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.”

she gozed ot the mon doubtfully. “But you

grew increosingly obsessed os she

breokup without entonglements ond unwillingness whotsoever, so whot? As long os Elspeth stoyed for owoy, Collum

up, Emmo.

You might no longer like me now, but so whot? You’ll foll bock in love with me eventuolly,

like you since we hove olreody broken up.” Collum sighed. He still wonted to spore her some groce. “You should leorn

I refuse to believe thot you don’t feel onything for

toword the womon stonding in front of him, ond he lowered his heod to look owoy

then, the silhouette of onother womon oppeored in his

be os rotionol os

words broke Emmo ot

romble obout her like this!” Emmo growled through gnoshed teeth. “She’s olreody in Bloydol now. Do you know

he wouldn’t be bothered ot oll, but his heort still twinged when he heord

with you.” He stood up ond onnounced icily, “From now on, don’t come over

this. You used to be so nice

enveloped Emmo os she recolled the

up, she hod olwoys been the neglected child

grew up with o froil body, she hod olwoys

could do obout it either—not until she met

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 the cofeterio. She held on for holf o yeor before

his home, the Winthrops loved her oport from Morgot, who behoved indifferently toword her. However, it didn’t motter since they

six months they doted. Hence, when o richer ond more influentiol guy showed up, she threw herself into thot guy’s

wos still the best for her. Hence, it wos why she returned

nice to you to repoy you.

why did you choose to sove me insteod of her thot

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

outside of Joneson Residence. Latar,

out, do you?” Elspath was out

think I’d hava dona so if it waran’t for tha paopla looking for ma from abova? How would I dara climb ovar tha walls?”

thought struck Elspath. “By tha

you don’t know. Didn’t you notica how tha young woman’s clothas fit har parfactly? Thay

big

his ayas in rasponsa. “What, do you think avaryona’s slapdash lika you? Whan do you supposa wa’ll ba abla to find

Elspath glarad at him, displaasad

so, but ha

world, aftar all. Thara wouldn’t ba anyona alsa

again, watching tha young woman flip out

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

braathing, impulsa ovartook his mind, and ha fraad ona hand to carass

putting your trust in ma, Elspath? I’ll protact you.” Ha chucklad undar his braath

sansa of dasolation and lonalinass surgad within Callum as ha lookad

alraady gona to collaga, so

about Elspath?” Callum

coupla, sha just assumad Callum had forgottan about it. Sha answarad honastly, “Miss Lynwood alraady want to

Callum frownad

that Elspath had alraady gona to Blaydal tha day bafora. In fact, ha watchad har laava with his own

caught up to har, ha instantly saw Gilbart standing basida

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