Love's perfect match novel (Elspeth and Callum) novel Chapter 358

“Both exam papers were the same. His score was only higher than mine by one mark, but when I went home, I was punished and wasn’t allowed to eat anything in the evening because I wasn’t number one.”

Arthur took a deep breath. His emotions were undulated in his heart.

Elspeth found it hard to breathe, for she didn’t expect the Winthrop Family’s education to be so cruel.

“So, I stole his exam paper that time and burned it.”

There wasn’t a hint of hesitation on Arthur’s face when he brought it up, nor did he appear guilty, as though he was only talking about something insignificant.

“What are you ready to do, then? Are you going to frame him again just like what you had done in the past?”

Suddenly, an inscrutable smile appeared on Arthur’s face. “Why do you think I was framing him?”

That’s what you said.

Elspeth found the person before her eyes eccentric. It seemed that he was slightly disturbed.

Arthur’s gaze darkened as though he had seen through her mind. “I was just defending my dignity.”

He’s gone mad.

Elspeth could feel him being resigned and his desire to achieve greater heights. However, she couldn’t dissuade him from doing anything at this moment.

That was because she knew that she hadn’t experienced what he had been through, so she couldn’t claim the moral high ground and tell him to be upstanding.

Despite that, she still wasn’t willing to see Arthur falling from grace.

After all, excluding the terrible things he had done before, he had been treating Elspeth and her family members well.

“Arthur,” Elspeth called out to him all of a sudden.

Arthur looked attentively at her. There was a hint of expectancy and inquisition behind his gaze.

“I think the dishes you prepare are delicious.”

What she said was simple to understand, but it didn’t seem to have anything to do with what was going on. She had gone off-topic.

However, Arthur understood her instantly.

Is she trying to tell me to be kind?

“I’ll frequently prepare dishes for you.” A playful smile appeared on his lips. “Why don’t you just marry me?”

The hint between the two adults was conspicuous but also veiled at the same time.

Elspeth shook her head. “What I mean is there are some areas where you shine.”

Arthur stared fixedly at her. There seemed to be complex and abstruse emotions undulating behind his cold gaze. Elspeth realized that she could never figure out what was on his mind.

Although Arthur was slightly moved, he soon pulled himself together.

“Ignore me, then.”

He got to his feet and patted his clothes, though there wasn’t any dust at all.

“Miss Joneson told me to come over and cheer you up, but it seems that I’ve disappointed her.” Arthur shrugged and put on his typical polite smile. “The weather is chilly, so you’d better keep your coat.”

He passed the coat back to her and returned to the villa.

As Elspeth watched him leave, she couldn’t identify what she was feeling.

After giving it some thought, she got over it.

She hadn’t even settled her own issues, so why was she even trying to help someone else untie the knots in his heart?

Following a sigh, she fished out her phone and found Callum’s name on Facebook.

At that instant, she realized that Callum, who had always used an ocean photo as his profile picture, had changed it to a photo of him and his current partner.

It was as though he wanted Elspeth to see it.

Elspeth nodded and asked, “Is there anything I can help you with?”

“Do you want to spend some time with me alone?”

Elspeth didn’t understand him when she heard that.

Then, she realized that if she were to become his assistant, they would have to spend quite some time alone in the same room.

He’s teasing me again!

Elspeth glowered at him and turned around to leave.

When she passed by Arthur’s room, she stopped in her tracks. In the past, he never allowed her to enter his room. Whenever he headed out, he would lock the door.

However, he stopped locking his room recently.

Does that mean that Arthur trusts me wholeheartedly now?

Elspeth’s curiosity intensified. Since he wasn’t around, she decided to sneak into his room.

Just like what she had expected, his room was spacious and clean, but the colors were dull and there didn’t seem to be any human touch.

Elspeth shuffled toward the desk and saw a disorderly file. It seemed to be her mother’s medical report.

Since she was well-versed in medicine, she went through the report and realized that her mother was indeed on the mend.

At the end of the file, she noticed there was another report.

There was no name on the report, but as she pored over it, she found the details familiar.

When she reached the last page, she could finally confirm that it was her medical report.

All her symptoms and the severity of those symptoms were clearly recorded.

Elspeth’s mind turned blank in an instant. Before she could figure out what was going on, a cold voice was heard questioning from behind. “What are you doing in my room?”