Hiding Behind Her Superficiality novel Chapter 323

Chapter 323

"You misheard that." Elspeth tried to gloss it over.

"If you don’t wanna tell me, fine. I will stop here." Edmund was unusually agreeable today, which she found relief.

"Do you think that we’re gonna die here?"

His assumption irritated her. "Why would that happen when I’m here?"

"So. you mean that you're gonna protect me?" A triumphant smile appeared across liis lips.

"Cut it out." Elspeth could punch him at any time.

While they were in a middle of a small dispute, someone kept watching them in silence. Elspeth, who sensed the scorching gaze, turned her head to see Isabel.

Isabel stared at Elspeth in disbelief. "Y-You're alive?"

That put Elspeth in a slightly awkward position. She did not tell anyone about her faked death, so she did not know what to say when someone recognized her. "Yup. I'm still alive, but—"

Isabel soon wrapped her head around it. "So, Miss Joneson is with you. right?"

Elspeth nodded under Isabel's confused gaze. "Yes, she is."

Isabel let out a bitter smile. "I was worried that her condition got worse when Dr. Winthrop said she will be leaving the country for treatment. It's a relief to know that she's with you."

She intended to go together with them, but Arthur had no plans of bringing her along. Despite the disappointment, she had no choice but to accept reality. After all. she had no blood relation with Helena.

Elspeth had a guess from Isabel's weary expression. "Are you doing well with the Jonesons?"

The noises from the crowd drowned Elspeth's voice, so Isabel could not hear her clearly. When Isabel took a few steps closer to her to continue the conversation, a commotion rang above them.

It was a massive burning wood threatening to fall upon Elspeth. It happened so quickly that no one could react in time.

When Elspeth was ready to accept her fate of demise, someone shoved her away. Panicked, she raised her head to see Isabel stuck beneath the wood upon pushing her away.

"Isabel!" Elspeth wrapped her hands with clotlies to move the wood away from Isabel.

However, her puny strength barely shifted it an inch. While the fire was devouring the girl, Edmund and the others rolled up their sleeves to help Elspeth.

Together, they managed to move the wood away in the end. Elspeth hurriedly pulled Isabel out. Fortunately, they reacted in time and so the fire did not bum her neck and face. Even so, her clothes were slightly smoldered, and her skin suffered some burns.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?" Elspeth became anxious, for she had not expected someone who was not close to her to save her from danger.

Isabel's lips gradually lost their color as her cheek hurt when she tided to put on a smile. "Elspeth, my face hurts so much. Am I gonna be disfigured?"

Hearing the familiar voice coming from outside, Elspeth comforted Isabel. "Don't wony. I'll take you to the hospital. I'll make sure that it won't leave a scar on your face. You will be as beautiful as you always are."