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.”

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

person who stupidly 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

could overlook the forest of high-rise buildings, staring at the sky far away from the glass window with jet-black eyes. After a long time, he finally dialed a number, saying,

the one who brought it

“Yes.”

is as stubborn as a mule. She’d never give up easily

release

and make Elspeth break up with you of her own accord.” The man guffawed. “I’ll release Mrs. Winthrop once Elspeth’s engagement

deep breath.

in the sun, Elspeth had a look of confusion in her

“Elspeth, I’ve got a piece of bad news to tell

Elspeth smiled in the glaring sun, saying, “What kind of bad news could be worse than I am now? Tell me so

Jordan said before he was startled

that’s right. You want to laugh at

“No, I don’t. I just think that the Callum guy you liked is quite an

She came back to the subject, asking, “So what’s the

three days to pick you up. I told

he doesn’t have

or frown

replied, “This is called frankness, okay? I’m just not afraid of loving or hating anyone. Since he chooses to keep going

quiet, faint smile. “There’s no hurry to go back, though. There are many

Elspeth refused

treated you?” Jordan’s voice sounded tempting over the phone. “As it happens, you’ve got a free handsome guy here, who is your future fiancé and is willing to have fun with you. Don’t you want to take

second thought, what the man said seemed to make

met up at the swimming

“Why are we here?”

he eyed Elspeth up and down. “I want to

pink instantly. “What the hell

I was just joking. We’ve got to take some intimate pictures to provoke Callum’s

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