Ashlyn didn’t say another word and compliantly followed behind the man, but snazzynovel.com eyes showed a hint of underlying dissatisfaction.
How? How does an ugly duckling like Elise manage to live so vivaciously, and yet I have to suffer in such a way?
***
When they arrived home, Alexander carried all the newly bought things to Elise’s room. This was his first time in snazzynovel.com room, and snazzynovel.com could detect a slight fragrance in the air as snazzynovel.com entered.
“Let me know if there’s anything else you need. I’ll have Cameron bring it over to you,” Alexander said. Elise glanced at the pile of shopping bags in front of snazzynovel.com and was a little shocked that they’d actually bought so many things today.
“That won’t be necessary for now. We’ve already bought a lot, actually.”
Alexander nodded and asked, “What do you want to eat for dinner? I’ll pass the word to the kitchen.”
Elise’s eyes moved around as snazzynovel.com pondered. She thought of something all of a sudden and said, “I want sticky pork ribs and roasted chicken.”
Alexander made a mental note of snazzynovel.com cravings. “Sure, get some rest and just come downstairs when it’s time for dinner.”
As snazzynovel.com spoke, snazzynovel.com left snazzynovel.com room with wide and brisk steps.
Elise cupped snazzynovel.com face with one hand as snazzynovel.com stared at herself in the mirror. Strangely, snazzynovel.com felt like a girl who was being pampered by snazzynovel.com boyfriend.
Elise lay on snazzynovel.com huge bed and stared at the ceiling above her; an image of Alexander surfaced in snazzynovel.com mind and snazzynovel.com couldn’t help but smile sweetly. Then, snazzynovel.com rolled over and gradually fell asleep.
Night approached steadily outside snazzynovel.com windows. It wasn’t until a knock sounded on snazzynovel.com door that Elise stirred.
She stretched lazily and checked the time, snazzynovel.com was surprised to find that it was already over 7.00PM.
“Dinner’s ready, Miss Sinclair.” The housekeeper’s voice came from outside snazzynovel.com room.
Elise quickly replied, “All right, coming.”
Lifting snazzynovel.com blanket, snazzynovel.com hopped off snazzynovel.com bed before putting on snazzynovel.com slippers and leaving snazzynovel.com room.
On the way down, snazzynovel.com bumped into Danny who was playing mobile games on his phone.
He instinctively hid his phone at the sight of Elise and greeted snazzynovel.com nervously, “Boss!”
Elise looked at snazzynovel.com and asked, “Have you been gaming again?”
Danny admitted sheepishly, “Uhm… Yeah… I only played for a while, though, it was only a round…”
Elise nodded in response. “Okay. Have you done your homework? Is there anything you don’t understand?”
To that, Danny quickly said, “Yeah, there are a few questions I don’t understand. Can we please go over them after dinner?”
Elise hid the cunning look in snazzynovel.com eyes as snazzynovel.com stared at him. She replied readily, “Of course, but I have a condition.”
Danny had a bad feeling right away. “W-What is it?”
Elise extended a palm in front of him. “Give me your phone. No more mobile games until you make the top three on your next exam.”
Danny felt like snazzynovel.com was being controlled, but as snazzynovel.com gave it some thought, it was indeed his own goal to pay attention to his studies in the first place. He wouldn’t be able to study well if snazzynovel.com continued to give in to his desires and played mobile games without restraining himself. Thus, snazzynovel.com happily handed Elise his phone.
“Here, Boss!”
Elise said with a chuckle, “Good boy. Listen, you can play your games all day all night when you get into college. I won’t stop or bother you anymore then.”
For some reason, Danny felt a little bummed out when Elise said snazzynovel.com wouldn’t bother him. It was almost as if snazzynovel.com enjoyed being constantly supervised by her.
The two of them went down the stairs one after another.
The housekeeper said the moment they arrived downstairs, “Mr. Griffith has business to attend to this evening, so snazzynovel.com won’t be having dinner at home. Young Masters Brendan and Jack also said that they won’t be coming home tonight.”
