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.

the room, she saw Isabel standing outside

off about Isabel’s expression, as though she was nervous

terrible mood, she still asked caringly, “What

accidentally scalded my hand when I was preparing medicine

with an

look at her right hand and realized that the woman was

you some ointment later.

a sweet smile. “Thanks,

to her room, Isabel could never set

together with Dr. Winthrop! She has been suppressing her emotions for such a long time so that Miss Joneson would get her treatment. Furthermore, she has to stay with someone she doesn’t

could no

could talk to. If

moment later, she shuffled toward Helena’s room with

and entered the room, she saw Helena smiling while reading a magazine. It

have to take in the evening.” Isabel put down the tray on the table

uneasiness, she asked, “What’s wrong? Did anything

the question, Isabel

to lie. I know that whenever you lie, you’ll

had a premonition all of

she could no longer hide it from Helena, she

Dr. Winthrop’s room

her fists

“What did they say?”

she was forced to get together with Dr. Winthrop because she wanted

on Helena’s face disappeared the moment she heard

forced

couldn’t accept

said was true, Elspeth had been hiding

who loved bickering with each other. Truth was,

mother at a young age. As such, she had never enjoyed any motherly love over

with tears as she

do you think I’m a

her head, struggling to hold her tears back. “It’s not your fault. You knew nothing. If you had known it,

made Helena realize what she was supposed to do