Chapter 446 How to Compensate Him

Elspeth smiled, but she still turned away to look at the lake.

"Tell me, Miss Elspeth, how do you plan to compensate me?"

Callum grabbed her right hand and held it close to his chest.

"I don't know. Don't ask me."

Although she said that, she could feel his heart beating through the thick layers of fabric.

Was he nervous?

Perhaps, his heart was pounding with joy.

"I know, so?"

He simply had to push for a response right then and there.

When she noticed the stares coming from the people walking around them, her face blushed and her heart began to race.

"Enough. There are a lot of people staring. Let me go."

Naturally, he would not let her go so easily. He gulped upon noticing the embarrassed look on her face.

However, just as they were playfully bickering, he suddenly pulled her into a strong embrace.

There was a hint of pity in his eyes.

"I know your mother passed away."

Her smile immediately went stiff.

"Are you sad because of her passing?"

She clung to him, suddenly at a loss for words.

"Not really."

Even though she said that, she still could not resist shuffling closer to him.

you just

near the end of autumn, and

didn't think there was a need to tell you.

to look into her eyes. "Does keeping it all bottled up

lowered her eyes to hide

doesn't. I'm not happy, but with how the situation was, I didn't want to

him laugh in anger. "You are the person I care about the most.

voice was hoarse as she

means you should have told me about

right now. She actually felt like crying when she heard him say

"Alright."

willing to tell

serious as he stared

he knew this would tear open the wound once more, his goal was to cure her. He did not do this simply

"Okay."

a bench by the

give him a detailed account of what

Helia

have been through a lot during that

or emotionally, she

all, watching the family member she loved most die before her while being powerless to do anything would

about it. It's all in the past,

took a deep breath as sorrow flashed

can see that you're not happy with

with it. Things did not need to be so complicated. There has actually been someone adding fuel to the fire all

instantly understood what Arthur

this was the truth of the

time to torment

with clarity. "Of course. I'm not only going to torment him.

made to suffer as

the reason for the sudden increase

her eyes in pain as she recalled the letter

found my

his eyebrows in surprise. "What do you

back, he found my mother and even wrote to her. His condition for helping her

she meant. "You

force her to take the offer. If she did not do as he said, I could never have found my mother. From what I know of her, she would naturally object to that. That's

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