Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 460

Chapter 460 Follow Her

As Elspeth had expected, the Instagram post attracted over 300 likes in just one minute. She had long known that Callum had many followers on Instagram, but never did she think they would react so quickly to the announcement. She glanced through the comments, which mostly expressed shock and disbelief other than the ones that wished him a lifetime of happiness with his wife.

A netizen commented, ‘What? Why get married so quickly?’

Another commented, ‘But wait, whom is he married to? Don’t tell me it’s that Jasmine McGrath whom he dumped earlier?’

The third commented, ‘How’s that possible? The two of them had broken up ages ago.’

‘Then who could the person be?’

‘I don’t know, but you don’t seem to be the person.’

‘This is simply impressive! I’ve got to spread the news to the news outlets. Everyone, don’t vie with me for this.’

‘The early bird catches the worm, eh? That’s quite calculating of you, you brat.’

These comments were followed by numerous others.

Seeing how animated these comments were, Elspeth felt rather speechless. “Have these people never seen someone getting married before?”

Callum raised an eyebrow thoughtfully. “They’ve seen someone getting married before, but it’s rare to see me getting married.”

What a total narcissist, thought Elspeth. “Wait a minute. Why didn’t you make it public that I’m the one you’re married to?” She looked him up and down; the instant she realized this, her countenance changed. Don’t tell me this guy’s trying to keep our marriage a secret! But wait, won’t I be the one keeping our marriage a secret now that he has announced on Instagram that he’s married? “Are you forcing me into keeping our marriage a secret?” she asked. Well, this seems like a good idea. For the time being, I can maintain my single status, which would make it easier for me to do a lot of things. Above all else, I won’t be referred to as an ‘aunt.’

Seeing Elspeth getting up to something, Callum couldn’t help but stick out a finger and tickle her nose. “I’m doing this to protect you,” he explained. After all, he had just broken off his engagement to Jasmine. If Jasmine were to learn that he had gotten married to Elspeth so quickly, she would realize his true purpose in going out with her back then. Judging by the McGrath Family’s personality, they would probably do something bad to Elspeth, so it was better to keep Elspeth’s marriage to him a secret for safety’s sake.

“You’re so thoughtful about me, huh?” Elspeth narrowed her eyes with a smile. She looked up at the man, only to meet the man’s affectionate gaze.

“I’m afraid that something might happen to you like before, so I’ve got to protect you.” Callum took her into his arms. He patiently comforted her, saying, “I really want to make it public that you’re my wife, but I know I have to restrain myself.”

Elspeth patted him on the back. “Okay, it’s fine if you really want to make our marriage public. I can protect myself.”

Callum was pretty calm when it came to this. “It’s okay, there’s no hurry. Let me hold a grand wedding for both of us before we make our marriage public.”

However, Elspeth suddenly realized a serious issue. “Callum, why wasn’t there a marriage proposal?” I only agreed to marry him on the spur of the moment yesterday, but how could there be no proposal? Wouldn’t that make me seem a little too cheap?

Seeing that her face was darkening, Callum hurriedly comforted her, saying, “Okay, I’ll definitely give you a proposal. It’s just that I was in a hurry to take you to get our marriage certificate yesterday, so I could only trick you into coming here with me first.” He was annoyed at the thought of Elspeth’s many suitors, so he simply made up an excuse to trick her into marrying him. I had to establish our marriage first before anything else, no?

“You tricked me?” Elspeth suddenly realized something. She instantly yanked his finger toward herself, only to notice that the bruise on it had disappeared. “Didn’t you say you hurt your finger? Where’s the wound?”

Seized by an overwhelming sense of oppression, Callum suddenly felt a chill down his spine. “It’s been a long time, so the wound has healed already.”

Elspeth replied with an insincere smile, “It’s been a long time, huh? It’s only been two hours. Don’t tell me you have super-healing capabilities.”

Callum feigned surprise. “I didn’t expect you to notice that.”

“Callum!” Infuriated, Elspeth immediately dragged him toward the City Hall. “It’s still early now, and we’re at the entrance to the City Hall. It’s not too late for us to get divorced.”

How could Callum possibly let Elspeth divorce him after the trouble he had taken to marry her? He stood straight without moving an inch.

Seeing how she had dragged him for a long time to no avail, Elspeth looked back furiously. At a glance, she noticed the slightly hurt look on the man’s face. Hurt? Am I seeing things?

Callum remained silent as his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down. “Don’t divorce me.” He looked just like a 15-year-old teenage boy begging his girlfriend not to leave him.

Elspeth couldn’t tell why, but her anger dissipated at the sight of this.

On the other hand, Callum, who had been pretending to be hurt, realized another weakness of hers— she was open to persuasion but not coercion. If one were to coerce her into doing something, she would do the exact opposite, but if one were to use their puppy dog eyes on her and pretend to be hurt, she would be unable to do anything about them. Hmm, seems like this is a good way to cajole her. But if our future son dares to learn this trick, I’ll chase him to Birdia to toughen him up.

Since he was still brainstorming, no one spoke for a moment, so the atmosphere quickly turned awkward.

Thinking that she had gone too far, Elspeth tugged at his finger and asked gingerly, “Are you angry?”

Callum blinked his eyes without saying a word.

“Fine, I was only joking with you. We’re not getting divorced. How can I possibly divorce you?”

Callum stretched out his arms to signal her to hug him.

Elspeth quickly threw herself into his arms and held him tightly. She comforted him, saying, “Sorry for sounding a bit over the top just now. I know you just want to marry me.”

“Mm-hmm,” Callum mumbled, but he could hardly conceal the smile on his lips.

At this moment, however, all Elspeth cared about was how to comfort him. With her head buried in his chest, she couldn’t see his facial expression, of course, so she could only be foolishly deceived by this deceitful man.NôvelDrama.Org holds © this.

After making sure that Elspeth wouldn’t divorce him, Callum finally let go of her. He drove her to the entrance of her office before preparing to drive away. Before he left, he poked his head out of the car window and asked her, “When should I pick you up this evening?”

Suddenly recalling her appointment with Arthur, Elspeth brushed him off, saying, “I have a dinner to attend this evening, so you don’t have to pick me up.”

Dinner? Why have I never heard about that from her before? “What kind of dinner is that? Can’t you let Harper go in your stead?” Something’s fishy with this dinner.

Elspeth replied, “The person specifically asked me to be present, saying that they’d feel more comfortable talking to me.” At this moment, she had to feign imperturbability in order not to be easily suspected. Smart as Callum was, he would quickly figure it out if she were to give herself away by looking panicked.

“Alright then, I’ll drive you to work tomorrow morning.”

Elspeth nodded with a smile. “Okay.”

After she entered her office, however, Callum narrowed his eyes; a bad feeling suddenly crossed his mind. He made a phone call and ordered calmly, “Connor, follow my wife around this evening. Keep her safe and see where she’s going while you’re at it.”

“Roger that, Mr. Winthrop!”