Hiding Behind Her Superficiality novel Chapter 275

Elspeth was caught in a dilemma.

On one hand, she had a concrete lead about her mother; on the other, there was the engagement party that they had prepared for a long time.

As such, she kept quiet and lowered her eyes.

“See, Callum? Elspeth’s torn apart. Stop interfering with her decision.” Arthur raised a brow since he was certain that Elspeth would choose him.

“Callum, I really want to figure out that lead…” She had an uneasy expression on her face. “Can you give me some time to find out more before we return to the ceremony?”

Callum couldn’t bear to look at her dainty expression and let out a chuckle. “I got it. It doesn’t need to be so complicated. Come with me to the engagement party, and I’ll get my men to interrogate him.”

Arthur’s smile gradually disappeared. What? Are they going to proceed with the engagement party while I get interrogated? This is a joke!

He raised his arm, and a few burly men came out from behind him. “I wanted to play nice, but you’ve left me with no choice!”

It didn’t matter if Callum and Elspeth were good fighters. He wasn’t afraid of them with the number of men he brought with him.

“Go! Catch them!”

“Arthur, bring your men and have tea with Blake.” Callum wasn’t overly nervous and waved his hands confidently. With that, a bunch of people also showed up behind him.

A sense of dread climbed up Arthur’s back.

“It’s an even matchup, Callum. Are you sure you want to fight? It’s hard to tell who the last one standing will be.”

Elspeth smiled as that wasn’t the case at all. “Come on out.”

At the end of her order, another group of people appeared out of nowhere.

Shocked, Arthur wondered who those people were. They were so well hidden that even his men couldn’t sense their presence!

“Now, are we still even?”

Elspeth looked lazily at Arthur and snickered as she saw the blood draining from his face. “Be more prepared the next time you’re trying to catch someone, Arthur. It must feel terrible to have this backfire on you.”

Arthur’s heart dropped. He was done for this time.

“Let the boys play, Callum. We should head back to the engagement party.” Elspeth didn’t want to waste time there since they had the upper hand with the number of men they had, especially since her men were top-notch experts who had gone through vigorous training. As such, Arthur’s men probably wouldn’t last long.

Callum nodded and ordered his men, “I want him alive. The rest don’t matter.”

The strength they used would decide if the men would live or die.

Arthur panicked after Callum and Elspeth left. There were too many of them, and he was going to die there.

As he was thinking, both parties started fighting. He ran to the side and attempted to get away amidst the chaos.

In the next second, Elspeth’s men noticed him and grabbed his collar.

“Let me go! I’ll give you the money. I’ll give you lots of money!”

That man snorted. “We serve them, not money. I’ll crush you if you continue using money to insult us.”

Since Elspeth only needed Arthur alive, it didn’t matter if he was hurt or not.

“You! How much did Elspeth give you? I’ll give you double!”

Seeing that Arthur still didn’t get the memo, the man slapped him. “How many times have I told you?! Unless you’re also one of the leaders of Evil Wind Sect, we are only loyal to her!”

“E-Evil Wind Sect?”

Arthur had heard of this group, but he never thought that she was involved in it.

“That’s enough. You’re too talkative—even more than Miss Elspeth.” That man dug his ears annoyingly as he got ready to tie Arthur up.