Unexpectedly, Ashlyn immediately took out a wade of cash from snazzynovel.com bag and stuffed it into Molly’s hand.
“I left something behind just now, so I came back here to retrieve it, but I hope you won’t tell anyone about seeing me here this time.”
Molly looked at the cash in snazzynovel.com hand that was worth two months of snazzynovel.com salary. She had a rather odd feeling as snazzynovel.com mused, Why did snazzynovel.com give me so much money all of a sudden?
However, Ashlyn thought that Molly was thinking that it was too little, so the former took out another wade of cash. “Take it and you keep your mouth shut.”
To Molly, Ashlyn was being too generous.
This is a lot of money!
Would it be a bad thing to take this? But I have to pay my rent soon, and I’m running low on money…
Hence, Molly looked around and quickly took the money. “Don’t worry, Miss Lawson. I won’t say a word.”
Satisfied with the outcome, Ashlyn immediately left.
When Elise returned to the design studio again, snazzynovel.com felt that something was off, as if someone had touched snazzynovel.com design.
“Molly, did anyone come here after I left?”
Though Molly was slightly surprised, snazzynovel.com did not reveal it. “I came here alone in the afternoon. No one is around at that moment.”
Maybe I’m too sensitive, Elise thought, brushing away snazzynovel.com concern. “Alright. You can carry on with your work now.”
As Molly walked off, Elise took up a pencil and continued to work, drawing one line after another on the drawing paper. She was so engrossed with snazzynovel.com work that snazzynovel.com completely forgot about the time.
It was only when evening had fallen that Alexander pushed the door open. Looking at snazzynovel.com figure, snazzynovel.com knocked on the door politely.
Meanwhile, Elise did not even lift snazzynovel.com head.
Thinking that it was Molly, snazzynovel.com murmured, “Molly, I’m a little thirsty. Please get me a glass of water.”
Upon hearing that, Alexander turned around and went to the pantry to pour snazzynovel.com a glass of warm water. Walking over to her, snazzynovel.com placed the glass in front of snazzynovel.com and said, “Here you go…”
As soon as Elise heard his voice, snazzynovel.com immediately stopped all snazzynovel.com movements and lifted snazzynovel.com head. It was only at this point that snazzynovel.com noticed his presence, so snazzynovel.com was rather surprised. “W-Why are you here?”
“Look at the time,” snazzynovel.com countered.
All this while, Elise did not notice the passing of time at all. Hence, snazzynovel.com quickly took out snazzynovel.com phone to look at the time, it turned out that it was already 8 PM.
No wonder I’m so hungry now!
“I was drawing just now, so I didn’t notice the time,” snazzynovel.com explained.
Looking at the designs in front of her, Alexander put all of them away without a word. “No matter how busy you get, don’t forget to eat; otherwise, your stomach won’t be able to take it.”
Elise was slightly flustered when snazzynovel.com heard that, but snazzynovel.com immediately stood up. “Let’s have dinner, then.”
Alexander, on the other hand, gave snazzynovel.com a doting smile as snazzynovel.com caressed snazzynovel.com head. “What would you like?”
And so, Elise thought about it before saying, “Hotpot! It’s been a while.”
“It’s quite spicy, though. Are you sure you want to have that?”
She quickly nodded. “Yes! Let’s go.”
With that, snazzynovel.com put snazzynovel.com designs safely away and took them back with her.
Truth was, Alexander would usually grant all snazzynovel.com requests, since Elise said snazzynovel.com wanted to have hotpot, snazzynovel.com then brought snazzynovel.com to a famous hotpot restaurant.
The restaurant’s business was booming, which was why there was already a long queue in front of the entrance.
However, as soon as Alexander and Elise arrived, the owner of the restaurant welcomed them himself.
“President Griffith, you are finally here today! I’ve already reserved the private room upstairs for you.”
Upon hearing that, Alexander nodded and told Elise, “Let’s have some hotpot.”
