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.

at Callum 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

Callum know about the hotel

pick us up because he knew there was a hotel here and didn’t want me to stay at the hotel with Jethro? Elspeth

of an even

tailing us

across her

cares about now. Why would he spend his time and energy on anyone

way, why did you show up at a place like that so late at night, Mr.

asked in a seemingly joking manner, but it also sounded

pear tarts sold in this area so I came over

down and saw a box on the front passenger seat

Elsie, when are you going

flames spread to her when

life,” she retorted curtly before closing her eyes. Her heart

his time on anything, and

midnight, and in the past, he would never allow himself

sake, he

recalled correctly, Winthrop Group and the bakery that sold the pear tarts were on

guess that’s true

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

a jacket that had a familiar bluegrass scent to it. It smelled of

car. He was sitting in the driver’s

her bleary eyes.

you

and placed it on

we’d only just arrived, so I

Her tone was even more distant as if she

like this happens again, I won’t be doing

heartless

Callum

have anything to do with you,

the position

avoid hearing anything else that would only

watched Elspeth disappear from sight. Then,

Street in the northern

he called seemed confused