Chapter 305


    Callum is too smart. Emma held back her sorrow. Tearfully, she said, “I’ll make you fall for me again!”


    After saying that, she ran away, keeping her envy hidden deep in her heart.


    Callum’s eyes glinted. He didn’t care what Emma told him. All he could think of was Elspeth. What’s


    Elspeth doing in ydal? And that man… They’re alone together. What are they going to do? Upset for


    some reason, he made a call. “Get me today’s ticket to ydal.”


    …


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    It was a dark night, and Elspeth infiltrated the Joneson Residence once more. Gilbert, as promised,


    came as well. They stood atop the wall and observed the residence’syout, and what they saw


    surprised them.


    “The traps feel different tonight.”


    Elspeth rolled her eyes. “Duh. After what we didst night, they would obviously change their defenses,


    or they aren’t the Jonesons.”


    “But…” It’s quiet. Too quiet. Like they’re waiting for us.


    “No buts. I know it’s a trap, and I’m walking into it willingly.” Elspeth must find her mother. She could


    escape if she was alone, but Gilbert being here worried her. She thought he was an aloof, intelligent


    man, but she never thought that he had no sense of direction at all. “You should go home and wait for


    me.”


    Upset, Gilbert said, “No. I’ming.”


    “Fine, but you have to stay close to me.”


    Elspeth leaped over the wall and darted through the darkness, making her way to that ce. Gilbert


    followed behind her closely. They leaped and jumped and finally got to the courtyard. There were no


    guards around. Even the girl they saw the night before was gone. Elspeth thought she had guessed


    wrongly, and that there were no extra guards around. But the moment she stepped inside, lights came


    on, and a certain gentleman approached her. Sh*t.


    “We meet again, miss.” He was none other than the family’s butler, and he looked a lot gaunter than he


    used to be. The events that happened recently had taken a toll on him.


    Elspeth sneered, “You’re obsessed, butler.”


    “You could have stayed away from this mess, and yet here you are, miss,” the butler said in glee. He


    was delighted by Elspeth’s arrival.


    “You knew it was me?”


    “Of course. No one else woulde to this ce in the dead of the night.” Elspeth was reminded of a


    certain someone. “So, Michael knows too?”


    “Of course. Come home with me, miss.” He looked around him, and a few bodyguards showed up and


    attempted to catch her. “Do not resist, miss. I do not want them to manhandle you.”


    Gilbert quickly pushed Elspeth behind him. “Elspeth is only rted to you by blood. She has the


    freedom to do whatever she wants. She’s not getting locked up like a prisoner. Speaking of which, I


    don’t remember the Jonesons being wardens.”


    The butler blushed and coughed. He looked at Gilbert with a hint of annoyance in his eyes. “Youck


    decorum, Mr. Payne. Your family is already finished, and yet you still stand proud.”


    “I can still stand proud even if they’re destroyed. Would you kill yourself if the Jonesons were to be


    ruined right now? I don’t think so.”


    Thement upset the butler, but he wouldn’t let his anger slip. He smirked. “I’ll let that slide. You,


    take the miss away. Everyone else, take Mr. Payne and lock him up in the west yard.”


    “You’re going to lock me up?” Furious, Gilbert red at their captors, a dark smirk curling his lips.


    “No. But just in case you try to take the miss away, the master wants you to be locked up. At least until


    the miss is married.”


    Married? Elspeth’s eyes went wide. “But I thought Jordan had canceled the marriage. What is the


    meaning of this?”


    The butler smiled mysteriously. “The master wants you to go through the ceremony this time, miss. Just


    in case you were to run away again. However, I can’t tell you who will be marrying you. Don’t worry.


    The master hand-picked the groom himself.”


    This is preposterous! “I’m engaged to Callum. Marrying someone else is inappropriate.”


    The butler smiled. He didn’t care about that. “It’s alright. We shall send someone to tell the Winthrops


    of the marriage’s cancetion. You just wait for the wedding, miss.” Annoyed, the butler waved his


    hand. “Take them away.”


    These were all the Jonesons’ elites. Even though they were no match for Elspeth and Gilbert alone, a


    team of them could still take the two of them down. Fighting was pointless, so Elspeth decided to save


    her strength ande up with an escape n. Gilbert knew what she was trying to do, so he nodded


    and gave up resistance.


    “Smart. Someone will provide you with your meals, miss. Your groom shalle ten dayster.” The


    butler led the way, taking Elspeth to the courtyard she used to stay in.


    Before they were separated, Elspeth tossed a ring to Gilbert furtively, and he took it when no one was


    looking. It was a good move because the moment they got to the courtyard, the butler searched her


    and took all hermunication tools away, save for her ring.


    Once he was gone, Elspeth sat cross-legged and turned the ring around. “Gilbert.”


    It’s her. Gilbert looked around. Once he was sure that the coast was clear, he heaved a sigh of relief.


    “You in your prison now?”


    “Ha. Ha. Yes, I am, but I wonder how the butler found out it was us.” Even if we were going to Helena’s


    ce, he shouldn’t have found out it was us that quickly.


    Gilbert closed his eyes. A long whileter, he said, “Easy. Someone ratted us out.”


    Elspeth had a suspect, but her guess seemed ridiculous. “You mean the girl?” She was reminded of


    that innocent, naive little girl. She couldn’t imagine a nice girl like her would do something like that.


    Why?