Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
Upon hearing that that was the case, the woman on the other end didn’t seem to mind his hostile tone, and there was even a trace of glee in her voice as she said,
“If that’s the case, I’ll tell you a secret.”
The word ‘secret’ piqued Rayan’s curiosity.
“What secret?”
“The secret is that… Elspeth is approaching you for a reason!”
Rayan’s gaze darkened.
“What do you mean?”
“Did she ask you for that scimitar? Don’t be fooled by her. She has a fianc?, and his name is Callum Winthrop! She approached you just for the purpose of getting that scimitar of yours, not to be with you.”
Rayan glanced at the two people who were still clinging onto each other downstairs once again. Coupled with what the person on the other end of the phone just told him, he suddenly had a realization. How dare they join forces to try and swindle me! Instantly, he burned with rage.
“Since she’s already lied to you, you must not forgive her easily.”
Over the phone, a trace of urgency could be heard in the woman’s voice.
Rayan scoffed.
“Naturally. I have my own ways of dealing with women like her.”
“Of course, I believe that you’ll make her pay.”
Listening to the pleased laughter through the phone, Rayan suddenly asked in interest,
“Who are you? Why are you telling me this?”
All of a sudden, the voice on the other end lost its enthusiasm.
“Who I am isn’t important. Just know that I’m like you, and I hate that cunning woman too.”
He didn’t mind either way. Since she told him about this, it didn’t really matter who she was. Once he hung up, Rayan began to contemplate his next step. How dare they try to trick me? Just wait and see, Elspeth Lynwood!
…
Early the next morning, Elspeth was still sleeping when she was woken up by a phone call. When she fished out her phone and looked at it, Callum’s name was taking up the screen. After questioning him, she learned that he had already brought the scimitar, and was now waiting for her to head downstairs to get it. Immediately, her spirits were lifted, and she hurriedly changed her clothes and went downstairs.
When Callum saw her emerge from her room, he handed her the box containing the scimitar.
“Take this and give it to Logan.”
“Thank you, Callum,”
Elspeth said sincerely.
“You’re my future wife; it’s my duty to do these things for you.”
Callum was never one to flirt, so Elspeth immediately felt a blush bloom across her face at his sudden words, feeling embarrassed.
As Callum had other matters to attend to, he gave her a few reminders before he soon drove away. Meanwhile, Elspeth went back upstairs and dressed up. After calling Arthur to ask for his car, she went to the red light district.
It was currently daytime, so there were hardly any people around. When she arrived at her destination, she looked at the closed door and called Logan.
“Mr. Logan, I already have the scimitar. Are you in the store now?”
Through the phone, she could vaguely hear conversing voices in the background as Logan said briefly,
“Elspeth? I’m currently dealing with something else, and I’m not in the store. Why don’t you go back first? I don’t mind taking it tomorrow.”
She was already accustomed to Logan’s constant absence, and since he said so, she hung up the phone and prepared to take the scimitar home. As soon as she turned around, a burst of laughter sounded from behind her.
“You’re really everywhere.”
Elspeth looked at Rayan, whose eye bags had deepened since she last saw him the previous night. She assumed that he was not in a good mood after being locked up. There were four men following him, most likely his bodyguards.
“What a coincidence, Mr. Adler. You’re here too?”
Elspeth asked, still keeping up her reserved and docile act.
“That’s right. I wouldn’t have heard you calling Mr. Logan if I didn’t come here.”
Rayan’s smile did not reach his eyes, and he slowly approached her.
“And if I didn’t come here, I wouldn’t have found out that everything was part of your plan!”
Instantly, Elspeth panicked. It seemed that he already knew everything.
There was no use in playing dumb at this point, so she calmed down and softened her voice as much as she could.
“I did want your scimitar, but I have my reasons, and I didn’t mean to lie to you. I really do want to be your friend.”
“Friend? I have enough friends. You knew that I was interested in you.”
At those words, Rayan recalled something and said with a smile,
“Oh, right. You already have a fianc?, so you wouldn’t have fancied me, anyway.”
He even knows about my fianc?! Elspeth thought frantically to herself. Suddenly, she felt like she had been trapped, as if someone was fueling the situation behind the scenes and had told him everything.
“Mr. Adler, I don’t really understand what you’re saying…”
Elspeth took a few steps back nervously. There was no one around at this time, so even if she shouted for help, no one would come to her aid. She could only stay calm and try to think of another plan.
“You don’t have to understand. You just have to follow me.”
As soon as Rayan said that, he gave the men behind him a look, and they instantly stepped forward to grab Elspeth. Upon seeing that they were intending to use brute force, Elspeth swiveled around and fled.
Elspeth looked behind as her pursuers closed in and inexplicably felt a wave of panic. She knew that if she fell into their hands, things would not end well for her.
As she ran, she suddenly stumbled on a rock and tumbled to the ground, hitting her knee on the ground and leaving a bloody mess.
“Stop struggling and just give in.”
Rayan sent her a contorted smile and was about to pounce on her when he was pushed to the ground.
“Who was it?! Who touched me?!”
Rayan was aching with pain from his fall, and he lifted his head just to see an angry Yelena. Instantly, his eyes lit up. The young girl in front of him looked even more innocent and adorable than Elspeth, and the two seemed to know each other. At that thought, his mind fell into the gutter, and the corners of his mouth uncontrollably lifted into a wicked smile.
Meanwhile, Elspeth was stunned and speechless by the sight of Yelena. Why is Yelena at a place like this? she wondered frantically. Behind Yelena, there seemed to be a man silhouetted against the sunlight. She could vaguely tell that it was Max.
“Are you mad? Max, didn’t I tell you to look after Yelena? Why did you bring her to a place like this?”
Most importantly, they showed up at the worst possible moment when her life was at stake, and she had just offended Rayan, which meant that they would be classified as her accomplices. Elspeth’s heart was filled with unease. Glancing at Rayan’s lustful expression, she instantly knew what he was playing in his heart.
After being singled out by Elspeth, Max could not muster the courage to say anything, and he seemed awkward as well. If Yelena hadn’t thrown a tantrum to meet Elspeth after coming to Eden to participate in Fashion Week, he wouldn’t have turned to Arthur out of desperation and arrived at this place.
“Elspeth, I just missed you. Everyone was saying you were dead, but I never believed it. You’re so smart, so I figured you must’ve hidden the fact that you were alive from everyone else. In the end, I had to ask everywhere to get news of you!”
Yelena was too blinded by her joy of finding Elspeth again and didn’t seem to notice the incoming danger.
“This girl really is pretty…”
Yelena heard Rayan’s voice, but she couldn’t speak Edenese, so she could only growl at him in Charish,
“What the hell are you mumbling about?”
