Hiding Behind Her Superficiality novel Chapter 316

Chapter 316

"Really? You're going over to Joneson Residence today?"

Elspeth was so excited that she grabbed Arthur's hand. All along, she thought she would have to wait for much longer as she didn't think Arthur would agree to do so this quickly.

"That's right. If I don't go, someone might end up destroying my house." Arthur glanced down at their clasped hands and carefolly withdrew his. His tone and maimer seemed disdainfol.

"Who are you calling a nuisance?"

Elspeth fished a cherry tomato out of the salad bowl and tossed it into her mouth in a huff. However, since he was willing to help her rescue her mother, she forgave him, albeit reluctantly. "Do you need me to head over to Joneson Residence with you today?"

Arthur set down Iris spatula and eyed her as she fiddled inside the salad bowl with her bare hand. "You? Are you even considering going over with me?" he remarked distastefolly. " Aren't you afraid that you'll get caught and be locked up again?"

"Hah!"

Elspeth stuffed the final mouthfol of salad into her mouth. After recalling Michael's refusal to stop coming after her, she gave up on the idea. "You'd better go by yourself, then."

Arthur grilled the last steak and cracked some black pepper over the top before serving it up on the dining table. "Go and get the fried eggs from the kitchen. We can have breakfast first."

Elspeth was a little nonplussed to hear Arthur instructing her so casually. I'm not your maid, so why must I listen to you?

She stubbornly tinned away and pretended she didn't hear him.

"Hurry up and bring it over, or else, you won't be getting breakfast."

"Can’t you do it..."

Elspeth gritted her teeth. She was going to protest, but she remembered that her mother would be coming over soon, and if she didn't have breakfast, her mother would be worried and upset, so she begrudgingly brought the eggs over from the kitchen.

Arthur placed one of the filed eggs on Elspeth's plate and said, "What a good girl. Here's a filed egg as your reward."

"Wiry are you talking to me like that, Arthur?"

Elspeth was confused as she eyed the filed egg. His attitude toward me has taken a 180-degree turn!

For tire past few days, even though she kept doing things that would rile him up, he didn't get mad at her.

In tire past, he would've gotten someone to teach her a lesson by now, but this time, he didn't do anything to her no matter how unreasonable she was.

How... strange!

" What's the matter? Do you not like the way I talk to you now?" Arthur raised his fork and took an elegant bite of his steak before flashing her a faint smile.

"Nope. We're not that close either, so don't act as if we know each other so well."

Elspeth rolled her eyes. To avoid hearing any other kind of suggestive comments from him, she avoided his gaze and focused on eating her egg.

She stabbed her knife into the egg so hard that it squeaked against the plate.

"Even then, so what? Either way, you and I will be getting engaged soon, so what's wrong with an engaged couple like us talking to each other- this way?" Arthur didn't stop teasing her.

How nauseating.

Elspeth was griping on the inside, but she had no choice but to force a smile for the sake of getting what she wanted. "Right. Nothing's wrong. Anyway, let's drop this subject. Hurry up and eat. Once you're done eating, you can go and bring my mother over."

Arthur raised his eyebrow. "Using me?"

"Isn't this a trade? How can you say I'm using you?" Elspeth finished her food and wiped her mouth elegantly with a tissue before saying with a smile, "Well, I'll be waiting to hear the good news."