Chapter 446 How to Compensate Him

Elspeth smiled, but she still turned away to look at the lake.

"Tell me, Miss Elspeth, how do you plan to compensate me?"

Callum grabbed her right hand and held it close to his chest.

"I don't know. Don't ask me."

Although she said that, she could feel his heart beating through the thick layers of fabric.

Was he nervous?

Perhaps, his heart was pounding with joy.

"I know, so?"

He simply had to push for a response right then and there.

When she noticed the stares coming from the people walking around them, her face blushed and her heart began to race.

"Enough. There are a lot of people staring. Let me go."

Naturally, he would not let her go so easily. He gulped upon noticing the embarrassed look on her face.

However, just as they were playfully bickering, he suddenly pulled her into a strong embrace.

There was a hint of pity in his eyes.

"I know your mother passed away."

Her smile immediately went stiff.

"Are you sad because of her passing?"

She clung to him, suddenly at a loss for words.

"Not really."

Even though she said that, she still could not resist shuffling closer to him.

"Why didn't you just tell me?"

was near the end of autumn, and the chilly weather had turned her nose

think there was a need to tell you. It would

to look into her eyes.

eyes to hide the emotions in

it doesn't. I'm not happy, but with how the situation was, I didn't want to tell you. It would

in her voice nearly made him laugh in anger. "You are the person I care about the most. Do you think

hoarse as

means you should have told me about

little too sensitive right now. She actually felt like crying

"Alright."

tell me

willing to tell

voice was serious as he stared into her

this would tear open the wound once more, his goal was to cure her. He did not do

"Okay."

to a bench by the water and sat

give him a detailed account

about what Helia did,

have been through a

she had suffered

the family member she loved most die before her while

all in the past, and I respect

a deep breath as sorrow flashed across

can see that you're

smile turned icy. "Of course, I'm not happy with it. Things did not need to be so complicated. There has actually been someone adding fuel to the fire

Arthur meant earlier

the truth of the

this time to torment Arthur,

I'm not only going to torment him. I also want him to suffer the

definitely be made to suffer as much

the sudden

pain as she recalled the letter

found my mother early

raised his eyebrows in surprise. "What

my mother and even wrote to her. His

she meant.

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