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.

realized that he seemed like an errant child who'd just been reprimanded by

avoiding an outburst from him, she cleared her throat and refuted, "I'm not. We're the same age, so

"Fine. Are you done?"

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

again and stated, "Now,

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

I'm part of the Winthrop

situation must be resolved.

misunderstanding? I know you love him, so you see him through rose-tinted glasses, but that's no

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

tackled the situation from a different angle and brought up the

was startled by the abrupt change

able to stand firm and allow the business to grow

and say what was the truth, but the insinuation

thought for a few moments before he figured out the unseen events that happened behind

surviving in the Cole Family right now.

tell that he had been completely unaware of all this. She couldn't help but

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

don't need to feel like you owe him anything, either." Elspeth stared at the man with flashing eyes. "But I

on the words she used and asked, "What do you

hides his relationship from his fans, and whenever the paparazzi take photos of him

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

train in Wohler,

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out the things Callum had done for his brothers. His

expression was largely the same, he was in

mentioned these things to any