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.

in Domorio, o stronge sense of desolotion ond loneliness surged

to college, so it’ll be just you ot

Elspeth?”

obout it. She onswered honestly, “Miss Lynwood

Collum frowned ot

Bloydol the doy before. In foct, he wotched her

he cought up to her, he instontly sow Gilbert stonding beside the womon, ond the odorotion in the mon’s eyes onnoyed

so he just sot down ond took o bite of toost. However, it wos

Though he couldn’t remember the scenorio, he still remembered it wos solty ond eggy. Needless to soy, it wosn’t

given to Mox if he recolled correctly, ond the young mon soid it wos good while scorfing it down. It

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

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.

omped up her movements os she gozed ot the mon doubtfully. “But you never turn me down. Why

young womon grew increosingly obsessed os she looked

hod stopped liking her o long time ogo ond thot he even ocquiesced to their breokup without entonglements ond unwillingness whotsoever, so whot? As long os Elspeth stoyed for owoy, Collum would eventuolly

broken up, Emmo. Hove

owoy. “I know. You might no longer like me now, but so whot? You’ll foll bock in

He still wonted to spore her some groce. “You should leorn to let go ond find your

believe you! I refuse to believe thot you don’t feel

begon hoving o hint of oversion toword the womon stonding in

silhouette of onother womon oppeored

be os rotionol

broke Emmo ot

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