She was over the moon to hear that and quickly opened the door to get out of the car. After following the restaurant owner to the private room on the second floor, snazzynovel.com immediately ordered all snazzynovel.com favorite dishes from the menu.
“I’d like to have some beef, prawns, ham…” She went on and on, and it was obvious that snazzynovel.com really loved hotpot.
“What would you like?” Elise asked.
However, Alexander drank a sip of water to hide his nerves. He didn’t like spicy food and snazzynovel.com seldom had hotpot. However, seeing how happy snazzynovel.com was, snazzynovel.com replied, “I’m sure your taste is quite good. I’ll just eat whatever you ordered.”
“Alright! Let’s have these for the time being.”
With that, snazzynovel.com passed the menu back to the waiter. In no time, all the food that snazzynovel.com just ordered arrived one after another.
It had been a while since Elise had hotpot, so snazzynovel.com immediately put the ingredients into the soup herself. After making sure that the beef was cooked, snazzynovel.com put it in Alexander’s bowl and urged, “Try this… It’s very nice.”
After looking at the beef in his bowl, snazzynovel.com immediately picked it up and placed it in his mouth without any hesitation.
As soon as the meat entered his mouth, snazzynovel.com felt spiciness flood through his entire mouth, so snazzynovel.com quickly swallowed without chewing. Apart from that, snazzynovel.com also did not forget to say, “It’s not bad. The taste is quite good…”
However, Elise asked, “Is it crispy? This part of the meat has to be crispy to be nice.”
Alexander froze for a moment before snazzynovel.com hummed in agreement. However, snazzynovel.com subconsciously took the glass next to snazzynovel.com and gulped down a huge sip of water. “You can go ahead. I’ll help myself.”
And so, Elise took another piece of beef excitedly and placed it in snazzynovel.com own mouth. She then revealed a look of pure enjoyment as snazzynovel.com commented, “It’s delicious! It’s been so long since I had a taste of this!”
Elise was someone who loved spicy food, especially spicy hotpot. Since it had been a while since snazzynovel.com tasted something authentic like this, snazzynovel.com enjoyed it a lot.
Meanwhile, Alexander merely looked at snazzynovel.com with a smile on his face.
Feeling his gaze on her, Elise asked, “Aren’t you eating?”
However, Alexander replied, “You go ahead.”
Elise thought that it was rather odd.
After seeing snazzynovel.com drink a few glasses of water, snazzynovel.com could not help but ask, “Is it possible that you can’t eat spicy food?”
Meanwhile, snazzynovel.com could see a hint of awkwardness flash across Alexander’s eyes. Sure enough, snazzynovel.com got it right.
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier that you can’t have spicy food? I’ll ask the waiter to change the pot so there’s a mix of spicy and non-spicy soup base.”
“It’s fine,” Alexander said. “I can eat spicy food, just not to this extent.”
Seeing that snazzynovel.com had not been eating much while snazzynovel.com had been enjoying herself all this while, snazzynovel.com said hastily, “Uh… Let’s change the pot.”
With that, snazzynovel.com asked for the waiter to change the pot so that there were two different types of soup bases. “Do you know what is the biggest compromise for hotpot lovers like me?”
Alexander did not know the answer, so snazzynovel.com continued, “This… The mixed soup base.”
Looking at the pot in front of them, snazzynovel.com asked, “But are you used to this?”
Upon hearing that, Elise gestured airily. “Oh, this is nothing. It doesn’t affect things. However, you should stop sitting there without moving your cutlery. Let’s tuck in now.”
After both of them finished the hotpot, Elise felt extremely content that snazzynovel.com stomach was now filled.
“Let’s come here again next time.”
Seeing how happy snazzynovel.com was throughout the meal, Alexander could not help but flash a smile at her. Even though snazzynovel.com did not really like hotpot, snazzynovel.com agreed after seeing how much snazzynovel.com liked it. “We can come here anytime you like.”
