Love's Perfect Match

"I'd like to mend our relationship, as well as your relationship with Callum."

"There's nothing worth mending," Edmund retorted stiffly.

"I know you're still affected by the fact that I ran away from the altar. Even though you act as if you're completely fine about it, I know it made you upset. I just never found the time to talk to you about it."

Edmund was a little flustered at the mention of this incident. His hostility dissipated and was replaced by evasiveness. It was as if he wanted to avoid this topic.

"Actually, I—"

"Actually, I know that you begrudge the way things played out, so I want to give you a proper apology. I'm truly sorry for hurting you. I'm sorry that I couldn't return your feelings. I'm sure you'll meet someone else who's better than me, but the woman earlier is certainly not her."

While listening to Elspeth, Edmund's feelings were complicated.

It went without saying that he had indeed been affected by the whole situation.

When she ran away from the altar, he didn't pursue the matter. Instead, he scrounged up an excuse on her behalf and protected her reputation.

That was because he knew that she was never in love with him. Even if he did marry her, he couldn't change that.

Thus, he hoped she would find happiness, even if he weren't the one for her.

His expression became a little awkward when Elspeth mentioned the woman. "Stop talking about her."

"But this isn't like you."

At the end of the day, Elspeth never truly detested Edmund. She could accept his sharp tongue as him simply being a blunt and straightforward person, but she was caught off guard by what she saw today.

To numb oneself was also a form of reckless abandon.

seemed like an errant child who'd just been reprimanded by a parent, and his expression soured. "Why are

her throat and refuted, "I'm not. We're the same age, so why would I treat you like a kid? You're being

"Fine. Are you done?"

crack a joke with me, it means you've more or less

and stated, "Now, it's time to

in this mess." Edmund eyed her coolly, but his

Callum's wife, right? I'm part of the Winthrop

be resolved. You misunderstand

glasses, but that's no excuse for you to try and absolve him of all

and an attempt to absolve him, huh? Edmund, you're running the

different

was startled by the abrupt change in

to stand firm and allow the business to grow so rapidly

say what was the truth, but the insinuation

moments before he

a hard time surviving in the Cole Family right

of all this. She couldn't help but curse his

in secret. He turned red at the thought

for you. You don't need to feel like you owe him anything, either." Elspeth stared at the man with flashing eyes. "But I don't want to see you harboring misunderstandings about him when he has done so much for all of you

she used and

paparazzi take photos of him on a date,

of the Winthrop Family now. This counts as

for Max's invitation to train in Wohler, Callum paid

…

out the things Callum had done for his brothers. His eyes

his expression was largely the same, he

things to any