Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 302

Chapter 302

Elspeth’s face turned pale instantly as if she had seen something shocking.

Sensing Elspeth’s grief, Emma chased after Callum and threw her hands around his neck. “Callum… I feel terrible. I’m so scared…”

He didn’t refuse her approach because his eyes were on Elspeth now, his heart thudding from the disappointed look in her eyes.

The hand holding her tightly also made him feel somewhat uncomfortable. It was as if he didn’t want her to associate herself with that man.

What is this? he wondered. I don’t have any feelings for her, so why do I feel this way?

Before Callum found an answer to his question, Emma had already started to squirm restlessly in his arms, bringing him back to his senses.

He lowered his head and whispered something to Emma. Elspeth couldn’t make out the words, but she could see his indistinct gentleness through her blurry eyes.

The fact that he no longer loved her made her sadder than anything, but now that he had fallen in love with someone else, she couldn’t do anything about it.

Sucking in a deep breath, she smilingly told Gilbert, “It’s okay. I’m fine now.”

“Sure, you are. You wouldn’t be if I came a second too late.” Gilbert was filled with indignation when he saw her lingering and hurt gaze as she looked at Callum.

Sighing, she tugged on the sleeve of his shirt and mumbled, “Gilbert? I don’t feel so good. Please take me away from here.”

“Where do you want to go?”

Gilbert refused to believe that Elspeth would go back to the Winthrop Residence as though nothing had happened.

She shot a glance at him and forced a smile. “Anywhere but the Winthrop Residence.”

Hearing that, he raised his chin and commented, “I’m glad you know what’s good for you.”

Right after he said that, he pulled the shell-shocked Elspeth out of the banquet hall.

Callum was watching their retreating figures when his grip on Emma gradually tightened.

Emma, on the other hand, was elated as she thought that Callum was worried about her.

Just the thought of Callum losing his affection for Elspeth was enough to make Emma happy. But for him to still remember what happened between him and Emma before and to have lingering feelings for her? She was so ecstatic she could go crazy!

“Callum, y-you’re hurting me.”

She reluctantly retracted her arm a little.

When he noticed what she was doing, he grunted and immediately released her. Unable to stand still, Emma almost fell to the ground. She only found her footing after she pathetically stumbled around.

“Callum…”

She thought that Callum would no longer be so merciless to a lady like her, but to her surprise, he had now shifted his gaze to Elspeth. Seeing this, Emma felt her chest tighten and she almost broke her molars from biting down on them too hard.

“There is nothing else, yes? I’ll be leaving, then. I have something to attend to.”

He glanced at her face from the corner of his eye before he turned around and left to talk to his business partners.

In short, there was no drama about the resurgence of an old romance as she called it.

Feeling both angry and agitated, Emma put all the blame on Elspeth.

Emma would have made Callum fall in love with her again if Elspeth hadn’t constantly stuck around.

Elspeth was also having a hard time. She pretended to act calm when she walked out of the hall, but as soon as she got out, her legs went limp and she almost fell to her knees on the floor.

Fortunately, nothing bad happened because Gilbert was there to support her.

“Did you see that? Your man chose Emma when both of you had an accident at the same time. Even if he doesn’t like you because he was hurt, you can’t keep being stupidly hopeful. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

Gilbert wanted nothing more than to beat her up when she saw how distracted she was.

However, he couldn’t possibly do that. He could only slowly coax her and break her thoughts.

Elspeth was too stubborn for her own good. Gilbert had to break through her psychological defenses one by one for her to look back and think whether it was worth it.

“I know. I got it.” Elspeth nodded and when she raised her head again, there was a faint amusement and relief in her eyes. “Let’s go, Gilbert.”

Gilbert hadn’t properly responded, and he only let out a small grunt in question.

“Anywhere at all away from Damoria. I don’t want to stay in this place.”

She didn’t mind losing this place where only sad memories lived.

“Alright. I’ll take you with me right this instant. Where do you feel like going? Waterside? Blaydal? Or should I bring you somewhere abroad?”

Gilbert finally felt a bit better upon hearing her decision. Even if he knew that moving away didn’t mean she would actually forget Callum, he thought that her being willing to leave this place was already the best thing that could happen.

Elspeth lowered her head and thought for a brief moment before she answered, “Let’s go to Blaydal.”

Yelena and Timothy were both in Blaydal. She could probably feel comforted if she saw them.

Gilbert seemed to have seen through her thoughts, but he didn’t expose her. “Sure. I’ll get tickets to Blaydal now. We will leave in the afternoon.”

Elspeth was at the airport’s exit at 3.00PM sharp.

Since she would be away for a long, long time, she briefly informed Theodore and Margot of her departure to Blaydal. The couple couldn’t help feeling regretful. They knew that all of this happened solely because of Callum’s indifference toward her. They did try to talk her out of it, but they soon decided to accept her decision when they saw how firm she was about leaving.

Elspeth’s eyes had an unreadable emotion as she stood at the airport exit.

With her head lowered, she looked at the reflection on the airport’s glass door.

The moment she saw a familiar figure, she happily turned around, only to find that the man she was looking at didn’t have Callum’s clear, handsome features.

It wasn’t Callum.

She could only turn her head back in disappointment as she continued to wait for Gilbert to arrive.

At 3.40PM, Gilbert outraced everyone and hurried to the airport on his motorcycle. He was the center of every female’s attention the moment he took off his helmet.

Seeing him, Elspeth flashed the man walking toward her a smile as her eyes lit up. “You and your way of making an entrance,” she teased.

He quickly peered at her in disdain. “Smart mouth. You’re even ridiculing me now!”

“Alright, alright. Enough with the jokes. The plane is taking off at 4.00PM. Let’s go check ourselves in.”

She then held her small luggage bag and stood up from her seat.

Gilbert didn’t have much to bring with him as the Payne Residence in Blaydal was where he was originally from. Even if a fire had burned everything, he had been getting small parts repaired now and then throughout the years. That was why he didn’t bring much. He already had the essential household items he would need.

After thinking for a while, he took his boarding pass from between Elspeth’s fingers and helped her with her luggage before he strode to the gate.

While they were walking, Elspeth would reluctantly glance behind her a few times.

“Enough. Stop looking. I received news that Callum and Emma are having the time of their lives shopping, so stop hoping for him to come.”

His words were hurtful, but they were very effective.

The hopeful light in Elspeth’s eyes instantly dimmed. She then glared at Gilbert before she went straight into the gate.

His lips curled into a small smile. I lied.

And without another word, he followed her into the gate.

After the two of them went in, a man in the seat behind slowly lifted his head. His eyes were as cold and dark as a lake in winter.

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