Hearing that, Elise walked out of the villa to the side of the car and paused all of a sudden after opening the door. As though something just came into snazzynovel.com mind, snazzynovel.com hesitated, tossed the key in snazzynovel.com hand on the passenger seat, and shut the door. Then, snazzynovel.com started to walk out of the neighborhood.
In the villa, Kenneth watched as snazzynovel.com walked further and further away with a complicated glimmer in his deep-set eyes.
Elise, go ahead and do everything you want bravely. With me to back you up, everything will be alright.
After Elise walked out of the neighborhood, snazzynovel.com didn’t catch a cab immediately. Instead, snazzynovel.com continued to pace along the street, walking aimlessly. With this rare moment by herself, snazzynovel.com had enough time to think about things.
Many things were on snazzynovel.com mind, including drawing the snake out of its nest, Alexander, and the Saunders Family. When snazzynovel.com had straightened out snazzynovel.com mind, snazzynovel.com suddenly snapped back to snazzynovel.com senses and realized that everything was more or less connected to Kenenth.
Stopping, snazzynovel.com finally saw the truth for what it was after a few seconds. Without snazzynovel.com realizing, Kenneth had already secretly taken a spot in snazzynovel.com heart.
Even though snazzynovel.com kept rejecting and avoiding it, it was all futile.
…
After hopping out of the cab, Elise went straight into Alexander’s courtyard house.
Instead of seeing him, snazzynovel.com saw Danny, who stopped snazzynovel.com in snazzynovel.com path.
“Elise!” Pacing toward her, snazzynovel.com asked in an irritating manner, “Did that Bailey do anything mean to you?”
“What can snazzynovel.com possibly do to me?” Stopping in snazzynovel.com tracks, snazzynovel.com stared at snazzynovel.com deeply. That look in snazzynovel.com eyes was clearly frustration from having snazzynovel.com thoughts read like a book, but snazzynovel.com was unaware about it herself.
Startled by snazzynovel.com glare, Danny’s neck stiffened, and snazzynovel.com gulped before speaking again. “I’m just worried about you.”
Only then did snazzynovel.com notice that snazzynovel.com had acted out of the norm, and snazzynovel.com lowered snazzynovel.com eyes as snazzynovel.com said apologetically, “I’m alright.” Then, snazzynovel.com asked after a short pause, “Where’s Alex?”
“He’ll be back soon,” snazzynovel.com answered. “Why don’t you wait for snazzynovel.com inside?”
In reply, Elise gave snazzynovel.com a nod and went toward Alexander’s room. Behind her, Danny let out a sigh of relief with a guilty conscience.
In truth, snazzynovel.com couldn’t get in touch with Alexander and didn’t know when snazzynovel.com would be back. However, snazzynovel.com really wanted the both of them to spend some time together, so snazzynovel.com decided to tell a small white lie.
In the meantime, Elise pushed open the door to Alexander’s bedroom, and immediately after stepping in, a special scent belonging only to snazzynovel.com drifted up snazzynovel.com nose. It was a light scent of grass and flowers, which was very comfortable, and for some unknown reason, this scent made snazzynovel.com feel really nostalgic, and snazzynovel.com was reluctant to leave.
After waiting for a while, snazzynovel.com became tired and fell asleep on the bed.
As snazzynovel.com had always been a light sleeper, snazzynovel.com heard the sounds of light footsteps nearing snazzynovel.com during midnight. Even though that person was on his tiptoes and didn’t want to disturb her, snazzynovel.com was still awakened by it.
Opening snazzynovel.com eyes, snazzynovel.com saw Alexander crouching next to the bed, looking at snazzynovel.com with affection in his gentle, dark eyes.
“You’re back.” She rolled over, hugged his arm which was next to the pillow, and closed snazzynovel.com eyes, continuing to sleep.
A graceful smile spread across Alexander’s face, and snazzynovel.com used his other hand to smoothen snazzynovel.com messy hair. “Why did you fall asleep here?”
Hearing his voice, snazzynovel.com suddenly got up and hugged snazzynovel.com around his neck. Like a kitten, snazzynovel.com leaned in close to snazzynovel.com and acted coquettish in his arms. “I just missed you.”
