Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Elspeth ran to the bathroom and washed her hands before hurrying to the kitchen to help set the table. After that, she plonked herself down, spooned up the food, and put it in her mouth. “Apart from anything else, you’re pretty good at cooking.”

“Why wouldn’t you notice that I have other strong points besides my cooking?” Arthur complained. Taking off his apron, he placed it aside on the dining table before sitting down to dine with her.

“Sorry, but I don’t really have much of a good impression of you,” Elspeth replied, slurring her words with her mouth full.

Arthur spent a long time poking at the dishes before him without actually picking up any. “I’m speechless.”

Noticing that he seemed kind of unhappy, Elspeth quickly changed the subject. “By the way, Emma has arrived in Eden. Do you know that?”

Arthur paused for a moment. “How did you know about this?”

Elspeth froze before she could blurt out the answer. “Uh, she’s gonna attend some Fashion Week, no? It’s been announced on the news.”

Arthur looked askance at her before picking up the remote control on the dining table and turning on the TV.

The news of Emma attending a fashion show in Eden had just aired on TV right after Elspeth had blurted out her reply. Realizing that the timelines didn’t match up, she had no choice but to make up another lie to cover up the previous one. With a flicker in her eyes, she said, “I read about it on some tabloid website.”

Arthur was in no hurry to expose her lies either. He asked with a calm smile, “On which website did you read about it? I’d love to know that. Its source is so accurate.”

“Is there anything that I’m unaware of? I’m a world-famous hacker, after all,” Elspeth replied. With the world’s best search device in her possession, learning about these things was merely a piece of cake.

if she’s in

of disbelief touched Elspeth’s face when she saw how calm he looked. “Aren’t you supposed to be

a moment. “I’m bored with kissing her *ss. One has to stop when their feelings for

with him. Patting him on the shoulder with a chivalrous expression, she said out of a sense of justice, “Alright, don’t upset yourself. So what if you’ve been an *ss-kisser? It’s not something embarrassing, anyway. One’s called an *ss-kisser when they kiss a woman’s *ss, but if they kiss the *sses of all women, they’re called a feminist ally! Instead of being *ss-kissers of Emma alone, let’s

looked her square in the face with a smile crinkling his eyes, asking, “Should I kiss your *ss as well,

“What do you mean? I’m comforting you, so don’t be ungrateful!” Kiss my *ss? I’m grateful enough that he

gaze unwavering. “But I suddenly feel

have the good luck. Not everyone’s lucky enough to be

such a novel word. He

course. If not, why would

and Callum, Arthur wouldn’t have been wounded by such words. His face fell at once, and he said, “Could

mouth, she sneaked straight up the stairs, saying, “I’m going back to my room first, so could you help do the dishes?” With that, she entered her room

stared at the dirty dishes all over the dining table before him. Then, taking a look at her disappearing

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began to search for Rayan’s information. It read, ‘Rayan Adler. Male,

with his apparent weight of more

him. Then, the two would ride a horse together, going deep into the

shudder of disgust through Elspeth, but she kept on reading despite the goosebumps