Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

At ten o’clock the next morning, Elspeth was still deep in slumber when her sleep was interrupted by a phone call. She impatiently picked up, but when she heard an unknown yet familiar voice from the other end, she immediately jolted awake.

“Miss Lynwood, I’d like to treat you to lunch this afternoon. Would that be all right?” the person asked courteously.

Instantly, any remaining grumpiness she felt disappeared without a trace, and she got up to dress properly before going downstairs.

As Arthur watched Elspeth descend the stairs in a short, black off-shoulder dress from the living room, his expression became inscrutable.

“Don’t tell me you dressed up so nicely just to meet Rayan Adler?”

“Yes, I did. It’s the last day of the time limit Logan gave me. If I don’t complete my mission by today, he might not give me the herb.”

At that, Elspeth twirled in a circle, the hem of her dress rising and falling with the air. After such a long time, she essentially understood what kind of a person Logan was.

“Do you need me to come with you?” Arthur offered to tag along, which was a rare occasion for him.

“It’s fine. It’ll be too obvious if we go together; I can handle it alone.” She carelessly grabbed a piece of toast from the table and took a bite to fill her stomach, saying, “I’m not stupid.”

“I’m just worried you’d get taken advantage of,” he replied gently.

“Don’t worry about that. There’s no way he’d be able to take advantage of me.”

Naturally, she had her own methods to deal with old perverts like Rayan.

Elspeth had just descended the stairs when she saw a black Maybach parked at the entrance. An ominous sensation looming over her, she hastened toward the car, and when she saw the person inside, her face instantly fell. Callum was currently sitting inside, his glum gaze fixed intently on her.

Dammit, he still found out!

car to drag her in if she didn’t come in herself, she helplessly got into

you mind explaining why you’re here?” Callum asked in an aloof tone, but Elspeth could sense a thick and menacing undertone in

gulped before saying in a small voice, “I’m forced

of your mother,

heard on the grapevine that Arthur was treating

cure, I can hire the best doctor in the world for you. Why must you cling to him?”

want to stay here, really, but it’s because this disease can’t

Callum was about to blurt out clogged in

Schwartz is powerless

let out a helpless sigh, her voice sounding weak as she continued, “I have no other choice but to fool him for now until he treats my mother. I’ll come up with another

darken, as if a storm

What did

him.” Left with no other choice, Elspeth could only tell him the

“And you agreed, right?”

changed, as if shrouded in a layer of cold frost. Even if he knew that she was just trying to look at

help it either. I can only fool him for now. Besides, you lost memories of our feelings back then and treated me

the glass window in front of her, afraid to

do now? Are you going

Callum looked at the seductive, sensual clothes she

going over to meet him

come with

keep an eye on the greasy man while he was there to prevent him from having any improper

“Fine.”

an annoyed look. She knew she could refuse Arthur, but she couldn’t resist Callum. Just the look in his eyes