Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Debunking

Elspeth tapped her chin and pondered aloud, “So, are you trying to rope me in?”

“Haha!” Houston laughed. “You never let me down.” He took his business card, placed it on the table, and slowly pushed it toward her.

“Miss Lynwood, I admire your ability and think you should not be limited to just the title of a director. Isn’t it nice if you could have the title ‘Vice President’ printed on your card?”

Houston left, and Elspeth was left alone in her thoughts.

Vice President… Houston is so greedy. He is eyeing the position of president.

When she returned home at night, everyone had gone to bed except Callum, who was sitting alone in the living room reading documents. She stretched her body lazily, sat next to him, and asked, “How’s your hand?”

“It’s fine,” he answered dispassionately, but his hand that was flipping through the pages paused for a moment.

She didn’t believe him and wanted to look at his hand for herself, but he dodged her.

“Just let me see it,” she muttered.

He quickly changed the subject. “What did Houston say to you today?”

She leaned back on the couch and curled her lips into a smirk. “What do you think?”

“To rope you in.”

Elspeth rolled her eyes and pouted. “How boring.”

Callum ignored her reaction and asked solemnly, “What are you planning to do?”

“What am I planning?” Elspeth looked at his eyes and smirked in amusement. “I’m gonna accept his offer, of course! He promised to make me the vice president. Only a fool would reject such a lucrative deal.”

He remained indifferent and calm. It was apparent that he did not believe her at all. “Why are you telling me this then? Aren’t you afraid that I will know your plan?” Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Callum, drop your act, okay?” She yawned lazily. “Just tell me your plan.”

He raised an eyebrow, not expecting her to react so quickly. “Take the deal.”

“Why?”

“Beat them at their own game.” Callum had his own plan in place.

Elspeth was intrigued. “Tell me how.”

“Promise to work with him and collect evidence. I will replace his pawns in the company, and then I will wipe them all out.”

Elspeth chuckled. “So, you did notice that there are many new and unfamiliar staff in the office. I thought you only focus on your work and don’t recognize your own employees at all.”

He narrowed his eyes and dismissed her, “Alright. Go to rest now. We will have another fierce battle in the next few days.”

She nodded, stood up, and walked upstairs.

“Elspeth,” Callum suddenly called her.

She paused, turned around, and looked at him cheekily, “What?”

“You’re really interesting.”

Elspeth seemed to excel in all aspects and was unpredictable. He would never know what surprise she would create in the next second.

All in all, she was fascinating.

There was a hint of laziness in Elspeth’s voice, “Hey, I’ll think you’re in love with me if you say that.”

“In your dreams.” He scowled at her words.

Elspeth giggled when she saw his expression changing so quickly. Then, she turned around and went to her room. As she left, he looked at her back silhouette, and his gaze gradually darkened.

In order to bait Houston to speed up his actions, they decided to put on a show, making Houston believe that they had a fallout.

The following day, Elspeth was in Callum’s office and discussed the plan peacefully when she suddenly reprimanded shrilly, “I told you that’s not what I mean. Why can’t you understand anything I say?!”

Callum’s voice was equally sharp and stern. “I’m telling you that you’re nothing but a planning director. Therefore, you have no right to interfere with my actions!”

“Just because you’re the boss, you can order me around?! What a joke! I quit! I don’t want to stay here any longer!”

Bang!

It sounded like someone had smashed a glass to the floor, and the earth-shattering sound echoed throughout the office. Everyone could hear their fight loud and clear.

“You want to quit?! Suit yourself! The company will run smoothly without you!”

All the employees shivered and dared not speak.

Elspeth wanted to smash another vase, but Callum quickly stopped her. “Nope. One is enough. If our fight gets too intense, Houston may be skeptical.”

“Okay.” She beamed. “You’re very meticulous.”

Then, she stopped speaking, and the office fell into a dead silence.

After a while, she took out a bottle of water from her bag and sprayed it on her face, smearing her makeup and making it look like she had cried during the argument. Next, she grabbed her files and slammed the door loudly as she left the office.

When she returned to her seat, she called Houston without even fixing her makeup first. Finally, she told him with a faint sob that she wanted to work with him on one condition. Houston would pay the end of his deal by appointing her as the vice president after the matter’s completion.

She initially wanted to take his deal right away, but there was a possibility that he would be suspicious if she took it without any conditions. Therefore, she especially emphasized the deal he brought up earlier.

He was grinning ear to ear when he heard this, and he grew confident and gleeful. “Don’t worry. Once this matter is done, I won’t disappoint you.”

Even Elspeth wanted to work with him. It would be a piece of cake for him to acquire the company!

With that, he began to make his move concerning the company’s financial aspect. He fabricated the account to create a dismal phenomenon of a massive financial collapse.

Elspeth and Callum knew precisely what he was planning. Nonetheless, they didn’t stop him as they quietly watched him make his move while gathering sufficient evidence to put him behind bars.

As they expected, in the second meeting, Houston slammed the financial report on the table and ridiculed, “Mr. Winthrop, have you read the financial report for this quarter?”

“Is there any problem?” Callum did not waver from his position.

“We lost 300 million dollars in this quarter. Do you know how much 300 million is? Mr. Winthrop, I told you long ago that we can’t simply develop high-end products. Look! We lost so much money! What should we do?”

Elspeth echoed, “You do have to explain yourself.”

Houston smirked smugly. “In my opinion, you are no longer capable of managing the company at your current level. Therefore, you should step down and give up your position.”

Callum narrowed his eyes coldly. “Are you saying that I should hand over the company to you?”

“Oh, no, of course not. Why don’t we listen to others’ opinions?” Houston looked at his colleagues around him and beamed. “Do you think we should elect another person as the company’s president?”

No one said anything to back him up. He frowned in confusion and asked again, but the answer he received was resounding silence.

She rose to her face with a smile on her face. “You’re done, right, Mr. Bishop? Do you mind if I say a few words?”

Houston felt panic surge in his heart and thought that things were drastically different from what he had planned.