Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Elspeth bit her lip. “I think he’s going to remember me eventually.” His love for me is real. I wouldn’t lose him forever.

Elias sneered, his gaze fixed on Callum. For some reason, he wasn’t his usual sunshine self and he hissed like a snake, “You know you’ll only suffer if you stay with him. He doesn’t love you. Even if he remains with you, all he’ll give is the bare minimum. Ask him.”

Callum really wanted to call this guy Edmund, but he held it back. They might look the same, but their personalities were vastly different, and the way they carried themselves differed as well. At first, Callum was mad that Elias was berating him, but he couldn’t get mad at someone who looked just like his brother. “I’ll do my best to work with you,” he said coolly.

He’ll… do his best… to work with me? All the color was drained from Elspeth’s face. She looked even worse than Callum was. “I see. You should rest now.” She turned around and left.

Elias shot Callum an icy look. “She came all the way here to save your worthless life. You let her down, and I’m coming after you, Callum.” Then, Elias chased after Elspeth.

Elspeth ran all the way to the garden. She took a deep breath, the sense of helplessness grasping her heart, and she felt like crying. The sun was glaring down at her mercilessly as if judging her for her incompetence. In the end, Elspeth couldn’t hold it in anymore and burst into tears.

When Elias caught up to her, she was crouched on the ground, all curled up and shivering. It made his heart hurt, and he approached her. “Don’t cry.” He bent over and patted her shoulder. “It’s not worth it.”

Elspeth sniffled. Adamantly, she said, “I’m not crying. The sun’s too scorching hot. It was hurting my eyes.”

Elias knew it was a lie, but he didn’t expose it. He didn’t want to remind her of that awful encounter, so he pulled her up and said with a light chuckle, “Alright, stop crying. You don’t like the sun, so we’ll get some shade. If you’d like, you can date me. I’m tons better than Callum. He’s as cold as the tundra. You should come to me. I’m warm and fuzzy.”

little comforted, Elspeth smiled. “Alright, stop messing around. I know you’re

me to Edmund, aren’t you? You don’t have

laughter, and she

Callum’s absence. When Elspeth and Elias arrived at the company, Edmund was working. He was in a suit, and a grim look filled his eyes. Obviously, he was not in a good mood. When he saw Elspeth, he smiled and was about to say hi, but then he saw the man beside her. The look on his face turned into one of horror. He looks just like me! I can’t believe this. Am I seeing my doppelganger? He froze for a moment,

Edmund. I’m Elias. Elias

a different person. Feeling

when he saw Edmund, though he was surprised. “Perhaps we’re

we are twins.” Edmund lost his composure. His smile was wiped away

believe it at first either, but then I talked to Elspeth and your mother, and it planted doubt in my heart. If we can’t be sure of the truth, we might have to do a DNA

good point. Even Elspeth

noticed the tear stains on Elspeth’s cheeks, and he asked, “What happened? I’ve never seen you cry.

want to answer

If you weren’t so sure that he had forgotten about your love, I would’ve thought he was actually acting all this