Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me

Chapter 309

in Damoria eight years ago?”Elspeth thought he was insulting her, but then she realized he was serious, and her fury subsided. “What does that have to do with you?” “Just tell me!” Arthur seemed to be in a hurry, and he was agitated.“Yes.” Elspeth nodded. “I was going to go abroad, and Damoria was one of my stops…”“Did you save a chubby boy under an old pagoda tree in rural Damoria, then?”That was a specific question. Elspeth had to wrack her brain to dig up that memory. She was about fifteen then, and she was on a long trip from Langford to Damoria. Back then, she could be considered a decent fighter, though she looked frail. She was an introvert at school and a top student, which made her the target of bullying. The headmaster’s daughter pulled a few strings and got her expelled. Left with no choice, she took some money out of her father’s inheritance to study abroad.She had to change trains at the Damoria-Langford border, and it was there she noticed a young man getting ganged up on. He was chubby, but he was cute. Since Elspeth was a victim of bullying herself, the sight made her furious. Fortunately, there weren’t a lot of boys among the group of bullies. Most of them were just high-school girls trying to be edgy. Elspeth easily kicked one of the boys down, then she stood in front of the chubby to protect him. “Anyone who wants to bully him must get past me.”The boy who got kicked groaned in pain, and the other bullies quickly ran off. Some of the timid girls even burst into tears.“You come after him again, and I’ll whoop your sorry butts.”That scared the