.

“Emma,” Janie spoke with a trembling voice. “Will you really agree to love Benjamin and be with him?”

Emmeline’s mind was racing.

How could she possibly do that?

should she say

thought occurred to

sudden passion

left with Janie for a meeting and returned

want to get to know you better. I was foolish to have missed my chance

it was Benjamin’s turn to be dumbfounded. He almost choked on his

him or was she really confessing her

waited for years to hear those words and had longed

he never dared to

probably just using reverse

a loss for how

realizing that her plan had

not going to

Benjamin do

hoped he wasn’t playing with

and Janie were dumbfounded and smirked to herself, thinking: “Ha, you

and raised his voice, “Emma, how can you love Benjamin? We’re family, and we

to Benjamin’s neck, “We’re both single and not doing

caught between a rock and a hard place. What

would offend her. But if he

as Benjamin was struggling to figure out what to do, the door to the CEO’s office suddenly swung open and Ethan burst

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