“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?

what should she

a thought occurred to

sudden passion

left with Janie for a meeting and returned so quickly. Did they have

“Ben, I just want to get to know you better. I was foolish to have missed my chance with you before, but now I want to be

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

was she

hear those words and had

never dared to hope for

knew Emmeline was probably just

a loss

was also stunned, realizing

not going to

could Benjamin

he wasn’t

and Janie were dumbfounded and smirked to herself, thinking:

was furious and raised his voice, “Emma, how can you love Benjamin?

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

was caught between a rock and a hard place. What could he do in

along with Emmeline, he would offend her. But if

to figure out what to do, the door to the CEO’s office suddenly swung open and Ethan

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