Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
Then, the three of them tip-toed out of the room. Standing in the garden outside, Arthur said with a smile,
“It looks like you two can date openly now.”
“What does it have to do with you?”
Elspeth rolled her eyes. The sarcasm in his voice made her feel annoyed.
Upon hearing that, Arthur looked down, hiding the emotion in his eyes.
“Because I have feelings for you too. If you date him, then what about me?”
“Stop pretending. Arthur. It’s quite meaningless.”
Arthur sets his eyes not on me but on the huge benefits that he can reap from me.
Even though Elspeth still had no idea what those benefits were, after seeing him relentlessly pursuing her, she foured he was retainly not a mediocre fioure get the wrong idea about me.”
It was uncertain whether Arthur was telling the truth. Despite his tone not indicating an interest in Elspeth, there was a touch of lingering tenderness in his eyes.
“Why don’t you just tell me directly what you want from me? Perhaps I can help you.”
However, Arthur seemed to not hear her and asked back,
“Will you be willing to get married to me then?”
At once, Elspeth lost the desire to talk to a guy with a persistent nature like him.
In the end, it was Callum who stepped forward. He wrapped his arms around Elspeth’s shoulders and warned,
“She will be your sister-in-law from now on, so stay away from her.”
Arthur smirked and said,
“Sister-in-law? I shall wait and see then.”
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Arthur’s words that day did cause a heavy impact on Elspeth.
Callum noticed that Elspeth was in a daze so he couldn’t help but ask,
“What’s on your mind, Elspeth?”
Elspeth snapped out of her thoughts and the blank look in her eyes disappeared.
“I was thinking about what Arthur said. I think…”
“You also think that Arthur isn’t as simple as he seems, right?”
Callum looked into Elspeth’s eyes and immediately guessed what she was thinking.
“Previously, Arthur used Mrs. Winthrop’s life to threaten me, but this time, he grabbed the weapon in Ophelia’s hands to save Mrs. Winthrop. Does he care about Mrs. Winthrop or not? What do you think?”
Arthur’s actions and behavior were too strange. Elspeth couldn’t figure out what Arthur was up to.
“What about you?”
“I think he faked the whole incident of him snatching the weapon.”
Although Callum did know Arthur for decades now, he didn’t understand Arthur all that well as their relationship wasn’t great.
However, after hearing what Elspeth said, even though he had his suspicions, he couldn’t resist querying further.
“Faked it?”
“That’s right. It had to have been an act. Think about it. Would a normal, decent child joke around with his mother’s life? You can’t possibly think the incident with Mrs. Winthrop’s respirator tube being pulled out was just an accident, right? The nurses would check on her every day. Arthur’s the hospital director. Who would have dared to do such a thing if they didn’t have his permission?”
Elspeth’s analysis was flawless.
“Mom has always been very good to him.”
Callum pressed his lips together. His tone became a little grim.
“I know. Mrs. Winthrop loves all her children. Still, look at what Arthur has done the past few times. Do you think he’s someone who knows how to be grateful?”
Elspeth snorted at the recollection of what Arthur said in the past.
Callum lost all trust in the younger brother he had known for over a decade.
“But, before that, you must remember to take good care of Mrs. Winthrop. Even though she’s not in any danger now, you must be prepared for anything and everything.”
Callum nodded. All of a sudden, he had an uneasy feeling in his chest.
“You need to be careful too.”
“I know. If Ophelia tries to get back at me, I’ll be prepared for her too.”
A thought occurred to Callum. He walked over to Elspeth and held her shoulders.
“If she does do something to you, you don’t need to show her any mercy. Just do whatever you want.”
“Got it.”
Elspeth’s heart flitted with joy at his words.
“By the way, it’ll soon be the fifth anniversary of Blake’s debut in the industry. I think he wants to hold a concert on that day, so we should attend it.”
Elspeth remembered that Blake mentioned this to her this morning as well, so she nodded.
“Alright. Let’s attend it together when the time comes.”
“However, there’s still something we haven’t dealt with yet.”
Before Callum could finish speaking, Elspeth cut in.
“You’re talking about Alphascape, right?”
Callum had a small smile on his face as he said,
“That’s right. Since my mother’s situation has been resolved.
why don’t we start making our move tonight? One of my men has checked and informed me that Dominic doesn’t have any meetings tonight, whether internal or external. Let’s invite him out and discuss a particularly significant business deal.”
Elspeth burst out laughing.
“Sure. Let’s do it tonight. I’m free too.”
Thus, the two of them invited Dominic out without further ado.
Dominic had only just pulled one over Winthrop Group. He was still a little intimidated and felt apprehensive of Callum, but when he heard that it was Elspeth who specifically invited him out, his beady eyes shone.
My, my. What a night it’d be if I got my hands on that fine young woman……
Elspeth didn’t even have to say much before Dominic rushed over impatiently.
Inside the private room at the hotel.
Dominic spotted Elspeth sitting nearby and his eyes remained glued to her the whole time.
As Dominic spoke, he reached his hand out to cop a feel of Elspeth’s body.
