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.”

turned pale, and she bit her lip involuntarily. She clenched

held out till the end, yet all I got was “I loved you before,” she thought. She felt

Callum stood 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

one

“Yes.”

was old, but he sounded very candid. “That little girl is as stubborn as a mule.

release my mom

I 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

deep breath. “I

the sun, Elspeth had a look of confusion in her eyes. Suddenly, she felt

got a piece of bad news to tell

sun, saying, “What kind of bad news could be worse than I am now?

then,” Jordan said before he was startled for a moment.

right. You want to

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

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

Joneson is coming to Waterside in three days to pick you up. I

have to pick me up. I’m going

to laugh or frown at her reply. “You’re

loving or hating anyone. Since he chooses to keep

no hurry to go back, though. There are many fun places in Waterside, so don’t you want to visit them and have some

I don’t,” Elspeth refused

“As it happens, you’ve got a free handsome guy here, who is your future fiancé and is willing to

what the man said seemed to make sense. After all, she

they met up at the swimming

“Why are we here?”

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

face turned pink instantly. “What the hell are you

got to take some intimate pictures to provoke

pondering for a 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 and revealed her fair and