Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
It was as though he wanted Elspeth to see it.
She had been trying to suppress her emotions the entire time, but it all came crashing down at that moment. Before she knew it, her tears started sliding down her cheeks.
She secretly told herself that she mustn’t cry. Even if she couldn’t help it, she could only shed one drop of tear.
Nonetheless, she couldn’t stop her tears from streaming down her face. She blamed it on the chilly weather for making her eyes dry.
A moment later, she tapped on Callum’s profile picture and unfriended him.
She also unfollowed him on various social media platforms.
In the end, she turned on a game and saw a familiar avatar. Much to her surprise, the man was online.
Her chest tightening, she quickly turned on the invisible mode.
Callum rarely had time to play games, for he was usually swamped with work. As such, they had only played this game on several occasions.
At that time, many people wanted to befriend her because she was ‘Elsie’. Callum was a possessive person, so he directly married her in the game and spent lots of money to increase their intimacy level.
Subconsciously, she took a look at his achievements and scrolled through the pages. She realized that he had been teaming up with a woman, who seemed to be helpful to him. Both of them earned many points together, which showed that they could work well as a team.
She couldn’t tell what kind of feeling it was, but she still deleted him from her friend list with trembling hands.
When she was done with all that, she felt melancholic deep within. It was as though waves of darkness swept over her and drowned her.
…
Several days later, the engagement party of Elspeth and Arthur was held.
The scar on Isabel’s face had mostly healed. She kept saying that if the two of them got married, she had to be the most beautiful bridesmaid.
Elspeth had been struck with a severe illness, but she was unable to get any treatment for now. As such, she didn’t want to hold Callum up, and she certainly didn’t want to do that to Arthur either. Hence, she didn’t directly respond to Isabel’s words.
Arthur seemed to be getting busier recently as he rarely came home.
When he returned home early one day, Elspeth suddenly had the urge to find out what he had been doing, and she asked him about it.
“I’ve been trying to settle some issues that my company is facing.”
Arthur rubbed the center of his brows, apparently exhausted.
“Also, Miss Joneson’s illness has reached a critical period, so I can’t be negligent.”
Elspeth nodded and asked,
“Is there anything I can help you with?”
“Do you want to spend some time with me alone?”
Elspeth didn’t understand him when she heard that.
Then, she realized that if she were to become his assistant, they would have to spend quite some time alone in the same room.
He’s teasing me again!
Elspeth glowered at him and turned around to leave.
When she passed by Arthur’s room, she stopped in her tracks. In the past, he never allowed her to enter his room. Whenever he headed out, he would lock the door.
However, he stopped locking his room recently.
Does that mean that Arthur trusts me wholeheartedly now?
Elspeth’s curiosity intensified. Since he wasn’t around, she decided to sneak into his room.
Just like what she had expected, his room was spacious and clean, but the colors were dull and there didn’t seem to be any human touch.
Elspeth shuffled toward the desk and saw a disorderly file. It seemed to be her mother’s medical report.
Since she was well-versed in medicine, she went through the report and realized that her mother was indeed on the mend.
At the end of the file, she noticed there was another report.
There was no name on the report, but as she pored over it, she found the details familiar.
When she reached the last page, she could finally confirm that it was her medical report.
All her symptoms and the severity of those symptoms were clearly recorded.
Elspeth’s mind turned blank in an instant. Before she could figure out what was going on, a cold voice was heard questioning from behind.
“What are you doing in my room?”
Elspeth knew that she wasn’t supposed to enter someone else’s room, but when she saw her medical report on Arthur’s table, she was mad at him for invading her privacy.
“Why do you have my medical report?”
Arthur calmed himself down and curled up his lips.
“What’s wrong? I’m just concerned about you.”
“I don’t need your concern. You’re invading my privacy like a pervert.”
Arthur frowned. Although he had been patient with her, he couldn’t accept what she had just said.
“So? What are you trying to say?”
“What I’m saying is I don’t want you to be concerned with my health conditions anymore.”
Upon finishing her words, she picked up the medical report and tore it apart.
Arthur didn’t utter a word while watching her action. A moment later, he asked impassively,
“Are you able to treat your illness, then?”
Elspeth flared up.
“It has nothing to do with you.”
“What are you talking about? You’re my fianc?e. If anything happens to you, who is going to marry me?”
Elspeth glowered at him.
“I only agreed to get engaged to you, but I didn’t say I was going to marry you.”
That’s some clever sophistry…
A helpless Arthur pressed his hand against his forehead and chuckled.
“Alright. Why don’t we have a deal? If I’m able to cure your illness, you’ll marry me.”
It was already against Elspeth’s will to get engaged with him. If she was forced to marry him, she would spend the rest of her life in misery.
“There’s no way I’ll marry you.”
“Nothing is impossible. You were forced to be with me because of your mother’s illness.”
Arthur slightly bent his back and smiled playfully.
“Why aren’t you willing to do the same now? Are you playing hard to get?”
