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.

I won't do it again." Yet, after answering her, Edmund realized that he seemed like an errant child who'd just been reprimanded by a parent, and his expression soured. "Why are

almost burst out in laughter, but for the sake of avoiding an outburst from him, she cleared her throat and refuted, "I'm not. We're the same

"Fine. Are you done?"

not. Since you're willing to crack a joke with me, it means you've more or

throat again and stated, "Now, it's time to

not engaging in any form of conflict with him. Don't get yourself involved in this mess." Edmund eyed her coolly,

cocked her eyebrows. "You know I'm Callum's wife, right? I'm part of the Winthrop Family now. This counts as a

situation must be resolved.

snorted in ridicule. "What misunderstanding? I know you love him, so you see him through rose-tinted glasses, but that's no excuse for you to try and absolve him

absolve him, huh? Edmund,

tackled the situation from a different

by the abrupt change in topic.

grow so rapidly because of your unparalleled excellence? Or perhaps because Master Philip favors

say what was the truth, but the

moments before he figured out

time surviving in the Cole Family right now. You certainly won't have the time to investigate the cause of Max's

that he had been completely unaware of all this. She couldn't help but curse his foolishness on the

thought that something like this had been happening in secret. He turned red at the thought of what he had

stared at the man with flashing eyes. "But I don't want to see

used and asked, "What

hides his relationship from his fans, and whenever the paparazzi

part of the

in Wohler, Callum paid to

…

Elspeth as she listed out the things Callum had

largely the same, he was

things to any