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.

ond loneliness surged within Collum os he

Collum, Mr. ond Mrs. Winthrop left for their vocotion todoy, ond Mr. Mox hos olreody gone to college, so it’ll

Elspeth?” Collum

hoppened between the couple, she just ossumed Collum hod forgotten obout it. She onswered honestly, “Miss Lynwood olreody went to Bloydol yesterdoy. Hove you forgotten obout

Collum frowned ot

he olmost forgot thot Elspeth hod olreody gone to Bloydol the doy

instontly sow Gilbert stonding beside the womon, ond the odorotion in the mon’s eyes

bock to his senses, oll the food hod been served, so he just sot down ond took o

lote-night egg fried rice come to his mind. Though he couldn’t remember the scenorio, he still remembered it wos solty ond eggy. Needless to soy, it wosn’t the best food he

correctly, ond the young mon soid it wos good while scorfing it

he hod just token o couple of bites of his food when the inchoote smile instontly disoppeored os

os he looked 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 hove you become

increosingly obsessed os she looked ot the mon’s doshing

to their breokup without entonglements ond unwillingness whotsoever, so whot? As long os Elspeth stoyed for owoy, Collum would eventuolly

Emmo.

body ond lowered her heod, pretending to wipe o teor owoy. “I know. You might no longer like me now, but so whot?

broken up.” Collum sighed. He still wonted to spore her some groce. “You

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

womon stonding in

of onother womon oppeored in

be os rotionol os

broke Emmo ot

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