Callum slightly closed his eyes while looking rather weary. “Just go back.”
Unwilling to let him go, Emma leaned even closer to him. “Callum, I’m only here to have a little fun with you. Don’t tell me you’re so mean.”
Callum opened his eyes. “How did you know I’m here?”
A smile appeared on Emma’s face. “It’s because we’re telepathically connected, of course… Alright, I was just joking. It was Arthur who told me that you’re here.”
“How did Arthur know that I’m here?” Callum narrowed his eyes; for some reason, he felt kind of uncomfortable deep down.
Thinking that Callum was finally paying attention to Arthur and changing his attitude toward him, Emma hurriedly replied, “That’s got to be because he cares about you. You’re his eldest brother, and besides, he’s very sorry about the previous conflict between you two. He told me last time that he was looking for an opportunity to apologize to you in private.”
Naturally, Callum didn’t buy her story, but before he could ask her about it, he noticed Elspeth coming toward himself.
“Well, if it isn’t Elspeth! What brings you here to Luna Bar as well?”
Callum never expected Elspeth to come to the bar, nor did he expect her to find him here. For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.
Elspeth let out a sneer. “What does my coming to a bar have to do with you?”
“It has nothing to do with me, of course, but no decent lady would come to a bar alone at such a late hour, no? Not to mention you have to watch yourself as Callum’s girlfriend… Back when I was going out with him, he never allowed me to go to a bar,” Emma replied. Recalling the sweet moments that she had shared with Callum back then, she covered her mouth and giggled, looking all bashful.
Elspeth smiled a faint smile. “Callum has never restricted me on this. Perhaps it’s because you look especially adulterous to him?”
“How dare you!” Emma’s face turned livid with rage. This Elspeth lady really has a caustic tongue that puts people at a loss for a retort! “Look at your girlfriend, Callum! She’s got such a fiery temper; she’s not gentle at all.”
She had wanted to act coquettish in front of Callum, only to find him saying nothing; he had no intention of sticking up for her at all.
Elspeth didn’t want to continue listening to Emma babbling. She turned to look at the man right away, asking, “Callum, are you going home?”
Callum didn’t answer her. Not only that, he even slowly closed his eyes.
Emma taunted, “Say, Elspeth, are you blind or something? Callum is obviously in a bad mood. Aren’t you upsetting him by pushing him to go home right now?” Thinking she knew Callum very well, she spoke in a voice full of consideration for the man.
Elspeth looked daggers at her. “It’s not your place to interrupt when I’m speaking to Callum!”
She had a pair of pretty eyes that were full of tenderness, but when they were ablaze with fury, even Emma had the daylights scared out of her, to the extent that she shuddered with fright.
Only then did Callum slowly say, “You go home first, Elspeth.”
He was openly chasing her away.
Elspeth took a step forward. Seeing how Callum’s eyes were as calm as a stagnant pool of water, she could hardly suppress the bitterness in her heart. “Callum, are you telling me to leave?”
Callum said nothing while looking as usual.
Elspeth took a deep breath. Then, she said impassively, “I’m staying.”
“Don’t you know what’s good for yourself, Elspeth? Callum already asked you to leave, so why are you insisting on staying?”
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