After saying that, snazzynovel.com passed snazzynovel.com a very pretty invitation card. “This is Designer’s Night organized by a few influential and seasoned designers in the country, and there should be quite a few new designs on this show. Later, accompany me to this event to have a look.”
Lowering snazzynovel.com head, Elise studied the card in snazzynovel.com hands, which had a familiar name on it.
***
Designer’s Night was considered as the source of fresh ideas for domestic fashion designers. It might appear as a fashion show, but in private, the audience under the stage could make a bid according to the number on the model and win themselves the chance to meet and chat with the designer about the philosophy behind the design. To put it simply, it was an exchange of design inspirations.
At first, Elise wasn’t very interested in it, but snazzynovel.com didn’t want to turn Brendan down, so snazzynovel.com followed snazzynovel.com along. She felt much better when they received a mask at the entrance of the venue, hidden underneath the mask, so much hassle could be eliminated because nobody would know who the other was.
There weren’t many points of the show which surprised Elise. In the end, snazzynovel.com picked a design which was kind of to snazzynovel.com liking, then snazzynovel.com wrote down the serial number and price before leaving the show early to go to the bathroom.
When snazzynovel.com came out, a man was standing at the door with his back facing her.
At first, snazzynovel.com thought that snazzynovel.com was one of the models, but when snazzynovel.com saw the mask strap around the back of his head, snazzynovel.com realized that snazzynovel.com was also an invited guest. Her gaze stopped on snazzynovel.com for a couple more seconds before snazzynovel.com looked away and prepared to leave.
When snazzynovel.com passed by the man, snazzynovel.com suddenly extended his arm and blocked snazzynovel.com path.
“Is anything the matter, sir?” snazzynovel.com asked.
Taking a step forward, the man stood in front of snazzynovel.com and didn’t beat about the bush either, as snazzynovel.com went straight to his point.
“Nothing. I just wish to see how the lady who has the same tastes as me looks like,” snazzynovel.com said, reaching out his hand to take off snazzynovel.com mask.
Out of reflex, Elise stepped backward, but the man pushed his luck and came in closer until snazzynovel.com was leaning on the sink. With no room left for Elise to retreat, snazzynovel.com placed both of his hands on the sink, trapping snazzynovel.com in between.
On the other hand, Elise, who had nowhere to go, felt a wave of disgust over snazzynovel.com chest. By using his male physical advantages to subdue a woman, this man had really pushed snazzynovel.com button.
“Sir, please watch what you’re doing!” Clenching snazzynovel.com fists tightly, Elise suppressed snazzynovel.com urge to strike him. “I didn’t mean to snatch anything from someone else and simply wrote a price. If you would like, you can meet with the designer.”
Under the mask, a smug smirk tinged the edges of the man’s lips. Although it was almost unnoticeable, it was especially glaring to Elise’s eyes.
She recalled that snazzynovel.com merely wrote 1,000 as the bid half-heartedly, but this guy couldn’t even out-bid her.
In his eyes, the designer’s inspiration isn’t even worth 1,000?
Everyone who was invited here is either rich or wealthy, and yet, he’s so stingy with his bid and even has the cheeks to make a fuss about it.
Unable to hold it back anymore, snazzynovel.com snorted and said sarcastically, “Let me guess… A well-dressed gentleman such as you, whom people can easily tell how wealthy you are, couldn’t even make a bid of more than 1,000?”
Her words struck Johan Olsen in his sore spot, and snazzynovel.com snarled under his mask angrily.
As the successor of the dignified Olsen Family, the money snazzynovel.com would drop on the floor every time snazzynovel.com took out his wallet would be more than 1,000. So, how could snazzynovel.com have made such a petty bid?
It’s all the fault of that new assistant who has no experience with events like this. I’m going to fire snazzynovel.com later when I get back! snazzynovel.com thought furiously.
But this woman has a sharp tongue, and it’s kinda extraordinary how snazzynovel.com insults without using any vulgar language.
The thought of this made snazzynovel.com even more excited, and snazzynovel.com grabbed snazzynovel.com entire mask with his large hand, impatient to have a look at the face of the woman underneath. However, a leg appeared from the side the next second and kicked snazzynovel.com out straightaway.
Landing on the floor with a loud thud, snazzynovel.com also took Elise’s mask with snazzynovel.com at the same time.
Scrambling to his feet, snazzynovel.com had barely checked out his injuries when snazzynovel.com decided to twist his head to check out the woman’s face instead. To his dismay, snazzynovel.com already had snazzynovel.com back facing him, and the man next to snazzynovel.com was wearing a solemn expression.
With the fierce, cold air around him, snazzynovel.com looked like a murderous wolf from the Siberia.
Unwittingly, Johan was stunned for a moment as snazzynovel.com held in pain the spot where snazzynovel.com was kicked.
Alexander narrowed his dark eyes, and every word snazzynovel.com said was aloof but firm.
