Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 534 Not Fit for a Child

Callum and Elspeth ignored each other for three days. When it first began, Callum hadn’t realized what he had done wrong. He hugged Elspeth from behind, and he had been rubbing his face against her shoulder when he noticed how her whole body tensed up in response. It was then that he realized that something was wrong between them. “Are you mad?” he asked.

Elspeth turned around. “I’m going to bed,” she uttered without bothering to conceal the fatigue in her voice. Callum stared at her for a while, and his gaze darkened before he went into their room to grab his pillows. He ended up sleeping in the guest room that night, and they had started sleeping separately since then.

Callum and Elspeth were the only two people at home in the daytime. Usually, Callum would wake up earlier to prepare breakfast for Elspeth. However, Elspeth was surprised when she woke up to find that Callum hadn’t cooked anything the next morning. She sighed at the sight of the empty table. It seems like we really have some unresolved issues. Well, I’m not going to be the one to give in this time. I’m the one who’s pregnant here—Callum should be the one apologizing to me!

Elspeth ended up waiting for three whole days. Callum didn’t show any signs of remorse throughout this period—he didn’t seem like he wanted to give in, either. Elspeth received a call while she was waiting for Callum’s apology. “It’s been a while, Elspeth.” Arthur’s voice was clear and firm. “There’s something I’d like to tell you. Is Callum beside you now?” His voice sounded like a warm summer breeze.

“No,” Elspeth responded in a rather curt tone as she felt frustrated upon hearing Callum’s name. “That’s great. Could we meet up for a meal?” Arthur asked.

“I’m busy,” she replied. “I know you’re pregnant now, and I understand how you might have mood swings. However, other people might not understand what you’re going through,” he stated.

did you find out about this?” Elspeth clenched her fists. “You don’t need to know how I found out about it, but you might be more worried if others find out about it.” He was obviously threatening her. Even though Elspeth didn’t know how he found out about her pregnancy, she knew that

pregnancy, the McGraths would be the first to send someone over to hurt her. On top of that, all the other people she had offended in the past would definitely seize this opportunity to harm her. Elspeth was confident that she could protect her own child, but she felt uneasy after

that she was Helia’s daughter, so he would definitely take advantage of this piece of information to cause a fuss in the public’s eye. He would change the narrative and make it seem as if her child with Callum was a product of incest—he would

knew that she couldn’t be too harsh when the

this at all.” Arthur swirled the wine in his glass as he smirked. “Well, that’s okay. If you don’t want to come over, I can always

a while more before Elspeth heard the sound of a car engine coming from his

eventually.” Arthur let out a grin of victory. “Let’s meet at Damoria Delicacies. They serve pretty good Damorian food, and I

must’ve remembered wrongly. I don’t like Damorian food.” She felt disgusted

ended the call after that. Elspeth freshened up, but she didn’t bother to put on any makeup. She headed over to the restaurant they had agreed to meet at. Arthur was already inside by the time she arrived, and a glimpse of fondness surfaced in his gaze when he first saw her. However, he quickly wiped the look off his face. He stubbed the cigarette in his hand and opened the

did you want to meet me in person, Arthur? Are you going to drug

before chuckling and admitting to his faults. “I know I acted a little too rashly the last time, but I genuinely miss you

said this a ton of times, but I really don’t have much to

went into fight-or-flight mode as she pressed a hand against her belly while eyeing the man cautiously. “You’re not going to find ways to torture the baby in my belly, are

nicest man around, but I’ve never wanted to harm you. You don’t have to be so careful around me.” Even though Arthur had a rather horrible personality, he was right

want to