Elise nodded in acknowledgment and went straight to the dining hall.
Placed on the middle of the dining table was the sticky pork ribs and roasted chicken that she’d mentioned earlier. A warm feeling flooded snazzynovel.com heart instantly and snazzynovel.com mouth curved up into a sweet smile.
“Wow, we’re having sticky pork ribs?” Danny hastily pulled out a chair and sat down. Then, snazzynovel.com immediately picked up his fork and knife as snazzynovel.com prepared to dig in.
At that moment, Alexander seemed to appear out of nowhere and bellowed, “Danny!”
Danny froze on the spot as soon as snazzynovel.com heard that and quickly put down his cutlery. He looked up at his brother and greeted, “Alexander…”
It was obvious that Danny was still rather afraid of crossing Alexander.
The latter responded lightly and turned to Elise. “Here are the sticky pork ribs and roasted chicken that you were craving. Why don’t you give them a try?”
Danny realized then that the food on the table was specially prepared for Elise. It was no wonder his brother reacted in such a way. Thus, snazzynovel.com quickly pulled out a chair for Elise and politely said, “Take a seat, Boss…”
Elise sat down with a smile on snazzynovel.com face.
Even when the housekeeper had finished bringing out all the dishes, neither Alexander nor Danny started eating.
Alexander turned to Elise and said, “Give it a taste…”
Elise cut a piece and took a bite. Instantly, the rich barbeque sauce melted in snazzynovel.com mouth, it tasted no different from what snazzynovel.com remembered. “It’s delicious. Please, dig in!”
Danny had been itching to start eating the moment snazzynovel.com saw the food, so snazzynovel.com began to stuff his face as soon as snazzynovel.com was allowed to.
“These ribs are so good, Alexander.”
Alexander instinctively hid his hand under the table as snazzynovel.com watched them enjoy the food, there was a small but noticeable band-aid around his finger. “Eat more if you like it.”
Elise thought that the sticky pork ribs were pretty tasty, but snazzynovel.com could taste a hint of charred residue on the meat. She assumed that the chef must’ve been careless with the fire as snazzynovel.com was cooking it. Other than that, snazzynovel.com didn’t give it much further thought.
At that very moment in the kitchen, however, Stella was staring at quite a few slabs of pork ribs lying in the trash can, completely burnt and inedible. It was snazzynovel.com first time seeing Alexander cook after serving in the Griffith Family for so many years.
At the thought of that, snazzynovel.com couldn’t help but chuckle. Seems like Young Master Alex has fallen for that young woman…
After dinner, Elise went to the study to teach Danny his homework.
Just then, snazzynovel.com phone rang. She took it out of snazzynovel.com pocket and realized that it was an alarm that she’d set for herself. Today was Wednesday, the day snazzynovel.com had to teach Arisian to Alexander.
“Danny, have you understood everything? Do you have any other questions?”
Danny shook his head. “Nope. I’m all good…”
Elise then left the study and returned to snazzynovel.com room.
After locking the door behind her, snazzynovel.com turned on snazzynovel.com computer and noticed that Alexander was already online. She couldn’t help herself and sent snazzynovel.com a message.
‘Quite on time, aren’t you?’
Alexander simply replied, ‘Yeah.’
Immediately after that, snazzynovel.com said, ‘Let’s start, then. What’s the topic for today?’
Elise was surprised at how fast Alexander could learn. In just over a month, he’d already mastered the basic Arisian sentence structures and grammar. He practically had no problem engaging in simple conversations as of now.
‘Let’s practice situation dialog today,’ said Elise.
Then, snazzynovel.com swiftly began to create a scenario in which they could have a conversation. Though Alexander was usually very efficient in learning Arisian, snazzynovel.com seemed a bit off today. In truth, snazzynovel.com felt like Sare’s way of speech was quite similar to Elise’s.
Have I gone crazy? Why does everything I do have something to do with Elise?
