Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
Yelena glanced at Hank who lay near her with a playful smile on his face, and she shook her head. “Nope. Nothing happened between us.”
Just as Hank was about to say something, Yelena threw him a vicious glare and softly pleaded with Elspeth, “Elspeth, you must never tell my father about me staying at Hank’s house last night. If he calls to ask you why I wasn’t home, tell him that I stayed at your place.”
Elspeth could feel a headache coming on when she heard that.
Of course, she knew what to do. Francis Sullivan, who was Yelena’s father, had already called her early this morning to ask about the situation. That was exactly how she lied to him.
“Fine. I understand. Quickly head home if there’s nothing else. I have to go to work in a bit. I can’t keep worrying about you.”
“Don’t worry! I’ll head home soon.”
Yelena let out a long sigh after the call ended.
“Let’s head downstairs.” Hank got up and stood up straight before he slipped his hands into the pockets of his pants. “I made breakfast.”
Yelena could recall that embarrassing moment just by looking at him. She nodded her head vigorously while she hummed in agreement before she turned around and rushed into the bathroom.
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Almost everyone knew about the upcoming wedding between Callum and Jasmine.
After all, Callum was the most eligible bachelor whom everyone wanted to marry in all of Damoria.
Jasmine was instantly bombarded with criticisms when the news got out. However, she wasn’t mad about any of it. She was the victor for being able to marry Callum. There was no need for her to argue with those other women who were not up to her standard.
But one day, Jasmine appeared at Elspeth’s workplace with a sour look on her face when Elspeth was working.
“Shouldn’t you be preparing for your wedding, Miss McGrath? What are you doing here?”
Jasmine straightened her back proudly and put on a small smile. “Since you already know about the wedding, aren’t you going to give us a few congratulatory words? You are Callum’s ex-fianc?e, after all. Surely you wish for his happiness?”
Ah, the detestable lady has come. Elspeth then slammed her pen on the table, and the sound it made was so loud that it startled Jasmine.
“Go on. Tell me what kind of congratulations you would like.”
Although Elspeth had a smile on her face, her expression was so cold that Jasmine could feel it in her bones.
“You’re not angry, are you, Miss Lynwood? Do excuse me.” Jasmine held her head high and she was as imposing as could be. “I almost forgot about how deep your affection for Callum is. You wouldn’t so easily give your blessing to Callum and another woman, would you?”
Elspeth stared hard at Jasmine’s face before she solemnly brought up, “All that aside, your eyeliner’s wonky.”
“How dare you?” The smile on Jasmine’s face immediately disappeared.
“I’ll say it again for the last time. I’m not interested in your wedding at all, so stop grossing me out with this talk. The door is right in front of you. I won’t walk you out.”
After Elspeth said that, she didn’t spare the woman another glance as she proceeded to lower her head and edit some documents.
“Forget it. I won’t argue with you about this. Anyway, I have a secret to tell you. It’s about your parentage.”
Elspeth thought of Helena as soon as she heard that.
“What do you know about it?”
Regardless of whether Jasmine was lying to her or not, Elspeth couldn’t help wondering about what Jasmine knew.
“I told you it’s about your parentage. Also, it might be related to your mother.” Jasmine raised her eyebrows arrogantly. “Aren’t you curious at all?”
Elspeth lowered her gaze. “How do I know you’re not lying to me?”
She still had her guard up.
“How about this? If I lie to you, you can curse me so that I will never be loved by Callum. Sounds good?”
Even though Elspeth had never had much faith in bets, she thought that Jasmine wouldn’t say something like this so easily because of how much she cared about Callum.
Jasmine sounded a little more believable now.
“Why would you want to tell me something like that out of nowhere?”
There was no such thing as a free lunch, not to mention that the person telling her this was Jasmine McGrath, who had always been at odds with her.
Jasmine looked at Elspeth’s suspicious gaze and she couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “As expected of you to think things through, Miss Lynwood. You’re right. I do have a condition.”
“What is it?”
“You have to promise to never pester Callum after I tell you the secret.”
This condition might have been a little harsh to Elspeth in the past, but now that Callum was about to marry Jasmine, she knew she would look like an idiot if she kept hanging around Callum.
The information Jasmine offered to let her know was way more interesting.
Elspeth didn’t even hesitate to agree to the condition.
“Alright. It’s a deal. Can you tell me now?”
Jasmine was puzzled when she heard that. “The two of you might have broken up, but do you really not have even the slightest bit of feelings for him left? You didn’t even take your time to think before you answered!”
“Why should I?”
Jasmine put on a confused expression again before she shook her head in resignation. “I couldn’t tell at all. You’re a pretty cold-hearted woman, aren’t you?”
“Alright, enough with that. Just tell me what you know.”
“I can tell you, but this isn’t the best place to have that conversation. Come with me. I will show you some documents.”
“Why didn’t you bring the documents here in the first place?” Elspeth was the one who was perplexed now.
A look of distrust appeared on Jasmine’s face at that point. “And what if you snatched it away from me? I didn’t know if you were going to do that.”
In terms of their physiques, Elspeth was indeed the stronger and more agile one.
The two then came to the underground garage. When Elspeth noticed that Jasmine had no intention of looking for her car, she asked, “You didn’t drive here? Was it not your driver who dropped you off?”
Jasmine turned around and the smile on her face was much wider now. “Of course, my driver brought me here, but I’m not the only one he is picking up. You’re coming with me!”
As soon as she said those words, a few burly men suddenly appeared behind her.
Elspeth was on high alert the moment she saw the stocky group of men.
“What is the meaning of this?” she hissed.
Jasmine clapped her hands, and immediately a man stepped forward and asked attentively, “Everything is ready, Miss McGrath. When should we make a move?”
“Now, duh! What are you waiting for?”
The men behind immediately started getting ready and tried to catch Elspeth.
Naturally, she wouldn’t just stand there and wait for them to get her. She quickly gave the man in the lead a roundabout kick to his head, drawing a pained cry from him.
“You guys know who I am, don’t you?” She looked at the rest of the men behind the first one as they froze in place. She then sneered, “Come at me and you will end up like him.”
The men were terrified when they saw the blood on the face of the man lying on the ground before them.
No one told them anything about Elspeth being so scary!
The man standing in front of the group took a glance at Jasmine and gulped. “Miss McGrath, this woman looks dangerous. How about we use a different approach?”
However, Jasmine had already lost her patience at some point.
“Don’t even dream about being paid if you don’t catch her today!”