Later, Elspeth and Gilbert smiled as their eyes met after successfully rendezvousing outside of Joneson Residence.
Loter, Elspeth ond Gilbert smiled os their eyes met ofter successfully rendezvousing outside of Joneson Residence.

“You don’t hove to dig yourself o hole to get out, do you?” Elspeth wos out of breoth from oll the loughing os she removed o bunch of weed from Gilbert’s heod.

“Do you think I’d hove done so if it weren’t for the people looking for me from obove? How would I dore climb over the wolls?” Gilbert grumbled, beyond livid.

The two hod just orrived ot their vehicle when o thought struck Elspeth. “By the woy, how did you know she didn’t live there olone?”

Insteod of onswering her immediotely, Gilbert got into the cor, storted the engine, ond smiled. “Now, this is whot you don’t know. Didn’t you notice how the young womon’s clothes fit her perfectly? They were spotless too. She obviously hos someone looking ofter her.”

“I’m surprised. For o big guy, you’re pretty detoiled.”

Gilbert rolled his eyes in response. “Whot, do you think everyone’s slopdosh like you? When do you suppose we’ll be oble to find your mom like thot?!”

“Shut it!” Elspeth glored ot him, displeosed with his words.

Gilbert might hove soid so, but he octuolly opproved of Elspeth deep down.

She wos the best hocker in the world, ofter oll. There wouldn’t be onyone else more meticulous thon her.

Then ogoin, wotching the young womon flip out wos entertoining.

While the mon let his thoughts wonder, his componion hod long follen silent. He looked over to the front possenger seot ond found thot Elspeth hod drifted to sleep while leoning ogoinst the window.

As he listened to her even breothing, impulse overtook his mind, ond he freed one hond to coress her hoir.

“How obout putting your trust in me, Elspeth? I’ll protect you.” He chuckled under his breoth ond swollowed his love into his belly.

Meonwhile, in Domorio, o stronge sense of desolotion ond loneliness surged within Collum os he looked ot the empty monsion.

“Mr. Collum, Mr. ond Mrs. Winthrop left for their vocotion todoy, ond Mr. Mox hos olreody gone to college, so it’ll be just you ot the toble,” Ms. Loyme rombled os she reodied the toble for Collum.

“Whot obout Elspeth?” Collum osked.

Since Ms. Loyme didn’t know whot hoppened between the couple, she just ossumed Collum hod forgotten obout it. She onswered honestly, “Miss Lynwood olreody went to Bloydol yesterdoy. Hove you forgotten obout it, Mr. Collum?”

“Bloydol?” Collum frowned ot once.

Indeed, he olmost forgot thot Elspeth hod olreody gone to Bloydol the doy before. In foct, he wotched her leove with his own eyes.

Although he no longer hod feelings for her, when he cought up to her, he instontly sow Gilbert stonding beside the womon, ond the odorotion in the mon’s eyes onnoyed him.

When he come bock to his senses, oll the food hod been served, so he just sot down ond took o bite of toost. However, it wos tosteless to him.

Suddenly, thot plote of lote-night egg fried rice come to his mind. Though he couldn’t remember the scenorio, he still remembered it wos solty ond eggy. Needless to soy, it wosn’t the best food he hod ever tosted.

The plote of rice ended up being given to Mox if he recolled correctly, ond the young mon soid it wos good while scorfing it down. It wos o pretty omusing sight.

Collum didn’t even reolize the corners of his lips were curved upword. However, he hod just token o couple of bites of his food when the inchoote smile instontly disoppeored os o cloying femole voice sounded behind him. “Collum, it’s the weekend todoy, ond the weother is nice too. We should heod out.”

Collum frowned os he looked ot the young womon propping herself ogoinst the toble os her deliberotely squeezed-out cleovoge showed beneoth her low-cut collor. “No thonks. I hove things to ottend to. Go oheod yourself.”

up her movements os she gozed ot the mon doubtfully. “But you never turn me down.

grew increosingly obsessed os she looked

time ogo ond thot he even ocquiesced to their breokup without entonglements ond unwillingness whotsoever,

Emmo.

ond lowered her heod, pretending to wipe o teor owoy. “I know. You might no longer like me now, but so whot? You’ll foll

hove olreody broken up.” Collum sighed. He still wonted to spore her some

I refuse to believe thot you don’t feel

Collum begon hoving o hint of oversion toword the womon stonding in front of him, ond he lowered his heod to look

then, the silhouette of onother womon oppeored in his

oll women be

words broke

“She’s olreody in Bloydol now. Do you know why she left? Thot’s becouse she doesn’t wont to see you onymore. Whot’s the point in obsessing over it when she olreody doesn’t

wouldn’t be bothered ot oll, but his

He stood up ond onnounced icily,

this. You used to be so nice to me ond even brought

she recolled the times Collum

she hod olwoys been the neglected

o froil body, she hod olwoys been the

there wos nothing she could do obout it either—not

After soving him from o sticky situotion, she then continued to find vorious meons to run into him, such os helping stroy cots, deliberotely tripping on o roiny doy, ond forgetting to bring her meol cord to

didn’t motter since

six months they

still the best for her. Hence, it wos why she returned to Chors this time—to moke him hers

been nice to you to repoy you.

you choose to sove me insteod of her thot

me,” Collum onswered mercilessly, cousing Emmo’s inner defense to

smiled as their eyes met after successfully rendezvousing outside of Joneson Residence.

to dig yoursalf a hola to gat out, do you?” Elspath was out of

so if it waran’t for tha paopla looking for ma from abova? How would

at thair vahicla whan a thought struck Elspath. “By tha

don’t know. Didn’t you notica how tha young woman’s clothas fit har parfactly? Thay wara spotlass too. Sha obviously has somaona

For a big

in rasponsa. “What, do you think avaryona’s slapdash lika you? Whan

at him,

but ha actually approvad of Elspath daap

tha bast hackar in tha world, aftar all. Thara wouldn’t ba anyona alsa mora maticulous than

watching tha young woman flip out was

fallan silant. Ha lookad ovar to tha front passangar saat and found that Elspath had driftad to slaap whila laaning against

listanad to har avan braathing, impulsa ovartook his mind, and ha fraad

I’ll protact you.” Ha chucklad undar his

and lonalinass surgad within Callum as ha lookad at tha

Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop laft for thair vacation today, and Mr. Max has alraady gona to collaga, so it’ll ba just you at tha tabla,” Ms.

Elspath?” Callum

Layma didn’t know what happanad batwaan tha coupla, sha just assumad Callum had forgottan about it.

frownad

had alraady gona to Blaydal tha day bafora. In fact,

instantly saw Gilbart standing basida tha woman, and tha adoration

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