Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 703 Where Exactly Is the Child

Elspeth refused to back down on this point. "I have only these two demands. If you allow me to fulfill them, I will wholeheartedly stay by your side. If I cannot fulfill them, then I will never be at ease."

Seeing how calm she looked made Slevin feel that she was sincere. Despite his firm stance toward Elspeth, he didn't want it to create further complications between them. "Fine, I agree. But you must promise me that once he is discharged from the hospital, you will have no further contact with him."

"Deal." Elspeth's gaze narrowed slightly.

"Alright, now can you tell me where you've kept Damian?" Elspeth brought up the topic. It was evident that she was anxious about it.

Since Damian was now covered in injuries, his wounds might have worsened due to being treated roughly. Slevin pondered for a moment. Initially, he had considered personally returning the child to her, but in the end, he gave her the address. "He's in the basement of my villa. He's perfectly safe so don't worry."

After all, Slevin had spent a significant amount of time with Damian. Despite kidnapping him, he couldn't bring himself to harm the child and opted to keep him safe at home. Elspeth smiled at Slevin as she was grateful for his humanity. "Do you want to go see him now? I'll take you there."

"Okay." Without informing Callum, Elspeth immediately got into Slevin's car, and they headed to his villa. Upon arriving, she hurriedly got out of the car and rushed straight to the basement.

Having spent more than four years together, Elspeth was familiar with the layout of his villa. As soon as she reached the basement door, she noticed that it was unlocked, which puzzled her. Furthermore, she didn't hear any sounds of a child coming from the basement.

Elspeth instantly sensed that something was wrong. She forcefully pushed the door open and entered, only to find it empty. Slevin calmly arrived behind her. "What's wrong? Isn't he inside?"

Hearing that, Elspeth turned around. Her face was pale, and her voice trembled uncontrollably. "Slevin, where did you keep him?"

It was only then did Slevin realize that something was wrong. He walked in and took a look, and sure enough, there was no sign of Damian. "I specifically checked on him before leaving and he was definitely inside. Why would I lie to you about this?"

me, where

know." Slevin

"Slevin, you're nothing but a blatant liar! Tell me where you've kept Damian! If you don't, don't blame me

angry, he laughed instead. "I've already told you, I don't know. Why would I lie to you? What benefit

Elspeth took a deep breath. "If what you're saying is true, and the child is missing,

while, he said slowly, "I've only given the basement key to

"Who?"

extremely unfamiliar to Elspeth.

Out of pity, I brought her home, and since she couldn't remember her name, I named her Nyla Damazio. I've been taking care of her all this

I never heard you mention her before?" Elspeth sneered. "I never

years ago, we had a disagreement, and she went abroad to study in anger. She hasn't called me once in six years. Besides transferring money to her every month, we haven't had any

the one who

back to the country. Besides... Nyla

You have no idea what she's like now. However, I don't care about your relationship or what happened

dialed in six years. The phone rang twice and was abruptly hung up. "She's not answering my calls." Slevin frowned and

phone from him and dialed the number again. It rang twice

the number again, and fortunately, this time the call

girl on

held up her phone, signaling that the call was connected. Slevin