Love's Perfect Match

Chapter 222

when he likes me?”She then turned to look at Theodore.To her surprise, Theodore was looking at Elspeth with a guilty expression on his face. He didn’t seem to like Emma as much as he did before.“I’m sorry, Elspeth. I—”“It’s alright, Mr. Theodore,” Elspeth cut him off with a smile. “You were impatient because you wanted to save your wife. I understand.” Theodore’s eyes were wet with warm tears. He couldn’t believe he almost lost such a wonderful daughter-in-law.“What is the meaning of this?” Emma was still confused about what was happening.“You only knew that Grandfather promised you to get you Callum, but you didn’t know that he also kidnapped Mrs. Winthrop to force Callum to submit. Emma, you were the only one who thought you were loved. Everything has come to light now. It’s time you wake up from your daydream.”Emma looked at Callum in disbelief. Her heart broke when she saw the loving look in his eyes, which were trained on Elspeth.Theodore chimed in then, “Emma, I know that you have feelings for Callum, but Elspeth and he have been promised to each other a long time ago. Even if you and Callum were in a relationship before, it’s all in the past. Please, it’s time to let him go.”Emma felt herself breaking down as soon as she heard that. “I don’t believe this…” She struggled to add, “Mr. Winthrop, I’m the one you like the most, no? You wouldn’t have treated me so well before if you didn’t…”“Emma, it’s fine to be stupid, but flattering yourself is a big no-no. Don’t you know why Mr. Winthrop was nice to you?” Elspeth sneered and uttered words without a hint of mercy.Emma couldn’t stop her thoughts from running wild anymore and she burst into