Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
“He blocked all my contacts and wouldn’t see me, not even when I went to his office… Just what have you done to him for him to do this to me?!”
Jasmine no longer wanted to know who the bride was, for obviously, it was this woman who was smiling arbitrarily.
Now, she was just indignant. She couldn’t understand why Elspeth could win Callum’s heart without having to put in any effort while she went to great lengths yet couldn’t even get a sliver of pity from him.
“Have you forgotten what you have done?”
Jasmine trembled involuntarily as the humiliating experience came to her.
As the bride, she actually woke up on some random man’s bed on her wedding day!
And as she looked at the man on top of her, she thought this would be her lifelong trauma.
Then again, the man seemed to have done nothing substantive and only just touched her a little. However, it was already enough to evoke disgust in Callum.
“I’ve been framed. I don’t know what happened at all that day. Besides, Callum will certainly understand me if I explain it clearly to him.”
Elspeth was surprised that Jasmine would still obsess over Callum at that point.
Now that’s just being a raving lunatic.
Besides, what she said wasn’t about how Jasmine was being set up but how the latter repressed her.
“Well, I suggest you go back to whatever you used to do and don’t keep dreaming the pipe dream.
Learn to accept reality.”
She believed her mindset would stray away if she continued to talk to this hopeless romantic. However, just as Elspeth was about to leave, Jasmine raised her voice behind her. “I saved your life. Is this how you treat your savior?!”
Oh, how Elspeth would love to talk to her about this.
At that, she leisurely walked up to Jasmine with a faint smile. “Do you really think you’re the one who saved me?”
Jasmine’s eyes widened with rage when she saw Elspeth twisting the truth. “If I hadn’t begged my grandfather to save you, do you think you’d still be alive today?! How dare you speak so ungratefully?!”
“Yes, your grandfather saved me, but it doesn’t have much to do with you, does it?”
She naturally knew Jasmine played a significant part if they were to dig deeper. However, compared to the suffering she bore, it was nothing!
“I’m my grandfather’s precious granddaughter. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have been able to receive the treatment at all!” Jasmine wanted nothing more than to mangle Elspeth when she looked at the latter sailing under false color.
“You’re right. It’s not wrong of you to say that, but who told you that I wouldn’t be able to live without your grandfather?”
Jasmine was rendered at a loss for words, for it was true that they didn’t know if there were other ways to treat Elspeth when they knocked the latter out cold and brought her to Haris.
“B-But Grandpa told me no one can treat your sickness other than him.”
To that, Elspeth snorted and said, “I’m Sonny Schwartz’s mentee, at the very least. Do you think he’ll sit back and watch me die?”
If anything, that older man wanted nothing more than for her to live so that she could inherit his mantle while he lived a carefree life.
In fact, she had received Sonny’s call saying he found a way to cure her the day before they knocked her unconscious and brought her to the McGrath Residence.
Who’d have thought she’d be kidnapped the evening of the day she was about to fly off to Sonny?!
At the end of the day, she still felt rather exasperated about that.
If it weren’t to learn some things from Haris to save her mother, she’d have long escaped. But sadly, she didn’t manage to apply what she had learned.
A hint of grimness flashed across Elspeth’s eyes before she fixed her gaze on Jasmine and taunted, “So, don’t go around believing what you see is what it is. Stop constantly painting yourself as the pitiful one, or I can’t promise I won’t unveil your facade and show everyone how ugly you are.”
This time, Jasmine was rendered utterly at a loss for words.
“Also, I’ve been tolerant because of Old Mr. McGrath. If you continue to offend me, I can’t promise I’ll play nice.”
At that, she patted Jasmine’s shoulder with a smile, appearing rather piteous toward the young woman. “Don’t lose yourself because of a man, and don’t be a simp. It’s quite sad looking.”
Who knew if Elspeth’s words even got through to Jasmine? After all, the young woman just stood there with her head lowered. Then again, she was shuddering. Could she be crying?
However, Elspeth didn’t feel bad for her at all, as she didn’t deserve pity when her gullibility led her to this.
At that, she walked past Jasmine indifferently into the company.
Later at 10.00AM, she received a call when she was sorting out some documents.
As troubled as she felt when she saw the caller ID, she still answered it.
“Are you in the middle of something, Elspeth? There’s something I’d like to talk to you about.” Haris didn’t talk to her about Jasmine right off the bat, but she knew it’d likely be that.
“I am, actually. Can it wait until I get off work?”
Toward Haris, she still had a modicum of respect as, after all, the man had taught her many things and was practically like a mentor to her.
“Alright, I’ll send a car to pick you up. We’ll meet up,” Haris said composedly.
However, Elspeth didn’t agree to it at once, and it seemed that Haris saw through her worry as he added, “Don’t worry. This is between you and me. I won’t tell Jasmine.”
“Alright, see you at six.” Elspeth hesitated no more because she knew the elder wasn’t lying.
After hanging up, she massaged her aching shoulder and devised a counterattack for the meeting later at night.
She had practically figured out what Haris wanted to tell her-helping Jasmine convince her to divorce Callum.
She was indeed somewhat ashamed to face Haris as she had personally promised him she wouldn’t have anything to do with Callum anymore and wouldn’t ruin their marriage, after all.
Then again… she didn’t actually ruin their marriage. Callum was mostly the one behind the plan, and she was arguably the innocent one that had been dragged into this inexplicably.
It wasn’t until Callum came to mind that she realized she’d be going out alone again that night. Hence, she called the man and told him about the situation.
“You’re not going.” Though it didn’t sound like Callum was worked up, it was still a definitive no toward her request.
“Why not?” She picked up a hint of nervousness from his voice.
“I’m worried something will happen to you,” Callum said frankly instead of hiding it.
“What’s there to be worried about? I’m pretty close to Old Mr. McGrath. I promise he won’t do anything to me.”
“It might not be as simple as you think. Old Mr. McGrath is Jasmine’s grandfather, after all. He’ll certainly side with her.” All Callum cared about now was Elspeth’s well-being. He just didn’t want her to receive any harm.
“I know. But I have spent over half a month with him. I don’t think he’s the unreasonable type.”
They had spent a few nights and days together, after all. So, they had a pretty good grasp of each other’s true nature. Hence, it was why Haris would speak nicely to her instead of questioning her over the phone.
“Either way, a foolproof plan needs to be in store. How about this? I’ll go with you.” Callum decided to accompany her personally.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
Just the thought of Callum sitting frostily aside, boring into them as they chatted, made Elspeth very uncomfortable. What was more, she couldn’t guarantee that Callum wouldn’t do anything to Haris.
“How is it not a good idea? You’re my wife. Is it wrong of me to follow you around?”
Well, this role sure does make every situation justifiable.
Since Callum insisted, Elspeth didn’t turn him down anymore. Instead, she told him to come to her company sooner after he got off work.
And sure enough, a car was waiting outside when she got off work in the evening.
Callum still hadn’t shown up, so Elspeth decided to wait at the entrance for a while when the black Maybach’s door opened suddenly.
“Elspeth, why aren’t you coming in?”
