Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 152

“The CEO of Azure Corporation.”

Elspeth’s subordinate declared coolly after noticing everyone’s shocked expressions.

Azure Corporation? Isn’t that the company that burst onto the scene and became one of the top three companies in the country in just two years? And she is the CEO of Azure Corporation? Isn’t that a little too unbelievable?

As Callum stared at Elspeth, who had an aura of complete confidence and assuredness, his mind began to wander.

He recalled the way she came to his office a week ago to discuss her departure from the company.

“I suspect something’s wrong with Emma, but I don’t know whether or not you believe me since she shares quite a resemblance with your first love.”

Her voice was reserved as she spoke, but he could see the insecurity in her eyes.

His heart panged as he realized that he had neglected her feelings.

“I trust you.”

Elspeth’s eyes lit up slightly. “Why?”

“You’re the one I like now, so I trust you.” Callum sighed. “In any case, that was all in the past. I stopped caring about her a long time ago.”

What he cared about was how abruptly the relationship ended. He merely agonized over the fact that his feelings had been for nothing. In truth, he didn’t miss his first love in any way.

“By the way, here’s a word of advice. You should look into Emma’s past. Perhaps you’ll find something useful.”

“Since you’re not going to protect her, then everything won’t go wrong.” Elspeth seemed a lot more confident now as she smiled and asked, “I have a plan. Care to hear it?”

“Go on.”

“I think Emma’s goal is to drive a wedge between us and use that to bring about a crisis in the Winthrop Group. Why don’t we go along with it and act as if we’re fighting?”

Callum was willing to go along with the plan, but a thought flashed across his mind, causing him to frown. “But doing this is incredibly risky. We’d have to elevate Emma’s position. What if she does something that’ll harm the company?”

Elspeth had already accounted for all the possibilities. “Don’t worry. When the time comes, I’ll resign so that she can carry out her plan to its fullest. You don’t have to worry about the losses the company might incur. No matter how much it is, I have a way of covering it.”

So, her solution was to expose her identity as the CEO of Azure Corporation. If she’s Azure’s CEO, then her promise to turn the tides wasn’t a lie. Callum’s eyes flashed smugly. He had been right—she was indeed Azure Corporation’s CEO. After all, she arranged for someone to enter Luminous Entertainment with great ease, and even the vice president of Azure Corporation treated her with courtesy.

However, the others who were present didn’t believe this, especially Emma.

“Elspeth, even if you don’t want to take responsibility for this, you shouldn’t come up with such a blatant lie. Your reputation would be ruined when your lie’s exposed.”

It was as if Emma was giving her advice out of concern, but in reality, she was merely trying to tell everyone that Elspeth was just faking it.

The others snapped out of their dazes as their minds cleared at once. Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

How could Elspeth be the CEO of Azure Corporation? If she was, then why would she have worked diligently at Winthrop Group? Wouldn’t she have just stayed as the CEO of Azure?

“It’s not up to you to declare whether or not it’s a lie.”

Emma dropped all pretense of niceties as she flashed a cold smile. “Show us something that proves you’re the CEO of Azure Corporation, then.”

“What if I am?”

“If you’re the CEO of Azure, then I’ll get on my knees and apologize to you!”

Elspeth’s interest was piqued. She stared at Emma in amusement. “Are you sure you’re willing to apologize to me?”

“Of course. Stop trying to put up a strong front, Elspeth.”

Emma never considered the possibility that she might lose. It was the same previously when she had full confidence she could enter Winthrop Group and drive a wedge between Elspeth and Callum.

Elspeth tapped away on her phone.

No one knew what she had sent, but soon, a man appeared at the entrance to the meeting room.

Everyone knew who this was—Harper Summerfield, the vice president of Azure Corporation.

He saw where Elspeth was seated and walked over with a smile. “Why did you ask me to come here, Elspeth?”

Elspeth gestured at Emma and cocked her eyebrows. “She said she doesn’t believe that I’m the CEO of Azure. Go ahead and tell her whether or not I am.”

Harper was unbothered as he said, “Who the heck is she? You don’t have to care what she thinks. Either way, she’s not the CEO of Azure.”

Emma turned pale at the humiliation she felt.

“Still, if we don’t clear things up now, she’s going to continue running her mouth and causing trouble.” Elspeth shook her head and said with a reluctant expression, “Go ahead and tell her whether or not I am the CEO of Azure.”

Harper’s cavalier expression instantly disappeared. He looked at Emma indifferently as he declared, “She’s the CEO of Azure Corporation. If there’s anything else you’re not satisfied with, feel free to ask me.”

He was rather poised and intimidating when he grew serious.

Emma froze in shock. By now, she could no longer act dumb, even if she wanted to, so she chuckled awkwardly. “Not at all. It’s good to hear that Elspeth is the CEO of Azure…”

“Oh, that’s right. You just said that you’d get on your knees and apologize to me if I were the CEO of Azure. Are you going to keep your word?”

Elspeth casually brought this up, and Emma’s expression immediately soured.

“Elspeth, we graduated from the same university. Aren’t you being a little too unkind…”

A proud woman like Emma wasn’t about to get on her knees and apologize. She wanted to get out of it by appealing to emotions instead.

“Thanks for reminding me. I nearly forgot about this.” Elspeth took out a document from the stack of papers in her lap and threw it onto the table. “Emma Gatling… You’re not Emma Gatling, right?”

Emma’s heart started pounding. “What are you talking about? How can I not be Emma Gatling?”

“I wouldn’t have thought to look into your background if you didn’t keep emphasizing the fact that you graduated from the same university as me.”

“Emma Gatling was a top student. Her photos can be found everywhere, and you look nothing like her. You stole her identity because you wanted to use her name to enter the Winthrop Group and fool everyone, didn’t you?”

Elspeth hit the nail right on the head. Emma couldn’t say anything in her defense.

It was the truth, after all. Emma had been too confident. She thought Elspeth wouldn’t think to look into things, so that was why she dared to talk about her identity.

Who would have known?

Emma’s eyes hardened as she said, “What does this have to do with you harming Winthrop Group? Even though my identity was falsified, I never did anything to harm the company.”

At the sight of Emma’s fervent attempts to defend herself, Elspeth declared icily, “Since you refuse to admit it yourself, don’t blame me for exposing every single thing you’ve done instead.”