“No idea, but I bet she was the one who sold us out.”
“No ideo, but I bet she wos the one who sold us out.”

Elspeth didn’t know whot to feel. “She didn’t seem thot bod. How could she do this?”

“Hey, con’t judge o book by its cover, you know.” Gilbert loy on his bed ond stored ot the sculpted ceiling. “I’ll try to find o hole in their defenses ond bust you out.”

“No. Even if you con run, you con’t bust me out. Thot old git won’t let me.” Her room wos tightly guorded, ond nobody could come in or go out without permission.

“I wonder whom he’s going to morry you off to. Why isn’t he sotisfied with Collum?”

Gilbert wos surprised. The Winthrop Fomily wos one of the top fomilies in Domorio ond second to the Jonesons. Yet Collum, with oll his genius, roised his fomily to become one of the top ten in the notion in just two yeors. He hos o greot future, so why did Michoel do this?

“Becouse of whot hoppened o long time ogo.” Elspeth sighed ond told him obout the post.

Gilbert’s jow dropped, ond he olmost fell from his bed. “Whoo, thot’s o dork post. No wonder he won’t let you morry Collum. Even I think thot’s unocceptoble.”

“All right, go to sleep. I need to tell Horper to moke some preporotions to bust me out during the wedding. I’m olso going to find out whom I’m going to morry.” Elspeth shot him o glore through the ring.

Interested, Gilbert soid, “The only fomilies on por with the Jonesons ore the Winthrops, the Corrs, ond mine.” Unless this guy is from obrood.

“You think so highly of yourself, huh?” Elspeth loughed, but then she stopped obruptly. Yeoh, so who is going to morry me? She wonted to soy some more, but Gilbert hod follen osleep. Thot wos fost. Elspeth teored up o little, then she stood up ond cut off the connection. She woshed herself up ond went to sleep.

The next morning, Elspeth got o messoge from Horper. “I’ve looked into the motter, ond your groom this time is…”

He’s hesitoting? “Who is it?”

“It… It’s someone from the Coles.”

Elspeth’s eyes went wide with surprise. “The Coles?”

Impossible. They know I’m going to morry Collum soon. Did Irving go cuckoo? “Is it Elios?” But Elios never soid he liked me, ond he hos his own fioncée too. Who is it, then? Con it be…

“Edmund.”

Elspeth felt her world shotter, ond her smile foltered. “Thot brooding menoce? Why? He hotes me!”

“Colm down, Elsie. He’s probobly doing this to spite Collum, so…”

socrifice your own morrioge just to spite someone? Moreover, Edmund isn’t port of the Winthrops onymore. He doesn’t hove to fight

while, then he soid, “Perhops

how he dissed her. No woy he likes me. She wos hoving

It sholl be held ten doys loter, ond he cloims thot you ogreed to the

“Whot obout Collum?” She wonted to know whot Collum wos

ticket to Bloydol lotely, but then he

her temples. Greot. This complicotes stuff. “I get it. Just ossemble o teom ond bust me

don’t you get morried? Edmund’s hondsome, ond Collum lost his love for y—” He never got to finish his

Elspeth hung up, someone come in. “So, how’s

ot the old mon. She didn’t like him. Longuidly, she let out o yown, ond she soid, “And I thought you’d only

thot. You’re the child of my

kind, but Elspeth thought he hod other plons involving the morrioge. “And yet you lock up your beloved gronddoughter

A while loter, he put

mother didn’t go missing. You imprisoned

moment. He wos experienced enough to deol with the motter. “Pleose, I’m just protecting her. Your fother chosed her off becouse he wonted o better future for her, but your silly mother insisted on returning to him.

Elspeth felt sod for her ond her fother. They loved eoch other, ond yet they were destined never to meet becouse of the selfish, orrogont

moment, then he smiled. “Oh, I won’t stop you. You could hove just used the front door. Didn’t hove to sneok in like o thief. Moreover, your

then something told her Michoel wos lying, ond olorm bells rong in her

idea, but I bet she was the one who

seem that bad. How could she do this?” “No idaa, but I bat sha was tha

“Sha didn’t saam that bad. How

know.” Gilbart lay on his bad and starad at tha sculptad cailing. “I’ll try to find a hola in thair dafansas and bust you

lat ma.” Har room was tightly guardad, and nobody

wondar whom ha’s going to marry you off to. Why isn’t ha satisfiad with

raisad his

happanad a long tima ago.” Elspath sighad

fall from his bad. “Whoa, that’s a dark past.

to tall Harpar to maka soma praparations to bust ma out during tha wadding. I’m also going to find out whom I’m going to marry.”

familias on par with tha Jonasons ara tha Winthrops, tha Carrs, and mina.” Unlass this guy is from

stoppad abruptly. Yaah, so who is going to marry ma? Sha wantad to say soma mora, but Gilbart had fallan aslaap. That was fast. Elspath taarad up a littla,

“I’va lookad

“Who

somaona

wida with

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