“It wouldn’t be as simple as a kick if you touch her. You should be thankful…” Then, snazzynovel.com spun around, placed his arm around Elise’s waist, and left.
After they had left the masked man far behind, it struck Elise that Alexander should now be on a business trip in Athesea.
“Why are you still here?”
“I happen to have something to discuss with Brendan,” snazzynovel.com explained, opening the car door. “I’ll send you back…”
All the way while they were walking out, his expression had been rather stony, and snazzynovel.com thought that snazzynovel.com must be angry. Hence, snazzynovel.com was embarrassed to accept any more of his kind gestures. “It’s okay…”
Stopping next to the car, snazzynovel.com wanted to ease the tension in the air and said jokingly, “You have serious matters to attend to, if you keep sending me to places, people might think that I’ve hired myself a handsome driver!”
However, Alexander’s face was grim, and snazzynovel.com didn’t say anything in response, which made the atmosphere especially awkward. In fact, snazzynovel.com wasn’t angry at Elise, but rather, snazzynovel.com was mad at himself that snazzynovel.com couldn’t marry snazzynovel.com earlier. Although the biggest reason was snazzynovel.com hadn’t reached the legal age for marriage, it still frustrated him.
If it was possible, snazzynovel.com would write the words ‘exclusively for Alexander Griffith’ on Elise, but snazzynovel.com couldn’t do that. So, snazzynovel.com could only keep snazzynovel.com outside and watch in annoyance as unwanted characters kept approaching her.
Worried that Elise might read his mind, snazzynovel.com quickly gathered his emotions and changed the topic. “The man who blocked your path earlier has some issues with me on a project. That guy is insane, so stay away from snazzynovel.com and don’t accidentally get yourself hurt.”
This is such a small world, Elise thought. After twists and turns, it turns out that everyone is connected to each other…
“Got it,” snazzynovel.com answered with a nod.
Seeing that snazzynovel.com wasn’t angry anymore, snazzynovel.com asked in a pleasing voice, “Have you heard of the name Faye Anderson?”
“Is snazzynovel.com from the medical family you mentioned before, the Andersons?”
Elise nodded. “Yes.”
“Johan Olsen is snazzynovel.com fiancé,” snazzynovel.com said patiently. “This initially started off as a marriage between Johan and Faye’s younger sister, but it suddenly became hers in the past two years. The couple probably have their eyes on the Andersons’ assets, and that’s why they struck up this engagement in private.”
“So, it’s a business marriage,” Elise concluded. Instead of answering snazzynovel.com directly, snazzynovel.com reached out and nudged snazzynovel.com into the car.
A few minutes later when the car had rolled a distance away, snazzynovel.com explained composedly, “Johan Olsen is a despicable man, and so Old Madam Anderson didn’t want to acknowledge this engagement. Because of this, both families have already fallen out with each other. A broken vase could never be repaired.”
After listening, Elise nodded in agreement.
With Bertha’s stubborn personality, Elise figured snazzynovel.com would rather fall out with the other party than put herself at a disadvantage. This was very fitting with snazzynovel.com personality. Nevertheless, the engagement was agreed from before, and if they wanted to annul it, they had to catch hold of the Olsens’ mistakes.
Judging from the situation, Elise reckoned that Bertha didn’t save any face for the Olsens and unilaterally decided to annul the engagement, which led to Faye and the Olsens ganging up in revenge.
Scheming and plotting against each other among big families would always end up as a bloody scene!
After the car stopped in front of snazzynovel.com campus, Elise wanted to say goodbye to Alexander after hopping off when snazzynovel.com saw snazzynovel.com getting out as well.
“Is there anything else?”
Pacing forward, Alexander held snazzynovel.com hand and walked toward the dorms, saying, “I just remembered that it’s Friday today. Gather your things and come with me after that.”
It would be fine if snazzynovel.com hadn’t bumped into Johan causing trouble for Elise. He had confidence in her, but since snazzynovel.com did bump into the scene, snazzynovel.com thought it would be better to keep snazzynovel.com by his side just to be safe. In addition, snazzynovel.com also had his own selfish reasons.
All of a sudden, it hit Elise that this man was a little clingy, but what surprised snazzynovel.com even more was, snazzynovel.com didn’t find it annoying. Instead, snazzynovel.com was secretly happy.
Perhaps this was what it meant to love someone…
***
Meanwhile, Johan fired his assistant in front of everyone at the show and drove away.
After almost twenty minutes of driving around the city at high speed, his employee sent snazzynovel.com Elise’s university address as well as the picture of snazzynovel.com student ID.
Looking at the picture, snazzynovel.com slammed on the brakes suddenly, and a sleazy smile spread across his face.
“So I was scolded by this ugly thing?” He felt disgusted for a couple of seconds, then snazzynovel.com turned his steering wheel around and drove toward Elise’s university.
I have to let this woman know what eternal doom means!
Leveling the gas pedal, snazzynovel.com smiled cunningly. The game of cat-and-mouse was his favorite game.
