Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 515 Nothing To Say

After lunch, Lily came to Elspeth’s office and whispered, “I made the call, Miss Elspeth, but he wouldn’t talk to me. He said you’d have to call and ask him for a meetup yourself.”

That little… Elspeth massaged her forehead in irritation. “I see. You may leave now. I’ll call him later.”

There’s nothing I can do here now. Lily left soon after.

Thinking it would be hard to explain things over a phone call, Elspeth decided to visit him instead. He’s not a patient person, after all, she thought.

It was 3.00PM when someone knocked on Edmund’s door. He took the door, wearing nothing but a pair of pants. His upper body was revealed.

Elspeth shoved him out of the way and entered the room like it was her house. She came to the couch and saw a bra hanging on it. A frown formed on her face. “Looking intense.”

“Why did you come here?”

“To see you, duh.” She glanced at the bedroom and saw the silhouette of a woman inside.

“What happened? You’re no womanizer.”

Edmund plopped down impatiently and cracked a bottle of soda open. “None of your business,” he responded, looking at her.

“Anyway, I’m not here to talk about that.” She looked into the bedroom again. “But you should tell her to leave.”

Exasperated, he stood up and pulled the bedroom door open, revealing a delicate woman inside. She looked at Edmund with love in her eyes, but there was a hint of fear in her gaze.

“Out.”

into them. She then took her bag and darted out of

pointed at the couch as she called out to

Sheepishly, the woman came forward and grabbed her bra. She tucked it

you scared her,” Elspeth

to play. He leaned on the doorframe and

getting to it.” She took a report out of her bag and tossed it onto the table before

is this?” he asked, but he didn’t pick it

it. Won’t take a

furrowed his forehead. “Can you skip the

of the inspection of Max’s

face fell instantly. “What?” He picked the report

her tongue. “Thought you

didn’t take long for Edmund to finish the report, and he looked grim. “Someone tampered with

to suspect something’s wrong with the car, there’s no way we will be

believe you.” He calmed down and tossed the report back onto the table. Then, he said coldly, “This is probably an act

would we do

his emotions back. “I don’t know.

got into your head, didn’t they?” Elspeth almost laughed. “You think Callum killed Max so he

she know that? Edmund looked

You’re an adult. There’s no way things can be so dramatic in real

all because of Callum’s unusual actions. If he had told everyone about the potential saboteur hiding in the shadows, he wouldn’t have suspected

can’t believe you.” He still thought things were more complex than they appeared to

I have nothing to say. “Very well.