Love's perfect match novel (Elspeth and Callum) novel Chapter 253

Chapter 253

Naturally, Elspeth wasn’t concerned about such minor matters, but since it involved Callum and Eric’s reputation, she couldn’t take things lightly. “I’ll get Lisa to take the news down so that things won’t get out of hand.”Hearing that, Callum lifted his hand and stopped her as he explained, “If we interfere with their plans at such an early stage, it will be hard to find out the people behind this. Emma and Arthur currently have their hands tied, so they won’t be able to cause any trouble for the time being. If that’s the case, then who is the one behind this?”“You’re right.” Elspeth nodded.“As such, the most important thing right now is to bring our relationship to light and let everyone know that you’re my girlfriend. Then, the whole matter will be resolved. Don’t you think so?” Elspeth agreed with Callum’s reasonable analysis and immediately opened her Facebook app to publish a post about her relationship with Callum, notifying the public.“This won’t be sufficient. The public wouldn’t be interested in something abstract. The key is to engrave this matter in their hearts.” With that, he looked her in the eye and uttered with a smile, “Let’s get engaged.”Although it sounded like a great idea, something was off about it. “Should I inform Eric about this?” She thought that she should ask for Eric’s opinion since he was involved in the matter as well. Just when she was about to give him a call, someone entered the room. It turned out to be Eric whom they hadn’t met for some time.“Long time no see, Elspeth,” he greeted her while placing a bouquet of roses next to her bed. Elspeth smiled when she saw the roses and thanked him, saying, “I should be thanking you instead. If not for you, I would have died in the lake.”“What are you talking about? It wasn’t just me. Callum put his life on the line while trying to save you.”Elspeth was aware that Callum couldn’t swim, and it broke her heart when she saw how calm Callum was about that matter. She had assumed Eric was the one who rescued her since Callum looked neat when she first saw him after she regained consciousness. Moreover, he never mentioned it to her. However, after giving it some thought, she realized that the shirt Callum was wearing wasn’t the school uniform both of them wore while on the yacht; it was his formal wear.“Callum…” Tears started welling up in her eyes.“Don’t cry. I didn’t feel like letting you know since it isn’t something glorious.” For someone like Callum who had a big ego, almost getting killed while trying to rescue someone was humiliating to him, so he would never reveal it.“In other words, were you planning to hide it from me?” What if something happened to you since you don’t know how to swim?”“I wasn’t planning to, but I wouldn’t have told you if you didn’t ask about it.” Callum tried to comfort her.“Alright, I got it. I have a new plan.” Elspeth took a deep breath while trying to hold her tears in.“What plan is it?” Callum suddenly had a bad feeling about it.“I will teach you how to swim once we’re back in Damoria.”Callum was bad at swimming because he had a fear of water. “It’s fine. I don’t want to learn.”“Why?” Elspeth asked puzzledly.“I almost drowned when I was younger, and I feel scared whenever I get into the water.”“Why did you almost drown?” Elspeth frowned, not expecting him to have experienced something like that.“It was because of Arthur,” he uttered with his eyes shut. He still remembered that experience. When Arthur was a child, he liked to sit by the lake. As the eldest brother, Callum would often go over to check on him. One day, one of Arthur’s toys suddenly dropped into the water, so he asked Callum, “Callum, could you please go and get it for me?” Although Callum couldn’t swim, he couldn’t bring himself to reject Arthur when he saw how much he was looking forward to it. Thus, he forced himself to do it.Before Callum got into the water, Arthur tied a rope to his body and said, “Callum, don’t be scared. I’ll tie this rope around the tree so that you won’t get lost in the water.” However, the rope broke when he entered the water, and he was washed away by the huge waves shortly after. After he was rescued by the nearby residents, he suffered from a fever. Ever since that incident, he never went into the water anymore.“Why weren’t you afraid when you were rescuing me?” Elspeth asked puzzledly.“I’m not sure. When I jumped into the lake, it never occurred to me that I was afraid of water. Perhaps I was in a rush to save you.” Callum couldn’t understand his behavior as well.“It must be the power of love,” Elspeth said with a straight face.“Stop it now, both of you. Can’t you see that I’m sitting here?” Eric frowned and chided them.Hearing that, Elspeth recalled that he was there to visit, and she decided to bring up the news she had just seen. “By the way, did you see the trending news today?”“Of course, I did. I wouldn’t have come here and interrupted your date if I hadn’t seen it.” Eric pursed his lips.“How are you going to take care of it?” Elspeth asked as she sensed that he wasn’t in a good mood.“Naturally, I want to take the news down.”Hearing that, she looked over at Callum before glancing at Eric again. She said innocently, “That was my exact thought, but Callum wants to lure out the person who posted the news and doesn’t want it to be taken down.”“Callum, if you drag this on, I’ll be portrayed as a simp!” Eric was furious.Upon seeing his reaction, Callum glanced at him and asked impassively, “Aren’t you a simp?”Aren’t you a simp… Aren’t you…Callum’s words echoed in Eric’s head, and he had had enough upon hearing that. “Callum, don’t think you can insult me just because you know something about me. I’m not whom you think I am!”Meanwhile, Callum ignored him after giving him a half-hearted reply.“What does he know? And what about being a simp?” Their conversation had aroused Elspeth’s curiosity.“Nothing. I’ll say it again—I’m not a simp!” Eric raised his voice so much that it almost made Elspeth deaf.“Fine, fine! You’re not one.” Elspeth thought that he was a petty man, and she didn’t know what both men were hiding from her.“How are you guys going to take care of this, then? Don’t tell me you’re going to let them think that Elspeth is a two-timer. I refuse to get myself involved in such a narrative. It’s detrimental to my reputation.”Hearing that, Elspeth looked at him before she joked, “Don’t worry about it. You don’t have one.”“There you go insulting me again.” Eric pursed his lips.“I’m planning to shut their mouths by announcing our engagement,” Callum suddenly said. Since an explanation might be taken as a cover-up, only a wedding engagement could shut their mouths.“What did you just say?” Eric’s jaw dropped upon hearing that.“We plan on getting engaged.”