Henry clenched his jaw, as he fisted his palms, standing right behind Emilia, questioning whether or not she would listen to his previous advice.
A selfish and self feeding part of him wanted her to reject Holkan’s hand and move away from him.
In fact, it was taking each and every fiber in his body to stop himself from pulling Emilia away from Holkan but there was this other part of him.
A much composed, sensible and professional part of him, that told him that it was required of him to let Emilia get closer to Holkan and him offering her his hand, meant that they were actually getting closer and could successfully achieve their plan as well, if Emilia accepted his hand.
But he simply stood still, feeling completely helpless.
He knew that he had a bigger part to play in the whole sce
