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

his eyes were focused on the road up ahead. It

know about the

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

she thought of an even more

been tailing

across her mind, she found it entirely

Why would he spend his time and energy on anyone else, especially the ex-fiancée whom he has

why did you show up at

but it also sounded as if he

likes the pear tarts sold in this area

glanced down and saw a box on the front passenger seat that

widened. “You treat your girlfriend so well, Mr. Winthrop. Elsie, when are you going

Why did the flames spread

before closing her eyes. Her heart was

time on anything, and he rarely changed his

the past, he would never allow himself to remain awake past

sake, he changed his habit

that sold the pear tarts were on opposite ends of

that’s

upset. Amid her blur of thoughts, she ended up

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

the only other person in the car. He was sitting in the driver’s seat

her bleary eyes.

you

the jacket and placed it on

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

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

If anything like this happens again, I

heartless prick,

Callum

have anything to do with you,

in the position to ask

at once to avoid hearing

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

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