Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me?

Just as he was about to carry her up to the hotel room, a loud crash echoed from the sandalwood door as it was kicked wide open.

Callum’s face went dark as he saw Elspeth lying motionless in Arthur’s arms. Although he looked sickly, he still managed to exude a threatening aura. “Put Elspeth down, Arthur!”

When he was unconscious, he overheard Elspeth say that she would meet Arthur at the hotel. He tried his hardest to pry his eyes open when he felt the emptiness beside him to look for her. Just as expected, he found her there.

“That was quick of you, Callum,” Arthur sneered. It was frankly not within his calculations that Callum would still have the strength to come over when he was poisoned. Nevertheless, Arthur had to give him credit for his tenacity.

“Well, I wouldn’t have known you were such a b*stard if I didn’t.”

Callum coughed softly with a hand over his mouth and tried to suppress the ill effects of the poison on his person. His gaze landed on Elspeth in Arthur’s arms as fury lit up in his eyes. “Aren’t you releasing her?”

“Let her go?”

Arthur jeered, “Have you forgotten that you’re poisoned, Callum? You won’t be able to beat me no matter how proficient you are at fighting.”

“Who told you that I came alone?”

Suddenly, a group of burly men showed up from behind Callum. They were all packed with muscles, making it an intimidating scene.

That made Arthur’s smile disappear in an instant. “You’re pretty clever.”

“You only have one minute, Arthur. Put Elspeth down and hand over the ginkgo.”

Callum’s words felt like a joke to Arthur as he sharply rebuffed, “Elspeth is in my hands now. Shouldn’t you be the one listening to my demands?” How dare Calum threaten me? I guess he doesn’t care about Elspeth’s life!

“You’re only one man here, Arthur. You don’t even have a single chip to barter against me.”

“Is that so?”

picked up a shard, threateningly holding it against Elspeth’s neck with a manic smile. “Elspeth’s life for my freedom. That should be enough,

hesitated for a moment before calmly answering, “Okay. Release

save the damsel in distress. I’ll return her to you once

onto Elspeth’s waist as he

Then, he even caught Elspeth, who

only to see that she had opened her eyes, and they contained a hint of gleeful

Elspeth wasn’t

It was an act. He said that the ginkgo was in the room, but it didn’t feel right for someone as sneaky as him to reveal his ace up

her dainty hand and playfully shook a small glass bottle that displayed the

resignation as an amused smile crept

He was the one who

from top to bottom. Once he was confident that she was alright, he finally relaxed a tad before asking, “How

“I noticed it with just one whiff. That’s such a simple drug that I didn’t even want to waste my time making it when I started learning

was worried about

are you here? Didn’t you pass

when I woke up and recalled what you said when I was unconscious. So, I

If Arthur had been more ruthless… He didn’t dare think of

go. You and Frank will recover just fine once

entire procession

with a bottle filled with light yellow

here. So, I can’t turn them into

as he raised an eyebrow. “What

have transferred all your assets under your name to mine. Besides, who would use such an expensive herb as a poison? That’s a huge capital. It’s easier to slit your

The market price for this ginkgo was sky-high. People fought for it as it was extremely scarce. It was indeed

what she said funny and couldn’t help

you