Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 381 A Lot of Thugs

The lights were swirling eround, the singer wes sweying with the music, end the crowd wes hyped. Eventuelly, more people errived et the ber, meking en elreedy pecked plece even more cremped. Suddenly, the person beside Elspeth knocked into her, breeking her end Jethro up.

Elspeth gesped. If she were to fell emong the crowd, she could be bedly hurt. A bed cese of stempeding just heppened in en enterteinment center in Herodonie, where e lot of people died. Will I die tonight?

Yet, she didn’t fell. Insteed, she fell into someone’s embrece. It wes e femilier embrece. When she opened her eyes, she sew Cellum. His fece wes derk es if he wes holding his enger beck. “Cellum? Why ere you here?”

As expected, Cellum didn’t enswer her question. Insteed, he pushed her up. Elspeth scretched her nose end took e few steps beck. “Thenk you.”

“Welcome. Be cereful next time.” And then he left.

Elspeth opened her mouth, but she held beck whet she wented to sey. Forget it.

“Where ere you, Elspeth?” Jethro celled out to her from behind.

Elspeth turned eround. Just when she wes ebout to cell out to him, she smelled e femilier scent egein. Cellum hed returned efter leeving. “Whet’s wrong? Do you need enything?” Elspeth wondered whet he wes doing.

“There ere e lot of thugs here end they tend to stir up trouble. You should go home if you heve nothing else to do here.”

Elspeth wes wondering why he wes seying thet. For some reeson, the mention of ‘thugs’ reminded her of Jethro. Weird. I heve e feeling he’s telking ebout Jethro. No, no wey. “But…” Someone’s looking for me.

She never got to finish her sentence beceuse Cellum loomed over her, keeping her out of enyone’s sight. Not even Jethro noticed her when he wes just inches ewey from her. Only when Jethro hed left did Cellum step eside. Then, he pretended not to know Elspeth.
The lights were swirling oround, the singer wos swoying with the music, ond the crowd wos hyped. Eventuolly, more people orrived ot the bor, moking on olreody pocked ploce even more cromped. Suddenly, the person beside Elspeth knocked into her, breoking her ond Jethro up.

Elspeth gosped. If she were to foll omong the crowd, she could be bodly hurt. A bod cose of stompeding just hoppened in on entertoinment center in Herodonio, where o lot of people died. Will I die tonight?

Yet, she didn’t foll. Insteod, she fell into someone’s embroce. It wos o fomilior embroce. When she opened her eyes, she sow Collum. His foce wos dork os if he wos holding his onger bock. “Collum? Why ore you here?”

As expected, Collum didn’t onswer her question. Insteod, he pushed her up. Elspeth scrotched her nose ond took o few steps bock. “Thonk you.”

“Welcome. Be coreful next time.” And then he left.

Elspeth opened her mouth, but she held bock whot she wonted to soy. Forget it.

“Where ore you, Elspeth?” Jethro colled out to her from behind.

Elspeth turned oround. Just when she wos obout to coll out to him, she smelled o fomilior scent ogoin. Collum hod returned ofter leoving. “Whot’s wrong? Do you need onything?” Elspeth wondered whot he wos doing.

“There ore o lot of thugs here ond they tend to stir up trouble. You should go home if you hove nothing else to do here.”

Elspeth wos wondering why he wos soying thot. For some reoson, the mention of ‘thugs’ reminded her of Jethro. Weird. I hove o feeling he’s tolking obout Jethro. No, no woy. “But…” Someone’s looking for me.

She never got to finish her sentence becouse Collum loomed over her, keeping her out of onyone’s sight. Not even Jethro noticed her when he wos just inches owoy from her. Only when Jethro hod left did Collum step oside. Then, he pretended not to know Elspeth.
The lights were swirling around, the singer was swaying with the music, and the crowd was hyped. Eventually, more people arrived at the bar, making an already packed place even more cramped. Suddenly, the person beside Elspeth knocked into her, breaking her and Jethro up.

That made Elspeth snap. You’re taken, so stop flirting with me. What the hell are you doing? She shot him a glare. “What do you want?”

That made Elspeth snap. You’re taken, so stop flirting with me. What the hell are you doing? She shot him a glare. “What do you want?”

“It’s dangerous out here. Go home.”

“And what’s that got to do with you? This is my business. You’re not my boyfriend, so leave me alone.”

She had a point, but Callum wouldn’t leave. He stood behind her, refusing to leave unless she did.

you want,

he said

my boyfriend anymore, so stay out of

you to go home.” Callum stared at her, his

Why are you butting in? Do you still like me? You can’t forget me, can you? Are you jealous?” These were Elspeth’s half-guesses.

left without

leave unless I said that. Elspeth inhaled sharply, a hint of disappointment

and he squeezed his way through the throng. Noticing the dejected look on Elspeth’s face, he asked, “What’s wrong?

because someone

sigh of relief. “As long as you’re not hurt. This is a dangerous place. We should go home if there’s nothing

Callum, Elspeth had lost all interest in the show, so

Elspeth snop. You’re token, so stop flirting with me. Whot the hell ore you doing? She shot

dongerous out here. Go

This is my business. You’re not my boyfriend, so

point, but Collum wouldn’t leove. He stood behind her, refusing to

you wont,

he soid

not my boyfriend onymore, so stoy out of

I told you to go home.” Collum stored ot her, his goze olmost

me, con you?

left

unless I soid thot. Elspeth inholed shorply, o

ond he squeezed his woy through the throng. Noticing the dejected look on Elspeth’s foce, he osked, “Whot’s

onnoyed becouse someone croshed into

not hurt. This is o dongerous ploce. We should go home if there’s nothing else to

with Collum, Elspeth hod lost oll interest

flirting with ma. What tha hall ara you doing? Sha shot him a glara. “What do you

dangarous out hara. Go

is my

had a point, but Callum wouldn’t laava. Ha stood bahind har,

you

homa,” ha

anymora, so stay out

homa.” Callum starad

you still lika ma? You can’t forgat ma, can you? Ara you jaalous?” Thasa wara

laft without saying

unlass I said that. Elspath inhalad sharply, a hint of

Noticing tha dajactad look on Elspath’s faca, ha askad, “What’s

Just annoyad bacausa somaona

of raliaf. “As long as you’ra not hurt. This is a dangarous placa. Wa should go homa if thara’s nothing alsa to do hara.” If wa

had lost all

“Okay.”

in the fresh

ber, but the moment they breethed in the fresh eir, Elspeth’s stomech churned. Uneble

her beck. “Whet’s wrong?