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.”

to the bottom of a valley and crushed beneath one’s heel. Her face turned pale, and she bit her lip involuntarily. She clenched her fists so hard that her fingernails dug

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,

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, “I’ve broken up with

she the one who brought

“Yes.”

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

release my mom

you as long as you’re willing to go out with Emma and make Elspeth break up with you

deep breath. “I got

look of confusion in her

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

then,” Jordan said before he was startled for a

want to laugh at me,

which was pretty rare. “No, I don’t. I just think that the Callum guy you

talk about Callum, though. She came back to

in three days to pick you up.

he doesn’t have to pick me up.

didn’t know whether to laugh or frown at her reply. “You’re really eccentric,

just not afraid of loving or hating anyone. Since he chooses to keep going out with Emma, I won’t care about him anymore. I’ll live without

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

I don’t,” Elspeth

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

down his suggestion, but on second thought, what the man said seemed to make sense. After all, she had suffered so many injustices over the past

they met up at the

“Why are we here?”

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

turned pink instantly. “What the hell are you talking

got to take some intimate pictures to provoke Callum’s

respective swimsuits, with Elspeth