Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 359 Leaving the Villa

Elspeth knew that she wasn’t supposed to enter someone else’s room, but when she saw her medical report on Arthur’s table, she was mad at him for invading her privacy. “Why do you have my medical report?”

Arthur calmed himself down and curled up his lips. “What’s wrong? I’m just concerned about you.”

“I don’t need your concern. You’re invading my privacy like a pervert.”

Arthur frowned. Although he had been patient with her, he couldn’t accept what she had just said.

“So? What are you trying to say?”

“What I’m saying is I don’t want you to be concerned with my health conditions anymore.”

Upon finishing her words, she picked up the medical report and tore it apart.

Arthur didn’t utter a word while watching her action. A moment later, he asked impassively, “Are you able to treat your illness, then?”

Elspeth flared up. “It has nothing to do with you.”

“What are you talking about? You’re my fiancée. If anything happens to you, who is going to marry me?”

Elspeth glowered at him. “I only agreed to get engaged to you, but I didn’t say I was going to marry you.”

That’s some clever sophistry…

A helpless Arthur pressed his hand against his forehead and chuckled. “Alright. Why don’t we have a deal? If I’m able to cure your illness, you’ll marry me.”

It was already against Elspeth’s will to get engaged with him. If she was forced to marry him, she would spend the rest of her life in misery.

“There’s no way I’ll marry you.”

“Nothing is impossible. You were forced to be with me because of your mother’s illness.” Arthur slightly bent his back and smiled playfully. “Why aren’t you willing to do the same now? Are you playing hard to get?”

Elspeth felt humiliated by his words.

“Just remember that you must not go back on your word.”

She didn’t want to argue with him, so she shot him a glare and turned around to leave.

room, she saw Isabel

off about Isabel’s expression, as though she was

was in a terrible mood, she still

I accidentally scalded my hand when I was preparing

with

look at her right hand

ointment later.

put on a sweet

room, Isabel could never set her

been suppressing her emotions for such a long time so that Miss Joneson would

thought of this, Isabel could no longer hold her sorrow

to. If Miss Joneson finds out

later, she shuffled toward Helena’s room

smiling while reading a magazine. It seemed that Helena was in a good

to take in the evening.” Isabel put down the tray on the table with an anxious

she asked, “What’s wrong? Did anything

the question, Isabel stuttered, “N-No.

know that whenever you lie, you’ll start stammering. Now,

had a premonition

no longer hide it from

by Dr. Winthrop’s room earlier, I overheard

her fists with

“What did they say?”

saying that she was forced to get together with

face disappeared

that Elspeth was forced to stay with Arthur because of my

accept

what Isabel said was true, Elspeth had been hiding this secret very

loved bickering with each other. Truth was, Helena didn’t realize that her daughter didn’t willingly get together with Arthur

As such, she had never enjoyed any motherly love over the years. However, she was still willing to do

up with tears as she

think I’m a terrible

struggling to hold her tears back. “It’s not your

what she was supposed to