Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Elspeth went directly to the CEO’s office and confronted Callum face-to-face.

When he saw the rage in her eyes, his heart sank. “What brings you here all of a sudden, Elspeth?”

“If I hadn’t asked you about it, were you going to keep it a secret from me? Are we even engaged? Why are you still treating me like an outsider?”

Suddenly, her list of questions made him speechless.

“I didn’t intend to make you feel that way.”

Soon, her gaze turned colder, and she said, “Then, show me this quarter’s proposal.”

However, Callum did not do as Elspeth said, and that was enough to prove his stance.

“Fine. You aren’t going to show me, are you? I’ll investigate on my own, then!”

She took a deep breath to calm down the anger that was building inside of her. Then, she threatened, “I’ll call Lisa and ask her what you did to Winthrop Group. This is definitely not a mistake you should make.”

That statement rendered him speechless for a moment before he spoke, “I’ll show you.”

When the proposal was placed in front of Elspeth, she struggled mentally. When she flipped the proposal pages, it was clearly stated that the shares of one of the company subsidiaries would be given to Miss Emma Walker at no cost.

E-Emma Walker?!

“Are you going to tell me that you took pity on Emma and will hand this subsidiary over to her?” She instantly froze after reading the proposal.

“No. It’s not like that.” He wanted to elaborate but chose to say nothing upon further reflection.

It suddenly dawned on her that she had, in fact, lost control and said some hurtful things earlier, but the expression on his face caused her heart

but as long as I give away this company, Winthrop Group will not suffer

he was more

I need you to tell me the truth. If you don’t tell me, I’ll figure it out myself.” Elspeth declared with assurance, knowing there was

adamant she was, Callum sighed, “I thought I could settle this matter without telling you, but I didn’t expect you

“So, are you going to tell me or

“It’s Arthur.”

again? Why is he

Elspeth with a

“Okay. Go on.”

your affairs to be exposed, I had to hand over one of the companies under Winthrop Group to Emma. After I saw his materials,

she asked impatiently, “What does he have on me? Can’t you

Payne.” Afterward, he accessed his phone’s photo gallery and placed it on his desk. “Look, these are the photos of you and him together.”

been in a relationship with someone before. After all, it was

was stunned when she heard that and walked toward the desk to look at the phone. Then, her jaw dropped as soon as she saw

Elspeth seethed in anger, “These are

that, Callum shook his head

gallery, she noticed that her recent meet-up with Gilbert at a bar was also captured. Under the dim lights, she

know you are not that kind of person, so I agreed to his condition.” He then stepped forward and hugged her by the shoulders. “Don’t overthink about it. Losing a company doesn’t

her best interest, she had no idea he

addressed him with such affection.

inquired when she noticed that only Callum’s signature was on the

“Not yet, but I intend to meet

Don’t pass her the