“Yeah, Callum said there’s no way you’d get lost, and you can find your way back. I thought he was just joking, but who knew that he actually knows you pretty well? What a relief.”
With that, Eric reflexively went to ruffle her hair, but Callum pulled her to his side promptly and said, “Alright, we better head back now. We have scenes to shoot tonight.”
To that, Eric grunted in response, his face sullen.
I swear, this man can’t get any pettier! What? Is no one else allowed to touch her?!
As they walked, a thought struck Elspeth. “Callum, did you write on the tag used to ask for love?” she inquired.
“Yes.”
“What have you written?”
“It’s a secret,” Callum smirked, stirring the young woman’s curiosity. “Tell me, or I’ll go back to the abbey and read it myself.”
While speaking, she pretended as though she would head back up the mountain.
“Go on, then. We’ve just descended halfway down the mountain. You might even get to stay in the abbey overnight if you go back up there now.” Instead of dissuading Elspeth, the man taunted her.
At that, Elspeth snorted indignantly. “You’re unbelievable. I can’t believe you won’t even tell me this.”
“I’ll jinx it if I say it. What about you? What did you write?”
Callum’s counter stumped the young woman for a moment. “J-Just something simple and general like peace and happiness.”
Callum would never know that she had written two tags and hung each one at a different place.
As for the other one… Hmph, there’s no way I’ll tell you!
“Mine’s simple too, very much like yours.”
Just like that, the young woman’s curiosity was laid to rest. “Okay, I’m not curious anymore. Let’s hurry back.”
Since the rain at the foothills had just stopped, the weather was still cooling, so the road down the mountain wasn’t too tiring.
The two had to return to filming, and Eric insisted on following.
“We’re going to shoot a kissing scene next. Can you take it?” Elspeth joshed, leading Eric to huff in response as he said, “That, you don’t have to worry about.”
In the end, the three headed to the production site, and when they arrived, the director was directing Yelena, who immediately went up to Elspeth upon seeing her. “You’re back, Miss Lynwood. You should go and get ready. We’ll be filming in just a bit.”
To that, Elspeth nodded and headed to the dressing room with the clothes the director had handed her.
Just as she took her clothes off and picked up the school uniform, she immediately sensed something amiss.
It was very light—so light that it wasn’t right.
As such, she checked the outfit thoroughly to find that most of the fabric had been snipped away; even the plaid shirt to be worn on the inside became low-cut.
With that, Elspeth reached for her clothes only to discover that they were gone.
Someone is f*cking with me, aren’t they?
She calmed her mind at once. There were no other clothes available in the dressing room other than the shredded uniform in her hands.
Time ticked away, and her jewels would be on display if Callum hadn’t come to get her.
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