Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 97

“It wasn’t you?” Edmund snickered. “How could that be? Then, tell me, who else could it be if it wasn’t you?”

“Ophelia.”

He couldn’t help but let out a scornful laugh. “Ophelia? She grew up under my mother’s care. How could it ever be her?”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe me. You’ll know it when I’ve found the evidence to prove my innocence.” Elspeth knew it wasn’t easy to break people’s rose-tinted glasses perception of Ophelia. So, she didn’t want to waste time arguing with Edmund.

“So? What do you want? Find evidence to prove that you weren’t in the wrong? You?”

Callum coughed lightly and interrupted them before they could start squabbling, which promptly shut them both up.

“Alright. Stop it. It’s not Elspeth’s problem.”

Edmund didn’t expect Callum to take Elspeth’s side. He was incredulous by Callum’s stance, but he forced himself to calm down, especially since they were still in public.

“Fine. Since you believe her, I’ll wait and see whether she’s just all bark but no bite,” he sneered before turning around to leave.

Callum sneaked a glance at Elspeth and noticed she didn’t seem to be in high spirits, so he couldn’t help but comfort her. “Don’t take Edmund’s words to heart. He’s always been a little mean.”

“I’m alright. I’ll be heading back to the Design Department.”

After she bid goodbye to Callum, she returned to the Design Department alone. When her colleagues saw her, they were all smiles, but they soon fell into awkward silence.

Naturally, she noticed their unusual expressions, so she curiously inquired a colleague she was rather close with, “What’s up? Why is everyone looking at me weirdly?”

Her colleagues scanned the room before muttering in a low voice, “Didn’t you hear? After you left, Mr. Winthrop didn’t come to work often. So, Mr. Edmund asked Ophelia to take over your position.”

“That means Ophelia is now the director of the Design Department?” Elspeth couldn’t help but feel frustrated when she heard Ophelia’s name being mentioned yet again. “Okay. I got it.”

Ophelia was now sitting in the seat that belonged

her. “Oh my. Isn’t this Elspeth?

didn’t expect someone to stop and take over my place right after

didn’t. Edmund felt it wasn’t right to not have a director for the Design Department. So, he asked me to step up to

a light chuckle. “It’s fine. I don’t have the habit of taking

“Elspeth, I-

I—”

male colleague who was standing by the side saw the tears rolling down Ophelia’s face.

company? Besides, you were the one who left, and Ophelia merely

smiled at him, and her beauty dazzled him. “Don’t talk when you don’t know the whole truth. Haven’t

man was still dazed by her beauty and agreed in

rose within her as she

Oh, how she wished she could slice Elspeth’s face so that nobody would ever

wronged. It’s nothing.” Ophelia lightly

out that you’re calling people Darling…” Elspeth watched Ophelia’s phony

laugh.

so she unintentionally pushed too hard, and the male

simp for helping her

explain, but the man wasn’t willing to listen anymore

continue, Callum will hear you. Oh, right.

“Stop pulling my leg. I know Callum’s looking at the contract in his office now. He’s not going

“Well, I am.”

and cold sweat covered her back. She stiffly turned her head and saw Callum’s emotionless face as her heart pounded

said just now. Callum,

off, “I heard all of

didn’t mean it like that. I called him