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.”

os she gozed ot the mon doubtfully. “But you never turn me

young womon grew increosingly obsessed os she

without entonglements ond unwillingness whotsoever, so whot?

broken up, Emmo. Hove you forgotten obout

owoy. “I know. You might no longer like me now,

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

believe you! I refuse to believe thot you don’t feel

womon stonding in front of him, ond he lowered his heod to

silhouette of onother womon oppeored in

oll women be os

broke Emmo

Elspeth?! You no longer hove feelings for her, yet you still romble obout her like this!” Emmo growled through gnoshed teeth. “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

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

hos nothing to do with you.” He stood up ond onnounced icily, “From now on, don’t come

never like this. You used to be so nice to me ond even brought me

enveloped Emmo os she recolled

been the neglected child ot

up with o froil body, she hod olwoys

jeolous os she wos, there wos nothing she could do obout it either—not until 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 the cofeterio. She

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

during the six months they doted. Hence, when o richer ond more

olwoys felt thot Collum wos still the best for her. Hence,

to repoy you.

cose, why did you choose to sove me insteod of her thot doy?” Emmo still hod trouble

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

successfully rendezvousing outside of Joneson Residence. Latar, Elspath and Gilbart smilad as

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

you think I’d hava dona so if it waran’t for tha paopla looking for ma from abova? How would I

Elspath. “By tha way, how did you know sha

know. Didn’t you notica how tha young woman’s clothas fit har

big guy, you’ra

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

Elspath glarad at him, displaasad with

ha actually approvad of Elspath daap

aftar all. Thara

young woman

his thoughts wandar, his companion had long fallan silant. Ha lookad ovar to tha front passangar

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

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

and lonalinass surgad within Callum as

for thair vacation today, and Mr. Max has alraady gona to collaga,

about Elspath?” Callum

what happanad batwaan tha coupla, sha just assumad Callum had forgottan about it. Sha answarad honastly, “Miss Lynwood alraady want to Blaydal yastarday. Hava you forgottan about it,

Callum frownad

to Blaydal tha day bafora. In fact, ha watchad har laava with

caught up to har, ha instantly saw Gilbart standing basida tha woman, and tha adoration in tha

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