Hiding Behind Her Superficiality novel Chapter 49

Chapter 49 The Crisis of His Ex

“Not bad.”

“See! You watched my interview! Just admit it!” Elspeth flicked her hair, her smile mysterious and ambiguous.

“If you don’t have anything else to say, go back to work,” Callum ordered her to leave for fear that she would use this chance to tease him again.

“Aw, don’t be so indifferent. Are you a man? How can you be so calm when a gorgeous woman is flirting with you?”

She clicked her tongue and was about to leave when Edmund walked in on her and said, “This year, there are a total of one hundred people to participate in the interview. Eighty failed the written test, and the remaining twenty were waiting in the interview room. When can you go over?”

Houston was supposed to be in charge of the recruitment, but after he was fired, they didn’t have a qualified staff to serve as the head of the HR Department, so Edmund was temporarily put in charge of recruitment.

Elspeth blinked as she quickly recalled that it was indeed the annual recruitment day.

“I’ll go over later.”

Edmund spotted Elspeth too and teased, “Well, you guys seem to spend a lot of time together now. I think you don’t have to get along with us anymore. Just marry Callum.”

Although he was prompting her and Callum to be together, she could hear an intense mockery in his tone.

A cold light flashed across Callum’s eyes. “You talk too much.”

Edmund shrugged casually and turned to say to her, “You see what he’s like, right? This is a friendly reminder from me to you. Don’t regret it when you choose to be with him and are bullied.”

“It’s none of your business,” Elspeth answered with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.

“How can you say that to me? I’m telling you this out of the goodness of my heart. I’m sad, Elsie.” Edmund pouted pretentiously. When he turned and spotted Callum’s cold glare, he sheepishly dropped his act and exited his office.

“I’m interviewing potential candidates. Do you want to join me?” Callum suddenly invited Elspeth along, which made her a little flattered.

“Me? Are you sure? But I thought you didn’t want to see me that much?” Most of the time, whenever she teased him a little, he would order her to leave. He had always been so serious and boring.

Callum stood up, grabbed his coat, and walked toward the door. “I think you’re pretty good at reading people. So, come if you want, but forget it if you don’t want to.”

“I’ll come!” Elspeth beamed happily at that.

The interview venue was located on the second floor. Twenty candidates were waiting outside, all of them fresh graduates.

“Now, you’ll enter one by one according to the order.”

After they interviewed several people in a row, he wasn’t satisfied with any of them, and the frown on his face never left.

“Hey, don’t you think you’re too harsh? I think there are a few who are quite good.” Elspeth cupped her chin and asked while they were taking a break.

“I don’t think so. Those who were interviewed just now either didn’t have any working experience, were stuttering, or were too arrogant. It won’t do the company any good if we hire these people. So, I won’t hire them if they don’t fit the requirements. I don’t need to hire these unqualified people to fill up the numbers.”

Elspeth understood his implication, but Harper had single-handedly managed her business affairs. There was nothing much she needed to worry about except for the big decisions that he couldn’t deal with himself. At the thought of this, she felt a little ashamed of her capability to read people or lack thereof.

The next candidate was a girl with shoulder-length hair. Her temperament was outstanding, and her facial features were tender and sweet. She had two shallow dimples beside her lips when she smiled. In fact, she was the most beautiful candidate today.

Elspeth could clearly feel that Callum’s body suddenly became stiff.