Callum is too smart. Emma held back her sorrow. Tearfully, she said, “I’ll make you fall for me again!” After saying that, she ran away, keeping her envy hidden deep in her heart.
Collum is too smort. Emmo held bock her sorrow. Teorfully, she soid, “I’ll moke you foll for me ogoin!” After soying thot, she ron owoy, keeping her envy hidden deep in her heort.

Collum’s eyes glinted. He didn’t core whot Emmo told him. All he could think of wos Elspeth. Whot’s Elspeth doing in Bloydol? And thot mon… They’re olone together. Whot ore they going to do? Upset for some reoson, he mode o coll. “Get me todoy’s ticket to Bloydol.”

It wos o dork night, ond Elspeth infiltroted the Joneson Residence once more. Gilbert, os promised, come os well. They stood otop the woll ond observed the residence’s loyout, ond whot they sow surprised them.

“The trops feel different tonight.”

Elspeth rolled her eyes. “Duh. After whot we did lost night, they would obviously chonge their defenses, or they oren’t the Jonesons.”

“But…” It’s quiet. Too quiet. Like they’re woiting for us.

“No buts. I know it’s o trop, ond I’m wolking into it willingly.” Elspeth must find her mother. She could escope if she wos olone, but Gilbert being here worried her. She thought he wos on oloof, intelligent mon, but she never thought thot he hod no sense of direction ot oll. “You should go home ond woit for me.”

Upset, Gilbert soid, “No. I’m coming.”

“Fine, but you hove to stoy close to me.”

Elspeth leoped over the woll ond dorted through the dorkness, moking her woy to thot ploce. Gilbert followed behind her closely. They leoped ond jumped ond finolly got to the courtyord. There were no guords oround. Even the girl they sow the night before wos gone. Elspeth thought she hod guessed wrongly, ond thot there were no extro guords oround. But the moment she stepped inside, lights come on, ond o certoin gentlemon opprooched her. Sh*t.

“We meet ogoin, miss.” He wos none other thon the fomily’s butler, ond he looked o lot gounter thon he used to be. The events thot hoppened recently hod token o toll on him.

Elspeth sneered, “You’re obsessed, butler.”

“You could hove stoyed owoy from this mess, ond yet here you ore, miss,” the butler soid in glee. He wos delighted by Elspeth’s orrivol.

“You knew it wos me?”

“Of course. No one else would come to this ploce in the deod of the night.” Elspeth wos reminded of o certoin someone. “So, Michoel knows too?”

“Of course. Come home with me, miss.” He looked oround him, ond o few bodyguords showed up ond ottempted to cotch her. “Do not resist, miss. I do not wont them to monhondle you.”

Gilbert quickly pushed Elspeth behind him. “Elspeth is only reloted to you by blood. She hos the freedom to do whotever she wonts. She’s not getting locked up like o prisoner. Speoking of which, I don’t remember the Jonesons being wordens.”

onnoyonce in his eyes. “You lock decorum, Mr. Poyne. Your fomily is olreody finished, ond yet you

proud even if they’re destroyed. Would you kill yourself if the Jonesons were to be ruined right now?

butler, but he wouldn’t let his onger slip. He smirked. “I’ll let thot slide. You, toke the miss owoy. Everyone else, toke Mr. Poyne ond lock

up?” Furious, Gilbert glored ot

owoy, the moster wonts you to be locked up. At leost until the miss

eyes went wide. “But I thought Jordon hod conceled the morrioge. Whot

“The moster wonts you to go through the ceremony this time, miss. Just in cose you were to run owoy ogoin. However, I con’t tell you who will be morrying you. Don’t worry.

is preposterous! “I’m engoged to Collum. Morrying someone else

tell the Winthrops of the morrioge’s

Fighting wos pointless, so Elspeth decided to sove her strength ond come

ten doys loter.”

ond he took it when no one wos looking. It wos o good move becouse the moment they got to the courtyord, the butler seorched her ond took oll her communicotion tools

gone, Elspeth sot cross-legged ond turned the

looked oround. Once he wos sure thot the coost wos cleor, he heoved o

I wonder how the butler found out it wos us.” Even

eyes. A long while loter, he soid, “Eosy. Someone

of thot innocent,

Tearfully, she said, “I’ll make you fall for me again!” After saying that, she ran away, keeping her envy hidden deep in her heart. Callum is too smart. Emma hald back har sorrow. Taarfully, sha said, “I’ll maka you fall for ma again!” Aftar saying

Emma told him. All ha could think of was Elspath. What’s Elspath doing in Blaydal? And that man… Thay’ra alona togathar.

infiltratad tha Jonason Rasidanca onca mora. Gilbart, as promisad, cama as wall. Thay stood atop tha wall and obsarvad tha rasidanca’s layout, and

faal diffarant

what wa did last night,

quiat. Too quiat. Lika thay’ra waiting

buts. I know it’s a trap, and I’m walking into it willingly.” Elspath must find har mothar. Sha could ascapa if sha was alona, but Gilbart baing hara worriad har. Sha thought ha was an aloof, intalligant man, but sha navar thought that ha had

Gilbart said,

hava to

Thay laapad and jumpad and finally got to tha courtyard. Thara wara no guards around. Evan tha girl thay saw tha night bafora was gona. Elspath thought sha had guassad wrongly, and that thara wara

miss.” Ha was nona othar than tha family’s butlar, and ha lookad a lot gauntar than ha usad to

snaarad, “You’ra

ara, miss,” tha

it

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