Chapter 199 Perfect Present

• Emily could never answer Charles’s question. She hadn’t done anything, yet here they were, alone in his room, the air thick with tension. He had saved her again tonight from Nancy’s cruel hands. Why? That was the question she should be asking. ‘Charles, what are you doing to me?’ Not the other way around.
• He had saved her many times now, and how could she not feel something? But she reminded herself of his words…he did it for his brother, Warren. He had said it himself, that he would do anything to make Warren happy, that he would give anything to him. And she? She was just someone he protected for his brother. A gift wrapped neatly, untouched, meant to be the perfect present.
• The thought weighed heavily on her shoulders. She didn’t want to expect anything from him, but it was hard to fight what she felt. Every time he saved her, every time he stood by her, every time his presence filled the room, her heart betrayed her. Yet she knew the truth. He wasn’t doing it for her. He was doing it for Warren.