Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 195

Unable to hold it in anymore, Callum said impassively, “This is what my dad wanted.”

“Callum, am I still your girlfriend?” Elspeth’s eyes reddened. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she fought them back with tremendous effort.

Callum’s hands clenched into fists when he saw her on the verge of tears. “Elspeth, I…” he began, only to bite back what he had wanted to say because he couldn’t bring himself to say it.

Emma raised her chin proudly. “Elspeth, I told you long ago that Mr. Winthrop likes me the most. You were never a match for me.” Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Elspeth didn’t believe her at first, but now that she had listened to this, she suddenly found such words especially irritating to the ear. She asked, “Do you also want to tell me to know my place and leave Callum instead of keeping you two from getting back together?”

Emma’s face froze. She actually guessed it right. “I didn’t say—”

Instead of getting angry, Elspeth laughed. “Sorry, but I’m officially Callum’s girlfriend at present, so you’d better not impose your ideas on him for the time being.” As long as Callum doesn’t break up with me, I won’t easily give him up to this woman!

“Well, in that case, Callum and I are going out for lunch. Care to join us, Elspeth?” Emma suggested derisively.

She only meant that as a taunt, but she didn’t think Elspeth would actually accept her invitation. “No problem. Where are you guys going?”

Emma wished she could bite her tongue off at this very moment. What nonsense did I say just now? Why would I invite Elspeth to join us for lunch?! “W-We’re going to Kaiseki Restaurant.”

Kaiseki Restaurant was a Japanese restaurant, but to the best of Elspeth’s recollection, Callum couldn’t eat anything raw or cold due to his weak stomach. Knowing that Callum would refuse, she suggested, “Let’s go somewhere else.”

“Kaiseki Restaurant is fine,” Callum said impassively.

Surprised, Elspeth turned to look at the man, who looked away to avoid her gaze.

Emma’s heart was bursting with pride. Subconsciously, she stepped forward and took the man’s arm, saying with a smile, “Callum and I used to dine there every day back when we were in university. Tuna sushi was his favorite.”

Unused to having someone else on his arm, Callum pulled his arm out of her grasp.

Elspeth retorted in a sarcastic voice, “In that case, do you know that Callum has been suffering from gastric problems and can’t eat raw and cold food since he started working?”

Emma had been away for so many years, so how could she know about these things? Feeling somewhat embarrassed, she quickly said, “Um, how about we go somewhere else—” She really loved Callum and feared that he might get an upset stomach from eating raw food. Hence, she suggested that they go somewhere else for lunch.

However, Callum replied impassively, “No, it’s not necessary. This restaurant is fine.”

“Alright, Callum, it’s up to you.” Emma looked at him gratefully. After all, this was the first time he had spared her feelings in front of Elspeth.

Elspeth was seething with anger. Normally, she would’ve questioned Callum for this, but now, she couldn’t lose her temper and storm off easily. She sensed that the man was apparently avoiding her on purpose.

The three thus went to lunch together, only this time, it was Elspeth who was playing gooseberry.

Emma ordered some food that would suit Callum’s palate. Then, she asked, “Elspeth, do you have anything you’d like to eat?”

Before Elspeth could reply, Callum answered, “She likes sashimi and tempura.”

The smile on Emma’s face vanished instantly.

Callum clammed up after finishing his sentence, and a brief silence fell upon them.

The meal was extremely torturous, with Emma doing almost nothing else other than helping Callum with the food. When Elspeth looked up occasionally, she could see the man’s intense gaze resting upon her, only to shift away the next moment. This strengthened her belief that he was hiding something from her.

At the end of the meal, she split up with Emma and Callum.

Thinking that Elspeth couldn’t stand the man being nice to her, Emma smilingly left on Callum’s arm.

Meanwhile, Elspeth suddenly received a phone call from Yelena. “Yelena, where are you right now?” There seemed to be a ridiculously loud noise on Yelena’s end of the line, and she even heard a cat’s shrill screeches. She asked worriedly, “What happened?”

Yelena could be heard sobbing fitfully on the other end of the phone. “Elspeth, I’m now in Max’s villa! My cousin somehow found out that I’m here. Now that Max isn’t here, he’s been banging at the door!”

No wonder I keep hearing muffled bangs. “Send me your address. I’ll be there in a minute.”

Shortly after that, Yelena texted her the villa’s location.

Elspeth rushed there by cab. As soon as she arrived, she saw a group of men banging at the door like crazy. Upon taking a closer look, she realized that they really were led by that Finn guy!

Seeing how uncontrollable the men before them looked, the cab driver gulped in fright. “Miss, how about I help you call the cops?”

Elspeth let out a sneer. “It’s fine, you don’t have to call the police. I’ll deal with him.”

She got out of the cab and stood aside. Seeing how Finn smashed all kinds of miscellaneous items against the door, she curled her lips in disdain. “Finn, what are you doing? Playing music, huh?”

Finn stopped. Having raised a racket here for half an hour, he was already tired and out of breath, but Yelena, that young lady, wouldn’t come out. “Elspeth? Why are you here?” For some reason, he panicked inwardly at the sight of Elspeth. Hasn’t she gone to Blaydal already? How did she come back so soon?

Elspeth taunted, “Finn, you’re really quite something, eh? How dare you run amok on the Winthrop Family’s turf?”

Finn wasn’t that afraid; with someone backing him up, he was greatly emboldened this time. “So what? I’m getting Yelena out of here today!”

Elspeth took a step forward and caught hold of his hand to keep him from banging at the door again. “Why don’t you tell me the reason you’re looking for her?”

“What’s wrong about me looking for her? I’m her cousin! On the other hand, you have absolutely nothing to do with us, yet you have to poke your nose into our business every day!”

Revolted by the man’s cocky tone of voice, Elspeth put out her hand and slapped him across the face immediately with a look of revulsion.

The slap was so loud that everyone around them was stunned by the sight of what happened.

Finn was wholly stupefied; this was his first time being hit by a woman. At first, he wanted to slap Elspeth in return, but he would be lying if he were to say he wasn’t intimidated by her threatening manner and the ferocious look in her eyes. Still, with everyone around him watching, he couldn’t afford to lose face. After clenching his teeth, he growled, “How dare you hit me! Beat her up, guys!”

Elspeth kicked down a young punk who lunged at her before grinding him beneath her heel. “This is what will become of whoever dares to come at me! Any of you want to give it another try?”

Having never experienced such a situation, the young punks around her stood rooted to the spot.

Yelena seemed to have heard the fight outside and got onto the second-floor balcony. Seeing Elspeth alone against Finn and his five lackeys, she quickly shouted to her, “Stop fighting, Elspeth! Finn is just a madman. I just called the police, and they’ll arrive in a moment!”

Finn spat loudly when he heard the word ‘police.’ “How dare you call the police?! If we can’t get you out of here today, we’ll come here again tomorrow!”