Chapter 1027 Finally Choosing to Face Ones Inner
Chapter 1027: Chapter 1027: Finally Choosing to Face One’s Inner Self Chapter 1027: Chapter 1027: Finally Choosing to Face One’s Inner Self Emilia Goldsmith stared at the man in front of her in utter shock, as if struck by lightning, “You’re saying… what?”
Lyle Westbrook’s gaze passed over her pale face, a trace of guilt flashing across his handsome features. His rose-colored lips parted as he spoke in a cool yet comforting voice, his words low and hoarse, “Emilia, I’ve fallen for someone else, I’m sorry!”
All along, he had refused to admit that he still had feelings for Enna Clark!
After all, to him, the woman represented by the words ‘Enna Clark’ was someone he had met while using the alias Wyndham Howell, living as a single father.
Back then, his heart had skipped a beat, much like that of a young lad; he had vied for her attention, felt jealousy, but was rejected.
Upon his return to the Westbrook Family, he deliberately faded out the memories in Capital City.
He had always thought that the moment Enna Clark rejected him in the hospital that night, he was ready to end that one-sided love.
But he hadn’t realized that he had never forgotten her.
He hadn’t forgotten Enna Clark, nor the initial thrill that coursed through him.
Until later, when they met again, and the moment he laid eyes on her once more his heart involuntarily quickened its pace. He knew then that he had never forgotten; deliberately choosing not to remember never meant forgetting.
And then, due to a twist of fate, he found Gigi, helped treat her illness, and had more contact with her. At the Oceana Club, he suddenly realized she might be the girl his sister had mentioned, potentially the one with whom he had a childhood engagement. That revelation made his heart sink with loss and regret, deeply wounding him.
Over the past year and more, he had been unwilling to face the fact that he had been rejected, suppressing his own feelings.
But from the moment they had the car accident, when she desperately tried to help him by opening the car door, saving him…
From when she found a stone, breaking into sweat, persistently knocking at the car lock…
From when she herself was exhausted to the extreme yet silently supported his arm, leading him toward the woods…
He couldn’t deceive himself anymore!
And he couldn’t lie to his heart anymore!
He had someone he liked, and had all along!
That person, neither stunning nor striking, ordinary in every way, was the one who made his heart skip a beat, the one he couldn’t hide his fondness for.
He decided to confront his own feelings head-on, to stop evading and retreating!
Besides, during their time together recently, he didn’t believe she told him the truth in the hospital. At least in his eyes, what he saw was a domineering and aggressive man.
Also, the car accident indicated that Baron Lawrence hadn’t protected her well enough! Danger had always lurked around her!
If that was the case, why should he hold back?
He held back for her happiness, but if she wasn’t happy, he wouldn’t hold back anymore!
Emilia took a step back from disbelief to denial, her beautiful eyes fixed on him, filled with incredulity, “How is that possible? How could you possibly fall for someone else? You’ve never mentioned her before?”
She paused, frowning in suspicion, “Are you just making up such an absurd excuse because you don’t want to accept me?”
Lyle Westbrook looked at her with guilt, “I’m sorry.”
If it hadn’t been for Emilia Goldsmith’s visit today, pouring her heart out to him, perhaps he wouldn’t have faced his feelings so soon.
“I won’t accept this!” Emilia Goldsmith realized she had lost control and took a deep breath to calm down, looking at him, “Fine, Lyle Westbrook, you say you’ve fallen for someone else, fine, who is she?”