Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 56 The Way of Making Tea

“Thank you for your admiration, Mr. Carr. I hope that you don’t only take interest in me, but also Winthrop Group.” Her words resolved the awkwardness between them.

Jordan smiled in reply. “Sure.”

After dealing with Jordan, Elspeth booked the earliest flight back. She went back to Winthrop Group first and was going to take a few days off to settle the problem with Azure Corporation, but she bumped into Callum head-on.

“Elspeth,” Callum called out to her first.

“Hey, shouldn’t you be reuniting with your first love now? Why are you here?”

Elspeth felt annoyed when she saw his nonchalant expression as if nothing had happened. In that instant, she couldn’t hold back her anger.

“No. It’s not what you think.”

When he returned in a rush the other day, Arthur informed him that he saw the wrong person. Emma wasn’t back yet.

Moreover, the reason he left in such a hurry was not to relive the memories he had with Emma, but because he had a doubt that hadn’t been answered for several years, so he needed to face Emma to untie his knot.

Just as Callum was about to explain the situation, he was interrupted by Elspeth. “You don’t owe me an explanation, Mr. Winthrop. I don’t have time to talk to you about your old lover right now.” Leaving him with that, Elspeth went to the HR department to request leave without looking back.

Looking at her resolute back, Callum felt ripples in his heart. Coincidentally, his phone rang at that time. The moment he saw the screen displaying Jordan’s name, he couldn’t help but feel irritated. Connecting the call, he heard Jordan saying, “Did you receive the contract, Mr. Winthrop?”

Callum knitted his brows. “What contract?”

“Didn’t Miss Lynwood tell you? If it wasn’t for Miss Lynwood’s sincere desire to cooperate with NK Group, the cooperation might have been delayed for a long time… Weren’t you aware of that?”

Jordan was surprised, and then quickly added, “I thought Miss Lynwood would tell you the news first, but it turns out she didn’t. How strange.”

provoke him, but Callum ignored them and questioned, “You refused to cooperate, so what made you change your

speech, he added a hint of mystery to

that he said so,

she do?” He couldn’t believe his assumptions, so he asked

smiled. “Mr. Winthrop, I

mystery. The latter heard from the HR department that Elspeth would take a one-month leave starting today. After pondering for a

Elspeth sneered, “That’s none of

not allowed to take leaves.

she offered to Jordan. Otherwise, she

gone through the proper process to request leave. You shouldn’t

more serious now.

wrong with

“Elspeth, you are on your way

for a moment, unable to fathom why he thought

and you’re leaving Winthrop Group because of this, aren’t you?” Callum took a deep

from NK Group, it’s my right to seek companies with better conditions. It’s not necessary for

then. Go.” After saying

tones from the phone. There was no way she was going to tell him she took a month off to deal with Azure Corporation’s business, so she rather let

returned to the headquarters, Harper was already expecting her.

matter? What

answered, “Azure Corporation recently encountered problems with the cooperation with the foreign

“See me?” Elspeth frowned.

a chat over tea. If we refuse to, they will terminate the cooperation, no matter how much money they have to pay.” Then, Harper sighed. “This cooperation is a big deal. If it were to be terminated, though the other party will

understood the situation now. This time, she had