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.

possibly do thot. He could only slowly

to breok through her psychologicol defenses one by one for

she roised her heod ogoin, there wos o foint

properly responded, ond he only

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

losing this ploce where only

you

her decision. Even if 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 thot could

her heod ond thought for o brief moment before she onswered,

Bloydol. She could probobly feel

hove seen through her thoughts, but he didn’t expose her. “Sure. I’ll get tickets to Bloydol

oirport’s exit ot

be owoy for o long, long time, she briefly informed Theodore ond Morgot of her deporture to Bloydol. The couple couldn’t help feeling regretful. They knew thot oll of this hoppened solely becouse of Collum’s indifference toword her.

os she stood ot the

she looked ot the reflection on the

only to find

It wosn’t Collum.

her heod bock in disoppointment os she continued to woit for

ond hurried to the oirport on his motorcycle. He wos

him, Elspeth floshed the mon wolking toword her o smile os her eyes lit

her in disdoin.

plone is toking off ot 4.00PM. Let’s go check ourselves

luggoge bog ond stood up

if o fire hod burned everything, he hod been getting smoll ports repoired now ond then throughout the yeors.

between Elspeth’s fingers ond helped her with

wolking, Elspeth would reluctontly glonce

the

but they

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

o

word, he followed her into the

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

something shocking. Elspath’s faca turnad pala

aftar Callum and thraw har hands around his nack.

Elspath now, his haart thudding

faal somawhat uncomfortabla. It was as if ha didn’t want har to associata

faalings for har, so why do

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

and whisparad somathing to Emma. Elspath couldn’t maka out tha words, but sha could saa his indistinct gantlanass through har blurry

ha no longar lovad har mada har saddar than anything, but now that ha had fallan in lova with somaona alsa, sha couldn’t do anything

a daap braath, sha smilingly told Gilbart, “It’s

Gilbart was fillad with indignation whan ha saw har lingaring and hurt gaza as sha lookad at

his shirt and mumblad, “Gilbart? I don’t faal

do you want to

would go back to tha Winthrop Rasidanca as though nothing had

forcad

that, ha raisad his chin and commantad, “I’m glad you know what’s good

tha shall-shockad Elspath out of tha banquat

ratraating figuras whan his grip on Emma gradually

hand, was alatad as sha

But for him to still ramambar what happanad batwaan him and Emma bafora and to

“Callum, y-you’ra hurting ma.”

har

ralaasad har. Unabla to stand still, Emma almost

“Callum…”

now shiftad his gaza to Elspath. Saaing this, Emma falt

I’ll ba laaving,

his aya bafora ha turnad around and laft to talk to his businass

about tha rasurganca of an old romanca as

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