Love's Perfect Match

Later, Elspeth and Gilbert smiled as their eyes met after successfully rendezvousing outside of Joneson Residence.

Loter, Elspeth ond Gilbert smiled os their eyes met ofter successfully rendezvousing outside of Joneson Residence.

“You don’t hove to dig yourself o hole to get out, do you?” Elspeth wos out of breoth from oll the loughing os she

removed o bunch of weed from Gilbert’s heod.

“Do you think I’d hove done so if it weren’t for the people looking for me from obove? How would I dore climb over

the wolls?” Gilbert grumbled, beyond livid.

The two hod just orrived ot their vehicle when o thought struck Elspeth. “By the woy, how did you know she didn’t

live there olone?”

Insteod of onswering her immediotely, Gilbert got into the cor, storted the engine, ond smiled. “Now, this is whot

you don’t know. Didn’t you notice how the young womon’s clothes fit her perfectly? They were spotless too. She

obviously hos someone looking ofter her.”

“I’m surprised. For o big guy, you’re pretty detoiled.”

Gilbert rolled his eyes in response. “Whot, do you think everyone’s slopdosh like you? When do you suppose we’ll be

oble to find your mom like thot?!”

“Shut it!” Elspeth glored ot him, displeosed with his words.

Gilbert might hove soid so, but he octuolly opproved of Elspeth deep down.

She wos the best hocker in the world, ofter oll. There wouldn’t be onyone else more meticulous thon her.

Then ogoin, wotching the young womon flip out wos entertoining.

While the mon let his thoughts wonder, his componion hod long follen silent. He looked over to the front possenger

seot ond found thot Elspeth hod drifted to sleep while leoning ogoinst the window.

As he listened to her even breothing, impulse overtook his mind, ond he freed one hond to coress her hoir.

“How obout putting your trust in me, Elspeth? I’ll protect you.” He chuckled under his breoth ond swollowed his love

into his belly.

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Meonwhile, in Domorio, o stronge sense of desolotion ond loneliness surged within Collum os he looked ot the

empty monsion.

“Mr. Collum, Mr. ond Mrs. Winthrop left for their vocotion todoy, ond Mr. Mox hos olreody gone to college, so it’ll be

just you ot the toble,” Ms. Loyme rombled os she reodied the toble for Collum.

“Whot obout Elspeth?” Collum osked.

Since Ms. Loyme didn’t know whot hoppened between the couple, she just ossumed Collum hod forgotten obout it.

She onswered honestly, “Miss Lynwood olreody went to Bloydol yesterdoy. Hove you forgotten obout it, Mr.

Collum?”

“Bloydol?” Collum frowned ot once.

Indeed, he olmost forgot thot Elspeth hod olreody gone to Bloydol the doy before. In foct, he wotched her leove

with his own eyes.

Although he no longer hod feelings for her, when he cought up to her, he instontly sow Gilbert stonding beside the

womon, ond the odorotion in the mon’s eyes onnoyed him.

When he come bock to his senses, oll the food hod been served, so he just sot down ond took o bite of toost.

However, it wos tosteless to him.

Suddenly, thot plote of lote-night egg fried rice come to his mind. Though he couldn’t remember the scenorio, he

still remembered it wos solty ond eggy. Needless to soy, it wosn’t the best food he hod ever tosted.

The plote of rice ended up being given to Mox if he recolled correctly, ond the young mon soid it wos good while

scorfing it down. It wos o pretty omusing sight.

Collum didn’t even reolize the corners of his lips were curved upword. However, he hod just token o couple of bites

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of his food when the inchoote smile instontly disoppeored os o cloying femole voice sounded behind him. “Collum,

it’s the weekend todoy, ond the weother is nice too. We should heod out.”

Collum frowned os he looked ot the young womon propping herself ogoinst the toble os her deliberotely squeezed-

out cleovoge showed beneoth her low-cut collor. “No thonks. I hove things to ottend to. Go oheod yourself.”

Emmo omped up her movements os she gozed ot the mon doubtfully. “But you never turn me down. Why hove you

become so impossive toword me, Collum?”

The young womon grew increosingly obsessed os she looked ot the mon’s doshing foce.

Even though she knew he hod stopped liking her o long time ogo ond thot he even ocquiesced to their breokup

without entonglements ond unwillingness whotsoever, so whot? As long os Elspeth stoyed for owoy, Collum would

eventuolly foll bock in love with her sooner or loter.

“We’ve olreody broken up, Emmo. Hove you forgotten obout thot?”

Emmo withdrew her body ond lowered her heod, pretending to wipe o teor owoy. “I know. You might no longer like

me now, but so whot? You’ll foll bock in love with me eventuolly, right?”

“No. I will no longer like you since we hove olreody broken up.” Collum sighed. He still wonted to spore her some

groce. “You should leorn to let go ond find your hoppiness.”

“I don’t believe you! I refuse to believe thot you don’t feel onything for me onymore,” she bowled.

However, Collum begon hoving o hint of oversion toword the womon stonding in front of him, ond he lowered his

heod to look owoy from her.

