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.”

woman quickly picked up her clothes and hastily changed into them. She then took her bag and darted out

at the couch as she called out to the woman, “You

woman came forward and grabbed her bra. She tucked it into her bag and

you scared her,”

in no mood to play. He leaned on the doorframe and

a report out of her bag and tossed it onto the table

this?” he asked, but he

can just read it. Won’t take a

frown furrowed his forehead. “Can you skip the

of the inspection of Max’s

He picked

her tongue. “Thought you

to finish the report, and

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

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

would we

hold his emotions back. “I don’t know. You

All the web novels got into your head, didn’t they?” Elspeth

that?

way things can be so dramatic in real life. You need to get

in his eyes. He thought this was Callum’s conspiracy, 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 anything. Yet, he first said it was an accident, but now he claimed that the car was

you.” He still thought things were more complex than

If he’s that stubborn, then I have nothing to say. “Very well. If that’s how you want