Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me?

She didn’t know how she returned to the hotel. When she came back, Yelena was already asleep; she even muttered something in her sleep when she heard Elspeth return.

Elspeth lay awake in bed all night. The next day, she found Callum’s address with her computer hacking skills before hurrying there early in the morning.

Callum was watching the news while jotting down notes nonstop.

“Callum, I have something to ask you about.”

Callum didn’t say a word, but his fingers trembled for a moment.

“Emma is still in touch with Arthur at the moment. Do you know that?”

Callum’s eyes darkened; there seemed to be a cold gleam in his gloomy eyes. “I do.”

“In that case, do you know they’ve slept together before?”

Callum frowned slightly with an indiscernibly complicated look on his face. “What are you telling me this for?”

Elspeth asked coldly in a stern voice, “Arthur is nominally your brother, yet he’s slept with your ex-girlfriend. Do you still want to go out with Emma now?”

Callum averted his gaze. “This has nothing to do with you.”

“Callum, tell me that you’re faking all of this and that you have your reasons for doing so. I’ll believe you if you say that.”

A frosty expression came over the man’s face. “Elspeth, stop being unreasonable, will you?”

“Callum, do you really love me?”

Callum fell silent—a silence that struck a chill into Elspeth’s heart.

“I’m gonna ask you this again, so tell me the truth. Do you still love me?”

Callum’s voice was dry and hoarse. “I loved you before.”

a valley and crushed beneath one’s heel. Her face turned pale, and she bit her lip involuntarily. She clenched her fists so hard that her fingernails dug into her palms, but

end, yet all I got was “I loved you before,” she thought.

could overlook the forest of high-rise buildings, staring at the sky far away from the glass window with jet-black eyes. After a long time, he finally dialed a number,

the one who brought it

“Yes.”

“That little girl is as stubborn as a mule. She’d never give up easily unless she

release my mom

difficult for you as long as you’re willing to go out with Emma and make Elspeth break up with you of her own accord.” The man guffawed. “I’ll release Mrs. Winthrop

a deep breath. “I got

outside in the sun, Elspeth had a look of confusion in her eyes. Suddenly, she felt

I’ve got a piece of bad news to

saying, “What kind of bad news could be worse

was startled for a moment. “Wait

You want to laugh

rare. “No, I don’t. I just think that

mood to talk about Callum, though. She came back to the subject, asking, “So what’s the bad

to Waterside in three days to pick you up. I told you why; it’s because he

agreed without hesitation, “Okay, but he doesn’t have to pick me up.

whether to laugh or frown at her reply.

afraid of loving or hating anyone. Since he

go back, though. There are many fun places in Waterside, so don’t you want to visit

Elspeth refused without

to get back at Callum for the way he treated you?” Jordan’s voice sounded tempting over the phone. “As it happens, you’ve got a free handsome

his suggestion, but on second thought, what the man said seemed to make sense. After all, she had suffered

few minutes later, they met up at the

“Why are we here?”

were blazing with passion as he eyed Elspeth up and down. “I want

turned pink instantly. “What the hell are you

to take some

man’s suggestion. They changed into their respective swimsuits, with Elspeth wearing a pink swimsuit that outlined her perfect