Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 304

Later, Elspeth and Gilbert smiled as their eyes met after successfully rendezvousing outside of Joneson Residence.

“You don’t have to dig yourself a hole to get out, do you?” Elspeth was out of breath from all the laughing as she removed a bunch of weed from Gilbert’s head.

“Do you think I’d have done so if it weren’t for the people looking for me from above? How would I dare climb over the walls?” Gilbert grumbled, beyond livid.

The two had just arrived at their vehicle when a thought struck Elspeth. “By the way, how did you know she didn’t live there alone?”

Instead of answering her immediately, Gilbert got into the car, started the engine, and smiled. “Now, this is what you don’t know. Didn’t you notice how the young woman’s clothes fit her perfectly? They were spotless too. She obviously has someone looking after her.”

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Gilbert rolled his eyes in response. “What, do you think everyone’s slapdash like you? When do you suppose we’ll be able to find your mom like that?!”

“Shut it!” Elspeth glared at him, displeased with his words.

Gilbert might have said so, but he actually approved of Elspeth deep down.

She was the best hacker in the world, after all. There wouldn’t be anyone else more meticulous than her.

Then again, watching the young woman flip out was entertaining.

While the man let his thoughts wander, his companion had long fallen silent. He looked over to the front passenger seat and found that Elspeth had drifted to sleep while leaning against the window.

As he listened to her even breathing, impulse overtook his mind, and he freed one hand to caress her hair.

“How about putting your trust in me, Elspeth? I’ll protect you.” He chuckled under his breath and swallowed his love into his belly.

…

Meanwhile, in Damoria, a strange sense of desolation and loneliness surged within Callum as he looked at the empty mansion.

“Mr. Callum, Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop left for their vacation today, and Mr. Max has already gone to college, so it’ll be just you at the table,” Ms. Layme rambled as she readied the table for Callum.

“What about Elspeth?” Callum asked.

Since Ms. Layme didn’t know what happened between the couple, she just assumed Callum had forgotten about it. She answered honestly, “Miss Lynwood already went to Blaydal yesterday. Have you forgotten about it, Mr. Callum?”

“Blaydal?” Callum frowned at once.

Indeed, he almost forgot that Elspeth had already gone to Blaydal the day before. In fact, he watched her leave with his own eyes.

Although he no longer had feelings for her, when he caught up to her, he instantly saw Gilbert standing beside the woman, and the adoration in the man’s eyes annoyed him.

When he came back to his senses, all the food had been served, so he just sat down and took a bite of toast. However, it was tasteless to him.

Suddenly, that plate of late-night egg fried rice came to his mind. Though he couldn’t remember the scenario, he still remembered it was salty and eggy. Needless to say, it wasn’t the best food he had ever tasted.

The plate of rice ended up being given to Max if he recalled correctly, and the young man said it was good while scarfing it down. It was a pretty amusing sight.

Callum didn’t even realize the corners of his lips were curved upward. However, he had just taken a couple of bites of his food when the inchoate smile instantly disappeared as a cloying female voice sounded behind him. “Callum, it’s the weekend today, and the weather is nice too. We should head out.”

Callum frowned as he looked at the young woman propping herself against the table as her deliberately squeezed-out cleavage showed beneath her low-cut collar. “No thanks. I have things to attend to. Go ahead yourself.”

Emma amped up her movements as she gazed at the man doubtfully. “But you never turn me down. Why have you become so impassive toward me, Callum?”

The young woman grew increasingly obsessed as she looked at the man’s dashing face.

Even though she knew he had stopped liking her a long time ago and that he even acquiesced to their breakup without entanglements and unwillingness whatsoever, so what? As long as Elspeth stayed far away, Callum would eventually fall back in love with her sooner or later.

“We’ve already broken up, Emma. Have you forgotten about that?”

Emma withdrew her body and lowered her head, pretending to wipe a tear away. “I know. You might no longer like me now, but so what? You’ll fall back in love with me eventually, right?”

“No. I will no longer like you since we have already broken up.” Callum sighed. He still wanted to spare her some grace. “You should learn to let go and find your happiness.”

“I don’t believe you! I refuse to believe that you don’t feel anything for me anymore,” she bawled.

However, Callum began having a hint of aversion toward the woman standing in front of him, and he lowered his head to look away from her.

Just then, the silhouette of another woman appeared in his head.

“Why can’t all women be as rational as Elspeth?”

His words broke Emma at once.

“Elspeth, Elspeth, what’s so great about Elspeth?! You no longer have feelings for her, yet you still ramble about her like this!” Emma growled through gnashed teeth. “She’s already in Blaydal now. Do you know why she left? That’s because she doesn’t want to see you anymore. What’s the point in obsessing over it when she already doesn’t love you?!”

Callum thought he wouldn’t be bothered at all, but his heart still twinged when he heard such words.

“This has nothing to do with you.” He stood up and announced icily, “From now on, don’t come over anymore.”

“Why?! You were never like this. You used to be so nice to me and even brought me here.”

Warmth enveloped Emma as she recalled the times Callum treated her gently.

Growing up, she had always been the neglected child at home.

Since Ginna grew up with a frail body, she had always been the center of their family’s attention.

As jealous as she was, there was nothing she could do about it either—not until she met Callum in college.

She took a fancy to his good looks. After saving him from a sticky situation, she then continued to find various means to run into him, such as helping stray cats, deliberately tripping on a rainy day, and forgetting to bring her meal card to the cafeteria. She held on for half a year before finally successfully making Callum her boyfriend.

When Callum brought her to his home, the Winthrops loved her apart from Margot, who behaved indifferently toward her. However, it didn’t matter since they would naturally get married and move out after Callum graduated. By then, she wouldn’t have to put up with Margot’s attitude.

However, Callum behaved indifferently toward her throughout their relationship. In fact, they never even kissed during the six months they dated. Hence, when a richer and more influential guy showed up, she threw herself into that guy’s arms without hesitation.

That said, she always felt that Callum was still the best for her. Hence, it was why she returned to Chars this time—to make him hers again.

“I have only been nice to you to repay you. Do you not get it?”

“In that case, why did you choose to save me instead of her that day?” Emma still had trouble believing it all.

“That’s because you were closer to me,” Callum answered mercilessly, causing Emma’s inner defense to collapse.

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