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.”

she bit her lip involuntarily. She clenched her fists so hard that her fingernails dug into her palms, but she didn’t feel any pain.

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.

could overlook the forest of high-rise buildings, staring at the sky far away from the glass window with jet-black eyes. After a

she the one who

“Yes.”

but he sounded very candid. “That little girl is as stubborn as a mule. She’d never give up

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

a deep breath.

had a look of

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

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

breakup, then,” Jordan said before he was startled for a moment. “Wait a minute. You’ve

You want to laugh at me,

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

to talk about Callum, though. She came back to the

you up. I told you why; it’s because

hesitation, “Okay, but he doesn’t have to pick me up.

laugh or frown at her reply.

loving or hating anyone. Since he chooses to keep going out with Emma, I won’t care about him

back, though. There are many fun places in Waterside, so don’t you want to visit them and have

don’t,” Elspeth

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 handsome guy here, who is your future fiancé and is willing to have

suggestion, but on second thought, what the man said seemed to make sense. After

few minutes later, they met up at the

“Why are we here?”

Elspeth up and down. “I want to see you in a bikini. I’ve never seen

turned pink instantly. “What the

just joking. We’ve got to take

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