Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
“Of course.”
Of course, Rayan did not know that she was sending her location to Callum and attempting to establish contact with him. He hadn’t been sending any messages to her, and it made her a little frantic. However, it was not a big problem. Even without Callum, she would be able to complete her mission successfully.
The Adlers were a long-established family with centuries of heritage, and the outside of the villa alone was as resplendent as a castle. It looked to be of medieval Gothic architecture, and the building was painted in a gloomy and eerie color.
Rayan stepped out of the car first and said,
“Miss Lynwood, this is my house. I’ll take you in now, and you’ll be treated as a VIP guest here.”
After leading her into the villa, Rayan took her to the parlor.
The moment Elspeth stepped inside, her face instantly tensed up. Unexpectedly, the person sitting in the first seat on the right-hand side was Callum, the man who had suddenly lost contact with her.
Just then, Callum noticed her as well, but there was no change in his expression as if they didn’t know each other very well.
Rayan felt a trace of doubt regarding the man in front of him. His father was sitting in the head seat, so he politely asked,
“Father, may I know who this man is?”
Inexplicably, he could sense a trace of displeasure from the handsome Charic man.
“This is our esteemed guest who’s here to discuss a business collaboration with us. His maternal grandmother is a good friend of your grandfather.”
His words stunned Elspeth. This was her first time finding out that Callum had such a background.
Callum said calmly,
“That’s mostly it. I wish to work with you, but under the condition that you hand your family’s scimitar to me.”
Elspeth was taken aback. Callum wants this scimitar too?
Rayan instantly turned displeased when he heard this.
“Father, this scimitar is our family heirloom. How can we simply give it to a stranger?”
He had just promised to give this scimitar to Elspeth. If his father gave this away to someone else, he figured she would look down on him.
After seeing that his son was embarrassing him in front of other people, Andreas Adler instantly boiled with anger.
“You’re still young, so don’t you go interfering in this matter.”
Rayan immediately clutched the scimitar tightly in his hand.
“I refuse!”
At once, Elspeth felt a headache coming on. If Callum had not intervened, she might have gotten the scimitar long ago. Now, she was put in a spot, and she had no idea what to do.
“So what if you refuse? Someone, come and take him away. I don’t want him embarrassing me in front of my guest.”
After the order from Andreas, several burly men emerged from the surroundings to drag Rayan away.
Rayan tried to resist but found that he was unable to break free with his strength and could only leave helplessly. Before he was taken away, he looked at Elspeth with a guilty gaze, as if to express his apologies.
However, Elspeth did not notice his glance. As she watched him being dragged away like a lump of meat, a look of disdain flashed past her eyes. What a sh*t show, she thought.
However, she soon became awkward and was just about to turn around and take her leave when the man behind her called out to her, stopping her in her tracks.
“Are you my son’s new lover?”
Andreas asked bluntly, clearly used to this situation.
All of a sudden, Elspeth felt as if she had been humiliated, and her smile dropped from her face.
“No, I’m just a guest he invited. Since he already left, I won’t stay any longer. Farewell.”
What new lover? I’m speechless! Andreas scoffed and watched her leave.
After Elspeth left, he smiled helplessly at Callum.
“I’m truly sorry. My son is used to being capricious, and he brings his women home every day. My sincere apologies for the unpleasant experience.”
Andreas referring to Elspeth as Rayan’s woman made Callum furious, but he said,
“It’s fine. He just needs to be disciplined.”
“Then, about the collaboration you mentioned earlier…”
Callum smiled faintly.
“We’ll do as you said. The Winthrop Family is willing to make a deal with you at a loss.”
“That’s brilliant.”
Andreas raised his wine glass toward him with a hearty laugh and downed it in one go.
“By tomorrow, I’ll definitely deliver the scimitar to your residence.”
Callum nodded and rose to his feet.
“In that case, I shall stop disturbing you and take my leave.”
After bidding Andreas goodbye, Callum had just left the villa when he saw a familiar figure under a nearby tree.
At the sight of Callum, Elspeth immediately widened her eyes in anger and demanded,
“Do you have any idea what situation you’ve put me in now?”
“What else do you want me to do? Watch as another man fools around with my woman?”
Callum’s eyes darkened as he spoke.
“I’m not that magnanimous.”
Elspeth was aware that Callum was too stubborn and stuck persistently to his beliefs, and that continuing to argue with him held no meaning, so she let out a helpless sigh.
“But if you do this, Rayan will not easily hand the scimitar over.”
Seeming to realize that he had been a little too harsh, Callum softened his expression and reached out to rub her hair.
“Okay, don’t worry about this anymore. He’ll definitely give me the scimitar.”
It was no longer relevant whether Rayan was willing to hand it over or not; his father would not easily give up this opportunity to push the Adler Family to greater heights.
“All right.”
Elspeth sighed.
“That’s all we can do for now.”
While the two conversed downstairs, unbeknownst to them, Rayan, who had just been locked upstairs by his father, had witnessed everything. As he watched their intimate gestures, the suspicion in his gaze intensified.
Just then, his phone rang. After a glance at the unknown string of numbers, he decided to pick up.
“Is this Mr. Adler? I heard that you’re currently with a woman called Lynwood. Is that true?”
As soon as he answered the phone, the caller hastily questioned him about his relationship with Elspeth.
Rayan was already frustrated enough as his woman was about to leave with another man. When he heard a strange woman chattering on the phone, his irritation increased.
“What does that have to do with you?”
