Chapter 490 Go Get a Divorce

The moment the idea occurred to her, even Elspeth couldn't keep a straight face. Noticing Callum's expression had darkened, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you all right?"

"How can I be all right?" Callum countered as his expression turned thunderous.

If what Helia told them was true, then Elspeth and he might be cousins. The world has gone mad.

"By the way, Elsie, is he your boyfriend?" Helia was overjoyed to reunite with her daughter. She wasn't aware of the situation going on.

Even though Elspeth was having difficulty keeping her emotions from showing on her face, she nodded nevertheless.

"Nice to meet you, young man. What's your name?" At learning the man was her daughter's boyfriend, Helia smiled wildly.

"Nice to meet you too, Miss Joneson. I'm Callum Winthrop."

Her smile froze at his introduction. "Did you say 'Winthrop'?"

"That's right, Miss Joneson. I'm the nephew of the man who assaulted you many years ago."

The smile vanished from her face in an instant.

As Callum said, it was years ago. The ripples in her heart at the moment had nothing to do with the anguish of being assaulted many years ago but with the pain to see Elspeth dating such a man.

Even though Callum wasn't the mastermind of the whole thing, Helia still remembered herself being extremely disgusted by the way the Winthrop Family reacted to it.

She couldn't entrust her daughter to a man born in such a family.

was the man who assaulted Helia years ago, Elspeth would be Callum's cousin.

have you been together? Which stage of

shifted her gaze to Elspeth's belly. Her daughter had a flat stomach, showing no signs of

at her mother's assumption. "Mom, we haven't

the both of you might be cousins, you need to break up right now. I see no reason for

words got stuck on her tongue as she realized

don't want to break up,

"It's not about that. I'm just not ready to

together at this point, it would only make the

side and looked at Callum, whose expression mirrored hers. "But now

worse than this." Helia tried her best to keep calm and

are married."

in disbelief. "What? You're married?"

thought Callum and Elspeth were only seeing each other. Thus, they could simply break up and no particular harm

they were now husband and wife instead

up and get a divorce!" Helia urged, but the pair remained seated on

couldn't quite pin her feelings down. "Elspeth, you have to understand that even though the Winthrops hurt me, I would never force my thoughts upon you and hold

taste the bile

and Callum can see the reason behind my words, and you are well aware of what to do. Please, just do

for Elspeth. Even though she was absent in Elspeth's life before, as Elspeth's mother, she still hoped Elspeth could live

found out by the others, Helia knew Elspeth would struggle for the rest of her life as invective and ridicule

After a while, she rose to her feet and tugged on Callum's hand. "Let's go."

the fact that she might

face, but she could tell he was stressed. When he noticed the disappointment on her face,

that they wouldn't be separated right away greatly relieved Elspeth.

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