Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me

Chapter 277

ground.“Where are you now? Shall I go fetch you?” Elspeth propped her phone between her ear and shoulder as she began rummaging through her closet. “Or just tell me your location, and I’ll go find you.”When Gilbert heard the crashing noises on the other end of the line, he knew that Elspeth was probably bustling about again. He couldn’t help but let out a chuckle. “It’s okay, you don’t have to come and get me. I’m already at the rented house.”“What?” Elspeth was slightly stunned. “It’s not like you’re lacking money; why would you stay at a rented house?”As they spoke, Gilbert had already arrived at a slightly worn-down residential building. He proceeded to open the door with a key. It wasn’t a huge room, but other than the thin layer of dust, it looked clean and tidy.“Before I was 18, I stubbornly moved out and started working. This is the very house I lived in back then, but sadly…” Gilbert narrowed his eyes as he began to reminisce. “Sadly, my parents passed away after that, and I never came back.”Elspeth knew this incident had always bothered him, so she didn’t say much about it as she changed the topic. “Well, Harper and I will visit you tonight after 6.00PM. Let’s get some drinks.”Gilbert put down his backpack and sat on the couch, propping his feet up. “Oh, what’s this? Is Mr. Winthrop willing to let his fiancée go out for drinks with someone else in the middle of the night?”“You’re not a man, anyway. What’s more, Harper is totally out of the question.”Elspeth laughed, then instantly realized she had said something wrong as she covered her mouth.“Fine, quit the nonsense. I’m going to shower. Carry on with whatever you’re supposed to do.” Gilbert had always been a decisive person, and he hung up pretty quickly.Elspeth was slightly bewildered as she sat on the pile of clothes.Her heart was a mess.Just then, someone knocked on her door. The sound was very light and based on its frequency, it sounded like Callum’s habitual knock.Elspeth opened the door to see Callum standing in front of her. His lips were pursed, and there was a dull light in his eyes.“Are you going out tonight?”Elspeth opened her mouth, but she couldn’t say anything.By the looks of it, Callum must have heard their conversation and misunderstood something. “Yes, I’m going out tonight to celebrate Gilbert’s return.”This matter was as normal as could be, but Elspeth saw a look of disappointment flitting across his eyes.“What’s the matter?” Elspeth asked carefully.Callum’s shoulders drooped as he shook his head and said, “Nothing. Go ahead. Don’t come back too late.”Elspeth gulped. “You’re not jealous, are you?”“No.” How can I not be jealous?Still, Callum didn’t say those words and smiled at her instead.After bidding goodbye, he turned around and went back to the corridor, then leaned against the wall.The notifications on his phone were ringing non-stop. With great effort, he took out his phone and watched as photos were being sent to him. His heart sank.In the photos, Elspeth and Gilbert seemed quite intimate with each other. They visited the amusement park, went on the merry-go-round, had dumplings, and even shared an ice cream.Toward the end, he received a photo of a yellowed love letter with exquisite handwriting.The letter was signed ‘Elspeth’.As Callum looked at those photos, his heart seemed to have constricted, and he couldn’t breathe.The photo transfer was finally complete, and Arthur’s name blinked on the screen.‘Callum, you probably don’t know that Elspeth liked someone when she was overseas, right?’‘Yup, that man is her mentor. They spent their happiest times together, and they looked so sweet.’‘See, Elspeth isn’t completely ignorant about love. That love letter was written so well that even I found it blinding.’‘Callum, has Elspeth ever treated you like that?’Arthur’s messages came to a stop, and that was the last message in the chatroom.Callum lowered his gaze, his long eyelashes quivering.‘You have no right to discuss our private matters.’After Callum sent the message, he locked his phone.The door to Elspeth’s room was already shut, and a wall separated the two.Callum stared at it for a while, then sighed deeply and walked away.In the bedroom, Elspeth only felt confused.Callum’s behavior today was too odd. In the past, even if he were jealous, he would force her to apologize and surrender, so why did he look so