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.

line and his eyes were focused on the road up ahead. It was as if he was

Callum know about the

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

of an

tailing us the whole

across

Callum cares about now. Why would he spend his time and energy on anyone else, especially the

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

seemingly joking manner, but it

the pear tarts sold in this area so I

saw a box on the front passenger seat that

your girlfriend so well, Mr. Winthrop. Elsie, when are you going to

was dumbfounded. Why did the flames spread to

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

waste his time on anything, and he rarely

would never

for Jasmine’s sake, he changed his

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

that’s

felt strangely melancholic. She couldn’t explain why she felt upset. Amid her blur of thoughts, she ended

she was covered in a jacket that had a familiar bluegrass scent to it. It smelled

was gone. Callum was the only other person in the car. He was sitting in the driver’s seat

out the window with her bleary eyes. They were at her

you

folded the jacket and placed it

and we’d only just arrived, so I didn’t wake you

for giving me a ride home,” Elspeth said politely. Her tone was even more distant as if she was pissed

this happens again,

heartless prick,

Callum quipped,

that have anything to

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

avoid hearing anything else

as he watched Elspeth disappear from sight. Then,

hotels along Harmony Street in the northern part of

he called seemed confused and repeated hesitatingly,