Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 558

Chapter 558

Chapter 558 I Don’t Want to Go Against You

Life had returned to normal, but Elspeth felt a sudden emptiness without the person who used to cause chaos by her side. However, it seemed that everything was not over yet. Yelena came to the Winthrop Residence one day, then she grabbed Elspeth’s arm and shook it. “Elspeth, can you tell me what exactly happened that day?”

Yelena had not been there, and she expressed great regret for not knowing what had happened. So, she specifically took a day off just to find out how the villain, Arthur Winthrop met his end. Elspeth’s mouth twitched, but looking at Yelena’s blinking and hopeful eyes, she couldn’t bear to refuse Yelena.

“He took his own life.”

“He did?” Yelena was shocked. “Someone like him would actually take his own life? I thought he would kill everyone instead.”

Elspeth thought that this actually fit Arthur’s character more too.

“Actually, before that, I thought Arthur quite liked you. I never thought he would do such a thing in the end.” Yelena looked at the scar on Elspeth’s face and felt sorry for her. “He really cut you with a knife, huh?” Elspeth didn’t know why Arthur suddenly lost his cool, but she also felt that he wouldn’t have actually hurt her. However, she had also seen confusion and guilt in his eyes at the time.

“Well, that’s all in the past now.”

Although Arthur was still quite despicable, his death still made people feel depressed. Even Callum had been gloomy for a while.

“What about Jethro? What’s going on with him?” Yelena couldn’t understand why Jethro, who had clearly become enemies with them, suddenly stepped forward to testify against Arthur. Elspeth looked

at her and told her what had happened a while ago.

The day before Arthur came to discuss things, Jethro suddenly came to her. He was drunk and invited her to meet him at a bar. She was originally going to refuse, but Jethro said that if she was willing to come, he would tell her everything about Arthur. “I know you want to bring down Arthur. If you want to, you definitely need the evidence I have.”

Jethro’s words were irresistible. Soon, Elspeth drove to the bar in the darkness and saw him lying unconscious on the table as soon as she arrived. She pushed him, and the next second, he grabbed her wrist. He looked up at her and smiled. “I lied to you. I didn’t drink much.”

Elspeth frowned and tried to pull her hand away, but he held it tightly.

“I didn’t come here to play games with you tonight.”

Jethro suddenly lowered his head in despair. Then, he looked at her with a smile. “Is that how you really see me? You don’t even have the slightest bit of a positive opinion about me?”

“Jethro, what’s wrong with you?”

Jethro stood up swaying, and his smile faded. “I’m okay. To be honest, I never really hated or disliked you at any point. But why did you have to be kind to me?”

She could have been cold and refused him, not believe anything he said, and not come to the bar tonight. He might have forgotten about her if that were the case.

Elspeth didn’t know what to say. “I firmly refused you, but you just didn’t believe it.” She sighed and added, “Jethro, I am already married, and I believe I never gave you hope. It’s really unnecessary for you to turn against me like this now.”

Jethro stumbled, feeling like he had had too much to drink and couldn’t walk straight. “I’ve noticed that you’ve never been able to look me straight in the eyes. It’s as if you’re always treating me like a child,” he said.

“You’re the same too.” Elspeth sighed deeply.

Suddenly, Jethro leaned closer to Elspeth and put his hands on the table on both sides of Elspeth. With a wicked smirk, he whispered in her ear, causing her to shiver. “Elspeth, you know that if I wanted to do something to you right now, you wouldn’t be able to resist,” he said.

“I know, but I trust that you won’t,” Elspeth replied with a bitter smile.

Jethro’s face turned pale instantly. “Why wouldn’t I?” he asked.

“Because although you have done some strange things, I know that you’re not capable of doing something like that to me. You have had so many chances to do something, but you never have,” Elspeth responded calmly.

Out of nowhere, Jethro seemed to feel a bit better and released her, but his face was hard to read.

“I finally understand why I like you. After all, how can anyone go against their own goddess?” he said.

After saying this, Jethro laughed and pulled out a USB drive from his pocket. “This contains all of Arthur’s criminal evidence. I’m sure you’ll have use for it,” he said, tossing the shimmering USB drive to her.

Jethro gave her a meaningful look; his grin was especially warm. “I’ll be right there with you when you confront him. I’ll testify against him myself, not for any other reason, but just to see you happy.”

…

The flashback ended, and Yelena looked at Elspeth, who had been lost in thought for a long time.

“Why aren’t you saying anything, Elspeth? What happened to Jethro?” Yelena asked curiously.

Elspeth snapped back to reality, her eyes lacking any emotion. “Nothing, he just had an epiphany and changed his ways out of the blue,” she replied.

“It seems that Mr. Wilstone’s upbringing is pretty good; at least he didn’t do anything bad.” Yelena breathed a sigh of relief. As the two were chatting happily, a soft voice suddenly sounded beside them.

“Elspeth.”

Elspeth locked eyes with her. Elspeth was smiling serenely, but her gaze was sharp. “Yes?”

“I’ve come to say goodbye to you,” Isabel said with her head lowered.

With what she had done, she couldn’t continue to live by Elspeth’s side. She loathed herself and felt she wasn’t worthy of being Elspeth’s sister.

“What do you mean?” Elspeth wasn’t surprised, but she was a little startled.

“Gilbert and I have agreed that he will send me to study abroad, and I promised to work for him when I return to the country and return the money to him…”

Isabel would benefit from this decision. Elspeth rose to her feet and adjusted her shirt collar while saying softly, “Then live your life well abroad. If something happens, be sure to tell me. I will always be your sister.”

This sentence made Isabel burst into tears. “Elspeth, do you really not hate me? You know, it was me who leaked the information to the media. I was the one who gave Miss Joneson the drug and even

colluded with Arthur to steal information from Winthrop Group… I did so many bad things. Why don’t you hate me?”

Even Yelena gasped when she heard this.

“Isabel, you!”

Elspeth gazed at Isabel’s tear-stricken face feeling both disappointment and heartache. “I don’t hate you. I’m upset, but I don’t want to go against you.”

At that, Isabel fell to her knees with a loud thud.