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.”

that Ophelia was now sitting in the seat that belonged to her and

“Oh my. Isn’t this Elspeth?

on a whim. I didn’t expect someone to stop and

head as if she was being bullied. “I 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 replace you. If you’re not

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

“Elspeth, I-

I—”

standing by the side saw the tears rolling down Ophelia’s face.

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

and her beauty dazzled him. “Don’t talk when you don’t know the whole

still dazed by her beauty

helping her, but anger rose within her as she saw him mesmerized by

their knees for Elspeth like she was a goddess? Oh, how she

Darling, for your concern. I know Elspeth probably felt wronged. It’s nothing.” Ophelia lightly

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

laugh.

at Elspeth’s remark, so she unintentionally pushed too hard, and

felt like a simp for helping her as he was brushed off and derided for defending

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

you continue, Callum will hear you.

I know Callum’s looking at the

“Well, I am.”

sweat covered her back. She stiffly turned her

said just now.

her off, “I heard all

that. I called him Darling because he