Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me

Chapter 307

Michael looked awkward. He didn’t think Elspeth would want to see Helena this soon. “I told you, your mother is in a bad state. If you see her right now, you might worsen her condition.”It was a bad excuse, but Elspeth didn’t care. She said directly, “I’m a doctor as well. I can treat her. I promise I won’t worsen her condition. I know my way around medicine.”Michael looked very upset. He had almost forgotten Elspeth was a doctor. “But every doctor’s treatment is different—”Elspeth interjected, “You think I would harm my own mother?” Michael shut up.“I’m going to be married in ten days, aren’t I? I have one condition. I must have the freedom to see my mother for the period before the wedding, or I will not marry no matter what.”Elspeth’s determination backed Michael into a corner.He asked tentatively, “Are you sure you want to marry?”Elspeth came up with a little plan, and she put on an innocent smile. “Of course. Why won’t I marry someone better? Besides, Callum lost his memories, and he doesn’t love me anymore. Staying with him is only a waste of time. I should marry someone better.”If she says so. Michael didn’t believe her fully, but he said, “Sure. You can see your mother, but you can’t take her away. You must stay in that yard.”Elspeth’s eyes shone. “Of course. Take me to her.”Michael asked his butler to take Elspeth to the secluded yard on the west side of the residence while he returned to the company.Elspeth stepped onto the path laden with fallen leaves and branches, and she lamented. It had been years since she saw her mother, and she wondered what her mother was like now. Everyone said she looked a lot like her mother. I’d like to see how beautiful she is. I also need to check on her condition. She stopped the butler from going further. “I’m going in alone. You guys wait for me out here, or you can go back. This place’s security is tight. I can’t run away, so don’t worry.”The butler didn’t like these terms. “But the master said we must follow you all the way.”“You’ll just ruin my reunion. Tell him I’m meeting with Mom alone. If that’s forbidden, then all bets are off.” She was threatening the butler, but Elspeth wouldn’t budge. The determination in her eyes was flaring.Left with no choice, the butler sighed. “Fine. I shall ask the master now.” He and his men left the yard.Elspeth entered the courtyard. The first thing she saw were those white Spanish daggers. She stepped forth and noticed that the path was no longer covered in dead leaves and branches. Instead, it was thoroughly swept. Just when she

was about to go deeper, someone stopped her.“What are you doing?”Elspeth turned around. It’s that girl. Elspeth let her guard down around this girl because Elspeth gave her the necklace. She thought the girl could be trusted. “I never got to ask what your name is.”Isabel’s gaze darted around. “Isabel.”“Have you given the necklaces to that person as I asked you to?”Isabel didn’t expect Elspeth to show up again. She panicked, but she wasn’t a good liar, so she stammered, “I-I forgot.”Elspeth shot her a sharp look. She forgot? “Take me to her, and give me my necklaces back.”Panicked, Isabel said, “I thought you were going to get married. Why are you here?”She’s not answering my question? Wait a minute… “You… didn’t give them to her on purpose, did you?”Isabel shook her head violently. “No. I did forget.”“Then you should know where the necklaces are.”Isabel tried to recall where the necklaces were. She remembered hiding them in her clothes, but two days later, they were nowhere to be found. She didn’t mind, thinking that Elspeth would never return anyway, but reality proved otherwise. “I… lost them,” she said honestly. She had no idea where the necklaces were.Elspeth’s heart broke. That was the thing her father left her before he died and a gift from her mother. Losing them hit her hard. “Take me to my mother, then.”Isabel’s heart skipped a beat. “I…”Noticing her anxiety, Elspeth chuckled. “Don’t worry. I won’t come after you. Not going to snitch, either.”Isabel gave her a look of gratitude. “Thank you. I’ll take you to her, then.”Elspeth nodded. She was about to follow Isabel into the house, but then a white silhouette appeared at the top of the staircase.“Elspeth?” There was excitement, sadness, and longing in that voice.Elspeth looked up, and her heart trembled. The woman before her was beautiful, slender, and indeed looked a lot like her. Even though she was already in her forties, the woman looked as beautiful as a young lady in her twenties, though she had a sickly look. She must’ve been sick for a long time. It had been too long since Elspeth saw her. She couldn’t call her “mother” right away, yet something in her heart stirred when she saw her. The blood in her was calling out to this woman, and before she knew what she was doing, Elspeth had already held the woman in her embrace.An excited Helena whispered, “Don’t come too near. I don’t want to infect you.”“I’m not scared.” Elspeth buried her face in Helena’s embrace. With a broken voice, she said, “I’ve been searching for you for a long time. Didn’t think I’d find you here. Why wouldn’t you come to me?”Helena sighed. “It’s not like I didn’t want to. I just didn’t have the courage.”“Why?” asked Elspeth curiously.“I

am but a puppet locked in this prison.” A bitter smile curled Helena’s lip. “Your grandfather never knew of your existence because I hid it from him. Even when I wanted to see you, I had to be furtive. All I could manage was a little glance from afar.”This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.