Love's Perfect Match

Jethro didn’t want to wait, so he pleaded with Elspeth like an obedient younger brother. “Elsie, Mr. Winthrop is nice enough to give us a ride, so why shouldn’t we accept his kind gesture?”

Elsie…

Callum’s face grew colder as he repeated the nickname in his head.

Elspeth was startled. For some reason, even though she and Callum were uninvolved in every way, she still felt a trace of awkwardness when Jethro called her Elsie.

To avoid giving Jethro the chance to say anything else that was too suggestive, she agreed.

“Oh, fine. Let’s go.”

So, obliging with the little kid?

Callum looked at them with scrutiny.

The two of them got into Callum’s car while the electric scooter was temporarily abandoned by the side of the road.

Jethro left the key in the ignition and said he was giving it away to anyone who chanced upon it since the Wilstones had more than enough vehicles.

Elspeth was smiling as she remarked sarcastically to herself, It’s obvious that you can’t be bothered to call someone to tow it away.

However, as she was sitting inside Callum’s car right now, she wasn’t in the mood to think about anything else. On the other hand, Jethro seemed eager to stir up trouble as he kept dragging all sorts of things up.

“Elsie, I heard that you were in a relationship with Mr. Winthrop before. Is that true?”

Elspeth’s smile stiffened.

“If you can’t hold your tongue, then keep your mouth shut.”

Callum, who was fully focused on driving, tapped his finger on the steering wheel when he heard the question, but he didn’t respond.

“Well, so what? It’s all in the past, and anyway, Mr. Winthrop has a new fiancée now. I’m sure you have already gotten over the relationship too.”

It was to be expected from someone who only recently became of age. He thought of relationships as something so inconsequential.

Elspeth couldn’t be bothered to waste her breath with him. She turned toward the window instead and just so happened to catch sight of the hotel before it whizzed past her.

there’s a

at Callum in the rearview mirror. His lips were pressed together in a thin line and his eyes were focused on the road up

know about the

knew there was a hotel here

of an even more outlandish

been tailing us

flashed across her

one Callum cares about now. Why would he spend his time and energy

the way, why did you show up at a place like that so late at night, Mr. Winthrop?” Jethro asked

joking manner, but it also sounded as if he was

likes the pear tarts sold in this area so

box on

your girlfriend so well, Mr. Winthrop. Elsie, when are you going to agree to go out

Why did the flames spread to her when she didn’t even do

my next life,” she retorted curtly before closing her eyes. Her heart was

been someone who didn’t want to waste his time on anything, and

he would never allow himself to

for Jasmine’s sake, he changed his

correctly, Winthrop Group and the bakery that sold the pear tarts were on opposite ends of the city with several dozen miles

that’s

she felt upset. Amid her blur of thoughts, she

jacket that

the only other person in the car. He was sitting in the driver’s seat and the car was stopped by the side

window with her bleary eyes. They were at

you wake

and placed it on the

off first and we’d only just arrived, so I didn’t

ride home,” Elspeth said politely. Her tone was

welcome. If anything like this happens

a heartless prick,

leaving, Callum quipped,

that have anything to do with you, Mr.

that he wasn’t in the position to ask that question,

once to avoid hearing anything else that would only rile her

Elspeth disappear from sight.

all the hotels along Harmony Street in the northern part of