Filed to story: Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me
“I won’t leave. There’s no way I’m taking the fall. Our imperative is to gather evidence of Ophelia pushing Margot off the stairs.”
Harper tilted his head to the side and wondered out loud.
“What are you planning to do?”
“There is no surveillance camera around the villa, so that’s not an option to find the culprit. It was just the three of us on the stairs at the time, and there were no others around. However, I remember Ophelia saying harsh words to Margot before Margot got pushed down the stairs. Margot definitely heard them, so-“
Realization immediately dawned on Harper.
“So, for now, we should wait until Margot wakes up. By that time, she can testify against Ophelia herself.”
“You’re only half right.”
Elspeth shook her head with a smile.
“Our top priority will be tricking Ophelia into admitting her doing. We need to tape when she confesses because we can’t guarantee that she wouldn’t hurt Margot again.”
The frown between Harper’s brows fell deeper.
“What a cruel woman Ophelia is. I can’t believe she would actually hurt the woman who raises her.”
“When it comes to love, all of us are lovesick fools. However, Ophelia takes it to another level.”
Admiration was written all over Harper’s face.
“That’s plausible, Elsie. Your words make sense. So, what’s going on between Callum and you? I can see you’re not happy, which explains your behavior of trying to drink the sorrows away right now.”
What’s going on between us? The question put her in thought. He disappointed me and hurt me. What else?
She took another gulp of her beer with a bitter smile to suppress the stale taste that rose in her throat.
“It doesn’t concern you By the way, I need a favor.”
A moment ago, Harper was still slouching on the couch. Her words immediately alerted him to sit upright
“I’m all ears, Elsie. What can I do for you?”
“Find someone to keep an eye over Margot Don’t let anyone from Ophelia’s side get to Margot. Margot may never wake up again if Ophelia did something to her”
Judging from Ophelia’s character, Elspeth was positive that Ophelia would definitely lay a hand on Margot again.
After all, Margot was Callum’s mother. Even though Elspeth and she didn’t always see eye to eye, Margot was still an elder. If anything happened to Margot, Callum would be devastated.
Elspeth had lost her parents and she understood how much it hurt. Therefore, she didn’t have the heart to see him suffer the same pain.
“Have you forgotten that Callum doesn’t trust you enough? Why do you still care about him to the point your can’t leave him alone? He doesn’t deserve you.”
Harper rolled his eyes. Elspeth is right. She’s indeed one of the lovesick fools blinded by love.
She cleared her throat.
“Margot is the mother of the Winthrop siblings. Since I’m on good terms with some of them, I don’t want to let them down.”
This didn’t convince Harper at all. He knew Elspeth was merely being perfunctory with him.
“All right. I get it.”
After a couple of drinks, Elspeth began to feel a little lightheaded, and her stomach was churning. Hence, she walked away and headed to the washroom.
She found a familiar figure outside her destination.
Is that Callum? Why did he come here?
Before she could call out to the man, he turned around.
Then, she finally realized that the man wasn’t Callum when she looked at his face. He merely shared a similar height with Callum.
A lustful expression settled onto the man’s face when he found a drunk beauty getting closer to him.
“Hey Gorgeous, are you lost? Why are you here, all alone and drunk? Do you need company?”
The man looked familiar, but Elspeth couldn’t quite put a name to the face.
Watching the man approach her, she staggered a step backward.
Only when the person’s face was almost an inch close to Elspeth’s face did she see who he was. At that moment, memories flashed across her mind, and she widened her eyes when she thought of a person.
Isn’t he the man who is always by Callum’s side?
Elspeth remembered that this man was always there, whether it was her first encounter with Callum in the bar or when she teased Callum when she was drunk. Moreover, she felt like this man had a close relationship with Callum.
“You look a bit familiar… Hey, aren’t you Elspeth? Why are you drinking alone in the bar? Is Callum not here with you?”
When the man saw that it was Elspeth, he quivered for a second. However, seeing that she was alone, he couldn’t help but have some wicked ideas. As he spoke, he slowly sneaked his hand around her waist. Since Elspeth wore a dress that showed her waist, he couldn’t help but keep touching her smooth and delicate skin.
On the other hand, Elspeth tried to struggle out of his grip, but to no avail. Then, she glared at the man harshly and said,
“What do you think you are doing?”
Although the man acted like a pervert, he was good-looking, seemingly like a wealthy man. Seeing that Elspeth was a feisty one, the man grew excited.
“Let me introduce myself to you, Elspeth. My name is Hex Sullivan. I bet you have heard of Sullivan Corporation. That is my family’s business. If you wish, you can be my girlfriend, and I promise you that you will have a great life.”
Hex Sullivan… Looking at his face, Elspeth smiled.
When Hex saw her smile, he was captivated. Just as he was about to continue his words, a foot suddenly stepped on his harshly.
“Ahh!!!”
Immediately, he loosened his hand that was around her waist. Then, before he had the chance to teach Elspeth a lesson, she grabbed his ear.
“Who do you think you are to be flirting with me? Do you think I won’t fight back?”
said Elspeth.
Since she had taken some shots, she didn’t restrain herself like she usually would. Plus, she was angry with Callum just a moment ago, so she was not in a good mood. At this moment, Hex had just dug his own grave.
Hex was just a flirter. At that moment, he was frightened and covered his ears as he yelped in pain.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I really am. I won’t do it ever again. Please just let me go!”
Hex cried out. Never had he expected that Elspeth was a tough one. All I did was flirt with her, and yet she embarrassed me!
In the end, before Elspeth was done with him, she heard a familiar voice behind her.
“Elspeth? What’s going on?”
Hearing the voice, Elspeth turned around and saw that it was Yelena. She almost couldn’t recognize Yelena when the latter had worn heavy makeup. However, it was best for Yelena to do so since she needed to lower her profile with that reputation of hers. After all, who would have thought that this sexy woman was Yelena when she had always pictured herself as innocent?
“Why are you here? Elspeth was confused.
Before Yelena could explain, she saw Elspeth grabbing Hex’s ear and couldn’t help but twitch her lips.
“Elspeth, what are you…”
“He is a pervert. He assaulted me just now, so I am teaching him a lesson.”
“What do you mean by assault? It was an accident. Are you that uptight? I would never want a woman whom Callum rejected!”
Hex yelled.
