Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 77

Chapter 77 Strange Tears

“Callum…”

Ophelia’s eyes swam with tears at his words as if a part of her had been broken.

“Callum, even if you don’t like me, I still want you to know how I feel about you. But you can’t keep hurting me with Elspeth. It’s unfair!”

“Ophelia, you should know by now that you’re only a sister to me. Stop bothering me.”

Callum’s cold-hearted rejection was the fatal blow to Ophelia. Unable to hold on any longer, she turned around and ran away with tears flowing down her cheeks.

At the tragic sight, Margot spat maliciously, “Elspeth, you’re the one who did this to our family. You may be resorting to any means to become the lady of the Winthrop Family, but I won’t let you get away with it!”

“You’re overthinking it,” Elspeth replied indifferently. “I’m not interested in being the lady of the Winthrop Family.”

Hearing that, he added quickly, “You have to. It doesn’t matter whether you’re interested or not.”

Elspeth turned speechless.

“You two are really going to be the death of me!” Margot’s chest heaved with anger as she raised a hand and roared at Elspeth, “You’re just like that homewrecking mother of yours. Clearly, her apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree—her daughter is just as shameless as her. You’ve really taken after your mother!”

At her words, Elspeth was taken aback. “You know who my mom is?”

“Why wouldn’t I? Your mother was someone who stole the hearts of countless men and even played Theodore like a fiddle. How could I not know her?”

Her words were biting and sarcastic as if suggesting that Elspeth’s mother was promiscuous enough to seduce a married man.

“Mrs. Winthrop, please watch your mouth. It’s one thing to insult me, but don’t bring my mother into this.”

A wave of anger surged within Elspeth at her words. She remembered that her father had once described her mother as a fairy—gentle and gracious with a meek and kind personality. It was only because of this that her father had constantly waited for her mother to come back. How could someone as perfect as her do something like that?

“You can ask Theodore if you don’t believe me. Have a look for yourself whether their relationship was truly innocent or not!” Margot sneered. “Who knows? You might even be his daughter!”

At that, Margot left in a huff.

After she left, Elspeth couldn’t help but blurt out, “Was Mrs. Winthrop’s words true?”

A trace of evasion appeared in Callum’s eyes. “I don’t think so.”

“Still, I have to find a way to keep Mrs. Winthrop’s mouth shut. Her accusations are still an insult to my mother.”

She looked at Callum who was next to her and suddenly had an idea. “There’s something we can do now.”

When he saw Elspeth’s heated stare, he instantly understood what she meant. “You want to do a DNA test?”

“Mr. Winthrop isn’t at home now because he’s away on a trip, and he’ll only be back in two weeks or so. But from what I know, it’s possible to perform the test with your DNA.”

Callum raised an eyebrow. “Are you thinking that as long as we prove that we aren’t blood-related, it means that my mom was wrong?”

“Yes. I don’t believe that we’re blood-related at all.”

Upon saying that, she extended a hand. “Give me a strand of your hair.”

Callum frowned. “Where are the scissors?”

When she saw his hesitation, Elspeth grew frustrated and plucked a strand of his hair straight from his head.

“What do you need scissors for? I can just pluck one out like this.”

At the sudden jab of pain, Callum gritted out, “Elspeth!”

Afraid of lingering in his fury any longer, she sent him an awkward smile and immediately fled the scene.

In the afternoon, Elspeth took a sample of her and Callum’s hair for a DNA test at the hospital. However, Arthur, who was walking past the lab, witnessed the entire thing. Once Elspeth left, he turned around and headed for the lab.

“What was that lady here for?” Arthur asked, feigning nonchalance as he walked in.

Upon seeing him walking in, the doctor in charge immediately stiffened. “Mr. Winthrop, that lady came for a DNA test.”

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The doctor placed the sample before him and said with a smile, “This one right here…”

Arthur picked it up and inspected it. There were two strands of hair inside, one long and the other short. This shorter hair…

A bold idea sprung in his head all of a sudden. After a moment of thought, he said to the doctor, “Show me this month’s report.”

The doctor nodded and turned around to look for the report. Using this opportunity, Arthur sneakily retrieved the long strand of hair from the bag before stuffing his hair in.

Once he was done, he stood up and said, “All right, take your time if you can’t find it. I have some other things to attend to. Just send it to my office later.”

“Yes, sir.”

Arthur left, the corners of his lips curling up into a malicious smile.

After sending the documents, Elspeth prepared to return to the company when she saw a familiar yet unknown woman who had fallen to the ground and seemed hurt. As soon as she walked over and took a look, she realized that the woman was the one who had given flowers to her.

“Miss, are you all right?”

Elspeth kneeled and examined her thoroughly, only to find that she had sprained her ankle.

“There’s a hospital nearby. How about I take you there?”

Driven by severe pain, the woman was unable to refuse and nodded instead. As Elspeth helped her up, they drew close to each other, and a silver pendant suddenly caught her eye. The pendant looked familiar, and if she recalled correctly…

Her thoughts gradually drifted to her time in middle school. Whenever she came home from school, she would see her father playing with a silver pendant. However, his was a hollowed heart, while the woman’s pendant was solid. After her father passed away, he took the pendant with him. Many years had passed since then, so she had not recognized it immediately.

“Miss, can I ask you something?” Elspeth spoke up cautiously.

At her question, the woman seemed inexplicably excited and nodded. “Sure. Go on, young lady.”

“I want to know where your pendant is from. I thought it looks familiar; my dad has one, but it’s a little different from yours…”

The woman jolted before she began to tremble. “Huh?”

“I said that your pendant looks similar to my father’s.”

“Where is your father now?”

Elspeth’s voice sank as she replied, “My father… has passed away.”

The woman’s trembling hand suddenly froze. Soon after, a stream of tears rolled down her cheek. However, as she was wearing glasses, only her flowing tears could be seen instead of the sorrow in her eyes.

“Miss, what’s wrong? Why are you crying all of a sudden?”

The woman’s fluctuating emotions took Elspeth by surprise.