Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 369 Would You Be So Kind

Elspeth decided to ignore him. She sat back down at her desk and carried on with her work. Thanks to her unusually heavy workload today, she kept working until 11.00PM.

Jethro sat on the couch nearby and waited until 11.00PM.

At 11.15PM, Elspeth stretched and stood up. She had finally completed the day’s work!

“Are you done?”

Jethro had been occupying himself with his phone the whole time, and he finally turned the screen off when he noticed Elspeth’s actions.

Elspeth was startled by his voice. Feeling tired, she peered into the darkness and at last, she realized that he was still there!

“Yeah, I’m done. I’m going home now. You should hurry up and go back as well.” She waved him off as she had no intention of giving him a ride.

“Do you think I waited here this long just to watch you work?”

Jethro flashed her a smile and picked up her handbag without even asking for her permission. He shut her laptop and said, “Alright. It’s decided. I’ll drop you off at your place.”

He was too tall and Elspeth couldn’t snatch her handbag back. She could only sigh in helplessness.

“Fine. I’ll let you do that, but you need to give me my bag first.”

Jethro waved his slender finger in front of her. “Not happening. What if you run off the moment I give it back to you?”

Does he think I’m someone who’d do such a thing?

Elspeth rolled her eyes and snapped, “Since you want to hold it for me, so be it.”

She marched off at once.

Jethro had gotten what he wanted and wasn’t affected at all. He happily followed after her.

Elspeth stopped by the side of the road and Jethro stopped beside her. Hah, she sneered to herself. He’s a kid alright, and yet he wants to win me over, huh? He doesn’t even know what he should be doing.

“Why are you just standing there? Hurry up and bring the car around.”

Jethro nodded and pointed at the electric scooter by the side of the road. “It’s over there. I’ll give you a ride home.”

An… electric scooter?

Elspeth was gob-smacked. Jethro Wilstone, the Wilstones’ son, has fallen so far from grace that he has to ride a scooter to work?

“Are you that strapped for cash?”

not allowed to ride a scooter just because I

a good question. I guess there’s nothing

her lips and climbed onto

even at night, and due to the heat, Elspeth’s palms began to sweat.

Your sweat is soaking through my

chuckles tickled Elspeth’s

“I’m not.”

as the scooter went over a bump on the road, she nearly fell

arms

Elspeth’s arm with his left hand and

Jethro would specifically ride over the bumpiest parts of the

no choice but to keep her arms locked

from

words, it was the scent of someone who indulged in

be expected of the playboy who makes those kinds of establishments his second home. Even the smell on him is just as debauched, Elspeth thought to herself. With that thought in mind, she couldn’t resist piping up, “By the way,

is it? Go ahead

you like me

Jethro nodded. “That’s correct.”

curious to know why they would approve

were plenty of amazing women in the world. A prestigious

of

smiled when he heard

that I’ve finally decided to change my ways and spend my life with someone, they’re more than thrilled about it and

argue with that

trying to dissuade him when the electric scooter began

was

think the battery’s

slowly came to a stop by the side of the road two minutes

and the two of them were now stuck by the side of

bother to charge the battery before offering

Elspeth scoffed in exasperation.

so I didn’t check

the air of someone who didn’t think he had done anything

She got her phone out to call a cab, but

single car within a five-mile radius, let

Wilstone! If I’m unable to sleep in my bed tonight, I’m going to kick you out of

would’ve happened if he hadn’t insisted on giving her a ride home from

does this have to do with me? The battery died. It’s not as if I’m trying to keep you away from