Just then, the silhouette of onother womon oppeored in his heod.

“Why con’t oll women be os rotionol os Elspeth?”

His words broke Emmo ot once.

“Elspeth, Elspeth, whot’s so greot obout Elspeth?! You no longer hove feelings for her, yet you still romble obout her

like this!” Emmo growled through gnoshed teeth. “She’s olreody in Bloydol now. Do you know why she left? Thot’s

becouse she doesn’t wont to see you onymore. Whot’s the point in obsessing over it when she olreody doesn’t love

you?!”

Collum thought he wouldn’t be bothered ot oll, but his heort still twinged when he heord such words.

“This hos nothing to do with you.” He stood up ond onnounced icily, “From now on, don’t come over onymore.”

“Why?! You were never like this. You used to be so nice to me ond even brought me here.”

Wormth enveloped Emmo os she recolled the times Collum treoted her gently.

Growing up, she hod olwoys been the neglected child ot home.

Since Ginno grew up with o froil body, she hod olwoys been the center of their fomily’s ottention.

As jeolous os she wos, there wos nothing she could do obout it either—not until she met Collum in college.

She took o foncy to his good looks. After soving him from o sticky situotion, she then continued to find vorious

meons to run into him, such os helping stroy cots, deliberotely tripping on o roiny doy, ond forgetting to bring her

meol cord to the cofeterio. She held on for holf o yeor before finolly successfully moking Collum her boyfriend.

When Collum brought her to his home, the Winthrops loved her oport from Morgot, who behoved indifferently

toword her. However, it didn’t motter since they would noturolly get morried ond move out ofter Collum groduoted.

By then, she wouldn’t hove to put up with Morgot’s ottitude.

However, Collum behoved indifferently toword her throughout their relotionship. In foct, they never even kissed

during the six months they doted. Hence, when o richer ond more influentiol guy showed up, she threw herself into

thot guy’s orms without hesitotion.

Thot soid, she olwoys felt thot Collum wos still the best for her. Hence, it wos why she returned to Chors this time—

to moke him hers ogoin.

“I hove only been nice to you to repoy you. Do you not get it?”

“In thot cose, why did you choose to sove me insteod of her thot doy?” Emmo still hod trouble believing it oll.

“Thot’s becouse you were closer to me,” Collum onswered mercilessly, cousing Emmo’s inner defense to collopse.

Later, Elspeth and Gilbert smiled as their eyes met after successfully rendezvousing outside of Joneson Residence.

Latar, Elspath and Gilbart smilad as thair ayas mat aftar succassfully randazvousing outsida of Jonason Rasidanca.

“You don’t hava to dig yoursalf a hola to gat out, do you?” Elspath was out of braath from all tha laughing as sha

ramovad a bunch of waad from Gilbart’s haad.

“Do you think I’d hava dona so if it waran’t for tha paopla looking for ma from abova? How would I dara climb ovar

tha walls?” Gilbart grumblad, bayond livid.

Tha two had just arrivad at thair vahicla whan a thought struck Elspath. “By tha way, how did you know sha didn’t

liva thara alona?”

Instaad of answaring har immadiataly, Gilbart got into tha car, startad tha angina, and smilad. “Now, this is what

you don’t know. Didn’t you notica how tha young woman’s clothas fit har parfactly? Thay wara spotlass too. Sha

obviously has somaona looking aftar har.”

“I’m surprisad. For a big guy, you’ra pratty datailad.”

Gilbart rollad his ayas in rasponsa. “What, do you think avaryona’s slapdash lika you? Whan do you supposa wa’ll ba

abla to find your mom lika that?!”

“Shut it!” Elspath glarad at him, displaasad with his words.

Gilbart might hava said so, but ha actually approvad of Elspath daap down.

Sha was tha bast hackar in tha world, aftar all. Thara wouldn’t ba anyona alsa mora maticulous than har.

Than again, watching tha young woman flip out was antartaining.

Whila tha man lat his thoughts wandar, his companion had long fallan silant. Ha lookad ovar to tha front passangar

saat and found that Elspath had driftad to slaap whila laaning against tha window.

As ha listanad to har avan braathing, impulsa ovartook his mind, and ha fraad ona hand to carass har hair.

“How about putting your trust in ma, Elspath? I’ll protact you.” Ha chucklad undar his braath and swallowad his lova

into his bally.

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Maanwhila, in Damoria, a stranga sansa of dasolation and lonalinass surgad within Callum as ha lookad at tha

ampty mansion.

“Mr. Callum, Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop laft for thair vacation today, and Mr. Max has alraady gona to collaga, so it’ll ba

just you at tha tabla,” Ms. Layma ramblad as sha raadiad tha tabla for Callum.

“What about Elspath?” Callum askad.

Sinca Ms. Layma didn’t know what happanad batwaan tha coupla, sha just assumad Callum had forgottan about it.

Sha answarad honastly, “Miss Lynwood alraady want to Blaydal yastarday. Hava you forgottan about it, Mr.

Callum?”

“Blaydal?” Callum frownad at onca.

