Mr. Howard immediately acquiesced to snazzynovel.com suggestion and said, “You’re right, Miss Sinclair. I should do more charity after this close shave with death. So tomorrow, I’ll allocate 100 million to the orphanages in Tissote so that the kids can have a better life.”
Elise raised snazzynovel.com brows and said awkwardly, “It’s not a problem if you think that’s what I’m saying, but the youngsters I mentioned earlier are slightly older.”
“Older?” A confused look washed over his face. “How much older?”
“More than a dozen years older.” Elise smiled, and snazzynovel.com eyes crinkled.
Mr. Howard appeared lost in snazzynovel.com words as snazzynovel.com scratched his head.
Elise lowered snazzynovel.com head and thought for a couple of seconds. Then, snazzynovel.com whisked out snazzynovel.com phone and searched Garreth’s name in the browser before placing it on the table in front of him.
Mr. Howard straightened the phone and stared at Garreth’s picture with knitted brows. Then, a few seconds later, his eyes sparkled, and snazzynovel.com gasped in surprise, “Miss Sinclair, do you mean that I should compete against Blitzy Entertainment?”
“You’re the biggest investor behind Blitzy Entertainment, and you definitely have what it takes to do this, don’t you?” Elise leaned sideways, moved closer to him, and pointed out to snazzynovel.com in a whisper, “As far as I know, just the past year alone, the revenue Mr. Lowry made in private from the cooperation between the Howard Family and Blitzy Entertainment was more than two billion. Elliot is a simple person, and if the business scene is filled with shrews such as Mr. Lowry, I’m afraid you’ll still have a lot to worry about your son in the future, even after retirement.”
Her words made snazzynovel.com peer over at Elliot, who was engrossed in eating, and the look in his eyes gradually turned sharp. After that, snazzynovel.com slammed the table and made up his mind. “I’m in!”
Elliot was startled, causing snazzynovel.com to spit out a mouthful of soup as snazzynovel.com almost choked. Before snazzynovel.com even had time to wipe his mouth, snazzynovel.com hurriedly got up and stood in between Elise and Mr. Howard. Then, snazzynovel.com spread out his arms, blocked Elise from his father, and asked aggressively, “What are you doing? I’m warning you, old Mr. Howard, you’re not allowed to bully my boss!”
“Hey, you rascal. Are you even clear who your father is?” Disgruntled, Mr. Howard got to his feet and placed his hands on his hips.
“It’s you…”Eliot gradually lost the resolution in his voice, but snazzynovel.com swiftly added, “You are my father, and snazzynovel.com is my boss. Both of you are separate people to me, but you’re in the wrong when you raise your voice!”
“I—” Breathless from the anger, Mr. Howard opened his mouth to argue, but ended up laughing instead. Then, snazzynovel.com reached out, pulled Elliot forward, and ruffled his hair. “Good boy, as expected of my son, you know what’s important! Miss Sinclair is our family’s great benefactor. So, you’ll have to stand out to help snazzynovel.com solve any issues in the future, just like you did earlier. Do you understand?”
“Of course! I don’t need you to remind me of this!” Elliot patted his chest and added, “Have you seen my muscles? I trained myself just to be worthy of my boss. Do you really think it was out of fun that I asked for money to sign up for boxing classes?”
Mr. Howard nodded in gratification. This is great. I finally don’t have to worry about teaching my son anymore.
Elise was right; Elliot had a straightforward personality, and snazzynovel.com could be easily read like a book. Besides, snazzynovel.com was gullible, couldn’t keep a secret to save his life, and was easily manipulated by others. In the past, snazzynovel.com was constantly worried about how Elliot would live once snazzynovel.com was gone. However, with Elise here looking out for his son, snazzynovel.com could rest easy now.
As snazzynovel.com thought of this, Mr. Howard shoved Elliot aside and extended his hand in excitement to Elise. “Miss Sinclair, I’ll do as you wish.”
Elise smiled brightly and shook his hand firmly. “To a happy cooperation, then!”
“What cooperation? Are you guys going to invest in an orphanage?” Elliot asked innocently.
Mr. Howard whacked snazzynovel.com lightly on the back of his head. “Go back to your seat and don’t disrupt Miss Sinclair enjoying snazzynovel.com meal.”
