Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 358 Can’t Claim the Moral High Ground

“Both exam papers were the same. His score was only higher than mine by one mark, but when I went home, I was punished and wasn’t allowed to eat anything in the evening because I wasn’t number one.”

Arthur took a deep breath. His emotions were undulated in his heart.

Elspeth found it hard to breathe, for she didn’t expect the Winthrop Family’s education to be so cruel.

“So, I stole his exam paper that time and burned it.”

There wasn’t a hint of hesitation on Arthur’s face when he brought it up, nor did he appear guilty, as though he was only talking about something insignificant.

“What are you ready to do, then? Are you going to frame him again just like what you had done in the past?”

Suddenly, an inscrutable smile appeared on Arthur’s face. “Why do you think I was framing him?”

That’s what you said.

Elspeth found the person before her eyes eccentric. It seemed that he was slightly disturbed.

Arthur’s gaze darkened as though he had seen through her mind. “I was just defending my dignity.”

He’s gone mad.

Elspeth could feel him being resigned and his desire to achieve greater heights. However, she couldn’t dissuade him from doing anything at this moment.

That was because she knew that she hadn’t experienced what he had been through, so she couldn’t claim the moral high ground and tell him to be upstanding.

Despite that, she still wasn’t willing to see Arthur falling from grace.

After all, excluding the terrible things he had done before, he had been treating Elspeth and her family members well.

“Arthur,” Elspeth called out to him all of a sudden.

Arthur looked attentively at her. There was a hint of expectancy and inquisition behind his gaze.

“I think the dishes you prepare are delicious.”

What she said was simple to understand, but it didn’t seem to have anything to do with what was going on. She had gone off-topic.

understood

trying to tell

you.” A playful smile appeared on his lips.

hint between the two adults was conspicuous but also veiled at

is there are some areas where you

stared fixedly at her. There seemed to be complex and abstruse emotions undulating behind his cold gaze. Elspeth realized that she could

was slightly moved, he soon pulled himself

“Ignore me, then.”

to his feet and patted his clothes, though

I’ve disappointed her.” Arthur shrugged and put on his typical polite smile. “The

back to her and returned to

she couldn’t

some thought, she

her own issues, so why was she even trying to help someone else untie the knots

a sigh, she fished out her phone and found

realized that Callum, who had always used an ocean photo as his profile picture, had changed it to a photo of him and

he wanted Elspeth to see

to suppress her emotions the entire time, but it all came crashing down at that moment.

told herself that she mustn’t cry. Even if she couldn’t help it, she could only shed one

streaming down her face. She blamed it on

on

him on various social media

end, she turned on a game and saw a familiar avatar. Much to her surprise,

tightening, she quickly turned

for he was usually swamped with work. As such, they had only played this game

possessive person, so he directly married

up with a woman, who seemed to

tell what kind of feeling it was, but she still deleted him from her friend

she felt melancholic deep within. It was as

…

later, the engagement party of Elspeth and Arthur was

if the

but she was unable to get any treatment for now. As such, she didn’t want to hold Callum up, and she certainly didn’t want to do that to Arthur either. Hence, she