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

thin line and his eyes were focused on the road up ahead.

about the hotel

a hotel here and didn’t want me

of an

tailing

across

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

show up at a place like that so late at

joking manner, but it also

sold in this area

glanced down and saw a box on the

Winthrop. Elsie, when are you going to agree to go out

was dumbfounded. Why did the flames spread to her

she retorted curtly before closing her eyes.

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

was midnight, and in the past, he would never allow himself

sake, he changed

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

that’s

couldn’t explain why she felt upset. Amid her blur of thoughts, she

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

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

window with her bleary eyes. They

didn’t you

placed it

we’d only just arrived, so I didn’t wake you

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

this happens again, I

a heartless prick,

leaving, Callum quipped,

anything to do

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

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

Elspeth disappear from sight.

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