Love's perfect match novel (Elspeth and Callum) novel Chapter 369

Elspeth decided to ignore him. She sat back down at her desk and carried on with her work. Thanks to her unusually heavy workload today, she kept working until 11.00PM.

Jethro sat on the couch nearby and waited until 11.00PM.

At 11.15PM, Elspeth stretched and stood up. She had finally completed the day’s work!

“Are you done?”

Jethro had been occupying himself with his phone the whole time, and he finally turned the screen off when he noticed Elspeth’s actions.

Elspeth was startled by his voice. Feeling tired, she peered into the darkness and at last, she realized that he was still there!

“Yeah, I’m done. I’m going home now. You should hurry up and go back as well.” She waved him off as she had no intention of giving him a ride.

“Do you think I waited here this long just to watch you work?”

Jethro flashed her a smile and picked up her handbag without even asking for her permission. He shut her laptop and said, “Alright. It’s decided. I’ll drop you off at your place.”

He was too tall and Elspeth couldn’t snatch her handbag back. She could only sigh in helplessness.

“Fine. I’ll let you do that, but you need to give me my bag first.”

Jethro waved his slender finger in front of her. “Not happening. What if you run off the moment I give it back to you?”

Does he think I’m someone who’d do such a thing?

Elspeth rolled her eyes and snapped, “Since you want to hold it for me, so be it.”

She marched off at once.

Jethro had gotten what he wanted and wasn’t affected at all. He happily followed after her.

Elspeth stopped by the side of the road and Jethro stopped beside her. Hah, she sneered to herself. He’s a kid alright, and yet he wants to win me over, huh? He doesn’t even know what he should be doing.

“Why are you just standing there? Hurry up and bring the car around.”

Jethro nodded and pointed at the electric scooter by the side of the road. “It’s over there. I’ll give you a ride home.”

An… electric scooter?

Elspeth was gob-smacked. Jethro Wilstone, the Wilstones’ son, has fallen so far from grace that he has to ride a scooter to work?

“Are you that strapped for cash?”

“Am I not allowed to ride a scooter just because I have money?”

It was a good question. I guess there’s nothing wrong with it.

Elspeth pursed her lips and climbed onto the electric scooter.

The summer breeze was warm even at night, and due to the heat, Elspeth’s palms began to sweat. However, to maintain her balance, she had to grip his shirt.

“Are you that nervous? Your sweat is soaking through my shirt.”

Jethro’s chuckles tickled Elspeth’s ears.

“I’m not.”

Elspeth let go of his shirt in a huff, but as the scooter went over a bump on the road, she nearly fell off.

“Put your arms around my waist.”

When Jethro noticed her precarious position, he quickly pulled Elspeth’s arm with his left hand and wrapped her arm around his waist.

Elspeth was resistant to holding him, but whenever she tried to withdraw her arm, Jethro would specifically ride over the bumpiest parts of the road as if to challenge her.

She had no choice but to keep her arms locked around his waist.

The scent that clung to Jethro’s clothes was different from others. There were traces of cigarette smoke and alcohol.

In other words, it was the scent of someone who indulged in the frivolities of life.

This is to be expected of the playboy who makes those kinds of establishments his second home. Even the smell on him is just as debauched, Elspeth thought to herself. With that thought in mind, she couldn’t resist piping up, “By the way, I’ve been meaning to ask you something.”

“What is it? Go ahead and ask.”

“You told your parents that you like me and want to marry me, right?”

Jethro nodded. “That’s correct.”

“I’m curious to know why they would approve of me.”

There were plenty of amazing women in the world. A prestigious family like the Wilstones could have their pick of suitable daughters-in-law.