Love's Perfect Match

Chapter 210

till the end, yet all I got was “I loved you before,” she thought. She felt the world spinning around her, so much so that she even felt like throwing up. Pulling herself together, she took a deep breath and walked out.After Elspeth had left, Callum stood upright in front of the French window from which one 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, saying, “I’ve broken up with Elspeth.”“Was she the one who brought it up?”“Yes.”The man’s voice was old, but he sounded very candid. “That little girl is as stubborn as a mule. She’d never give up easily unless she broke up with you.”“Can you release my mom now?”“As I said, I won’t make things 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 once Elspeth’s engagement party is over. Don’t worry, I won’t hurt her.”Callum took a deep breath. “I got it.”Standing outside in the sun, Elspeth had a look of confusion in her eyes. Suddenly, she felt somewhat numb.Jordan called just in time. “Elspeth, I’ve got a piece of bad news to tell you.”Holding back her tears with tremendous effort, Elspeth smiled in the glaring sun, saying, “What kind of bad news could be worse than I am now? Tell me so that I can laugh at it. As it happens, I just had a breakup.”“Congratulations on your breakup, then,” Jordan said before he was startled for a moment. “Wait a minute. You’ve broken up with him?”“Yeah, that’s right. You want to laugh at me, don’t you?”Jordan’s voice took on a frosty note, which was pretty rare. “No, I don’t. I just think that the Callum guy you liked is quite an *sshole.” Elspeth was in no mood to talk about Callum, though. She came back to the subject, asking, “So what’s the bad news?”“Old Mr. Joneson is coming to Waterside in three days to pick you up. I told you why; it’s because he wants you to get engaged to me.”Elspeth agreed without