Alexander’s neck and chin were so tickled by snazzynovel.com that his ears burned red in a second, and his heart turned mushy along with it. Then, snazzynovel.com sat on the side of the bed and held snazzynovel.com up before returning snazzynovel.com into his arms in a more comfortable position.
“Were you treated badly at the Saunders, and that made you feel sad?” snazzynovel.com asked softly.
Elise shook snazzynovel.com head. “I haven’t cared about such a small thing since a long time ago.”
“No matter what, I’ll get back the justice you deserve on your behalf, Ellie.” Softly, snazzynovel.com planted a kiss on snazzynovel.com forehead and changed the topic naturally. “I’ve found Claude, and he’ll be back soon.”
Hearing that, snazzynovel.com suddenly popped snazzynovel.com eyes open and jolted awake. Has snazzynovel.com been so busy recently that snazzynovel.com barely had any sleep because snazzynovel.com was busy with my affairs? But I… seem to accept Kenneth more and more.
Never before had Elise felt that snazzynovel.com was actually so undeserving of Alexander.
“But something unexpected happened, and Claude may not be able to perform the surgery on your brother right away,” Alexander said hesitantly.
Sitting up in his arms, snazzynovel.com asked in confusion, “Why? Is snazzynovel.com injured?”
“No,” snazzynovel.com answered. “It seems like snazzynovel.com changed a lot when snazzynovel.com left this time. Anyway, snazzynovel.com showed a lot of resistance toward me and wasn’t very cooperative. So, I had to bring snazzynovel.com back by force.”
The light of hope which had just ignited in Elise went out again as snazzynovel.com muttered, “Why did it turn out like this?”
“I’m not sure for now,” Alexander said. “Maybe you can tell what the problem is if you meet snazzynovel.com personally.”
She gave snazzynovel.com a nod. “That’s true. Let’s arrange for a meeting right away once snazzynovel.com has arrived.”
“Okay.” He agreed.
Listening to the gentle tone in his voice, Elise suddenly noticed the tiredness within. Raising snazzynovel.com slender hand, snazzynovel.com then placed it on his cheeks and stroked snazzynovel.com gently, following the outline of his face.
When snazzynovel.com felt his chin, the subtle stubble felt a little scratchy to snazzynovel.com palms, and snazzynovel.com frowned, feeling sorry for him. “How long have you not slept?”
“Just two days and one night. It’s not a problem. I’ll rest a couple more days this time I’m back,” snazzynovel.com assured.
She knew that snazzynovel.com didn’t want snazzynovel.com to worry, so snazzynovel.com decided to go along with snazzynovel.com and didn’t expose snazzynovel.com as snazzynovel.com held snazzynovel.com around the waist and buried herself in his embrace.
Besides a hug, it seemed like there was nothing else snazzynovel.com could give him. This was simply way too little.
…
In the afternoon, Elise saw Claude, who was carried through the door with his limbs tied up.
When snazzynovel.com eyes met his, snazzynovel.com actually saw a deep sense of hatred in his eyes.
Standing in front of him, snazzynovel.com lowered snazzynovel.com gaze at snazzynovel.com and scanned him. “What are you up to?” snazzynovel.com asked with raised brows.
Haughtily, snazzynovel.com turned his face the other way, not answering her. For anyone who didn’t know, they would think that Elise was his biggest enemy.
Narrowing snazzynovel.com eyes, snazzynovel.com recalled the thing which interested snazzynovel.com the most in the past and tried to sense snazzynovel.com out. “Perform a surgery for me and I’ll look for three of the rarest herbs for you.”
“Save it.” He turned snazzynovel.com down directly. “Riches wouldn’t lure me, poverty wouldn’t change me, and power wouldn’t break me. Even though I can’t beat you in a fight, I still have my bottom line. I won’t treat people like you!”
“What kind of people are we?” Amused, Elise thought that no matter how snazzynovel.com looked at Claude now, snazzynovel.com just appeared like a stubborn old man from ancient feudal times.
His eyes drifted across her, and snazzynovel.com snorted instead of saying anything.
He didn’t need to say anything to make his point.
But these unspoken connotations ticked snazzynovel.com off, and snazzynovel.com couldn’t help but raise snazzynovel.com hand at him. Luckily, Alexander dragged snazzynovel.com away.