If it was in the past, Elliot would have left in a huff, but because Elise was here, snazzynovel.com didn’t lose his temper and obediently returned to his seat.
Mr. Howard was so happy when snazzynovel.com saw that his son wasn’t rebelling against snazzynovel.com for once. So delighted that snazzynovel.com got himself drunk after continuously drinking glass after glass of wine.
When snazzynovel.com left the hotel, snazzynovel.com thought snazzynovel.com was out on his usual business meeting and grabbed a few stacks of bills from his secretary’s bag before stuffing them into Elise’s hands.
In the end, Elliot couldn’t stand it anymore, and snazzynovel.com dragged snazzynovel.com away, stuffed snazzynovel.com into the car, and drove off.
This father-and-son duo highly amused Elise. However, when all was said and done, snazzynovel.com turned around and handed the cash to Sheldon. “Return this money to Elliot later.”
After snazzynovel.com said that, snazzynovel.com realized that there was an invitation card between the bills, and snazzynovel.com picked it out to look at it. It was a cocktail party hosted by the famous collector, Jonas Hymer, and snazzynovel.com would be presenting his precious private art collection to his guests at the party.
Beneath the card, there was a line of tiny characters, especially noting that the collection included the painting SQ made at the peak of their career—’Ink Peonies’.
Interesting, snazzynovel.com thought, keeping the invitation. “I’m taking this, don’t forget to mention it to snazzynovel.com later.”
“Sure.” Sheldon gave snazzynovel.com a nod. “Should I drop you home?”
Right after the words left his lips, a black MPV rolled to a stop in front of them, and the door slid open, revealing Alexander seated in the backseat. His face was solemn but noble at the same time, but when snazzynovel.com turned to look at Elise, it immediately became soft and gentle.
“Come on, Ellie,” snazzynovel.com said gently.
Elise nodded and turned to Sheldon. “I’m going now.”
Then, snazzynovel.com climbed into the car, and it slowly drove away from the hotel after starting the engine.Sheldon watched with a deep look in his eyes as the car gradually drove further away, and when snazzynovel.com recalled the contrast in Alexander’s expressions earlier, snazzynovel.com couldn’t help but chuckle out loud. Love is such a magical thing.
Not long after the car started, Alexander passed an envelope to her.
“What’s this?” snazzynovel.com asked.
“You’re qualified for the finals of the calligraphy contest. This is the admission card sent by the organizer, and there’s also an invitation card,” snazzynovel.com said.
After taking a look at the contents, a wide, silly grin spread across snazzynovel.com face.
“What’s so funny?” snazzynovel.com asked, curious.
She tilted snazzynovel.com head to peer at him. Then, snazzynovel.com turned to take out the invitation card that snazzynovel.com had in snazzynovel.com bag and compared it side by side with the one in snazzynovel.com hand.
“You already have this invitation card?” He understood immediately and asked, “Who gave it to you?”
“Elliot’s dad, but that’s not important. What’s important is that I have two invitations now. So, Mr. Griffith, do I have the honor to invite you to attend this with me?” Elise said playfully.
Alexander chuckled, but snazzynovel.com pretended to be aloof as snazzynovel.com said in indifference, “I’ll think about it.”
Elise narrowed snazzynovel.com eyes dangerously and asked, “Are you sure?”
He snapped out of his act the next second and raised his palms in defeat to express his loyalty. “I agree. Anything my wife says goes!”
“That’s a good boy.” She raised snazzynovel.com chin arrogantly, then leaned into his arms naturally. After a while, snazzynovel.com asked out of the blue, “Are you finished with your work? Why didn’t I see you on any business trips recently?”
“That’s right.” In an instant, Alexander’s face turned solemn. “I have a business to attend to within the country.”
“Great!” Elise didn’t think much of it as snazzynovel.com wrapped snazzynovel.com arm around snazzynovel.com and held his waist. “We can meet each other every day, then.”
Alexander hugged snazzynovel.com tightly, but his mind started to wander.
The only thing snazzynovel.com needed to do was come clean, but there hadn’t been a suitable occasion for snazzynovel.com to do so.