Chapter 47
“Emely…” Hudson knew he needed to thread around this carefully and made sure Emely would be in agreement with this.
He didn’t want his mother to suspect anything. If she knew about the truth, she wouldn’t let him marry Emely, especially now that she
was no longer pregnant.
The premise of Dahlia allowing him to marry Emely was based on her assumption that he got her pregnant. Hudson was sure of it.
If she knew Hudson wasn’t the father of Emely’s child, and even if Luis was, it wouldn’t matter anymore for Dahlia since Luis is gone
now.
She would gladly send Emely as far away as they could since she didn’t like Emely, and if that happened, Hudson wouldn’t be able to fulfill his promise to Luis.
Emely felt flustered when she looked at Hudson’s serious expression. She knew that look. It couldn’t be something good.
“Hudson, you should eat first.” She began taking the lunchbox out of the bag and slid it toward him, placing the utensils along. She needed to distract him from saying what he wanted to say.
“Emely,” Hudson’s voice took on a more stern tone this time, making Emely unable to do anything other than look at him. She clenched her skirt, bracing herself for whatever he was about to say.
Hudson tapped his pen against the desk before putting it down, looked straight into Emely’s eyes, and said slowly, “You are my sister–in–law
Emely’s heart started pounding hard, and she could feel her panicking.
What did he mean by that? She wasn’t even married to Luis or engaged to him before. How had she suddenly become Hudson’s sister in law?
Despite that, she remained calm outwardly, still looking like the timid and meek lady she pretended to be.
“What do you mean, Hudson?” she looked at him in confusion. “I mean, yes, I loved Luis, but h her eyes. “He was gone before we could get married.”
she choked, letting tears wet
That’s what I mean, Emely. Luis
Hudson watched her silently, feeling suffocated himself, but he cleared his throat and contin loved you until his last dying breath. For him, you are his one and only. Thus, that makes you my sister–in–law in a way, even if not lawfully.”
“Are you… Emely swallowed. “Are you planning to cancel our engagement?”
Hudson shook his head, and Emely relaxed slightly.
“I will still marry you
“I will still marry you,” Hudson said seriously. “It’s for Luis‘. But Emely, we wouldn’t be a real couple.
Emely clenched her skirt tighter. Wouldn’t be a real couple?
“We will stay together in the same house after we get married, but we won’t sleep in the same bedroom,” Hudson explained.
“In public, we will act like a married couple, but in private, we won’t,” he added.
“Why, Hudson?” Emely asked. She thought everything would go according to her plan, but what brought about this sudden decision
of his?
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“Don’t you love me? Luis has passed away,” Emely kept her voice soft, but in truth, she was coercing him to be a real couple with her.
Hudson exhaled heavily and leaned back against his chair. 1 did, Emely. I did. I loved you a long time ago, but you chose Luis over
me.”
Emely looked down and bit her lip before looking at Hudson again and whispered, “But he’s not here anymore.”
“He’s not, but I can’t do this to him, Emely,” Hudson’s voice turned gentle. “I can’t love his woman.”
Emely still wanted to argue, but Hudson continued with his explanation.
“To be honest, when you left without a word, you broke my heart for the second time,” he said. “And over time, seeing how happy Luis and you were, my love for you changed.”
“Changed?” She came back here because she thought Hudson was still in love with her.
“I think of you now as… As I’ve said before, my sister–in–law or maybe my sister,” Hudson replied. “I will take care of you; you don’t have to worry about that. I hope you understand all these, Emely.”
Still pretending to be the gentlewoman, she nodded and said, “Of course, I understand, Hudson. To be honest, it is kind of weird if we are to be a real couple.”
She laughed softly as if she had been thinking about it herself. “I loved Luis and will always love him. Thank you for making this easier for me.”
Forget it, she thought. As long as they were married, she could make him fall in love with her again, and she would have many chances to get into his bed.
Hudson heaved a sigh of relief and felt like one of his burdens had been lifted from his shoulders. He thought Emely would fight him over it, but it seemed she was really lovely, and his grandma and everyone who thought poorly of her was wrong.
“Thank you for
“Thank you for understanding and thinking the same way, Emely,” Hudson said gratefully to her.
“Oh, please don’t let my mother and sister know of our arrangement,” Hudson added. “You know how they felt about you before, and I don’t want them to feel that way again, or I won’t be able to take care of you.”
“Of course.” Emely nodded in understanding, but her mind had already cooked up plans to use D entirely hers.
nd Polly to make Hudson
“And if any of our acts in public ever make you feel uncomfortable, please let me know.” Hudson, after all, was a gentleman. He didn’t want this brother’s beloved to feel uncomfortable around him.
“I won’t,” Emely shook her head. “I know you won’t cross any line we shouldn’t have.”
“Alright,” Hudson nodded his head. “Thank you for your trust in me.
“Well…” Emely stood up. “I’m glad we have this conversation.” Then she frowned. “But we do have to act like a couple in love as we are to be engaged. Will you be okay with it?”
“I will” Hudson knew he would most probably only treat her gently like he used to be. Just showing her gentleness was nothing hard to do for him.
He stood up and round the table, reaching out to hug her. This time, he felt slightly more comfortable than the time at the mansion because now he knew Emely’s thinking was in line with him.
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“Thank you,” he said softly.
“I should be the one thanking you.” Emely hugged him back but secretly smiled triumphantly. She was confident of her seducing techniques. Hudson wouldn’t be able to escape her clutch now.
She let him go and stepped back, smiling her gentle smile at him. “I’d better get going. I’m sure you have many important things to
do.”
“I do.” Hudson nodded and went back to his seat. “Thank you for the lunch. I’ll ask Miles to take you back.”
“Oh, I know you sometimes skip meals when you are swamped with work, so I just made something for you. We need to keep up our act, don’t we?” Emely laughed softly. “And don’t worry about Miles; I can find my way back.”
“Thank you again, Emely.” Hudson was very grateful for her.
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“I’ll leave now,” Emely said, and Hudson nodded.
Once outside his office, Emely’s gentle face contorted into an ugly frown, but she inhaled and turned gentle again. She needed to act well to trap Hudson.
Then suddenly, she thought of Cherise and Hudson’s inability to take his eyes off her. She wouldn’t let Cherise get in her way, and her smile turned slightly evil as she thought of the first step to humiliate her.
Days passed, and Country B buzzed with the news of Hudson and Emely’s engagement party. Many wondered why the party was being held so rushed, but Polly and Dahlia assured everyone that it was because the couple had been in love for so long. Since Hudson was already divorced, there was nothing to hold them back from being together as soon as possible.
With the rumors of Emely being Hudson’s first love spread, everyone forgets the thought of Emely being a mistress.
That made every lady sigh dreamily. To have someone as handsome and rich as Hudson Amery fell in love to the point of couldn’t wait to spend the rest of their lives together was every woman’s dream.
They all felt envious of Emely. Hudson even divorced his wife for her. How could they not feel jealous?
Julian, Logan, and Cherise were gathering at Cherise’s office when suddenly Neil knocked on the door and entered.
“Mr. Julian, Miss. Cherise, Mr. Logan,” he greeted them respectfully. “The Amery has sent you inv Emely’s engagement party”
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