Love's Perfect Match

Chapter 314

die.Elspeth heaved a sigh of relief. If that’s true, then the git isn’t totally evil, then. “Make it quick,” blurted Elspeth, yet she had conflicting feelings about this. “Make it quick? You’re so eager to get engaged, huh?” Arthur smirked. Elspeth hated that smile.“Shut it. I just want you to cure my mother.” Elspeth shot him a glare. “Which room am I taking for the night?”“Any room you want except for the first one from the left on the second floor.”Elspeth’s fury subsided, replaced by a hint of cheekiness. “What’s with the room?”Arthur smiled and mouthed something.Whatever he said made Elspeth blush. She shot him a glare and went upstairs to pick a room for herself. For fear that someone might overhear her from another room, she drew the curtains close and locked the door, then she took her ring out. She wouldn’t expose herself in front of Arthur. He was a cunning and meticulous man, so he might realize something was up if he found out what she had on her.She was a doctor, after all. Attention to detail was her thing. A moment later, Elspeth managed to establish contact with Gilbert. Just when she was about to ask about his situation, Gilbert blurted, “Elspeth? You’re still alive?”Arthur cocked his eyebrow, a smile curling his lips. “So, you agree to my terms, I take it?”“What? Why am I not alive?”Gilbert exchanged a look of surprise with Harper. “The Coles issued a statement this morning. Said you died last night because your disease struck.”Died because of my illness… Elspeth twitched her lips. That is so Edmund. Thanks for hiding the fact I ran from the wedding, but you could have gone with better news. “So did the Jonesons get mad?” She wanted to know what Michael was doing.“Obviously. The old git got so mad that he fell ill.”That evil twat is on his deathbed. Heh. She felt a hint of sympathy for him, but she wouldn’t pity his situation.“I think the Coles are helping you,” said Gilbert.Elspeth was stunned. She asked, “How so?”“Most people would at least hold an engagement party first, but they went straight to the wedding, and in ten days too. I think he did all this so you could break free of the Jonesons. Since you’re married now, the git can’t force you to marry someone else. No matter what they say after the wedding, the fact is you will be free of the Jonesons.”Elspeth felt a little warm and fuzzy inside. That explains a lot. She thought the Coles might just let her escape slide, but she never expected them to help her. Now, she knew they were helping her. Irving loves me. He wouldn’t make me marry someone I didn’t love. Elias is a great man too. He wouldn’t do something like that either.As for Edmund… he is already