Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 426

Chapter 426 Never Pester Callum

Hank stretched out his right hand and lightly knocked her on the head.

"And here I was thinking that you're not very bright. I'm surprised by how quickly you got it right.

"Okay, I'm going home." After she looked at the clean clothes on her body, Yelena began to sit up when a fragment of memory suddenly flashed in her mind.

Why do I remember puking all over myself last night?

And why do I have clean clothes on now?

Considering how she could recall this, she was sure it wasn't a dream.

All of a sudden, she picked up a strange smell. She had to take a proper whiff before she realized how the fragrance from the shirt that she had on wasn't that of her laundry detergent.

"Did you take off my clothes?" she gasped.

How dare she say something so nasty! Hank's expression was completely dark when he heard that, but he continued to patiently explain the situation to her, lest she thought he was some kind of evil thug.

"It wasn't me. The part-time maid changed you out of your clothes."

Yelena was the one who undressed and went to bed last night. Fine, he did see something.

But he didn't do anything to her. Instead, he washed her clothes and dried them. When the part-time maid came to clean this morning, he told her to help Yelena get dressed so that she wouldn't accidentally expose herself after waking up.

Yelena, who was surprisingly a deep sleeper, slept through the whole ordeal.

After hearing his explanation, she realized how she had been rude earlier. She was just about to apologize to him when her phone next to her pillow began to ring.

"Elspeth, what's the matter?" She won't beat me up if she knew that I spent the night at Hank's, will she?

"Where are you now?"

Elspeth didn't sound any more worked up than her usual self.

Suddenly feeling anxious, Yelena stuttered and came up with a lie.

"I'm at home! I just woke up. What's up?"

"Home?" Elspeth asked with a frown.

She knew that Yelena would usually have just woken up around this time.

How could she have gotten home from Hank's place already?

Yelena sucked in a deep breath and continued to lie. "Yes, yes. I'm at home. You know I sleep longer hours." Ugh, I'm lying through my teeth!

When Elspeth suddenly realized that Yelena was lying to her, she lowered her voice and threateningly asked, "You're even lying to me?! Do you really think I don't know about you being at Hank's house?"

Yelena immediately knew that she had made a stupid mistake.

"Elspeth!" She started to beg for mercy as she mumbled, "I was wrong! I won't lie again!"

"That guy didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Yelena glanced at Hank who lay near her with a playful smile on his face, and she shook her head. "Nope. Nothing happened between us."

Just as Hank was about to say something, Yelena threw him a vicious glare and softly pleaded with Elspeth, "Elspeth, you must never tell my father about me staying at Hank's house last night. If he calls to ask you why I wasn't home, tell him that I stayed at your place."

Elspeth could feel a headache coming on when she heard that.

Of course, she knew what to do. Francis Sullivan, who was Yelena's father, had already called her early this morning to ask about the situation. That was exactly how she lied to him.

"Fine. I understand. Quickly head home if there's nothing else. I have to go to work in a bit. I can't keep worrying about you."

"Don't worry! I'll head home soon."

Yelena let out a long sigh after the call ended.

"Let's head downstairs." Hank got up and stood up straight before he slipped his hands into the pockets of his pants. "I made breakfast."

Yelena could recall that embarrassing moment just by looking at him. She nodded her head vigorously while she hummed in agreement before she turned around and rushed into the bathroom.

…

Almost everyone knew about the upcoming wedding between Callum and Jasmine.

After all, Callum was the most eligible bachelor whom everyone wanted to marry in all of Damoria.

Jasmine was instantly bombarded with criticisms when the news got out. However, she wasn't mad about any of it. She was the victor for being able to marry Callum. There was no need for her to argue with those other women who were not up to her standard.

But one day, Jasmine appeared at Elspeth's workplace with a sour look on her face when Elspeth was working.

"Shouldn't you be preparing for your wedding, Miss McGrath? What are you doing here?"

Jasmine straightened her back proudly and put on a small smile. "Since you already know about the wedding, aren't you going to give us a few congratulatory words? You are Callum's ex-fiancée, after all. Surely you wish for his happiness?"

Ah, the detestable lady has come. Elspeth then slammed her pen on the table, and the sound it made was so loud that it startled Jasmine.

"Go on. Tell me what kind of congratulations you would like." Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Although Elspeth had a smile on her face, her expression was so cold that Jasmine could feel it in her bones.

"You're not angry, are you, Miss Lynwood? Do excuse me." Jasmine held her head high and she was as imposing as could be. "I almost forgot about how deep your affection for Callum is. You wouldn't so easily give your blessing to Callum and another woman, would you?"

Elspeth stared hard at Jasmine's face before she solemnly brought up, "All that aside, your eyeliner's wonky."

"How dare you?" The smile on Jasmine's face immediately disappeared.

"I'll say it again for the last time. I'm not interested in your wedding at all, so stop grossing me out with this talk. The door is right in front of you. I won't walk you out."

After Elspeth said that, she didn't spare the woman another glance as she proceeded to lower her head and edit some documents.

"Forget it. I won't argue with you about this. Anyway, I have a secret to tell you. It's about your parentage."

Elspeth thought of Helena as soon as she heard that.

"What do you know about it?"

Regardless of whether Jasmine was lying to her or not, Elspeth couldn't help wondering about what Jasmine knew.

"I told you it's about your parentage. Also, it might be related to your mother." Jasmine raised her eyebrows arrogantly. "Aren't you curious at all?"

Elspeth lowered her gaze. "How do I know you're not lying to me?"

She still had her guard up.

"How about this? If I lie to you, you can curse me so that I will never be loved by Callum. Sounds good?"

Even though Elspeth had never had much faith in bets, she thought that Jasmine wouldn't say something like this so easily because of how much she cared about Callum.

Jasmine sounded a little more believable now.

"Why would you want to tell me something like that out of nowhere?"

There was no such thing as a free lunch, not to mention that the person telling her this was Jasmine McGrath, who had always been at odds with her.

Jasmine looked at Elspeth's suspicious gaze and she couldn't help but laugh out loud. "As expected of you to think things through, Miss Lynwood. You're right. I do have a condition."

"What is it?"

"You have to promise to never pester Callum after I tell you the secret."