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.

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 you treating

her throat and refuted, "I'm not. We're the same age, so why

"Fine. Are you done?"

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

again and stated, "Now, it's time

yourself involved in this mess."

cocked her eyebrows. "You know I'm Callum's wife, right? I'm part of the Winthrop

must be resolved. You misunderstand

rose-tinted glasses, but

huh? Edmund,

the situation from a different angle and brought up

by the abrupt change in topic. He looked a little

able to stand firm and allow the business to grow so rapidly because

and say what was

before he figured out

you'd probably still be having a hard time surviving in the Cole Family right now. You certainly won't have

he had been completely unaware of all

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

eyes. "But I don't want to see you harboring misunderstandings about him when he has done so much for all of you in secret. I don't want him to be so unfortunate as to have

she used and asked,

his fans, and whenever the paparazzi take photos of him on a date,

the Winthrop Family now. This counts as a family matter

for Max's invitation to train in Wohler,

…

out the things Callum had done for his

expression was largely the same, he was in turmoil

things to any