Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 370 The Cheapest Car

Callum didn’t say no, so he seemed to have agreed to it, but Elspeth rejected the idea. “That won’t be necessary. We can wait a little longer for a cab.”

Jethro didn’t want to wait, so he pleaded with Elspeth like an obedient younger brother. “Elsie, Mr. Winthrop is nice enough to give us a ride, so why shouldn’t we accept his kind gesture?”

Elsie…

Callum’s face grew colder as he repeated the nickname in his head.

Elspeth was startled. For some reason, even though she and Callum were uninvolved in every way, she still felt a trace of awkwardness when Jethro called her Elsie.

To avoid giving Jethro the chance to say anything else that was too suggestive, she agreed.

“Oh, fine. Let’s go.”

So, obliging with the little kid?

Callum looked at them with scrutiny.

The two of them got into Callum’s car while the electric scooter was temporarily abandoned by the side of the road.

Jethro left the key in the ignition and said he was giving it away to anyone who chanced upon it since the Wilstones had more than enough vehicles.

Elspeth was smiling as she remarked sarcastically to herself, It’s obvious that you can’t be bothered to call someone to tow it away.

However, as she was sitting inside Callum’s car right now, she wasn’t in the mood to think about anything else. On the other hand, Jethro seemed eager to stir up trouble as he kept dragging all sorts of things up.

“Elsie, I heard that you were in a relationship with Mr. Winthrop before. Is that true?”

Elspeth’s smile stiffened.

“If you can’t hold your tongue, then keep your mouth shut.”

Callum, who was fully focused on driving, tapped his finger on the steering wheel when he heard the question, but he didn’t respond.

“Well, so what? It’s all in the past, and anyway, Mr. Winthrop has a new fiancée now. I’m sure you have already gotten over the relationship too.”

It was to be expected from someone who only recently became of age. He thought of relationships as something so inconsequential.

Elspeth couldn’t be bothered to waste her breath with him. She turned toward the window instead and just so happened to catch sight of the hotel before it whizzed past her.

So, there’s a hotel nearby.

in the rearview mirror. His lips were pressed together in a thin line and his eyes were focused on the road up ahead. It was as if he was

about

come over to pick us up because he knew there was a hotel here and didn’t want me

of an even more outlandish

been tailing us the

soon as that thought flashed across

would he spend his time and energy on anyone else, especially the

thoughts. “By the way, why did you show up at

it also

likes the pear tarts sold in this area so I

and saw a box on

so well, Mr. Winthrop. Elsie, when are you going to agree to go out with me? I’ll definitely

was dumbfounded. Why did the flames spread

she retorted curtly before closing her eyes. Her heart

didn’t want to waste his time on anything, and he rarely

would never

he

recalled correctly, Winthrop Group and the bakery that sold the pear tarts were on opposite ends of the city with several dozen miles between

guess that’s true

why she felt upset. Amid her blur of thoughts, she ended

in a jacket that had a familiar bluegrass scent to

car. He was sitting in the driver’s seat and the car was stopped

window with her bleary eyes. They were at her

you wake me

folded the jacket and placed

we’d only just

home,” Elspeth said politely. Her tone was even more distant as if she

If anything like this happens again, I won’t be

a heartless prick,

leaving, Callum

to do with

realize that he wasn’t in the position to ask that question, so he hummed coolly in

at once to avoid hearing anything else that would only

dark as he watched Elspeth disappear from sight. Then, he

all the hotels along Harmony Street in the northern part of the

seemed confused and