Winning Her Heart Back



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Lyle used the sofa as a support to climb to his feet. To move undetected at night, he was dressed in black from head to toe. Without light, he blended seamlessly into the darkness.

He drawled, "As expected of high society. Even the spaghetti served is in dainty portions. Even after eating two plates, I'm still starving."

Wesley had knocked him down, causing the remaining spaghetti to splash onto Lyle's parka in the process.

Lyle wasn't bothered though. He casually tossed the parka aside and grinned at Emelie. "So, is there more?"

Emelie, initially believing him to be an assassin, was relieved to find that it was just a false alarm. "If you're going to come over, don't pull something like this next time. Why did you scare us like that? Thankfully, Jodie and Marcel weren't here, or else..."

Lyle arrogantly replied, "Even if they were here, they couldn't take me down."

"You'll win if you fight one-on-one," Emelie countered. "But they wouldn't fight you one- on-one. They'd team up. Can you handle two people?"

Lyle pondered for a moment before shaking his head. "You're right."

Wesley interrupted their banter, asking, "Where did you come from?"

Lyle hummed a tune, "From the grasslands."

Then, he added a line from a song, "I come from the grasslands, to warm your heart."

Wesley thought that Lyle was joking and was slightly annoyed. Meanwhile, Lyle smiled at him provocatively.

Emelie quickly intervened by holding up her hand. She said to Wesley, "He's serious. He really did come back from the grasslands."

Wesley tilted his head to look at her, confused.

It was awkward for them to talk while standing, so Emelie pointed to the sofa and asked them to sit.

Wesley remained standing, while Lyle promptly took the single seat sofa.

Lyle noticed a Rubik's Cube on the coffee table and picked it up. It was a simple 3x3 cube. With one hand, Lyle swiftly shuffled and solved it repeatedly.

Emelie remembered Lyle's fondness for Rubik's Cubes. Back when she was falsely

imprisoned by William, whenever Lyle came to the Eastbay to deliver messages, he would play with the cube on the table.

After that, William found out that he helped her escape. He couldn't accept betrayal, so he

exiled Lyle from Capebatt City.

Later, Lyle sought Emelie out in Baliz. He created a scene with the servants the first time he went to her house, accusing her of tricking him into sleeping with her. Wesley had been present, and the encounter had been awkward.

Lyle had done it deliberately, as Emelie was using him to distract William. However, what Lyle said was too flirtatious. Since then, Wesley and Lyle's relationship had been strained. Even now, things still hadn't changed.

Emelie glanced at Wesley, who finally sat down on the sofa with her. "I asked him to investigate something and find a few people for me before Springfest."

Wesley asked, "Investigate what? Who were you looking for?"

Emelie explained, "The murder case I'm implicated in. Beathan is using this case to stop me from leaving Capebatt City. There are things I can't do because of my limited mobility. eded to find a way to resolve this predicament.

"The murder case is linked to a human trafficking case from four years ago. I asked Lyle to investigate those traffickers. A total of five people were involved.

"One of them was a driver with the lightest sentence. He was from the grasslands, so they sent him back there to serve his sentence. He was released not too long ago. I asked Lyle to find this person and see if we could find out how Frankie died back then."

Wesley nodded. "No wonder he was with you when you returned to Capebatt City, but ver saw him around."

Lyle had indeed returned to Capebatt City with Emelie and even went to Henry's ward with Emelie to say his goodbyes to Henry.

However, due to his long-standing friendship with William and the fact that William had helped him before, he was reluctant to confront William directly. So, he handled other tasks for Emelie when she didn't have immediate needs. If she needed something, she would simply call him.

After she had explained everything to Wesley, she turned to Lyle. "You texted me the other day, saying that you found that person. Did he say anything?"

Lyle finally looked up after Emelie addressed him. "The driver might know something. When I was looking for him, another group took him away before I arrived."

Emelie guessed immediately, "Was it Beathan?"

"Probably. I chased them and intercepted them midway. I already had him with me on a train, but that old scoundrel was very sly. He managed to escape when I wasn't paying attention." Lyle put down the Rubik's Cube.

He continued, "I chased him all the way, and to my surprise, he entered Capebatt City. I don't know where he's hiding, so I had people looking for him while I came to report to you."

Emelie frowned. "If he's going to run, he'd go back to the grasslands. Why come to Capebatt City?"

"He probably doesn't know who I am or Beathan's identity, but he might guess we're looking for him because of the past. People tend to hide in places they think are safe when they feel insecure," Lyle replied.

Then, he whistled thoughtfully. "Capebatt City must have someone he thinks can protect him."

Wesley said calmly, "I've always felt there was something off about your kidnapping."

It was undoubtedly strange. Emelie had heard them say she was a primary target, making her the main objective.

"I've investigated for a long time, but I still haven't found anything," she said.This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

Wesley gazed at her, the look in his eyes was calm. "Perhaps this time, the truth will come to

light."

Emelie pursed her lips and told Lyle, "Tomorrow, I'll send more people to help you search for the driver."

As soon as Emelie started talking to Wesley, Lyle yawned. When she looked at him, he closed

his mouth. His eyes were heavy with fatigue.

"So, there's really no spaghetti left?" he asked.