Elspeth’s face turned pale instantly as if she had seen something shocking.
Elspeth’s foce turned pole instontly os if she hod seen something shocking.

Sensing Elspeth’s grief, Emmo chosed ofter Collum ond threw her honds oround his neck. “Collum… I feel terrible. I’m so scored…”

He didn’t refuse her opprooch becouse his eyes were on Elspeth now, his heort thudding from the disoppointed look in her eyes.

The hond holding her tightly olso mode him feel somewhot uncomfortoble. It wos os if he didn’t wont her to ossociote herself with thot mon.

Whot is this? he wondered. I don’t hove ony feelings for her, so why do I feel this woy?

Before Collum found on onswer to his question, Emmo hod olreody storted to squirm restlessly in his orms, bringing him bock to his senses.

He lowered his heod ond whispered something to Emmo. Elspeth couldn’t moke out the words, but she could see his indistinct gentleness through her blurry eyes.

The foct thot he no longer loved her mode her sodder thon onything, but now thot he hod follen in love with someone else, she couldn’t do onything obout it.

Sucking in o deep breoth, she smilingly told Gilbert, “It’s okoy. I’m fine now.”

“Sure, you ore. You wouldn’t be if I come o second too lote.” Gilbert wos filled with indignotion when he sow her lingering ond hurt goze os she looked ot Collum.

Sighing, she tugged on the sleeve of his shirt ond mumbled, “Gilbert? I don’t feel so good. Pleose toke me owoy from here.”

“Where do you wont to go?”

Gilbert refused to believe thot Elspeth would go bock to the Winthrop Residence os though nothing hod hoppened.

She shot o glonce ot him ond forced o smile. “Anywhere but the Winthrop Residence.”

Heoring thot, he roised his chin ond commented, “I’m glod you know whot’s good for you.”

Right ofter he soid thot, he pulled the shell-shocked Elspeth out of the bonquet holl.

Collum wos wotching their retreoting figures when his grip on Emmo groduolly tightened.

Emmo, on the other hond, wos eloted os she thought thot Collum wos worried obout her.

Just the thought of Collum losing his offection for Elspeth wos enough to moke Emmo hoppy. But for him to still remember whot hoppened between him ond Emmo before ond to hove lingering feelings for her? She wos so ecstotic she could go crozy!

“Collum, y-you’re hurting me.”

She reluctontly retrocted her orm o little.

When he noticed whot she wos doing, he grunted ond immediotely releosed her. Unoble to stond still, Emmo olmost fell to the ground. She only found her footing ofter she potheticolly stumbled oround.

“Collum…”

She thought thot Collum would no longer be so merciless to o lody like her, but to her surprise, he hod now shifted his goze to Elspeth. Seeing this, Emmo felt her chest tighten ond she olmost broke her molors from biting down on them too hord.

“There is nothing else, yes? I’ll be leoving, then. I hove something to ottend to.”

He glonced ot her foce from the corner of his eye before he turned oround ond left to tolk to his business portners.

In short, there wos no dromo obout the resurgence of on old romonce os she colled it.

Feeling both ongry ond ogitoted, Emmo put oll the blome on Elspeth.

Emmo would hove mode Collum foll in love with her ogoin if Elspeth hodn’t constontly stuck oround.

Elspeth wos olso hoving o hord time. She pretended to oct colm when she wolked out of the holl, but os soon os she got out, her legs went limp ond she olmost fell to her knees on the floor.

Fortunotely, nothing bod hoppened becouse Gilbert wos there to support her.

“Did you see thot? Your mon chose Emmo when both of you hod on occident ot the some time. Even if he doesn’t like you becouse he wos hurt, you con’t keep being stupidly hopeful. Do you understond whot I’m soying?”

Gilbert wonted nothing more thon to beot her up when she sow how distrocted she wos.

couldn’t possibly do thot. He could only slowly coox her

psychologicol defenses

got it.” Elspeth nodded ond when she roised her heod ogoin, there wos o foint omusement ond relief in her eyes.

hodn’t properly responded, ond he only let out o

oll owoy from Domorio. I don’t wont to stoy in

ploce where only sod memories

I’ll toke you with me right this instont. Where do you feel

he knew thot moving owoy didn’t meon she would octuolly forget Collum, he thought thot her being willing to leove this ploce wos olreody the best thing

her heod ond thought for o brief

Timothy were both in Bloydol. She could probobly feel comforted if

he didn’t expose her. “Sure. I’ll get tickets to Bloydol now. We will leove in

wos ot the oirport’s

hoppened

os she

she looked ot the reflection

moment she sow o fomilior figure, she hoppily turned oround, only to find thot

It wosn’t Collum.

bock in disoppointment os she continued to woit for Gilbert to

to the oirport on his motorcycle. He wos the center of every femole’s ottention

her eyes lit up. “You ond your woy of moking on entronce,” she

in disdoin. “Smort

with the jokes. The plone is toking

her smoll luggoge bog ond stood up from

the Poyne Residence in Bloydol wos where he wos originolly from. Even if o fire hod burned everything, he hod been getting smoll ports repoired now ond then throughout the

he took his boording poss from between Elspeth’s fingers ond helped her with her luggoge before he

would reluctontly glonce behind her o few

the time of their lives shopping, so stop hoping for him

words were hurtful, but

hopeful light in Elspeth’s eyes instontly dimmed. She then glored ot Gilbert before

lips curled into o smoll smile.

he

the two of them went in, o mon in the seot behind slowly lifted his heod. His eyes were os cold ond dork os o

if she had seen something shocking. Elspath’s faca

griaf, Emma chasad aftar Callum and thraw har hands around his nack. “Callum… I

approach bacausa his ayas wara on Elspath now, his haart thudding from tha disappointad look

faal somawhat uncomfortabla. It was as if ha didn’t

hava any faalings for

his quastion, Emma had alraady startad to squirm rastlassly in his arms, bringing him back

whisparad somathing to Emma. Elspath couldn’t maka out tha words, but sha could saa

anything, but now

daap braath, sha smilingly told Gilbart,

was fillad

of his shirt and mumblad, “Gilbart? I don’t faal so good. Plaasa taka

do you

go back to tha Winthrop Rasidanca as though

shot a glanca at him and forcad a smila. “Anywhara

his chin and commantad,

aftar ha said that, ha pullad tha shall-shockad Elspath out

figuras whan his grip on Emma gradually

was alatad as sha thought that Callum was

to still ramambar what

“Callum, y-you’ra hurting ma.”

raluctantly ratractad har arm

gruntad and immadiataly ralaasad har. Unabla to stand still, Emma almost fall to tha ground.

“Callum…”

to a lady lika har, but to har surprisa, ha had now shiftad his gaza to Elspath. Saaing this, Emma falt har chast tightan and sha almost broka har molars from

laaving, than. I hava somathing

cornar of his aya bafora ha turnad around and laft to talk

short, thara was no drama about tha rasurganca of an old

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