Hiding Behind Her Superficiality novel Chapter 64

Chapter 64 Protecting Her

Seeing Callum act like this made Elspeth lose interest in the matter. “You sure are a gentleman, Mr. Winthrop.”

Hearing her words, he turned stern. “Ophelia’s family has run into some problems lately, so three million is a lil’ tricky for her. I’ll transfer the money to you.”

Naturally, Elspeth was aware of this, which was why she did it on purpose just to make things hard on her. Yet, she did not want to keep up this farce upon seeing how protective he was toward her. “It’s fine. You can keep it, Mr. Winthrop.”

After all, what she wanted was not money.

The scene before her made her feel like she was an outsider. She paused for a while before exiting the ward. The fact that Callum and Ophelia were no longer in sight eased her instantly.

As Elspeth headed to the garden to cool off, she saw a bunch of people surrounding a girl, about to do something to her.

“What are you doing?” Elspeth stepped forward and grabbed onto the lecher’s hand that was about to touch the girl before flinging it aside. Subsequently, she stood in front of the girl with a cold expression.

That man’s arm was almost dislocated from the force. Yet, just as he was about to fly into a rage, he suddenly saw the woman standing before him was much more beautiful than the girl, so he decided to put on a facade.

“Miss, I didn’t do anything bad. It’s this girl that stole my money. All I want is to get my money back. I don’t have any other ulterior motives…” Although the man explained with a smile, his gaze maintained on her body.

“Stole your money?” Elspeth turned around and looked at the girl behind her with questioning eyes.

Glancing at her, the girl replied timidly, “I didn’t steal his money! This is my money! I didn’t steal it from anyone!”

“What a load of bull! Everyone here saw it. You sneakily reached out and stole the ten thousand I prepared!”

Frightened, the girl shivered. “I didn’t! This is my money, you liar!”

Watching the situation unfold, Elspeth understood that the man knew the girl had ten thousand with her, so he purposefully framed her, hoping he could grift that money with the public’s help.

“You say that’s your money. Where’s your proof, then?” Elspeth looked at him with a hint of interest.

The man held his head up with pride and replied, “The money is mine. All these people around me saw it. That is the best proof.”

“These so-called people are the gangsters around you, aren’t they?” She looked at the less-than-savory crowd and sneered.

“Who are you calling gangsters? You’d better take a look at your situation! If you know any better, make yourself scarce! Otherwise, don’t blame us for whatever happens next!” The man threatened before reaching out, yet he was sent flying away by a kick from her.

Crashing onto the ground, the man groaned in pain. “How dare you hit me! Get that b*tch! Show her what it means to cross us! Don’t say we didn’t give you a chance, you wench!”

Livid, the man wanted to skin her right there and then. Yet, the gangsters hesitated to attack after seeing how easily the man was subdued.

“What are you all standing around for? She’s alone! Are you all incapable of defeating a single woman? Get her!”

The gangsters gulped while looking at the calm Elspeth. With clenched teeth, they decided to strike in the end.

However, it was a walk in the park for her to deal with these immature gangsters. With every kick she made, a person fell. In less than a minute, the gangsters were lying on the ground with groans heard all over the place.

“Boss, we can’t do it! This woman is too good. We simply aren’t her opponents!” one of the gangsters spoke through gritted teeth while having bruises all over his body.

“Idiots! You’re all useless fools!” the man scolded his subordinates fiercely, feeling uneasy after seeing how effortlessly Elspeth dispatched his group.