Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
“Is this getup necessary?”
Though Elspeth’s cap was low and covered her eyes, Arthur could still sense her rolling her eyes in disdain.
“I’m going alone, so you don’t have to follow me. I’ll be back later.”
With a raised eyebrow, Arthur retorted,
“Of course, I know that. Your mom is still here, so where else can you go?”
Elspeth glared at him in contempt.
“You’re despicable.”
To leave this place by today, Elspeth hurriedly hailed a cab to the Cole Residence.
When she arrived at the door, she was about to knock and head inside. However, her hand stopped abruptly as she discovered the entrance was cordoned off with tape. The Coles must have moved away.
After thinking about it, Elspeth thought it made sense as the reason the Coles returned to Chars was to find Edmund. The Cole Family’s businesses were all abroad, so it was reasonable that they might have already moved back abroad after finding Edmund.
Elspeth felt a little disappointed, but she couldn’t do anything about it.
Just as she was about to leave, someone suddenly blocked her.
“Elspeth.”
The voice sounded deep, sharp, and with a hint of doubt.
Turning to look at the person, Elspeth instantly paled.
“Callum? Why are you here?”
Callum took a deep breath and observed Elspeth, making sure that she was alive and not some sort of spirit, before releasing his breath.
“I came to see how you’re really doing.”
Elspeth knew that the current Callum was different from before, so she didn’t act like they were close. Instead, she felt awkward and didn’t know what to say.
She played with her fingers, not knowing where she should place them.
“Now that you saw me and know that I’m still alive, would you expose me?”
At first, Callum thought that Elspeth’s first reaction when seeing him would be surprise and joy.
After all, he had lost his memory while Elspeth didn’t.
However, the reaction he saw from her was not surprise but panic.
“What would happen if I did?”
Elspeth stopped playing with her fingers as her expression became grim.
“Then you’re putting me in trouble.”
“What trouble?”
Elspeth had a myriad of emotions flash across her face.
“I can’t tell you this for now.”
Stepping forward, Callum looked as if he was going to grab her wrist.
“I’m your fianc?. What is it that you can’t tell me about?”
Frightened, Elspeth stumbled backward.
“What’s wrong with you today? Why are you saying this?”
“This isn’t our first engagement.”
Callum’s words made her fall into deep thought.
“We have been engaged once before. But now that you don’t feel anything for me, it’s just superfluous to mention this.”
Elspeth, who was being distant, made Callum frown, as he was in a bit of a panic toward this kind of ambiguous feeling.
“Why did you fake your death?”
Although she knew that he was intelligent, she did not predict that he would come to know about this so soon.
“What I do is my own business. It has nothing to do with you anymore.”
She knew that she could not let him know. Otherwise, it would bring along unthinkable consequences.
Just as Elspeth wanted to leave, her wrist was firmly grabbed onto.
Turning back, she saw Callum with a very dark expression.
“Elspeth, I’m giving you one last chance. Why did you fake your death? Also, where are you staying now?”
At that moment, all the emotions hidden deep within Elspeth exploded.
“Callum Winthrop, it was you who didn’t like me anymore! Since you don’t have any feelings for me, why are you still holding onto me? Aren’t you head over heels for your first love? Go find her then. Why did you seek me out? From the amount of time when you lost interest in me till now, your indifference was enough for me to become stone-hearted too. So, don’t you think that it’s laughable, you trying to play some sort of engaged-couple act with me?”
Elspeth pressed down on his hand, trying to shake herself free.
“Callum, I’m saying this one last time. We’re over!!!”
We’re over? Cold in nature, Callum did not put any emotion in anything he did ever since he lost his feelings for her.
Yet, upon hearing this, he felt as if his heart had shattered.
“Do you not love me anymore?”
Callum uttered.
Hearing his words, Elspeth felt her knees go weak, as she became rooted to the spot, although she tried so hard to shake herself free just a moment ago.
“I do. But what use does it have?”
What can love do?
Could love save her mother? Or perhaps, could it salvage this tattered relationship?
Since love could not do either of those, then she decided that it would be better to leave as soon as possible. At least, she could have peace of mind.
Elspeth turned around and left, and the person behind did not chase after her.
It really seemed like it was over.
Standing on the spot, Callum still could not process what had happened, as he only knew that the person close to him left.
Suddenly, she said,
“Callum, I hope that you don’t tell anyone that I’m still alive. Just treat these as my last words, seeing how I once loved you.”
Sobbing, she knew that she would cry if she were to continue talking, so upon seeing that he did not react to her words, she took it as him agreeing to it.
Elspeth then called for a cab before getting in and leaving.
I think this is it. It’s truly over.
