Things were getting worse at the company by the day. Elspeth didn’t dare to waste any more time, so she fished out her phone and dialed the number she was most familiar with.
The call was soon connected.
“Hello. What’s the matter?”
A cold and distant voice was heard from the other end of the line.
“I need you to help me with something—”
Before Elspeth could finish her words, the man cut her off dispassionately. “No.”
She knew that would be the kind of reply she’d get, but she still couldn’t help feeling hurt.
“I—”
“Callum, guess what I’ve bought you for lunch. That’s right! It’s your favorite braised beef ribs. Give it a taste.”
The woman’s voice over the phone was piercing.
Without making a guess, Elspeth knew that the woman must be Callum’s fiancée, Jasmine McGrath.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now.”
Before Elspeth could say more, the call ended. The disconnected tone reminded her that she was no longer in any place to contact him.
Her employees were suddenly heard arguing outside the room, so she kept her phone. She knew that she couldn’t sit back and wait for the company’s demise.
Even if the chance was slim, she had to give it a try.
Since Callum wasn’t willing to talk to her over the phone, she decided to head to his company.
When she arrived at the Winthrop Group, she politely said to the receptionist, “I’d like to see your president.”
She was wearing sunglasses. Apart from her friends and relatives, others wouldn’t recognize her at first glance.
The receptionist had seen Elspeth before. When she realized it was indeed Elspeth, she was surprised, but she was a professional receptionist, after all. As such, she asked with a smile, “Do you have an appointment with the president?”
expression on Elspeth’s face. After a pause, she took out her phone and showed the receptionist the call log, which proved that she had contacted Callum one hour ago. “The thing is, he told me to
receptionist, who readily believed her, for that was indeed Callum’s personal number. Someone who
this reason, the receptionist became more
her courage and asked, “Can I go looking for him
direction. “That way, miss. The
and replied with a
from the reception counter, she
at the tenth floor, after which a six-foot-tall man
Elspeth met his eyes,
she was used to being surrounded by gorgeous men. Callum, Gilbert,
was immune to the
flashed a smile at her and
he just call me love when it’s his
hint of
me that.
voice, he could finally confirm her
call you
the man calling out to her by her last name
“You know me?”
meditatively, “Why wouldn’t I know you? I’ve listened to every song you’ve released and
he just say he’s
mouth twitching, thinking that
news that you were dead some time ago. I
expression darkened. “Well, you can still
guffawed. “You’re so hilarious. I guess I’ll continue
the same space with
stopped
I forgot to press the button because my
the 18th floor, he was doubtful. “Are you looking
nothing to do with you.
then sprinted out of
her running away, his lips curved
…
arrived at the president’s office, she realized
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