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.

a hotel

in the rearview mirror. His lips were pressed together in a thin line and his eyes were focused on the road up ahead. It was as if he

Callum know about the

knew there was a hotel here and didn’t want

an even

tailing

flashed across her mind, she found

about now. Why would he spend his time and energy on anyone else, especially the ex-fiancée whom he has long since

why did you show up at a

joking manner, but it also sounded as if he was probing for

the pear tarts sold in this area so I came

box on the front

Winthrop. Elsie, when are you going to agree to go out with me? I’ll

spread

retorted curtly before closing her eyes. Her

someone who didn’t want to waste his time on anything, and he rarely changed his

would never allow himself to remain

for Jasmine’s sake, he changed his

the bakery that sold the pear tarts were on opposite ends of the city

guess that’s

felt strangely melancholic. She couldn’t explain why she felt upset. Amid her blur of thoughts, she ended up

covered in a jacket that had a familiar bluegrass scent to it.

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

her bleary eyes. They were at her

you wake me

folded the jacket and placed it on the seat

and we’d only just arrived, so

you for giving me a ride home,” Elspeth said politely. Her tone was even more distant as

welcome. If anything like this happens again,

heartless prick,

Callum

have anything to do with you, Mr.

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

car at once to avoid hearing anything else that would only

he watched Elspeth disappear from

along Harmony Street in the