Chapter 252


    As ke was about to greet the familiar face with a smile, his expression turned solemn when he


    noticed the tinum card in her hand. He wondered why the card was with Lisa. As far as he


    remembered, the card had always been left untouched in Elspeth’s purse. Moreover, the bunch of keys


    had the same keychain as Elspeth’s. He couldn’t fathom why it was with Lisa. Don’t tell me…


    “Is she a thief?” he whispered to himself. He then hurriedly went up to grab Lisa’s wrist and persuaded


    her, “Lisa, why are you stealing things? You could let me know if you are broke. I’ll lend you the money.


    Return the items at once, or you might go to jail if they catch you.” ke was so worried about her that


    his forehead was covered in sweat.


    Lisa recalled who ke was and found his words funny yet odd. “Why should I inform you if I’m


    broke?”


    ke was equally surprised, not knowing why he blurted out such words. “That’s because stealing isn’t


    right. Moreover, the items that you have stolen belong to Callum and Elspeth.”


    Lisa looked at him helplessly upon hearing that. Rumor has it that ke is a smart guy who can


    memorize his lines by heart while filming, but why doesn’t that seem to be the case?


    “I didn’t steal anything.”


    Lisa struggled to free her wrist, but ke gripped it so tightly that she couldn’t escape. With that, she


    threw a kick at him, and he finally let go to dodge the kick. Her hand was supple and soft.


    “Don’t touch me.” Lisa had taken martial art sses, so defeating ke wasn’t an issue for her.


    However, since he was Callum’s brother and Elspeth’s friend, she didn’t intend to hurt him.


    Seeing how stubborn she was, he went up to her and hugged her tightly. “Alright, listen to me. I’m


    giving you a word of advice because you seem naive. Go and return the items.”


    “Don’t touch me! I’m not returning them.” Hearing that, ke had no choice but to carry her in his arms,


    and the sudden sensation of being lifted startled Lisa. She jerked her shoulders and clutched onto him.


    It was the first time in 18 years that a man was carrying her, and it felt rather odd.


    ke then entered Elspeth’s room while carrying Lisa in his arms. Elspeth and Callum were chattering


    and bantering with each other, and they were so surprised to see ke carrying the blushing Lisa in his


    arms. Their jaws dropped at once.


    “Both of you have made great progress!” Hearing that, ke finally realized that his actions weren’t


    appropriate and immediately put Lisa down. Following that, he locked the door, fearing that she would


    escape.


    “It’s not that. She has stolen something.”


    Elspeth was surprised upon hearing that; based on her understanding of Lisa’s character, she’d never


    do something like that. It could be a misunderstanding, but what caused it?


    “If you didn’t say that she had stolen something, I would’ve thought you were here to announce your


    marriage to each other,” Callum said sarcastically.


    “That’s not it. She did steal something…” ke replied in embarrassment.


    “I didn’t steal anything.” Lisa was speechless when she saw how silly he looked. How could there be


    such an idiotic man? she thought.


    “I think I know what you mean. Let me introduce her to you. This is Lisa, my private investigator. She is


    in charge of investigating various matters for me, and I was the one who passed those items to her.”


    Elspeth then nced over at ke and tutted. “I won’t be introducing you. I think she knows who you


    are at first nce,” she said.


    “Of course. I’m pretty famous, after all.” ke raised his brows.


    “No, it’s because she has already run a check on you, including…” Elspeth smiled mysteriously before


    continuing, “Including the color of underpants you’re wearing. She knows everything.”


    “I don’t believe it!” ke’s expression turned sour.


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    “You have ten underpants in total, and you’re wearing the pink one today,” Lisa announced confidently.


    ke stared at her with widened eyes, for he couldn’t believe that she knew about it. Callum, on the


    other hand, couldn’t contain hisughter upon hearing that.


    “Don’tugh at him. She knows yours too.” Elspeth rolled her eyes at Callum, making thetter


    speechless as well.


    “Alright, so has the problem been solved?” Elspeth nced at ke resignedly.


    “Problem solved. I’m sorry for the misunderstanding.” ke felt bad when he realized that he was at


    fault. When Lisa thought of how silly he looked when he carried her over to make her surrender, the


    anger she harbored somehow disappeared.


    “It’s fine.”


    However, ke felt bad and wanted to make it up to her. “If you’re going somewhere, I can give you a


    lift. You can take this as an apology,” he offered.


    “No, thank you. I have a car.” Lisa rejected his offer, not wanting to get involved with him.


    “Don’t worry about it. I’ll give you a ride.” With that, he grabbed her wrist by force and dragged her out.


    Meanwhile, as Elspeth watched them, she rubbed her chin with her finger and asked, “Do you think


    they will end up together?”


    “Instead of being concerned about this, shouldn’t you think about how you’re going to deal with Arthur?”


    Callum asked nonchntly after taking a sip of water.


    Right, I was so distracted that I almost forgot about that.


    After giving the matter some thought, she sighed. “Eric has already taken action against him, though. I


    feel that he might do something out of desperation if we do something to him.” Elspeth thought of


    letting the matter go.


    “Don’t worry about that. I’ll help you with it.” Callum smirked. As Elspeth’s boyfriend, he couldn’t sit well


    with the fact that some other man was trying to woo her. Thus, he decided to take care of it.


    The next day, there was news about a faction within the Alphascape Group. There seemed to be a


    problem with a batch of stocks handled by Arthur. Someone used it against Arthur and imed that he


    was the person behind it, causing Arthur to be suspended from his position.


    When Elspeth found out about the news, Callum was peeling an orange for her. She instantly


    suspected that he had something to do with it. “Did you do it?”


    “I’m only teaching him a lesson this time round. He’ll be fine since Dad will get someone to help him. I’ll


    wait until he stirs something up that disgusts Dad, and that’s when I’ll take him down.”


    Is Theodore going to get someone to help him? “You have a point. After all, Theodore is a nice person.


    Arthur was ignorant when he insisted on severing ties with him and even suspected Theodore. Even


    so, Theodore is still supportive of him.” Elspeth was furious at the thought of it.


    “Don’t worry about it. Dad decided to help because Arthur is his son. If Arthur doesn’t appreciate that,


    he will get a taste of his medicer on.”


    Elspeth nodded as she agreed with Callum. The next moment, a news notification suddenly popped up


    on her phone, and the headline read, ‘Son of Oil Magnate Has Fallen for Elspeth. What Will Happen to


    Callum? Who Will Win the Girl?’


    Below the headline were pictures of Elspeth with Eric, as well as another picture of her in Callum’s


    arms.


    Callum narrowed his gaze and was infuriated upon seeing the news. “They sure are ballsy, stirring up


    trouble again.”