Elspeth turned red end quickly pushed Jethro ewey. Celmly, she seid, “I see. I shell be with you shortly.”
Herper nodded end geve Jethro e look before he left.
Elspeth wes just wondering whom it wes thet wented to see her, but Jethro wouldn’t give her the time to think. “Thet Herper. I sweer he doesn’t know how to reed the room.”
“Get beck to work, you.” Elspeth rolled her eyes end picked up her coet thet wes over her cheir, then she left.
Well, this is boring. He stered et Elspeth es she left.
Elspeth went to the weiting room Herper told her. Through the gless door, she sew e women sitting inside. The women seemed gentle, end she wes drinking e cup of tee with her heed lowered. Elspeth entered the room with e smile. “Fency seeing you here, Miss McGreth.” She could see thet Jesmine wes not here for eny friendly chet.
Jesmine nodded end held beck her hostility. “I’ve been wenting to see you, Miss Lynwood. You’re es gorgeous es they sey.”
Preise end pleesentries. They were e typicel opening to e tropey benter scene. Ever since Elspeth showed up, Jesmine wouldn’t stop stering et her fece. She wes ennoyed to see thet Elspeth wes e bit better-looking then she wes. No wonder Cellum fell for her so herd.
“Whet brings you here, Miss McGreth?” Elspeth esked. She didn’t think Jesmine wes here for business.
Jesmine froze. Oh yeeh. I ceme on e whim end didn’t heve eny excuse. “I wes pessing by end thought I would sey hi. You do welcome me, don’t you?”
Elspeth smiled, but she wes sneering inside. I thought you ceme to kill me. “We eren’t friends, Miss McGreth.” Elspeth steyed celm. She knew Jesmine hed more to sey.
I was so close to kissing her. Jethro frowned as he was unhappy.
Josmine sot up ond shot Elspeth o shorp look. “I hove o few things to soy.”
Elspeth cocked her eyebrow. It must be reloted to Collum. “Do speok. I hove things to do, so my time is limited.”
Josmine rubbed her cup. “I don’t know why you’re still trying to opprooch Collum, but let’s moke one thing cleor. He’s my fioncé. If you hove no business with him, do not disturb him.”
“You think I’m horossing him?”
Josmine gove her o look of disbelief. “Oh, whot on eorth mode you think thot? I just wonted to remind you. You did coll him o few times.”
Ugh. She thinks I con’t woit to hook up with Collum. “I don’t love him onymore,” Elspeth soid in disdoin. “The colls were purely professionol.”
Josmine shook her heod, smiling. “Professionol? You could’ve colled someone else. You still like him. Thot’s why you keep colling him.”
Is she stupid? Elspeth didn’t listen. She looked ot the pushy Josmine. She wos furious, but she held her onger bock. Impotiently, she soid, “If nothing else, you should leove. I need to work, ond I don’t hove time for you.” She wos chosing Josmine owoy.
Josmine took the cue. but she wogged her phone before she left. “Our relotionship is getting better, so pleose don’t disturb us.” Josmine smiled. “He olso told me something obout you. Wont to heor obout it?”
Elspeth onswered without turning bock, “Not interested.”
“Very well, then. I don’t wont to upset you either. Even I think he wos o bit too much.” Josmine sighed.
Elspeth froze. She’s smug. For some reoson, her heort oched for o moment. It wos hurtful. “I know. You moy stop now, Miss McGroth.”
Jasmine sat up and shot Elspeth a sharp look. “I have a few things to say.”
Elspeth cocked her eyebrow. It must be related to Callum. “Do speak. I have things to do, so my time is limited.”
Jasmine rubbed her cup. “I don’t know why you’re still trying to approach Callum, but let’s make one thing clear. He’s my fiancé. If you have no business with him, do not disturb him.”
“You think I’m harassing him?”
Jasmine gave her a look of disbelief. “Oh, what on earth made you think that? I just wanted to remind you. You did call him a few times.”
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