Love's Perfect Match

"She's my get-out-of-jail card. It'd be a waste not to use her, don't you think?"

Arthur didn't care who the scapegoat was. If it weren't for Jasmine locking Elspeth and Callum up, he wouldn't have done this. However, now that he had the chance to kill Callum and pin all the blame on Jasmine, he'd seize it, no matter what.

"You're evil." Elspeth took a step back and stepped into a pool of mud.

"Don't try to fight. I said I won't hurt you. Now, come with me. It's raining out here. You don't want to catch a cold, right?"

The man tried to hold her, but she swatted his hand away. "Don't touch me. You're disgusting."

"You still think I'm disgusting, huh?" Arthur stared down, his eyes filled with cold fury.

"I've always thought you're disgusting. You're the most disgusting man in the world." Elspeth was riling him up so he would tell her all his plans.

And he took the bait. "I'm disgusting?! I did it all for you! I have to kill him. That's the only way to get you. Without him, we can be together." He stepped forward and forcefully grabbed her hand. "Do you have any idea how long I've waited for this?"

She shot him an icy look. "What did you do to him?"

my men to hide in the bushes and ambush him. Once he shows up, they're going to grab him. First, they'll cut off his

was getting gory, and Elspeth started retching in

ask. Now, come with me. There's water in the car. You'll feel better once you have some

his grasp, but she had no strength left. The sprinting from earlier took all she had. Thus, she gave up resisting and tried to come up with a plan to

shook his head, smiling. "You can't run this time. No matter what you say, I

looked at him intently. "What if I agree

me after I kill him anyway. And I might just cut

another approach. This time,

wrong? Why are you upset? Okay, I won't cut him up

had to put on an act of

those words left her mouth, Arthur's face fell, his eyes filled with

I'm his wife. If he dies, I'll be

held her hand tightly. "Then, marry me. I won't

a divorce, then everyone's just going to chalk it up as relationship problems. But if you kill him, then I'll be a widow, and nobody's going to let me live that down. They're going to say I'm unlucky. An omen, even. Even if I were to marry you, they'd still curse me." She heaved a sigh and forced a tear. "You

narrowed his eyes. "If anyone says that

when it's a whole city of people? It's the Internet Age. If someone makes a viral post about this murder, I'll never live

a point. "In that case,

had. But if Callum dies, I won't have any explanation to defend myself." She stared