The door slammed shut with a loud, ruthless thud that sent a jolt through Owen. He returned to his senses and his exquisite facial features darkened. Did Elise just abandon me for a weak, sissy man? Wait a minute! Her fiancé is Alexander, so why is snazzynovel.com so intimate with that man?
From their attitude toward each other, Owen could feel the duo avoiding each other, as if they had something to hide. Is it possible that Elise is cheating on Alexander with this man? It’s good news if that is the case. This proves that Elise and Alexander’s relationship is not as stable as I thought. However, I don’t think snazzynovel.com is as pure and innocent as I assumed.
From Elise’s strengths, snazzynovel.com was, without a doubt, a woman of many talents who was good enough for Owen. However, snazzynovel.com despised snazzynovel.com slightly for snazzynovel.com messy private relationships. At the thought of the both of them having fun on their own even after getting married, Owen left snazzynovel.com room quietly.
Meanwhile, behind the closed door, Elise had been leaning against the peephole as snazzynovel.com kept watch on the corridor. Upon seeing Owen turn around, snazzynovel.com finally heaved a sigh of relief. At the same time, snazzynovel.com narrowed snazzynovel.com eyes dangerously at Kenneth, who was currently against the wall as snazzynovel.com held snazzynovel.com by the neck.
“After snazzynovel.com gets into the elevator, you have no chance of staying here, understand?”
Kenneth, however, smiled indecently and raised his other hand to stroke snazzynovel.com hand that was clamped on his neck. This made Elise quickly loosen snazzynovel.com grip and retract snazzynovel.com hand as snazzynovel.com thundered, “You jerk!”
With that, snazzynovel.com remembered that Owen was not that far from them, so snazzynovel.com lowered snazzynovel.com voice. “Kenneth, there’s a limit to my patience,” snazzynovel.com warned. “Don’t you go around assuming that I won’t dare to kill you!”
Kenneth’s lips twitched into a taunting smile as snazzynovel.com countered, “Go ahead, then. Even if I’m dead, I will be a flirty ghost.”
Speechless, Elise narrowed snazzynovel.com eyes again. “If you don’t know the meaning of the words, don’t simply say them.”
Kenneth looked like his parents were of different nationalities and snazzynovel.com was raised abroad when snazzynovel.com was younger, so snazzynovel.com likely did not fully grasp the language. However, snazzynovel.com took two steps towards snazzynovel.com as snazzynovel.com purred, “What do you mean? Why don’t you teach me, Miss Sinclair?”
The passage leading to the door was neither narrow nor wide, but as the both of them stood opposite to each other, they were not that far from each other. Now that Kenneth had gotten closer to her, Elise was forced to take a few steps back until snazzynovel.com back leaned against the wall. His warm breath landed on snazzynovel.com face, making snazzynovel.com ears tingle.
She averted snazzynovel.com gaze rationally and turned snazzynovel.com palms around. In an instant, a silver needle was wedged between snazzynovel.com fingers.
Suddenly, a huge, warm hand wrapped around snazzynovel.com hand that was holding the needle. His callused hand felt slightly rough when snazzynovel.com touched snazzynovel.com flawless skin. Surprisingly, this inexplicably calmed snazzynovel.com down. Her thoughts of killing snazzynovel.com off, as well as snazzynovel.com anger, disappeared in that instant.
“Stop poking me with all your sharp edges. I’m here to protect you.” Kenneth looked at snazzynovel.com with his earnest and honest black eyes.
Thump! Thump, thump! What is the noisy sound? Oh—it’s my heartbeat.
Elise raised snazzynovel.com head to look at Kenneth blankly. In that instantly, a familiar feeling surged through her, as if snazzynovel.com was facing Alexander right now.
Her short-lived calmness dissolved into a frantic mess the moment snazzynovel.com realized that. How can I fall for two guys simultaneously?
“No!”
