Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

After leaving the basement, Elspeth first eluded Rayan’s spies before rushing to Logan’s establishment, where he had been waiting for a long time. When he saw her come back unscathed, his eyes flickered with amazement. “I never thought you would actually come back without having suffered under him in the slightest,” he said.

Elspeth was startled. “How did you know that he’d taken me away?”

Logan smiled faintly while pointing at the surveillance camera above. “I knew that from watching the surveillance footage, of course. He’s been here today.”

“What about the scimitar?” Elspeth sounded rather anxious; her greatest dread was that the scimitar might have been taken away.

“I’ve put it away, so don’t worry about this,” Logan replied. Seeing how quick she was in doing her job, he couldn’t help but compliment her, “But it was really smart of you to trick him into leaving the scimitar here in such a short time.”

I’m smart, huh? No, the credit actually belongs to Callum, thought Elspeth. Seeing that Logan was in a good mood, she made her request, asking, “In that case, would you still give me the medicinal ingredient as you promised me before?”

Seeing how serious she looked, Logan couldn’t help but reply with a laugh, “The promise is still valid, of course. That’s what I promised you, and I’m not someone who goes back on my word.” With that, he turned back to the counter and took a small box out of the chest inside before handing it to her. “The medicinal ingredient you want is in here. Just take it.”

Elspeth carefully put it away before smiling at him. “Thank you, Mr. Chapman. Well, then, I won’t come here anymore.”

“Are you really not coming here anymore?” Logan suddenly felt like joking with her before she left. “Well, that’s a shame. Our establishment is gonna lose another pretty face.”

Pretty face… Is he referring to how I previously worked here as a hostess? Elspeth felt so embarrassed that she wished the ground could open and swallow her up. “No, that’s not the case. I don’t deserve your compliment.”

Logan merely smiled instead of teasing her again. “I’m not flattering you. Look at those men who came here; their eyes were glued to you as soon as they saw you.”

Not wanting to continue the subject, Elspeth lifted her arm and looked at her watch. Then, she cleared her throat, saying, “Alright, it’s getting late. I gotta go.”

work together again if there’s an

Then, she turned around and left without

Arthur’s place, she hurried upstairs and went back to her room. She called Callum, but the phone call went

the text message sent by Elspeth, his heart skipped a beat. He replied, ‘I’m here. Are

gotten myself out of there. Where

was fine, the man finally heaved a sigh of relief. ‘I’m at the Adler

expected, Callum went to Andreas in the end. She texted, ‘It’s

to be in

to stay here and play nice with Andreas anymore. “Yeah, something happened to my company just now, but the problem’s been solved now,” he said, rubbing

his intention to leave. “Well, in that case, Mr. Winthrop, I shan’t keep

gave him a faint smile. “Alright, I gotta go.” Then, he turned around and left

Andreas’ expression from the sidelines. He lowered his

rather displeased. “I suspect that Rayan, that brat, is up to something again. Go to his room and check if he’s still there right now. If he’s not there, then look for him

Andreas, how did you know that Mr. Rayan had something to

with me just now. Go find out what the hell’s going on!” If my collaboration with the Winthrops gets held up because of

…

showed up

Arthur wasn’t home today, Elspeth came

instant he saw her. “What happened? Did that guy hurt

gentle smile. “I’m fine. Don’t you see that I’m well and sitting in