Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 201

Although she had angered Emma enough for her to leave, Yelena’s anger still did not dissipate.

At the sight of Elspeth’s distraught state, she assumed that she had been hurt by Emma’s words and hastened to comfort her, saying, “Elspeth, don’t worry too much. Just think of what Emma said as pure bullsh*t.”

Elspeth knocked on her head and chided, “How can a young girl speak so crassly?”

“I just forgot because I was busy trying to comfort you.”

Moments later, Elspeth suddenly realized something. “Yelena, did you tell Max that you’re here?”

Recalling this matter, Yelena nibbled on her fork and replied, “I did. He said that he wanted to submit a leave of absence at school and come over with me, but I refused and came over secretly without telling him the date.”

Elspeth let out a chuckle. “What’s wrong? Don’t you want him to stay by your side all the time?”

Yelena furrowed her brow and sniffled. “That’s what I thought at first, but Max really is like my dad. Do you know that he even nags me about putting on hand cream before I go out? I can’t stand him!”

Although she said that, Elspeth knew that Yelena still liked Max. However, her feelings were no longer pathetic and were gradually being reciprocated.

“If you say that, I’m going to tell Max to start ignoring you,” Elspeth teased. Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

Yelena’s face fell. “Hey, don’t do that, Elspeth!”

At those words, Yelena suddenly realized that she had been teased. Her face immediately flushed red and she rushed back into her room.

Elspeth had just eaten and did not want to go back yet, so she went for a walk alone in the back garden of the hotel. While walking, she suddenly received a message from Jordan.

‘Where are you? Can we meet up now?’

Immediately, she turned her phone off, pretending to have not seen the message. However, right after that, Jordan appeared before her out of thin air.

“Hi, I’m so glad to see you.”

Elspeth let out a dry laugh in response. “I’m not.”

Upon saying that, she turned around and made to leave.

Jordan immediately grabbed her wrist. Upon feeling the frailness of her wrist and seeing her pale face, he asked dubiously, “What’s this? Why have you lost so much weight after going home? Is Callum not feeding you?”

Elspeth rolled her eyes. “You think I need to rely on him for my meals?”

Jordan rubbed his nose. She’s got a point.

“You know, I heard something big when I came to Waterside this time.” He looked at her, revealing an eerie smile.

“What is it?”

He loosened his hand and stood by the pond, gazing at the fishes as he said, “I heard that Callum is in Waterside as well.”

Elspeth had already known this and didn’t have much of a reaction.

“Besides… he specifically came for Emma.”

Elspeth remained silent. Although she had already expected this, she still felt her heart skipping a beat upon hearing the confirmation.

“Callum… Whatever he does and however he does it, it has nothing to do with me.”

Jordan raised his eyebrows, thinking that Elspeth’s reaction was rather baffling. It made sense, though. She was simply different from other women, and because of this, it made her all the more fascinating.

“I can’t believe you’re not angry. How are you so calm when your fiancé is getting together with another woman right in front of you? Elspeth, you really are amazing.”

She squeezed out a smile and said, “I wouldn’t say I don’t care at all, but if you say something like that in front of me again, I’ll push you into the pond.”

It was now December. If he were to be pushed into the pond, it would be freezing.

Jordan paused for a long moment before he slowly said, “Got it.”

“In that case, let’s talk about something else. How have you been?”

Elspeth laughed lightly. “Can’t you see how I’ve been doing? You people probably have been tracing my actions since the day I returned.”

Although Jordan had been exposed, there was not a trace of embarrassment on his face. However, he realized Elspeth had said ‘you people’ instead of ‘you.’

His usual smile emerged on his face as he said, “Old Mr. Joneson is concerned about you.”

Elspeth was disbelieving. “With Grandfather’s personality, he would’ve sent someone to capture me long ago. He’s concerned about me, you say? No, what he’s concerned about is whether the Joneson

Family can find someone even more powerful to leech off.”

“Anyway, you can think whatever you want. We have a long way ahead of us.”

With a small smile, Jordan swiveled around and returned to the hotel.

His last few words felt familiar to Elspeth, and only after careful thought did she realize that those were the words she once said to Callum. Callum, we have a long way to go. But was it true of her?

She looked at Jordan’s retreating back, unable to shake the feeling that his words had some hidden meaning to them.

The next day, the new drama kicked off, which meant that it was time to officially start shooting. After getting up at five o’clock with Yelena to put on her makeup, get dressed, and memorize her lines, Elspeth deeply realized the challenges of being an actress.

After they finally began filming, a supporting character with a small role suddenly lost her temper.

“Why do I only have a few seconds of screen time? Wouldn’t my makeup be wasted, then? This is ridiculous! I won’t do it!”

Upon seeing the actress throwing a tantrum right after the filming started, Elspeth narrowed her eyes and stepped forward.

Seeing that, Aiden immediately blew a fuse. “Don’t do it if you don’t want to! How spoiled!”

His assistant said in a small voice, “But Mr. Aiden, it’ll be difficult to find a suitable replacement on such short notice…”

“There are so many actresses out there. Simply pick one from them. What’s so difficult about that?”

“The thing is, they’re not as pretty as her…”

Hearing that, the girl became even more arrogant. “I’m not trying to toot my own horn, Mr. Aiden, but with my looks, how about you give me a bit more screen time? I don’t want to make things difficult either; I’ll simply settle for a few more scenes in each episode…”

Aiden was turning red with anger, but he couldn’t find a way to refute her.

“So, you think you’re pretty with that crooked face and ghastly makeup? It’s always the ugly ones who have the most to say.”

Elspeth did not hold back when scolding her; she knew what the girl was insecure about and deliberately picked on her weak points.

Hearing that, the girl immediately rose to her feet and demanded in a harsh voice, “Who did you just call ugly?”

After taking a closer look, she found herself looking at a girl whose appearance was much more outstanding than her own, and her anger immediately skyrocketed. “How are you any better? You must’ve gone under the knife many times to get that nose and face, didn’t you?”

Elspeth possessed a set of refined features and a petite face. Her nose in particular was tall and sleek, making her look even better than the heroine, Yelena.

The girl was filled with jealousy, envious that she had not been born with such a perfect face.

Yelena bellowed furiously, “Do you know whom you’re talking to?”

“Who can she be? She’s not any of the main actresses, so she’s probably just a side character like me…”

At that thought, the girl immediately felt much better about herself—until she heard the next sentence.

“She’s our investor, the president of Luminous Entertainment, Elspeth Lynwood!”

Investor?! The girl’s face immediately turned pale.