Chapter 358 Can’t Claim the Moral High Ground
Arthur took a deep breath. His emotions were undulated in his heart.
Elspeth found it hard to breathe, for she didn’t expect the Winthrop Family’s education to be so cruel.
“So, I stole his exam paper that time and burned it.”
There wasn’t a hint of hesitation on Arthur’s face when he brought it up, nor did he appear guilty, as though he was only talking about something insignificant.
“What are you ready to do, then? Are you going to frame him again just like what you had done in the past?”
Suddenly, an inscrutable smile appeared on Arthur’s face. “Why do you think I was framing him?”
That’s what you said.
Elspeth found the person before her eyes eccentric. It seemed that he was slightly disturbed.
Arthur’s gaze darkened as though he had seen through her mind. “I was just defending my dignity.”
He’s gone mad.
Elspeth could feel him being resigned and his desire to achieve greater heights. However, she couldn’t dissuade him from doing anything at this moment.
That was because she knew that she hadn’t experienced what he had been through, so she couldn’t claim the moral high ground and tell him to be upstanding.
Despite that, she still wasn’t willing to see Arthur falling from grace.
After all, excluding the terrible things he had done before, he had been treating Elspeth and her family members well.
“Arthur,” Elspeth called out to him all of a sudden.
Arthur looked attentively at her. There was a hint of expectancy and inquisition behind his gaze.
“I think the dishes you prepare are delicious.”
What she said was simple to understand, but it didn’t seem to have anything to do with what was going on. She had gone off-topic.
However, Arthur understood her instantly.
Is she trying to tell me to be kind?
“I’ll frequently prepare dishes for you.” A playful smile appeared on his lips. “Why don’t you just marry me?”
The hint between the two adults was conspicuous but also veiled at the same time.
Elspeth shook her head. “What I mean is there are some areas where you shine.”
Arthur stared fixedly at her. There seemed to be complex and abstruse emotions undulating behind his cold gaze. Elspeth realized that she could never figure out what was on his mind.
Although Arthur was slightly moved, he soon pulled himself together.
“Ignore me, then.”
He got to his feet and patted his clothes, though there wasn’t any dust at all.
“Miss Joneson told me to come over and cheer you up, but it seems that I’ve disappointed her.” Arthur shrugged and put on his typical polite smile. “The weather is chilly, so you’d better keep your coat.”
He passed the coat back to her and returned to the villa.
As Elspeth watched him leave, she couldn’t identify what she was feeling.
After giving it some thought, she got over it.
She hadn’t even settled her own issues, so why was she even trying to help someone else untie the knots in his heart?
Following a sigh, she fished out her phone and found Callum’s name on Facebook.
At that instant, she realized that Callum, who had always used an ocean photo as his profile picture, had changed it to a photo of him and his current partner.
It was as though he wanted Elspeth to see it.
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