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

about

up because he knew there was a hotel here and didn’t want me to stay at the hotel with Jethro?

an even more

he been tailing us the whole

flashed across her mind, she found it entirely

he spend his time and energy on anyone else, especially the ex-fiancée whom he has long since lost all

why did you show

it also sounded as if he was

tarts sold in this area so I came over to

box on the front passenger seat that contained

are you going to agree to go

spread

in my next life,” she retorted curtly before closing her

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

past, he would never allow himself

for Jasmine’s sake, he

the pear tarts were on

guess that’s

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

up again, she was covered in a jacket that had a familiar bluegrass scent to

in the car. He was sitting in the driver’s seat and the car was stopped

the window with her

you wake me

folded the jacket and placed it on the seat beside

and we’d only just arrived, so

Elspeth said politely. Her tone was even more distant as if she was pissed

like this happens again,

heartless prick,

leaving, Callum

anything to

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

out of the car at once to avoid hearing anything else that would only

as he watched Elspeth disappear from sight. Then, he made a

along Harmony Street in