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.

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

the sake of avoiding an outburst from him, she cleared her throat and refuted, "I'm not. We're the same age, so why would I treat you like a

"Fine. Are you done?"

a joke with me,

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

bringing him up? It's good enough that I'm not engaging in any form of conflict with him. Don't get yourself involved in this mess." Edmund eyed her coolly, but his gaze slowly hardened. "I had feelings for you once,

of the Winthrop Family now. This counts

this situation must be resolved.

you see him through rose-tinted glasses, but that's no

to absolve him, huh? Edmund, you're running the Cole

the situation from a different angle

abrupt change in

grow so rapidly because of

out and say what was the truth, but

few moments before he figured out the unseen events that happened behind his

secret, you'd probably still be having a hard time surviving in

expression, she could tell that he had been completely unaware of all this. She couldn't help

never thought that something like this had been happening in secret. He turned red at the thought of what he had

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 in secret. I don't want him to be so unfortunate as to have such an

up on the words she used and asked, "What do you mean 'all

paparazzi take photos of him on a

wife, right? I'm part of the Winthrop

in Wohler, Callum paid to get him

…

to Elspeth as she listed out the things Callum

was largely the same, he was in turmoil on the

things to