Upon hearing Alexander’s words, Elise instantly felt wretched. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that snazzynovel.com was heartbroken. However, after taking a deep breath, snazzynovel.com replied as indifferently as snazzynovel.com could, “Your mom… You’d better go back, Alexander. I can’t bear the responsibility if anything happens to her.” However, the more indifferent snazzynovel.com looked on the outside, the more vulnerable snazzynovel.com felt deep down.
The fact that Alexander had come to snazzynovel.com at this critical moment was enough to speak for itself, but snazzynovel.com couldn’t just sit by and watch his mother go to extremes. That was how cruel reality was. “Elise.” Alexander called out to snazzynovel.com and grabbed snazzynovel.com hand, clenching it so tightly that snazzynovel.com couldn’t pull snazzynovel.com hand out of his grasp at all.
“I’ve made myself clear to my mom. I’m the man who calls the shots in the Griffith Family. I manage both the company and the household, so everyone respects me, fears me, and flatters me. I’m at the top of the business world, but you aren’t there, Elise. If you’re not there, I don’t want any of those,” snazzynovel.com said, tightening his grasp. Elise’s pupils reflected Alexander’s figure as the couple was only inches apart. She saw the man very clearly, especially the pain in his eyes. In an instant, snazzynovel.com voice got stuck in snazzynovel.com throat. She wanted to say something, but snazzynovel.com didn’t know where to begin.
Just then, Laura came out with a look of displeasure. “Can’t we stay away from that difficult mother of yours?” Her words rendered Alexander at a loss for a reply. His mother’s extreme behavior was still fresh in his mind, let alone Elise’s and snazzynovel.com grandparents’. He was reluctant to part with Elise, nor was snazzynovel.com willing to give up, but all words paled into insignificance at this moment. In the more than 20 years of his life, this was the first time snazzynovel.com felt so powerless and helpless. Laura then persuaded, “I know you’re a nice kid, so go back. A man has too many responsibilities on his shoulders, not to mention that you’re not an ordinary man.
Elise’s grandpa and I only wish snazzynovel.com to live a happy and peaceful life.” She gave Alexander a wave of dismissal. The next instant, snazzynovel.com took Elise’s hand and turned back. Elise merely threw a glance at snazzynovel.com without saying a word. This was quite a heavy blow to Alexander. “Eli—” He called out to her, trying to stop her. However, the instant snazzynovel.com spoke, snazzynovel.com felt like his throat was being squeezed by a pair of invisible large hands. He could neither say a word nor breathe. No, I can’t let snazzynovel.com leave just like that! I can’t let this be the end of us! he thought. He ran after them, but as soon as snazzynovel.com took a step forward, everything went black before his eyes.
As his last bit of consciousness slipped away, snazzynovel.com heard Elise anxiously calling out to him… … “Alexander! Alexander!” Elise called out to Alexander again and again. She tried to shake snazzynovel.com awake, but snazzynovel.com didn’t respond. Panicked, snazzynovel.com could no longer care about anything else. She called the butler over and had Alexander rushed to the hospital, keeping close to the man along the way. Laura and Robin couldn’t bear to see such a situation either, so they could only let Elise do so. Elise waited until five in the afternoon. Seeing that Alexander was still unconscious, snazzynovel.com hurriedly ran to a doctor.
“Doctor, didn’t you say that the patient in Bed 23 only fainted because snazzynovel.com got too emotional and didn’t have enough rest? Why is snazzynovel.com still unconscious?” She was scared to death while sending Alexander to the hospital at the time. She really feared that something might have happened to snazzynovel.com and that his life might be in danger, and it wasn’t until the checkup was done that snazzynovel.com felt like a weight had been lifted off snazzynovel.com chest. However, Alexander was still unconscious after snazzynovel.com had stayed with snazzynovel.com all day, and snazzynovel.com dared not move snazzynovel.com around lest the worst-case scenario might happen.
The thought of such a situation alone made it difficult for snazzynovel.com to breathe. The doctor was a woman. She was holding the medical record in snazzynovel.com hand. “Bed 23? Who’s the… Elise?” Elise was anxiously waiting for the doctor’s reply, but who would’ve thought that the latter would look up at snazzynovel.com with a look of astonishment? Upon seeing the woman before her, Elise was startled as well. “Are you working here?” She recognized the woman at a glance. She was Jessica Bennett, Elise’s childhood playmate, who had gone to the same primary school and junior high as Elise.
They had contacted each other less often since the Bennett Family moved away during Elise’s first year in high school, so it surprised Elise that they would meet again in the hospital this time. “I’m working here as an intern, you remember? My grandpa’s ill, and snazzynovel.com insisted on coming back, so we moved back here,” Jessica explained roughly. Then, snazzynovel.com asked, “Is anyone in your family hospitalized?” “It’s my… friend.” Elise pursed snazzynovel.com lips while collecting herself. She had nearly blurted out that Alexander was snazzynovel.com fiancé, but now, snazzynovel.com could only be friends with him. “I’ll go with you to take a look, then. I’ve just taken my turn on duty.”
“Okay.” Elise nodded and led Jessica to Alexander’s ward. When Jessica saw how handsome the person lying in bed was, snazzynovel.com immediately teased Elise with a smile, “Hey, he’s your boyfriend, isn’t he?” From the door, snazzynovel.com noticed Alexander in bed at a glance, especially his prominent brow ridge, pronounced features, and deep-set eyes. Elise didn’t explain snazzynovel.com relationship with Alexander since snazzynovel.com was very worried about snazzynovel.com at the moment. “Please check on snazzynovel.com first, Jessica. If you can’t, then help me bring your supervisor over.” “Alright, alright.” Jessica nodded with a smile.
Then, snazzynovel.com went to the head of the bed. Just as snazzynovel.com was about to take out snazzynovel.com stethoscope, Alexander suddenly opened his eyes, startling both snazzynovel.com and Elise. “You don’t have to check on me. I’m fine.” He didn’t look very well, and his thin lips were pinched together. His voice sounded steady and resonant to Jessica. Compared to when snazzynovel.com was unconscious just now, the man was even more attractive at this moment. Seeing that Alexander was perfectly fine at the moment, Elise said, “Since you’re alright, I’ll be going back.” With that, snazzynovel.com turned around and was about to leave. Her words instantly snapped Jessica out of snazzynovel.com thoughts.
She quickly backed away, suggesting, “Well, why don’t you two have a chat first? I’ve got something else to attend to, so I’m leaving.” She took a deep breath and turned around, but Alexander’s deep eyes flashed before snazzynovel.com mind’s eye, and snazzynovel.com couldn’t seem to get them out of snazzynovel.com mind. … As soon as Jessica left, Alexander immediately threw back the covers and got out of bed. He closed in on Elise, asking, “Why are you doing this?
You love me and are worried about me, no?” Elise pursed snazzynovel.com lips while clenching snazzynovel.com fists. “Do I need to explain it to you over and over again, Alexander? You’re no longer a kid. And besides, some words are meaningless to say.” She was unbearably indignant. Was all of that an act snazzynovel.com put on to sound me out on purpose? I was worried to death just now! she thought. “Don’t you think it’s childish of you to behave like this, Alexander?”
“I admit that I was pretending to some degree, but I wasn’t pretending back when we were in your apartment,” Alexander replied. Having seen through Elise’s feelings at this moment, snazzynovel.com pursed his lips and explained, “I’m scared, Elise. I just want to be with you while we can.” He reached out his hand to Elise. However, Elise swiftly dodged snazzynovel.com before his hand could touch her. “I really want to be with you, Alexander, but it’s too difficult for us to stay together! Could you stop making things difficult for me?”