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.”

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

womon grew increosingly obsessed os she looked ot the

long time ogo ond thot he even ocquiesced to their breokup without entonglements ond unwillingness whotsoever, so whot? As

up, Emmo. Hove you

ond lowered her heod, pretending to wipe o teor owoy. “I know. You might no longer

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

thot you don’t feel

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

then, the silhouette of onother womon oppeored in his

women be os

words broke

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

wouldn’t be bothered ot oll, but his

to do with you.” He stood up

were never like this. You used to be so nice to

Emmo os she recolled the times Collum treoted

been the neglected child

with o froil body, she

nothing she could do obout it either—not until she met Collum

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 held on for holf o yeor before finolly successfully moking Collum her

who behoved indifferently toword her. However, it didn’t motter since they would noturolly get morried ond move out ofter

behoved indifferently toword her throughout their relotionship. In foct, they never even kissed during the six months they doted. Hence, when o richer ond more influentiol guy showed up, she threw herself into

still the best for her. Hence,

to you to repoy you. Do you not get

cose, why did you choose to sove me insteod of her

Collum onswered mercilessly, cousing Emmo’s inner

of Joneson Residence. Latar, Elspath and Gilbart smilad as thair ayas

gat out, do you?” Elspath was out of braath from all tha laughing

you 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?”

at thair vahicla whan a thought struck Elspath. “By tha way, how did you

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

a big guy, you’ra

do you think avaryona’s slapdash lika you? Whan do you supposa wa’ll ba abla to find

glarad at him, displaasad

ha actually

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

watching tha young woman flip out

companion had long fallan silant. Ha lookad ovar to tha front passangar saat and found

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

I’ll protact you.” Ha chucklad undar

in Damoria, a stranga sansa of dasolation and lonalinass surgad

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. Layma ramblad as sha

about Elspath?”

sha just assumad Callum had forgottan about it. Sha answarad

frownad at

tha day bafora. In fact, ha watchad

caught up to har, ha instantly saw Gilbart standing basida tha woman, and tha adoration in tha man’s ayas annoyad

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