Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 578 Search Came Up Empty

“But…”

Bobby looked conflicted.

“Why can’t you open up the place? I demand to be let in. If you don’t open up, you can say goodbye to your company tomorrow.”

Welson never minced words, and Bobby knew he couldn’t stop Welson, so he had to retrieve the key and unlock the gate to allow entry.

As soon as they walked into the courtyard, Welson saw Haris sitting leisurely at the stone table by the gate.

“What’s going on? What brings you here, Mr. Harley?” Haris sipped from his cup of tea. He didn’t seem upset that an outsider had barged into his place. Instead, he pointed at the stool next to him and suggested, “Why don’t you enjoy a cup of tea with me?”

Welson snorted. “I’m not in the mood to sit around and have tea with you. Hurry up and tell me where you hid the two of them.”

“The two of them?”

Haris set his cup down and pretended to exclaim in shock, “You shouldn’t throw such false accusations around, Mr. Harley. No one came here.”

“Let me search the place and we’ll see whether it was a false accusation.”

Welson couldn’t be bothered to play nice. With a wave of his hand, the men beside him immediately went around searching the courtyard.

After a quick search, they reported back saying they didn’t find anyone.

Welson couldn’t help but frown. Was I wrong about this?

Nevertheless, he’d personally witnessed Elspeth entering the place using the hidden passage, and judging by the location, he was fairly certain it had to lead into this courtyard.

Why haven’t we found anything yet?

you, Mr. Harley. There’s no one

Haris shrugged helplessly.

was displeased by

search the place

lot more confident now that the initial search came up

pushing it, Mr. Harley. I gave you permission to search the place and you didn’t find anything, so why are you still

as if he were hellbent on accusing them of a crime they

He had to stop.

late. Would you like to rest here for the night, Mr. Harley, or would you be returning home?” Bobby asked courteously. He was still too afraid to offend

an icy glare before

Bobby exhaled in relief.

all pretense of civility as his fury colored his expression. “What on earth are you doing?

I know he was going to barge in all of a sudden, Dad? You saw him. He would surely find a way to ruin us in

of tea. “He’s already suspected us now, but since he just did his

both Helia Joneson

with the business and couldn’t pay attention to what Haris was up to, but after seeing Welson’s

All you need to do is just let me know

“Dad, kidnapping is no joke. If you get caught, you’d be sent to prison.

think I need you

that way,

enough. You can leave now if there’s

Bobby sighed and left.

Haris was the only one left in

quickly made his way over to the inner

alone as the hidden room had been drugged with muscle relaxants that immobilized everyone inside. He’d taken the antidote in advance so no one

and found Elspeth leaning against a block of stone. She looked

walked over to her and smiled. “I can’t bear to turn you into a drug tester. If you’re willing to become my disciple, I’ll teach you

she cocked her head to the side in thought before exclaiming in feigned shock, “Does that mean

can my disciple stay in a place like

he was only trying to

her mind momentarily before experimenting on