Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
He asked in a seemingly joking manner, but it also sounded as if he was probing for information.
“Jasmine likes the pear tarts sold in this area so I came over to get some for her.”
Elspeth glanced down and saw a box on the front passenger seat that contained pear tarts.
Jethro’s grin widened.
“You treat your girlfriend so well, Mr. Winthrop. Elsie, when are you going to agree to go out with me? I’ll definitely treat you just as well.”
Elspeth was dumbfounded. Why did the flames spread to her when she didn’t even do anything?
“Maybe in my next life,”
she retorted curtly before closing her eyes. Her heart was a mess.
Callum had always been someone who didn’t want to waste his time on anything, and he rarely changed his lifestyle and habits for anyone else.
It was midnight, and in the past, he would never allow himself to remain awake past midnight.
Yet, for Jasmine’s sake, he changed his habit today.
If Elspeth recalled correctly, Winthrop Group and the bakery that sold the pear tarts were on opposite ends of the city with several dozen miles between them.
I guess that’s true love.
Elspeth felt strangely melancholic. She couldn’t explain why she felt upset. Amid her blur of thoughts, she ended up dozing off.
When she woke up again, she was covered in a jacket that had a familiar bluegrass scent to it. It smelled of Callum.
Jethro was gone. Callum was the only other person in the car. He was sitting in the driver’s seat and the car was stopped by the side of the road.
Elspeth looked out the window with her bleary eyes. They were at her place.
“Why didn’t you wake me up?”
Elspeth folded the jacket and placed it on the seat beside her.
“I dropped him off first and we’d only just arrived, so I didn’t wake you up.”
“Thank you for giving me a ride home,”
Elspeth said politely. Her tone was even more distant as if she was pissed with him.
“You’re welcome. If anything like this happens again, I won’t be doing it anymore.”
He’s a heartless prick, alright.
Before leaving, Callum quipped,
“Boyfriend?”
“Does that have anything to do with you, Mr. Winthrop?”
Callum seemed to realize that he wasn’t in the position to ask that question, so he hummed coolly in acknowledgment.
Elspeth got out of the car at once to avoid hearing anything else that would only rile her up.
Callum’s gaze was dark as he watched Elspeth disappear from sight. Then, he made a call.
“Demolish all the hotels along Harmony Street in the northern part of the city.”
The person he called seemed confused and repeated hesitatingly,
“Demolish the hotels?”
“All of them.”
It was a clear order.
“Got it,”
the person replied at once.
“We’ll demolish all the nearby hotels as soon as possible.”
Callum nodded in satisfaction before ending the call.
…
The next morning, Elspeth was woken up bright and early by a call.
“Elspeth! Come down, Elspeth. I’m here to take you to work.”
The familiar voice cleared her muddled head. She jumped out of bed and walked over to the balcony. When she pulled apart the drapes, she saw Jethro looking up at her with a brilliant, confident smile. He was dressed in white from head to toe.
Elspeth was in her pajamas and she got such a fright that she quickly closed the curtains.
Slightly over ten minutes later, Elspeth finished getting ready and reluctantly made her way down.
As soon as Jethro spotted her, he whistled teasingly.
“Your pink pajamas looked good on you, Elsie.”
Elspeth was usually dressed rather glamorously, so Jethro didn’t expect her to have an adorable side to her.
His eyes were glistening brightly.
Elspeth’s cheeks flushed.
“That’s enough. You can keep your mouth shut now.”
“Oh, alright. I won’t tease you anymore. I’m here to take you to work.”
He smirked in amusement before turning around and patting the Lincoln behind him.
“How’s this for our ride today? It should be better than the electric scooter last night.”
Elspeth was dumbfounded.
“Don’t you have a more normal car?”
Jethro lowered his eyes aggrievedly.
“But, I asked my butler and he said this is the cheapest car in our garage.”
Elspeth’s lips twitched as she ground her teeth.
“If I accept a ride from you ever again, I’ll change my name!”
“I came all the way here to pick you up, Elsie. I had to drive several dozen miles, you know. Just do me the honor and allow me to drive you to work.”
Jethro stood in Elspeth’s path and smiled innocently at her.
Elspeth couldn’t go forward. He towered above her, so she had to crane her neck upward. She felt quite displeased as she declared,
“I’m not taking your car. What if something happens along the way again? You’d make me late for work. It’d be safer for me to drive my own car.”
Yet, Jethro’s eyes sparkled when he heard what she said.
“You own a car, Elsie? That’s great. You can drive me to work then.”
