Hiding Behind Her Superficiality novel Chapter 716

Despite being unkind to the man before her, Yelena remained polite to his mother, Ms. Balkan. She could refuse him, but she couldn’t reject Ms. Balkan, who was kindhearted and very fond of her.

“I wasn’t blackmailing you. If you don’t believe me, I can show you the text messages she sent me on my phone. She really asked me to bring you home for dinner.”

Yelena let out a snort. “So, you mean you only came to me because Ms. Balkan wanted to invite me to dinner? If it weren’t for her, you wouldn’t have come looking for me, right?”

Hank smiled helplessly. “No, that’s not what I meant.”

Seeing that her act was almost done, Yelena folded her arms across her chest without even batting an eye. “Lead the way.”

He walked ahead, but she didn’t hurry to catch up with him. Instead, she turned around and said goodbye to Elspeth. “Elspeth, Ms. Balkan invited me to dinner, and I can’t refuse, so I gotta go first.”

Elspeth opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but she could only let out a helpless sigh in the end. “Okay, then. Go on.”

“Uh-huh.”

After Yelena had left, Blake heaved a sigh of relief.

“What’s wrong? Why did you react so strongly?” asked Elspeth.

Blake replied with a sigh, “You have no idea. Because I’m married and she’s not, she keeps picking on me every single day.”

Elspeth’s mouth twitched slightly. “She keeps picking on you? How?”

“She makes up some salacious gossip about me, then Lisa would argue with me while she watches from the sidelines.”

Elspeth’s mouth twitched uncontrollably at his words. “Perhaps that’s her only source of amusement during these difficult years.”

Blake was close to tears. “Why do I always end up getting hurt?”

“Alright, just take good care of your wife here. I still have a lot of people to catch up with during this trip back home,” replied Elspeth.

Callum gently took her hand in his, after which he said with a hint of gentleness, “Mom said she wants to see you.”

Naturally, the ‘mom’ he referred to was Helia, Elspeth’s mother.

At the thought of how many years had passed since she last saw Helia, Elspeth had a conflicted feeling. She couldn’t imagine how heartbroken Helia must have been when she heard the news of her disappearance. “In that case, let’s go visit her now.”

Callum nodded and held her hand as they walked outside. “Let me take you there.”

Before long, they arrived at a secluded estate with mansion-style architecture.

Looking at this place, Elspeth found it increasingly familiar. “Why does this place look kind of familiar to me?” she asked. Suddenly, she seemed to recall something, and her eyes widened at once. “Isn’t this the Harley Family’s home?”

Callum smiled. “You’re right. This is the Harley Residence.”

With a smile exchanged between them, they walked hand in hand toward the house.

Upon entering the house, Elspeth immediately saw Welson pacing back and forth at the center of the living room with a hint of anxiety. The moment he noticed her coming in, he stopped in his tracks and looked at her from a short distance. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but was at a loss for words.

In the end, Elspeth approached him with a smile and broke the silence. “Why are you standing here, Dad?”

Just the word alone caused the man, who was usually high-handed and reluctant to express his feelings, to become teary-eyed at once. “What did you just call me? Was I hearing things?”

“Dad.”

Welson instantly broke into hearty laughter. “Hey! My daughter, you really know how to make someone happy.”

At the sight of the father and daughter burying the hatchet with a smile, Helia was finally free of her worries.

They took their seats and began chatting.

Elspeth noticed that both Welson and Helia were looking at her with loving gazes, as if they couldn’t get enough of it. This made her feel rather embarrassed. “Dad, Mom, please don’t keep staring at me like that. It feels quite awkward.”

Helia smiled and replied, “There’s nothing to feel awkward about. Why feel awkward about being looked at by your own parents? You’re really shy, my child.”

Noticing Elspeth’s shyness, Welson withdrew his gaze and asked a serious question. “I already knew about everything you’d been through abroad. Don’t worry. Now that you’re back in the country, I have to make it up to you properly. How about I hand over the Harley Family’s businesses to you?”