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

she turned around and left without taking

she hurried upstairs and went back to her room. She called Callum, but the phone call went unanswered, so she had no choice but to text him,

chatting and coaxing information out of Andreas. When he saw the text message sent by Elspeth, his heart skipped a beat. He replied,

gotten myself out of there. Where are you

fine, the man finally heaved

aback. As expected, Callum went to Andreas in the end. She texted, ‘It’s not

help but ask, “You seemed to be in

anymore. “Yeah, something happened to my company just now, but the problem’s been solved now,” he said, rubbing his teacup with his fingers without taking another sip

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

him a faint smile. “Alright, I gotta go.” Then, he turned around and left without noticing that something was wrong with

sidelines. He lowered his head and asked in a whisper, “What’s

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

startled. “Mr. Andreas, how did you know that Mr. Rayan had something to do with

mentioned Rayan as many as five times while talking with me just now. Go find out what the hell’s going on!” If

…

Callum showed up

wasn’t home today, Elspeth came

saw her. “What

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