Hiding Behind Her Superficiality novel Chapter 269

Ever since that day, Emma never appeared in the public eye again. Her drama, ‘Song of Viollenys’ had been taken down due to poor viewership. Soon, the central television station announced that they would be taking down any works that were related to Emma due to her poor character. This also made the actors that had collaborated with Emma hate her.

Elspeth, on the other hand, was named The Nation’s Idol because of her drama. Since the beginning, she was indifferent about joining showbiz but now, she became the hottest star. She was really lucky. Meanwhile, the director kept his word by sending the drama over and signing the contract. Elspeth had assigned this task to Timothy and he had full authority over this. He could even get the funds directly from the finance department if there was a shortage of funds.

However, Elspeth was more puzzled about that day when Callum was secretly doing something by himself instead of for her drama. He had been somewhat mysterious the past few days. These days, she had been staying in the Winthrop Residence and hadn’t returned to her villa. Thus, she didn’t know what happened to Lisa.

Elspeth’s call was answered after two rings. “Hi, who is this?”

Is that Blake? She was so startled that she almost dropped the phone. “Blake, tell me the truth. Why do you have Lisa’s phone?”

Elspeth had an ominous feeling that her dear Lisa had been taken by an unworthy man and yet, she didn’t know about it.

“Erm… She’s in the hospital. I’m taking care of her…” Blake’s voice quavered and he sounded guilty.

“Hospital?!” Elspeth’s head started spinning and she didn’t care about the relationship between them anymore. “What happened? Send me the address now. I’ll be there real soon!” Seeing that they couldn’t hide the incident from her anymore, Blake obediently sent her the address.

When Elspeth arrived at the hospital, she saw Lisa lying on the bed with a long face and Blake was sitting next to her while skinning an apple.

“Elspeth, you’re here!”

Hearing that, Lisa tried to sit up as she called out, “Elspeth…”

Seeing that, Elspeth made her lay down again.

“Alright, alright. Tell me why you’re at the hospital. Are you feeling unwell?” Elspeth looked concerned, but Lisa was too embarrassed to speak.

“I’m fine. I just got poisoned. I’m recovering well so I’ll be discharged tomorrow,” she explained as she coughed.

The next moment, Elspeth turned to look at Blake and said, “Your turn.”

Blake blinked his eyes and spoke the truth as he was startled by Elspeth’s cold tone. “The other day when Lisa was poisoned, I happened to be looking for you, so I gave her a call and ended up saving her.”

He couldn’t tell her what poison it was, or else Elspeth might misunderstand him and take him as a man who took advantage of others. He was worried that she might start ignoring him.

“What poison?” Elspeth insisted on knowing the truth. Hearing that, Lisa blushed and didn’t dare to speak when she looked at Elspeth.

“Speak.”

Seeing that Lisa was placed in a tough position, Blake had no choice but to reveal the truth. “She had taken a love potion mixed with poison.”

Elspeth’s head went blank upon hearing that. She realized that this was the reason why Blake had gone missing and that she wasn’t able to contact Lisa. “The both of you…”

“Nothing happened between us! Don’t even think about it!” Blake quickly explained.

“Elspeth, it’s true. He sent me to the hospital that night and nothing happened between us.” There was a hint of embarrassment in Lisa’s gaze.

“Alright, then.” Elspeth heaved a sigh of relief. She knew how Blake felt about her, so if he did sleep with Lisa, she would feel bad for the other woman.

“Since you’re fine, I’ll look for Callum and discuss something with him. Rest well.” Just as Elspeth was about to leave, Blake called out to her. “Elspeth, is it about your engagement?”