Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Elspeth was most surprised by this. Little did she expect that such a thing actually happened between Arthur and Emma…

She didn’t know how she returned to the hotel. When she came back, Yelena was already asleep; she even muttered something in her sleep when she heard Elspeth return.

Elspeth lay awake in bed all night. The next day, she found Callum’s address with her computer hacking skills before hurrying there early in the morning.

Callum was watching the news while jotting down notes nonstop.

“Callum, I have something to ask you about.”

Callum didn’t say a word, but his fingers trembled for a moment.

“Emma is still in touch with Arthur at the moment. Do you know that?”

Callum’s eyes darkened; there seemed to be a cold gleam in his gloomy eyes. “I do.”

“In that case, do you know they’ve slept together before?”

Callum frowned slightly with an indiscernibly complicated look on his face. “What are you telling me this for?”

Elspeth asked coldly in a stern voice, “Arthur is nominally your brother, yet he’s slept with your ex-girlfriend. Do you still want to go out with Emma now?”

Callum averted his gaze. “This has nothing to do with you.”

“Callum, tell me that you’re faking all of this and that you have your reasons for doing so. I’ll believe you if you say that.”

A frosty expression came over the man’s face. “Elspeth, stop being unreasonable, will you?”

“Callum, do you really love me?”

Callum fell silent—a silence that struck a chill into Elspeth’s heart.

“I’m gonna ask you this again, so tell me the truth. Do you still love me?”

Callum’s voice was dry and hoarse. “I loved you before.”

felt as though her heart had been thrown to the bottom of a valley and crushed beneath one’s heel. Her face turned pale, and she bit her lip

held out till the end, yet all I got was “I loved you before,” she thought. She felt the world spinning around her, so much so that she even felt like throwing up. Pulling herself together, she took a deep breath and

upright in front of the French window from which one could overlook the forest of high-rise buildings, staring at the sky far away from the glass window with jet-black eyes.

one who brought it

“Yes.”

voice was old, but he sounded very candid. “That little girl is as stubborn as a mule. She’d never give up easily unless she broke

you release my

said, I won’t make things difficult for you as long as you’re willing to go out with Emma and make Elspeth break up with you of her own accord.” The man guffawed. “I’ll release Mrs. Winthrop once Elspeth’s engagement party is over.

deep

had a look of confusion in

just in time. “Elspeth, I’ve got a piece of

saying, “What kind of bad news could be worse than I am now? Tell me so that I can

he was startled for a moment. “Wait a minute. You’ve broken

that’s right. You want to laugh

I don’t. I just think that

was in no mood to talk about Callum, though. She came back to

is coming to Waterside in three days to pick you up. I told you why; it’s because he wants

doesn’t have to pick

or frown at

okay? I’m just not afraid of loving or hating anyone. Since he chooses to keep going out with Emma, I won’t care about him anymore.

back, though. There are many fun places in Waterside, so don’t

Elspeth refused

to find an opportunity to get back at Callum for the way he treated you?” Jordan’s voice sounded tempting over the phone. “As it happens, you’ve got a free

his suggestion, but on second thought, what the man said seemed to make sense. After all, she had suffered

met up

“Why are we here?”

he eyed Elspeth up and down. “I want

turned pink instantly. “What the

was just joking. We’ve got to take some

moment, Elspeth reluctantly accepted the man’s suggestion. They changed into their respective swimsuits, with Elspeth wearing a pink swimsuit that outlined her perfect figure