Chapter 25 Locked in the Washroom
It was near afternoon when Elspeth finally woke up to a terrible headache. She groped around for her phone, and when she finally found it, she saw she had received more than a hundred messages and numerous calls from Harper.
She first sent him a message to assure that she was safe before she started to recall what had happened last night.
She remembered how she had met Callum and gone all out teasing him, and…
She had no idea what happened after that.
After massaging her temples, she quickly freshened up and went to the company.
Even though Ophelia was a bit of a b*tch, she did a good job in planning the dinner party. Having someone of her status decorate the venue in such a novel and unique style won her the praise of everyone.
“Oh, stop it, you guys. This really is nothing much. Callum was the one who taught me everything. I am only copying his skills,” Ophelia explained with a flush on her cheeks.
Everyone naturally knew what was going on when they saw how bashful she was, so they teased her again.
“Miss Fleming, you and the president must be childhood sweethearts. We can tell that he likes you a lot!”
“Gosh, this is like a TV drama!”
Elspeth felt emotions she couldn’t pinpoint, and she soon returned to her own seat. Still, she could hear the mindless chattering going on.
Someone had to pick now of all times to ask the wrong question. “But… isn’t Elspeth the fiancée of the Winthrop Family? What if she chooses Mr. Winthrop when the time comes?”
Ophelia was in the middle of being praised when her face suddenly fell upon hearing the question.
However, she had to force an awkward smile to keep up with her image. “Don’t worry. Elspeth told me she doesn’t like Callum.”
Elspeth raised an eyebrow at that. She couldn’t help the laugh that slipped when she heard Ophelia uttering nonsense with that serious face on.
“Please don’t make things up, Miss Fleming. I am not close enough with you to talk about something like this.”
suddenly came over, Ophelia’s face turned pale, but still she lowered her head and chewed on her lower lip.
“What is wrong?” Elspeth cut her off with a laugh. “Am I not allowed
she caught sight of Callum, who happened to be walking toward them, she smilingly laced her arm around his. “Callum,
was firm as he impassively looked at Elspeth, who was not far away.
all she did was grind her teeth
as he
to Elspeth and whispered
could only stand up and trudge to Callum’s office despite sighing when
where she found
“Why did you
he wasn’t in the best of moods. Instead, she stood in a distance that was neither too far nor near
the table and stated, “You will come
though his tone was stiff, it was obvious that he was asking
“Your childhood friend isn’t going
his face as he picked up the gift box and stuffed
if
smug as she wrapped her
will deduct one month’s salary, then,” he announced in
before she walked out with the
office hugging a huge gift box. Her jealousy that started to bubble up inside was so close to consuming
shameless fox! she
and went to the bathroom to change into the
to fix her makeup a while after Elspeth had gone
dress that was the cherry on top of her adorable and
the façade she had on. The look in her eyes had
“I am warning you, Elspeth—don’t you dare get ideas about Callum. I won’t let you off the
still calm. “Even if I did, it has got nothing
how stubborn the latter was being. “Elspeth, I grew up with Callum. No one can get between us. I hope you back
Hearing that, Elspeth shook her head and clicked her tongue. “He still doesn’t like you even after all those years you spent together? Tsk! You poor thing.”
“What the h*ll did you say?!” Ophelia swiftly let out an angry shriek.
“Do you think he likes you? Ophelia, has he ever shown you that he likes you? Even a little?”
Elspeth had asked the questions that Ophelia had avoided thinking about because she was reluctant to learn of Callum’s true feelings. She was afraid she would get the answers she didn’t want to accept.
However, she had never seen Callum pay attention to any woman so much. It suffocated her to see how he occasionally showed he cared for Elspeth.
“He is just confused about his own feelings, but no matter what, he will never fall for you!”
Elspeth nodded and commented lightly, “Fine. We will wait and see.”
Ophelia’s eyes were sharp when she smashed the lipstick she was holding on the floor and stormed off.
After she left, Elspeth went to change into the dress, only to find out that the dress had been cut into shreds when she opened the box. She could tell at a glance that someone had done it on purpose.
She threw the dress into the bin, and was about to head out to get a new dress when she realized that the washroom had been locked from the outside.
Her phone happened to have run out of battery as well.
“What is with this sh*tty luck?” she muttered to herself with a frown.
At the same time, Callum had been waiting for Elspeth for a while now, and he was starting to worry when she still hadn’t appeared.
Did something happen to her?
He felt even more uncertain after he called her, only to reach her mailbox.
Just as he was about to go look for her, Ophelia suddenly came to him with a sweet smile on her face. “Callum, are you waiting for someone?”
He nodded with his eyes looking into the distance.
Ophelia couldn’t help feeling jealous again when she saw the distraught look on his face.
“I bumped into Elspeth earlier, Callum. She was on her way to the washroom. She told us to head in first in case we waste time waiting for her because she will take a while.”