Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 440

Chapter 440 She Would Be Furious Too

Elspeth wasn't bothered by the episode that happened just now. Subsequently, she followed Frank to Michael's backyard.

Contrary to her expectation, Michael's backyard was not as magnificent as she imagined. In fact, it was fairly simple.

This was also the first time she had visited this place, but she had a feeling of déjà vu.

Right! Helena's house seemed to have similar furnishing.

After taking a few more steps into the yard, she noticed how luscious the trees that almost blocked the path they were walking on were.

Frank pointed to a room near the wall. "That is Grandpa's room. When you enter later, knock on the door three times."

Elspeth nodded. Maybe this was another rule set by Michael.

"I won't go in with you. You're on your own."

Frank was trying to avoid the situation this time.

Seeing how impatient he looked, Elspeth was slightly surprised. "Why aren't you going in?"

"If I go in with you, he's definitely going to nag at me. Besides, I don't think he wants to see me now."

He's right. Elspeth pondered for a moment and decided not to force him to come with her.

When she knocked thrice on the carved wooden door, a furious voice sounded.

"I said I don't want to see anyone today! Get out!"

Hearing how furiously energetic he sounded, she figured that there was no major issue with him.

"I'm Elspeth."

As soon as she blurted those words, the old man went silent.

It took a while before a manly and stern voice sounded. "Come in."

Frank was right. Michael only wanted to see her now.

Elspeth pushed the door gently and saw Michael sitting on the bed while leaning against the wall. He was also visibly more haggard than before.

"Hello, Old Mr. Jones." Elspeth walked up to him and greeted him politely.

"Your mom has passed on, yet you still aren't willing to call me Grandpa?" At the mention of his late daughter, Michael knitted his brows with a sorrowful expression.

"These are two different things."

Despite the fact that Helena had just passed on alongside that Michael was not in a good mood, she didn't find the need to sacrifice herself and tolerate him.

It didn't fit her character at all.

"What brings you here then?"

Michael knew that the purpose of her visit was most likely to ask about her mother.

"Frank told me to come. He said you might want to have a chat with me."

"Frank told me to come. He said you might want to have a chat with me."

"As expected of my grandchild. He knows me best." Michael presented a rare smile on his face.

"What would you like to tell me?"

Elspeth looked around the room and picked a chair to take a seat.

"Instead of me telling you what I want to say, why don't you tell me what you'd like to know about your mother?"

Michael was a seasoned old man. Thus, he wasn't willing to tell her everything.

He was going to wait for Elspeth to ask him so that he could make a deal with her.

Unfortunately, Elspeth inherited his personality and was even more meticulous than him.

"I don't find the need to dwell on past events now that my mother is gone. Just say what you want to say. Otherwise, forget it."

Elspeth picked up the apple on the table and took a bite. The apple was crunchy and tasted sweet, as expected of the food quality in Joneson Residence.

"I underestimated you."

Elspeth raised a brow and offered him an unfathomable smile. "I thought you knew me well."

"Fine, then. Let me tell you about your mother."

"I'm all ears." Her ears twitched in interest.

After that, she listened to his hour-long narration of Helena's life.

Even though she had heard about her mother's story before, she was still shocked to hear it again.

Helena used to be called the Princess of Blaydal as her gorgeous appearance alone attracted many men and made them fall head over heels for her.

Moreover, she was the daughter of the Joneson Family in Blaydal. Her family background was enough to make others admire and envy her.

Back then, her mother was attracted to her father, a poor man, among the exceptional men from wealthy families.

Ouch! According to Michael, a man who couldn't even afford to pay fifty million was considered poor!

Seeing how disgusted Michael looked at the mention of her father, she silently broke into a cold sweat on the latter's behalf.

As expected, not everyone was comparable to the power of the Joneson Family.

"You didn't know how enraged I was when your mother told me that she was going to marry that poor guy. I immediately grounded her after hearing that."

At the mention of the past events, Michael could still feel the overwhelming emotions he felt back then. Content held by NôvelDrama.Org.

"What happened after that?"

Michael took a sip of water to moisten his throat before continuing, "After that, I personally picked a suitable husband for your mother, but on the wedding day itself, she eloped with that poor guy."

He gritted his teeth angrily after the mention of 'eloped'.

"Have you never thought about searching for her?"

Michael's expression darkened in response. "I wanted to, but unfortunately, another accident happened on that day itself—Your aunt committed suicide."

When Elspeth recalled the accident, she felt helpless and pitied her aunt.

"I just lost a daughter. If my eldest daughter does something extreme due to the pressure I gave her, it might do more harm than good, so I decided to let her go."

It turned out that the reason Helena could live happily with Grover in anonymity was thanks to her younger sister, but it came at the cost of her life.

"That is why I strongly refuse to marry you off to the Winthrop Family."

After pondering for a moment, Elspeth thought her reply might sound biased—which might make him feel worse—but she couldn't help but blurt, "But how could you judge the Winthrop Family by one person's behavior?"

Michael sneered. "If he had been the only one to blame, I would not have blamed the entire Winthrop family. After all, I am a rational person. But after that, they tried every means to bail that b*stard out of jail. They even recruited a lawyer to file a lawsuit for him. Are they trying to challenge my family's authority? The more they try to cover up his faults, the more I want to lock him up in prison and make him suffer."

Although it did sound cruel, Elspeth could feel and understand the anger he felt.

His daughter died unjustly, and instead of turning himself in with guilt, the murderer even tried to pull all kinds of strings to bail himself out of jail.

If she stood in Michael's shoes, she would have been furious too.

Suddenly, she could fathom Michael's behavior, but despite that, she would not sacrifice her relationship for the sake of someone from the Joneson family.

"Does that mean you are still going to stop me from being with Callum?"