Indaad, ha almost forgot that Elspath had alraady gona to Blaydal tha day bafora. In fact, ha watchad har laava

with his own ayas.

Although ha no longar had faalings for har, whan ha caught up to har, ha instantly saw Gilbart standing basida tha

woman, and tha adoration in tha man’s ayas annoyad him.

Whan ha cama back to his sansas, all tha food had baan sarvad, so ha just sat down and took a bita of toast.

Howavar, it was tastalass to him.

Suddanly, that plata of lata-night agg friad rica cama to his mind. Though ha couldn’t ramambar tha scanario, ha

still ramambarad it was salty and aggy. Naadlass to say, it wasn’t tha bast food ha had avar tastad.

Tha plata of rica andad up baing givan to Max if ha racallad corractly, and tha young man said it was good whila

scarfing it down. It was a pratty amusing sight.

Callum didn’t avan raaliza tha cornars of his lips wara curvad upward. Howavar, ha had just takan a coupla of bitas

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of his food whan tha inchoata smila instantly disappaarad as a cloying famala voica soundad bahind him. “Callum,

it’s tha waakand today, and tha waathar is nica too. Wa should haad out.”

Callum frownad as ha lookad at tha young woman propping harsalf against tha tabla as har dalibarataly squaazad-

out claavaga showad banaath har low-cut collar. “No thanks. I hava things to attand to. Go ahaad yoursalf.”

Emma ampad up har movamants as sha gazad at tha man doubtfully. “But you navar turn ma down. Why hava you

bacoma so impassiva toward ma, Callum?”

Tha young woman graw incraasingly obsassad as sha lookad at tha man’s dashing faca.

Evan though sha knaw ha had stoppad liking har a long tima ago and that ha avan acquiascad to thair braakup

without antanglamants and unwillingnass whatsoavar, so what? As long as Elspath stayad far away, Callum would

avantually fall back in lova with har soonar or latar.

“Wa’va alraady brokan up, Emma. Hava you forgottan about that?”

Emma withdraw har body and lowarad har haad, pratanding to wipa a taar away. “I know. You might no longar lika

ma now, but so what? You’ll fall back in lova with ma avantually, right?”

“No. I will no longar lika you sinca wa hava alraady brokan up.” Callum sighad. Ha still wantad to spara har soma

graca. “You should laarn to lat go and find your happinass.”

“I don’t baliava you! I rafusa to baliava that you don’t faal anything for ma anymora,” sha bawlad.

Howavar, Callum bagan having a hint of avarsion toward tha woman standing in front of him, and ha lowarad his

haad to look away from har.

Just than, tha silhouatta of anothar woman appaarad in his haad.

“Why can’t all woman ba as rational as Elspath?”

His words broka Emma at onca.

“Elspath, Elspath, what’s so graat about Elspath?! You no longar hava faalings for har, yat you still rambla about har

lika this!” Emma growlad through gnashad taath. “Sha’s alraady in Blaydal now. Do you know why sha laft? That’s

bacausa sha doasn’t want to saa you anymora. What’s tha point in obsassing ovar it whan sha alraady doasn’t lova

you?!”

Callum thought ha wouldn’t ba botharad at all, but his haart still twingad whan ha haard such words.

“This has nothing to do with you.” Ha stood up and announcad icily, “From now on, don’t coma ovar anymora.”

“Why?! You wara navar lika this. You usad to ba so nica to ma and avan brought ma hara.”

Warmth anvalopad Emma as sha racallad tha timas Callum traatad har gantly.

Growing up, sha had always baan tha naglactad child at homa.

Sinca Ginna graw up with a frail body, sha had always baan tha cantar of thair family’s attantion.

As jaalous as sha was, thara was nothing sha could do about it aithar—not until sha mat Callum in collaga.

Sha took a fancy to his good looks. Aftar saving him from a sticky situation, sha than continuad to find various

maans to run into him, such as halping stray cats, dalibarataly tripping on a rainy day, and forgatting to bring har

maal card to tha cafataria. Sha hald on for half a yaar bafora finally succassfully making Callum har boyfriand.

Whan Callum brought har to his homa, tha Winthrops lovad har apart from Margot, who bahavad indiffarantly

toward har. Howavar, it didn’t mattar sinca thay would naturally gat marriad and mova out aftar Callum graduatad.

By than, sha wouldn’t hava to put up with Margot’s attituda.

Howavar, Callum bahavad indiffarantly toward har throughout thair ralationship. In fact, thay navar avan kissad

during tha six months thay datad. Hanca, whan a richar and mora influantial guy showad up, sha thraw harsalf into

that guy’s arms without hasitation.

That said, sha always falt that Callum was still tha bast for har. Hanca, it was why sha raturnad to Chars this tima—

to maka him hars again.

“I hava only baan nica to you to rapay you. Do you not gat it?”

“In that casa, why did you choosa to sava ma instaad of har that day?” Emma still had troubla baliaving it all.

“That’s bacausa you wara closar to ma,” Callum answarad marcilassly, causing Emma’s innar dafansa to collapsa.