Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 70

Chapter 70 Mr. Winthrop’s Pursuit

“I’m not trying to get rid of you. I’m just giving you advice so that you consider this carefully. I don’t want you to make a decision you’ll regret. You’re quite youthful, young lady. There are plenty of great guys in this world, so why are you fixated on Callum?”

As soon as Grace finished her words, a stern male voice suddenly rang out from the door. “She isn’t the one who’s fixated on me. I’m the one who has fallen for her.”

Callum wore a solemn look as he glanced at Grace, who was trying to convince Elspeth to give him up. Somehow, he could not contain the burning rage within him.

“Callum, you’re here…” She realized that he must have heard something, so she became embarrassed.

Meanwhile, Elspeth found it hard to describe the complicated feelings within her upon hearing his words. The tips of her ears turned rosy.

“From now on, please don’t approach Elspeth. My feelings for her are entirely my business. With or without her, I would never fall for Ophelia, so there is no point in you trying to convince Elspeth.” Callum maintained a protective stance before Elspeth and exuded a cold, distant aura.

Grace saw his besotted look, and her hatred for Elspeth intensified. “Your mom would never give your blessings.” She no longer put up a gentle and kind facade as she directly delivered some harsh words. “You would only be allowed to marry Ophelia.” © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

At that moment, he revealed a mocking smile. “It’s up to me on whom I marry, for it’s my life. My mom can’t do anything.”

“Fine. If that’s the case, let’s see how things end up.” Grace got up angrily and left by slamming the door after her.

“It’s not that nice of you to offend her this way…” Elspeth noticed Grace’s fury, gradually feeling uneasy. “I think it’s quite likely that she’ll see Mrs. Winthrop soon.”

However, Callum was unfussed. He helped to tuck her into bed instead. “It’s fine. I’ll always be by your side.”

Since his impulsive confession, he was no longer the same person before, and she found it hard to resist his tenderness. “Okay.”

He parted his lips and attempted to continue the conversation from last night, but someone pushed open the door once again.

This time, it was Ophelia. She saw the two of them in an intimate position and felt her heart ache badly. However, she maintained her composure. “Elspeth, how are you feeling? Does it still hurt?”

“Miss Fleming, it’s none of your business.”

“Callum, she still isn’t fond of me till now…” Ophelia had intended to put on an aggrieved act to cause conflict between the couple, but unexpectedly, he did not even bother to cast eyes on her this time.

“Elspeth needs rest, so why don’t you leave the room first?”

At that moment, Ophelia could not contain her burning jealousy upon seeing Callum stand up for Elspeth so openly. She was tempted to rip Elspeth to shreds, but she knew she could not reveal the slightest feelings toward him. “Callum, I’m just here to visit Elspeth. I won’t be disruptive—”

“Miss Fleming, you’ve done enough.” Elspeth sneered and shot a warning look at her.

Not expecting the two to gang up on her, Ophelia was caught by surprise for a moment before bursting into tears. Yet, she noticed the impatience and annoyance in Callum’s eyes, so she did not dare to continue her outburst. Finally, she had no choice but to wipe her tears as she ran out of the room.

“Callum, you’ve scared her.” Elspeth stroked her chin and stared at his face with a wide smile. “What’s wrong? Why do you seem completely different from before? Aren’t you the one who came at me last time?”

“She was quite disruptive.”

He massaged the spot between his eyes. Previously, he had done that purposely for Elspeth to notice and catch her reaction. After all, she was the one who had become entangled with Jordan first.

“So, how do you feel about this?” asked Callum solemnly as he supported himself by placing his palms against the bed.

“You were the one who confessed your feelings to me, right?” Elspeth did not answer his question but asked him a different one.

Taken aback momentarily, he seemed to be oblivious to her reason for asking this. “What’s wrong?”

“That means you’d have to pursue me.”

He frowned at that. “Pursue you? Why?”

“Because you like me, and I have yet to reciprocate.” Elspeth had already considered the situation carefully. After all, Callum had given her a hard time repeatedly, so it was now her chance to give him a taste of his medicine.

“I’ve never pursued anyone.” This was a blind area of knowledge to him.

Ostensibly, she did not believe his words. “You’ve never pursued anyone? How can that be possible? You’ve been in relationships in the past, haven’t you?”

“She was the one who confessed, and I was interested in her too, so we ended up together just like that.”

As soon as Elspeth heard that, she was much more excited than before and revealed a cunning smile. “I can’t believe I’m the first person that Mr. Winthrop fell in love with on his own accord. Come to think of that. It’s something that I should feel proud of.”

“So?”

“So, I give you permission to pursue me.”

At that moment, Callum felt a slight headache looming, but seeing her smile, he was resigned to things. “Okay, I got it.”

She could not help bursting into peals of laughter noticing his torn expression. “I honestly didn’t expect you to have any other expressions besides indifference, disdain, and annoyance.”

Suddenly, he approached her and pinched her on the chin. Then, he revealed his usual indifferent countenance. “Come again.”

She was momentarily shocked. “F-Forget it.”

After all, a wise man knew better than to fight when the odds were against them.

“Okay. I’ll head back to the company for a meeting. You should get some rest.” Callum let go of his hand and took a few steps backward to grant her a safe spot.

“Okay.”

After he left, Elspeth dialed Harper’s number. “Are you there?”

“What’s wrong, Miss Lynwood? Did you encounter any troubles?”

“Did Azure Corporation invest some shares in Trident Hospital?”

Harper was not sure why she suddenly brought up the hospital, so he asked perplexedly, “Yes, Miss Lynwood. Are you unwell? Why did you ask me about the hospital?”

“I want to transfer a young girl’s mother to our hospital, so I need you to contact the hospital director.”

Though Harper was confused, he immediately handled her request.

After Elspeth hung up the phone, she powered on her computer and hacked into this current hospital’s secure gateway before accessing the internal network. Next, she tried to locate Lydia’s mother’s details and planned to secretly shift the information without anyone’s knowledge.

However, she took quite some time to search for the information but failed to locate anything on Lydia’s mother. What’s wrong? Could it be…

Suddenly, she had a bad feeling. No. I must be overthinking it.

She logged out of the internal network and decided to head over to the Information Department of the hospital directly to gain the details. However, she was stopped by Arthur at the entrance to the department. “Elspeth, where are you going?”

“I’m just taking a stroll.” She stretched and acted nonchalant.

“Taking a stroll at the Information Department? Elspeth, you’re quite the explorer, huh?”

Undoubtedly, he did not believe her nonsense and was aware of her intentions of coming over. However, he knew it was not time for him to expose her, for he wanted her to remain unaware.

“Anyway, everything’s fine. If you’ve got nothing else to tell me, I’ll head back to my room for a nap.” Elspeth chuckled and turned around to leave.