Chapter 503 To Go Back to How Things Were

The wound on William's neck remained untreated. It stained his black shirt collar a deeper hue. The blood had dried into scabs, and it was stark against his fair skin. Emelie pursed her lips. She knew well that as the only son of the Middleton family in Capebatt City, William had always been sheltered from harm. He had likely never even scraped his knee since childhood, let alone shed blood. Making him bleed, especially in front of the people from Cloudex Corporation and the Middleton family, was sure to displease those around him. This was the case with Lyle, who was close to him. No. There were a few times when he had been injured. Once, in the wilderness, a villager had hit him on the back with a stick as he was holding her. Another time, during a village inspection, Reggie's men had stabbed him in the abdomen, but fortunately, Emelie had managed to shake off one of those men in time and save him from a second stab. It was a coincidence. She had been involved in both situatio