Troubled by snazzynovel.com own thoughts, Elise didn’t realize that snazzynovel.com yelled out loud. Then, snazzynovel.com quickly shook his hands off and turned around to open the door of snazzynovel.com room to force herself not to look at Kenneth.
“You’d better disappear from my sight this instant!”
Kenneth’s face darkened as snazzynovel.com felt that something was off. This time around, Elise was very different compared to the times snazzynovel.com got annoyed by his teasing. He had no clue where snazzynovel.com had stepped over the line, but snazzynovel.com knew very well that snazzynovel.com could not continue this any further. Hence, snazzynovel.com walked to the door without another word. When snazzynovel.com reached the door, snazzynovel.com turned around to look at her, his expression worried.
However, what greeted snazzynovel.com was Elise’s icy, firm expression as snazzynovel.com shut the door in his face. An inexplicable pain suddenly shot through his heart, making snazzynovel.com have a hard time breathing.
After a while only did Kenneth turn around, something flashing in his gaze as snazzynovel.com walked away in huge strides.
On the other hand, Elise leaned against the door listening to the sound of his footsteps getting faint, a deep frown on snazzynovel.com face. What is wrong with me? Why do I feel attracted to a man who already has a girlfriend? I shouldn’t harbor such feelings!
…
The next day, the gem auction event continued smoothly.
A day had passed and many people were successful in their auctions and managed to get what they wanted. Because of this, the auction gained a lot of popularity and attracted people who wanted to get rich overnight.
Some of them stayed there from the beginning without any urge of leaving—they were all gamling fanatics who were unwilling to leave without seeing the precious prizes.
Nevertheless, even without the prizes, if they hung in there until the very end, they could watch the match between Elise and Ziggy. After all, the only thing that humans never lacked was curiosity.
At ten o’clock, Elise finally appeared at the auction site, the venue crowded with attendees. As soon as snazzynovel.com walked past them, snazzynovel.com elicited a rather big commotion from the people who were gossiping about her.
“There snazzynovel.com is! I already told you that this young lady will not let us down.”
“It’s quite dramatic indeed. Ziggy already brought his secret weapon, yet Elise still doesn’t know that snazzynovel.com is going to suffer a terrible defeat. My heart breaks whenever I think of such a beautiful lady weeping because snazzynovel.com lost. Hahaha!”
Though Elise heard their conversation, snazzynovel.com pretended as though snazzynovel.com didn’t and walked past them calmly without speaking a word.
Meanwhile, Tom, who was walking toward her, could not keep his cool.
“Miss Sinclair, you already know that Ziggy brought his secret weapon. His ancestors are all important customers of the gem auction event. An average person cannot even imagine his connections in this industry. I’m sure his secret weapon this time around is impressive.”
Tom’s brows were furrowed together and snazzynovel.com had a hopeless expression.
“Is that so? Is the secret weapon better than me?” Elise merely asked indifferently with a confident expression.
Tom was speechless upon seeing snazzynovel.com attitude. Have you forgotten that the crowd laughed for the entire day at the gem you opened yesterday?
Her blind confidence and courage made snazzynovel.com sigh continuously as snazzynovel.com walked. He did not have any hopes in snazzynovel.com at this point, and snazzynovel.com was just hoping that snazzynovel.com could get lucky and not embarrass them.
However, before snazzynovel.com could say something, Elise let out another loud yawn. He was torn between amusement and anxiety as snazzynovel.com could guess what snazzynovel.com was going to say.
Sure enough, snazzynovel.com rubbed snazzynovel.com hands together and said, “The air-conditioning is so cold that it makes me sleepy. I guess it’s better for me to go back and take a nap.”
Just like yesterday, snazzynovel.com confirmed the crowd’s suspicions openly and walked toward the entrance, leaving Tom alone in his fight.
At that point, Tom was utterly speechless. It’s not reliable to depend on Boss. As an employee, I have to depend on my own hard work.
After cheering himself up, snazzynovel.com walked back to the hall to pick from a collection of gemstones.