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.

Arthur understood

trying to tell me

you.” A playful smile appeared on his lips.

was conspicuous but also veiled

“What I mean is there

There seemed to be complex and abstruse emotions undulating behind his cold gaze. Elspeth realized that she could never figure out what

slightly moved, he soon pulled

“Ignore me, then.”

to his feet and patted his clothes, though there wasn’t

you up, but it seems that I’ve disappointed her.” Arthur shrugged and put on his typical polite smile. “The weather is chilly, so you’d better keep

the coat back to her and

leave, she couldn’t identify what she was

it some thought,

her own issues, so why was she even trying to

fished out her phone and found Callum’s

used an ocean photo as his profile picture, had changed it to a photo of

though he wanted

her emotions the entire time, but it all came crashing down at that moment. Before she knew it, her tears started sliding

cry. Even if she couldn’t help it, she could only shed one drop

She blamed it on the chilly weather

tapped on Callum’s profile picture and

unfollowed him on various social

a familiar avatar. Much to

chest tightening, she quickly turned on

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

people wanted to befriend her because she was ‘Elsie’. Callum was a possessive person, so he directly married her in the game

and scrolled through the pages. She realized that he had been teaming up with a woman, who seemed to be helpful to him. Both of them earned many points together, which showed that

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

done with all that, she felt melancholic deep within. It was as though waves

…

later, the engagement party of

kept saying that if the two of them got married, she had to be the most beautiful

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 didn’t directly respond to Isabel’s