Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 104

Elspeth was startled, and before she could even respond, Callum had left.

All of a sudden, her phone started ringing. She glanced at the screen and answered when she saw it was Blake who was calling.

She heard Blake’s deep voice coming through the phone. “Are you busy after work, Elspeth? If you’re not, can you come to my concert?”

Elspeth nodded. “Sure. I’ll be right there.”

When she got to the venue, she found that it was filled to the brim. She had to squeeze her way through to the front where her seat was.

The concert went on for a while and Callum had yet to come. Elspeth began to lose interest and her mind started wandering.

Blake’s singing has improved a lot. He sounds more emotive now, she thought to herself.

“To thank my fans for your loyal support, we’re going to select one person at random to come up and receive a mystery gift from me.”

The light shone down on Elspeth and she couldn’t avoid it. She was now under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Blake smiled at her. “It’s Miss Elspeth Lynwood. Please come up on the stage to receive your prize.”

Elspeth had no choice but to go along with it and head up the stage, but she had a bad feeling about it when she saw Blake staring at her affectionately.

“The mystery gift from me is… a kiss!”

As soon as those words came out of Blake’s mouth, the tens of thousands of young women beneath the stage began to scream and wail.

“Why wasn’t I the one Blake chose?!”

“I want to share a kiss with Blake too!”

“Blake has never gotten close with any woman. Could this be his first kiss?!”

Elspeth looked at Blake with a stiff expression. “This doesn’t seem right.”

Blake moved the mic away and quietly replied a little helplessly, “I don’t have a choice either. It’s what the company wanted, not me.”

However, he wasn’t about to tell Elspeth the truth.

Elspeth felt her hair standing on end at the thought of kissing Blake. “I still don’t think it’s appropriate.” C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.

Blake smiled as he drew nearer. “It’s my first on-screen kiss, Elspeth. You should enjoy it.”

Elspeth stood awkwardly on the stage. When she saw him suddenly approaching, she couldn’t avoid him and thus, she instinctively closed her eyes.

The expected kiss did not happen.

Instead, a gentle kiss fell on her forehead.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Blake’s so gentle!”

“Thank goodness it’s not a kiss on the lips, or else I’d die from grief!”

“It’s so sweet! I’m going to get diabetes!”

At the very last second, Blake held himself back and chose to kiss Elspeth on the forehead.

He knew he had to be patient and not jump the gun lest Elspeth started despising him.

Elspeth opened her eyes and saw Blake’s smiling face. Her heart settled back in place.

She had only just regained her composure when she felt a piercing gaze on her.

She turned to look and saw Callum standing there with a furious look in his eyes. His entire body was

emanating a chilly air.

When did Callum arrive?

As soon as Elspeth caught Callum’s gaze, he turned around abruptly and left.

She felt as if she had been caught cheating.

This made Elspeth’s mood sour even further. She got down from the stage with an unfathomable feeling of wanting to explain herself to Callum.

Yet, it didn’t seem as if she had a reason to explain this to him.

What was she supposed to say? What was she supposed to tell him that she didn’t know about this and couldn’t get out of it as she didn’t want to ruin Blake’s concert?

Elspeth lowered her head. She couldn’t hear what was going on around her. All she knew was that Callum was

He was sitting on the couch with his laptop in front of him as he worked, and he acted as if he didn’t see Elspeth.

Elspeth tried to start a conversation. “Did you attend the concert today?”

Callum hummed in the affirmative without saying anything.

“Are you angry?” Elspeth asked tentatively.

After hearing question after question, Callum couldn’t help but sneer. “Whether I’m angry or not, what does that have to do with you? Weren’t you getting all intimate with Blake?”

Elspeth’s temper flared up as well. “Nothing is going on between Blake and me. Can you not say such ridiculous things?”

“What I saw was just a hallucination of mine then, huh?”

Elspeth was reminded of the kiss that afternoon and was struck dumb.

“It was just an event during the concert. I was forced to and had no choice…”

“You were forced? You seemed to be enjoying yourself to me.”

When Callum saw Blake kissing Elspeth, the rage he felt nearly made him lose all his senses.

Elspeth’s gaze grew cold. “Why are you being so unreasonable, Callum? You’re not that kind of person.”

Her words helped Callum regain some of his cool. “I apologize. I overstepped my boundaries. I shouldn’t interfere with your private matters.”

He got up and walked off.

For some reason, Elspeth felt aggrieved as she remained standing there

The two of them were in conflict and the whole Winthrop Family could tell. Even everyone at the office knew that Callum and Elspeth weren’t getting along lately.

From’ that day onward, the two would stay away from each other and didn’t bother talking at all. They wouldn’t even look at each other.

Soon, it was nearing Christmas, and during a meeting, Callum suggested designing a new set of couple rings to be made just in time for the Christmas sales.

One of the employees immediately stood up. “Can I be in charge of this, Mr. Winthrop?”

Callum paused before asking. “Can you do it by yourself?”

Alaina smiled and said, “Of course! Miss Lynwood came up with an excellent proposal as soon as she joined the company. I want to give it a try too.”

She turned to Elspeth and smiled at her. “I won’t be stealing your thunder if I took on this project, right, Miss Lynwood?”

Elspeth smirked. “There’s hardly any thunder of mine to steal. If you want to do it, then go ahead.”

One of the fellow employees snorted. “Elspeth is Angel, an internationally renowned designer. Who do you

think you are?”

Alaina lowered her eyes when she heard that. “I know I’m not as talented as Miss Lynwood, but… I just want to do a good job too. Anyway, the company said they’ll give new designers a chance too, right? I

just want to do my part and contribute to the company…”

Callum frowned and glanced at the person who’d mocked Alaina earlier. “Is that how you treat a new Colleague?” he asked icily.

The person shrank back upon noticing Callum’s displeasure and said nothing else.

Elspeth’s heart turned chilly when she heard what Callum said.

“That’s settled then. Alaina will handle this project. Alaina, if there’s anything you’re not sure about, you can come and ask me. If there’s nothing else, then the meeting’s adjourned.”