Chapter 76 – Love’s Perfect Match Novel Read Online (Elspeth & Callum)

Callum’s self-harming behavior succeeded in frightening Ophelia. Little did she think he would actually knock himself unconscious just to avoid touching her.

A sense of humiliation rose from her feet; her eyes teared up with both humiliation and intense hatred. If it weren’t for Elspeth, Callum wouldn’t have treated me like this!

Seeing Callum fall soundly asleep before her, she clenched her fists tightly before coming up with a bold idea. Undressing both herself and the man, she lay down on his sturdy chest, took a picture of them with her phone, and sent it to Elspeth. Having done all of this, she carefully climbed out of bed, got dressed, and returned to her bedroom.

When Elspeth woke up early in the morning, she saw the photo, in which Callum and Ophelia looked intimate as though they’d actually slept together. Feeling a twinge in her heart, she recalled what Callum had said the evening before, and she couldn’t help curling her lips into a smirk.

However, as she took an inadvertent glance at the picture, she suddenly realized that something was amiss. Callum’s sleeping posture didn’t seem normal in the photo. Instead, it looked more like he’d been knocked out… and his cheeks were abnormally red. Don’t tell me he’s been drugged. At the thought of this, she hurriedly got dressed and went to his room.

The door to Callum’s room wasn’t locked, so she easily snuck inside.

Callum was alone in his room. Seeing him soundly asleep in bed, Elspeth was startled for a moment before coming forward to check on him. As she had expected, he’d been drugged with something that wasn’t very potent. Otherwise, he would’ve been dead after enduring the drug’s effects the entire night.

Seems like Ophelia still has a bit of a conscience. Producing a pill from her pocket, Elspeth shoved it into Callum’s mouth and forced him to swallow it.

After a long time, Callum slowly opened his eyes. At a glance, he saw Elspeth, who was standing aside and waiting quietly. “W-When did you come here?”

“Why ask so many questions? How did you get drugged?”

Callum thought back carefully on last night’s events before his eyes rested upon the empty glass of milk on his desk. “My mom came in and brought me a glass of milk last night. She’d done so before, so I drank it without suspicion.” Anger welled up in him when it occurred to him that Margot might have colluded with Ophelia in doing this.

Elspeth couldn’t help but laugh. “What? You mean Mrs. Winthrop also plotted against you in secret?”

Callum looked up and shot a frosty glare at her. “Stop being sarcastic. Tell me why you showed up in my room.”

Elspeth threw up her hands before unlocking her phone to show him the photo. “Look. Ophelia sent me this photo, perhaps to make me get the wrong idea about you and thus hate you.”

Callum looked at her face with deep, dark eyes. “Hate me, huh… Elspeth, why would you hate me after seeing this?”

Elspeth almost subconsciously blurted out that it was because she liked him, but upon seeing how the man looked like he was trying to coax it out of her, she immediately bit back what she was just about to say. “Perhaps it was because I was disgusted. Why tell me that you two had done such a thing?” she replied without thinking.

After finishing her sentence, she suddenly realized that something seemed wrong with Callum’s expression. She quickly buttoned her lip, saying, “That’s not what I mean… I…”

Just then, her wrist was held in a tight grip. The next instant, she was pulled into the man’s arms.

“Elspeth, repeat what you just said,” Callum whispered in her ear while staring at her.

The two were less than inches apart. Elspeth was held in the man’s arms like a chick, unable to break free no matter how hard she tried. “I didn’t say anything.”

“Not admitting it, huh?”

Elspeth had struggled so hard just now that her collar button became undone, revealing the fair skin of her chest. When Callum inadvertently glanced at it, his eyes gradually darkened.

“I didn’t… Mmph!” Before Elspeth could finish her sentence, the man’s arms tightened around her, and her lips were unexpectedly sealed with a kiss.

Callum’s mouth was sweet as he had just taken the pill. As Elspeth’s mind went blank, she let him kiss her passionately.

Callum let go of her when he realized she wasn’t resisting. Then, seeing that she was in a daze, he waved his hand before her eyes.

Only then did Elspeth come to her senses and realize that she’d just been kissed by force. Still, she asked dumbly, “Have the drug’s effects worn off?”

Callum took her hand and placed it on his chest.

Elspeth’s heartbeat also quickened as she felt the man’s strong heartbeat.

“Have a guess.”

Coming to her senses finally, Elspeth kicked at his chest. “You rascal!”

Callum leaned back slightly to dodge her attack. “I didn’t say the drug’s effects have worn off,” he said, his tone as inconsequential as though he had just taken a sip of water.

“Alright, I shouldn’t have bothered coming over to take a look at you. I’m leaving.”

Elspeth turned around, opened the door, and went out, only to bump right into Margot, who was standing at the door and about to knock on it.

Seeing the mess in the room, Margot was at a loss for words for a moment. She spotted Elspeth’s disheveled clothes, undone collar button, and smudged lipstick. On the other hand, Callum’s cheeks were red. His night robe gaped open, revealing his muscular chest.

Margot was in disbelief. “You two…” She had repeatedly warned her son last night, but never did she think Elspeth would get her hands on him right away. “Elspeth, how can you be so loose as a lady? Don’t you know both of you aren’t supposed to be in the same room as you two are unmarried? Are you trying to go to bed with Callum to get married to him? I’m telling you, not in a million years!” She nearly failed to catch her breath, and her illness, which had barely stabilized last time, nearly recurred.

Elspeth replied coldly, “Mrs. Winthrop, you’re overthinking it. I’ll never marry into the Winthrop Family in such a way. I disdain to do such a thing.”

“Callum, I’d like to hear your explanation.”

However, instead of explaining the situation, Callum replied impassively, “I took the initiative.”

Margot was foaming with anger. “Callum, are you stupid? Did you forget what I told you last night? Elspeth isn’t a good match for you; Ophelia is the only one who suits you best!”

“I thought you knew I don’t like Ophelia.”

Margot kept on advising him earnestly, saying, “Callum, feelings can be developed, so you can’t reject Ophelia just because you have no feelings for her at the moment. I’ve known her for years, so how can I be wrong about her? Well, she did commit mistakes before, but she only committed such mistakes because she loved you so much. As long as you give her a chance, you’ll slowly find out what’s good about her.”

Having listened to such words countless times, Callum could no longer stand listening to them. “Alright, enough is enough. I love no one else but Elspeth.”

Ophelia overheard these words as she stood at the door with a glass of warm water in her hand. For a moment, she lost her composure, and the glass in her hand dropped to the floor.