Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me

Chapter 198

already asked you to leave, so why are you insisting on staying?” Emma was inwardly pleased with herself. She was understandably delighted, for Callum had defended her without hesitation in front of Elspeth. As expected, as long as I keep at it, Callum will fall in love with me again sooner or later!“Talk nonsense again and I’ll have you thrown out of here, Emma!” Elspeth wished she could stitch up Emma’s lips when she saw how Emma kept going on at her.Emma let out a snort of laughter. “You want to have me thrown out of here? Who do you think you are? This place isn’t yours!”“This place is mine.” Elspeth stood while looking down at Emma, being a head taller than the latter.Emma’s countenance changed at once. “What do you mean?”“This bar is mine. Don’t you worry that I’ll have you thrown out of here after you yelled at me on my turf like that?”Elspeth loved to see the look on Emma’s face when the latter was displeased with her yet unable to do anything about her.Just when the atmosphere between the three grew somewhat awkward, Harper came over after having gotten Brianna settled. When he saw how Emma clung to Callum, who didn’t turn her down right away, his inner dislike for the man grew. Then, looking at Elspeth beside them, he let out a whistle, saying, “Elspeth, why are you here? Everyone’s looking for you. The young man in a basketball jersey just now liked you a lot. He even asked me for your phone number, so I gave it to him.”Callum’s hands balled into fists in secret when he heard this.Harper continued, “I was sorry about that at first, Mr. Winthrop, but judging from the way you look, I guess you won’t mind it. After all… you’re having another lady in your arms.” Although he addressed Callum respectfully as Mr. Winthrop, his words were full of ridicule and disdain for the latter.Seeing no change in the man’s expression, Elspeth was disappointed deep down. “Let’s go.”“Yeah, come on! They’re all waiting to toast you.”Just when Harper held Elspeth’s arm and was about to leave with her, Callum suddenly stood up. Then, his voice rang. “Let’s go home.”Startled, Elspeth curled her lips into a smirk. “Callum, I thought you weren’t going home, weren’t you?”Harper let out a snorting laugh. “Aww, what a spoiler.”Seeing that Callum would still be visibly moved by Elspeth, Emma was incredibly displeased. “Callum, why are you going home now?”Callum quietly looked into Elspeth’s eyes without paying attention to anyone else. “Let’s go home together.”Elspeth didn’t let him have his way, though. She asked with a smile, “Say, Callum, are you being jealous?”“It’s bad for a lady to have drinks out there at night.”“So, you’re not being jealous?”“No, I’m not.”“Why?”“Harper is one of your people.”The smile on Elspeth’s face vanished at once. “Leave me alone, then.” She turned to smile charmingly at Harper. “Come on, let’s get a couple more drinks and drink ourselves drunk before going home.” With that, she turned around and left without even sparing Callum a side glance.Emma looked at Callum’s face; it didn’t show any strong emotion, but she could nonetheless sense a hint of dejection from it. “Callum, don’t be upset over such a woman. I’ll always stay by your side,” she said, assuming a kind and understanding demeanor while looking at him with eyes full of pity.Callum’s voice was full of indifference. “You should go back early. If a public figure like you gets photographed while lingering at a bar… Surely