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.

she saw Isabel standing outside with a

expression, as though she was

a terrible mood, she still asked caringly, “What

I accidentally scalded my hand when I was

with an

look at her right hand and realized that the woman was

get you some ointment later. Just apply it on your

a sweet

her room, Isabel could never set her mind at

suppressing her emotions for such a long time so that Miss Joneson would get her treatment. Furthermore, she has to stay with

Isabel could

who she could talk to. If Miss Joneson

moment later, she shuffled toward Helena’s

on the door and entered the room, she saw Helena smiling while reading a magazine. It seemed that Helena was

Joneson, I’ve brought you the medicine you have to take in the evening.” Isabel put down the tray on the table with

registered her uneasiness, she asked, “What’s wrong? Did

the question, Isabel stuttered, “N-No. I

whenever you

premonition all

could no longer hide it from Helena, she decided to

Winthrop’s room earlier, I overheard his conversation with

her

“What did they say?”

was forced to get together with Dr.

face disappeared the moment

was forced to stay with Arthur

accept this

what Isabel said was true, Elspeth had been

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

her mother at a young age. As such, she had never enjoyed any motherly love over the years. However, she was still willing to

with tears as

think

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

what she was supposed to do as