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 hotel

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

about

there was a hotel here and didn’t want me to stay

thought of an even more outlandish

he been tailing us the

as that thought flashed across her mind, she found

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

her thoughts. “By the way, why did you show up at a place like that so late at night, Mr. Winthrop?”

in a seemingly joking manner, but it

pear tarts sold in this area so I came over to get some

down and saw a box on the front passenger seat that

“You treat your girlfriend so well, Mr. Winthrop. Elsie, when are you going to agree to go out with me?

the flames spread to her when

life,” she retorted curtly before

his time on

midnight, and in the past, he would

sake, he changed

the pear tarts were on opposite ends of the city with several dozen

guess that’s true

upset. Amid her blur of thoughts, she ended

again, she was covered in a jacket that had a familiar bluegrass scent to it. It

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

her bleary eyes. They

you wake me

jacket and placed it on the

first and we’d only just arrived, so I

ride home,” Elspeth said politely. Her tone was even

happens again, I won’t be

heartless

leaving, Callum

that have anything to do with

wasn’t in the position

once to avoid hearing anything else that

Elspeth

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