Hiding Behind Her Superficiality
Chapter 75

Chapter 75

Chapter 75 Drugged

“Callum, Ophelia only came here out of filial duty. The years I spent doting on her when she was littleweren’t in vain, after all.” Margot shot a glare at Callum before taking Ophelia’s hand and patting it.“Look how nice Ophelia is. Now she’s not only obedient but also sensible and gracious. Why don’t youreconsider going out with her—”

“What are you talking about, Mrs. Winthrop?” Ophelia blushed shyly while giving Margot a light push.

Callum didn’t say anything in reply, but his silence already spoke volumes.

Seeing that the man didn’t respond at all, Ophelia suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. She retracted herhands, saying, “Mrs. Winthrop, now that Callum doesn’t like me, let’s not force him into it. It’ll make itsound like I’m threatening him.”

“What nonsense are you talking about, Ophelia? Your engagement to Callum was decided by yourmother and me when you two were little. Moreover, you two grew up together, so how can he possiblyhave no feelings for you?” Margot said in a gentle voice, comforting Ophelia for fear that she might behurt by Callum’s attitude.

Callum replied at once, “I already have someone I love.”

Elspeth was startled, and her fork froze in midair with a meatball on it.

“You already have someone you like? Who is it? Don’t tell me it’s Elspeth?”

Callum nodded. “That’s right. It’s her.”

Ophelia forced a smile. “Oh… Is that so?”

“You can’t love her,” Margot blurted out subconsciously.

Baffled, Callum turned to look at her with a puzzled expression. “Why?”

“Because I said you can’t. Callum, even if you have no feelings for Ophelia, you can’t love Elspeth,”Margot said solemnly as though there were some dark secret behind this.

The instant she said so, everyone at the scene fell silent. Having no appetite for dinner, they hastilyfinished their meal before returning to their respective bedrooms.

Since it was getting late, Ophelia decided to stay at the Winthrop Residence for the night before leavingtomorrow.

It was late at night when Margot came to Callum’s room with a glass of warm milk in her hand. Afterknocking on the door, she pushed it open and came in. “Callum, I have something to talk to you about,”she said softly while putting the glass of milk on his desk.

Callum seemed to have predicted what she was going to say. He asked, “What do you want to say?”

“It’s not that I’m not allowing you to go out with Elspeth. It’s mainly because… Sigh!” She let out a deepsigh as her thoughts wandered. “You know what? Your dad had a first love when he was young—”

“What does this have to do with Elspeth?”

Seeing Callum’s puzzlement, Margot explained, “His first love was Elspeth’s mother! Do you know thatthe woman you love is probably your half-sister who shares a father with you?”

Callum found such words ridiculous. “Impossible!”

Margot sneered. “Why is that impossible? Elspeth is just as stubborn as your dad. You know what?Your dad disappeared for six months when I was pregnant with Blake. Nobody knows what happened

during those six months. Now, look at Elspeth. Isn’t she the same age as Blake?!”

This was so ridiculous that Callum simply couldn’t believe all this. “Still, you can’t prove that Elspeth isDad’s illegitimate daughter.”

Margot replied with a sob in her voice, “I didn’t know your dad was in love with an unattainable womanuntil half a year into our marriage. I was already pregnant with you at the time, so I put up with itinstead of divorcing him. Do you know that?”

Callum patted her on the back in an attempt to calm her down. “Calm down first, Mom. All of this mightbe a misunderstanding.”

“A misunderstanding, huh? Have you ever wondered why your dad is so nice to Elspeth if it’s notbecause of this?”

“Dad is friends with Elspeth’s father. They’ve been through thick and thin together, so it’s very normalfor Dad to be fond of his daughter.”

“Alright, I won’t say any more about it. In any case, just remember that Elspeth isn’t a good match foryou,” Margot advised earnestly. “Callum, I won’t do you any harm. I’ll definitely replace you a lady that’sbetter than anyone else. You know—”

Callum replied, “It’s enough, Mom. I have my own judgment.” He wasn’t that gullible. Although whatMargot had said sounded very true, he was nonetheless doubtful deep down. Skeptical about herwords, he saw her out of the room.

“Remember to drink the milk before it cools,” Margot urged before going back to her bedroom.

Callum returned to his desk, picked up the glass of milk, and finished it in a gulp. After that, he sortedout his documents and went to bed.

However, after lying in bed for a while, he felt unusually hot. He turned up the air conditioner, but it wasof no use. He couldn’t sleep, and his body was hot as though it were on fire; he even had some strangereactions. Before he knew it, Elspeth’s face appeared in his mind; the thought of her smile, her delicatefeatures, and her seductive red lips was tempting him. “Sh*t,” he swore under his breath. What am Ithinking about?

Just when his mind was getting jumbled, he suddenly heard the sound of the door being unlocked.

The lights were off, so he couldn’t see clearly who the person was. All he felt was an ice-cold hand thatcaressed his face before naughtily moving all the way down. He seized the person’s wrist. With the lastbit of reason that he could muster, he asked, “Who are you?” Judging by the person’s silhouette, it hadto be a young lady. The only young lady who can enter my room is probably…

“Callum…” Feeling the burning heat on the palm of her hand, Ophelia was both surprised and anxious.Am I about to get my hands on Callum?

“Ophelia?”

Ophelia mustered the courage to kiss him, only to be shoved away forcefully.

“Ophelia, what are you doing?” Callum panted out under his breath while feeling his body graduallybecome weak.

“Callum, I love you. I want to be with you forever, okay…” Ophelia said in a tearful voice as shehurriedly undressed him. “But you only have eyes for Elspeth, and I can’t accept you going out with her.Callum, you’re mine. You can only be mine—”

Callum calmed down. With all his might, he clutched Ophelia’s wrist to stop her from continuing whatshe was doing. “Ophelia, even if you and I really end up sleeping together tonight, I won’t marry you.”

Ophelia never expected him to say something like this, and her eyes widened in disbelief. “Callum, howcould you do this to me?”

“I know you’ve changed a lot since your return this time, and I really thought you’d gotten over me,”Callum said as his voice grew colder and colder. “But I never thought you’d drug me. Ophelia, you’rereally quite something.”

Fearing that he might get angry, Ophelia lowered her voice to a whisper. “Please don’t get mad,Callum. I love you, but I don’t want you to hate me—”

Callum let go of her and took half a step back. “Get out of here now.”

“Callum…”

Seeing that she seemed to have no intention of giving up, Callum gritted his teeth, picked up the glasson his desk, and smashed it against his head. The next second, he passed out.