Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 89

“It’s all Max’s fault. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have left the place in a fit of anger and bumped into my rival’s manager who then kidnapped me.” The thought of Max being intimate with that woman made Yelena’s blood boil.

“You’re mad because you have feelings for him and yet you’re blaming him.”

Knowing that she couldn’t outargue that. Yelena immediately changed the subject. “I remembered that you came for me shortly after. What took you so long?” Yelena was just curious, and she wasn’t blaming Elspeth for the delay.

“Because… a dog got in my way,” Elspeth hissed.

At the same time, Callum, who was at the hospital, suddenly sneezed.

“A dog?” Yelena seemed puzzled as she found it interesting that someone would keep a dog in the bar.

“Alright, you should leave now. Stay close to your brother.”

“What about you?”

“I want to take a walk alone,” Elspeth said after taking a deep breath.

After she bid goodbye to Yelena, Elspeth took a walk by herself by the river. It was already nighttime and both sides of the river were lit up by streetlights. A few couples were seen being on dates. Suddenly, she heard a

couple arguing.

“It’s all your fault. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have lost the treasure hunt competition!” The man sounded

annoyed.

“That’s because you don’t believe in me. You wouldn’t have lost if you believed me!” The woman raised her

voice and responded.

you very well and you don’t even

yeah! But do you know how much effort I’ve put into the

think I’m the same idiot as

turned around furiously and almost fell into the river. Luckily, the man acted fast enough

go! You should

that, the man suddenly pulled her into his arms, and he was so startled

that she was at fault too, the woman looked down as she apologized, “I’m sorry.

conversation, suddenly came to a realization. Arguments don’t mean that I

you anymore.

had to do was

Ophelia grew up together, to him, Margot had seen Ophelia as her daughter, and it wouldn’t make sense for a child to harm her mother. While Elspeth, conversely, had not been on good terms with Margot. Callum didn’t blame her for that since he never scolded her about it but yet, she was

for him to doubt her, but he was willing to talk to her, which showed

of Ophelia’s doing instead of being entangled in relationship issues. With that in mind, she made a call to Harper and

the progress of

because of this.” Harper chuckled. “I have sent someone on the lookout for the past three days and Ophelia finally showed her

infusion tube which my men found out

seems she is worried that she will get into trouble if Margot regains her consciousness.” Upon hearing the good news, Elspeth became more joyful, and her tone

happy. Did something good happen?” Harper felt at ease when he saw that Elspeth was back to her happy self. He initially thought that she would be disheartened for a while after what happened between her and Callum. It

the progress on Lydia’s

Harper was thrilled. “The blood stain found in Lydia’s house perfectly matched that of an outlaw who used to be imprisoned in Damoria. He was sentenced to ten years in jail and within two months of being released from jail, he had committed murder. Based on the investigation done by my men, we found out that 20 hours before Lydia’s death, the man had done a transaction

that she

homicide!” She finally felt calm after getting

compile the documents tonight and I’ll see Ophelia in the hospital tomorrow morning.” At the same time, she wanted to let Callum