Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Rayan’s expression faltered. “I don’t think that’s possible.”

His scimitar was a family heirloom that had been passed down for many generations. How could he easily give it away?

Elspeth looked disappointed at his answer. “That’s a shame.”

“Would you mind telling me why you want this scimitar?”

Rayan was extremely curious. This scimitar was just a plain weapon with a long history. Why was she interested in it right away?

Realizing her slip of the tongue, Elspeth covered her lips and sighed. “I’m really sorry. I shouldn’t have asked you about this, but it particularly resembles one of my father’s relics, so…”

Seeing Elspeth seemed to be in a bad mood, Rayan softened his tone and conceded, “However, it is not impossible. If you really like it, I’m willing to give it to you, but… I left the box I keep the scimitar in at home. Do you mind following me back to my house to retrieve it?”

The fact that Rayan was willing to relent was the best outcome she could achieve.

When she saw the look of triumph that he failed to hide in his eyes, Elspeth knew that this would not just be a mere trip, but she nodded happily. “I don’t mind at all. I couldn’t be happier that you’re willing to give it to me, so how could I refuse to accompany you on this trip?”

“That’s great. Let’s go together.”

The two quickly left the restaurant. When they arrived at the entrance, Elspeth subconsciously looked toward the spot where Callum had parked his car, only to realize he was no longer there.

When did Callum leave?

Before she could figure it out, Rayan courteously opened the car door and invited her in.

“Let’s go, Miss Lynwood.”

that she didn’t have the time to worry about Callum at the moment,

to a place she had never been before, and as the car drove on,

was nervous and smiled at her

returned a gentle smile

to her, and it made her a little frantic. However, it was not a big problem.

as resplendent as a castle. It looked to be of medieval Gothic architecture, and the building was painted in a gloomy and

the car first and said, “Miss Lynwood, this is my house. I’ll take you in now, and you’ll be treated as

leading her into the villa,

the person sitting in the first seat on the right-hand side

then, Callum noticed her as well, but there was no change in his expression as

father was sitting in the head seat, so he politely asked, “Father,

trace of displeasure

who’s here to discuss a business collaboration with us. His

stunned Elspeth. This was her first time finding out that Callum had

calmly, “That’s mostly it. I wish to work with you, but under the condition that you

was taken aback. Callum wants this

displeased when he heard this. “Father, this scimitar is our family heirloom. How can we simply give it to

scimitar to Elspeth. If his father gave this away to someone else, he figured she would look down on

seeing that his son was embarrassing him in front of other people, Andreas Adler instantly boiled with anger. “You’re still young, so don’t you go interfering in this

scimitar tightly in

a headache coming on. If Callum had not intervened, she might have gotten the scimitar long ago. Now, she was put in a spot, and she

him away. I don’t want him embarrassing me in front of

from Andreas, several burly men emerged from the surroundings to drag

and could only leave helplessly. Before he was