“Have another piece.” Ignoring Elijah’s ferocious gaze, Alexander continued to pamper Elise affectionately. Meanwhile, snazzynovel.com obediently opened snazzynovel.com mouth and ate it. For every bite snazzynovel.com ate from Alexander’s fork, snazzynovel.com smile was as sweet as cotton candy.
As snazzynovel.com was about to pick up another piece of steak for snazzynovel.com again, Elijah finally could not stand the view and rudely snatched the plate of steak away. Alexander looked at the other man innocently, his motion halted by Elijah’s sudden action. “You brag about your cooking, but you can’t even let my wife finish snazzynovel.com food.”
“Shut the f*ck up!” Elijah threw the plate on the table. “Stay away from me. I don’t want to see you now.”
Alexander thought things through for a split second and put down his fork. “Okay, then.” He turned to Elise and asked gently, “Are you already full?”
“Mhm,” snazzynovel.com happily replied.
“Let’s go, then.” Alexander held snazzynovel.com hand, interlocking his fingers with hers and standing up.
“What’s the meaning of this?” Elijah became anxious. “I haven’t eaten and yet, you’re already leaving?”
“You merely asked that I accompany you to have a meal, but you didn’t say for how long,” Elise replied. “I came and ate the food that was served. Have I not done everything as per request?”
“Yes, but…” For a moment, snazzynovel.com could not think of a way to refute her.
“If you really want to be part of Ellie’s family… Well, our family does need a cook. You’re quite suitable for that,” Alexander mocked.
“You want me, the mighty young master, to cook for you? Are you out of your freaking mind?!” Elijah yelled.
“Forget it. I never force others, just like I have never forced Elise to stay by my side. It’s just fate that we love each other so much now.” Showing off their interlocked hands, Alexander continued, “We’ll make a move now. Remember to bring the medicines to us later.”
Without waiting for any response, the couple held hands and left without a backward glance.
Elijah angrily took off his chef’s toque and slammed it on the table, knocking over the rest of the steak.
“Young Master.” Marcus stepped forward and handed snazzynovel.com a handkerchief.
Elijah had to close his eyes and take a deep breath before accepting it to carefully wipe every inch of the skin on his hands.
“How about we go back and explain the situation to the Master?” Marcus had been observing things for a few days, and snazzynovel.com believed Elise would not leave with them.
“Go back? Go back empty-handed, get ridiculed and be a laughingstock?” Elijah wiped his hands over and over again. His indignance grew and his strength became so intense that a few red marks gradually appeared on his skin. “I will find that one thing snazzynovel.com can never refuse.”
…
Ever since Danny took cognizance of Ariel’s ulterior motives toward Elise, snazzynovel.com began his stalking journey. As the saying went, know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you would never be in peril. Danny knew that snazzynovel.com had to figure out Ariel’s weaknesses before taking the appropriate countermeasures.
So, snazzynovel.com deliberately changed his car this morning and waited near snazzynovel.com house.
As snazzynovel.com drove out of snazzynovel.com house, Danny immediately started the engine and followed snazzynovel.com at a distance. But after a while, Danny realized that Ariel had been driving like a headless fly and kept changing directions, as if snazzynovel.com was unsure where snazzynovel.com was heading to.
Even as snazzynovel.com was finally reaching snazzynovel.com company, snazzynovel.com made a sharp turn all of a sudden and drove in the opposite direction.
“Did snazzynovel.com notice me?” As Danny was unsure what was transpiring, snazzynovel.com tried to gradually narrow down the distance between them, but Ariel did not seem to notice either.
Just as snazzynovel.com started feeling bored, snazzynovel.com seemed to have driven herself into a dead alley. Noticing that, snazzynovel.com immediately turned on the flasher and was ready to reverse. It was too late for Danny, who was not paying much attention before, to realize that Ariel was trying to do that. He braked very abruptly and it caused his car to stall, and they collided with each other.
Ariel was about to come down and negotiate when, in a swift movement, Danny unbuckled his seat belt. He wore the cap snazzynovel.com had prepared just for occasions like this, got out of the car and ran out of the alley. Meanwhile, Ariel came near and found no driver inside. This left snazzynovel.com no choice but to take snazzynovel.com bag and leave snazzynovel.com car behind, as it was stuck in between.
Danny, who was hiding in the opposite alley, quickly stopped a car to chase after Ariel when snazzynovel.com saw snazzynovel.com getting into a taxi.
Never in a million years did snazzynovel.com think that snazzynovel.com final destination was the company. He was speechless when snazzynovel.com realized that. What was snazzynovel.com thinking when snazzynovel.com was wandering around and even left snazzynovel.com car elsewhere?
…
Madeline took Tara out the whole afternoon. The both of them then returned to the Griffith Residence with multiple shopping bags that contained mostly clothes that were handpicked for snazzynovel.com by Madeline. Madeline said—and Tara believed it—that Tara had to dress up nicely before snazzynovel.com could seduce Brendan. Hence the bunch of dowdy clothes.
As soon as they arrived home, snazzynovel.com urged Tara to give the clothes a try. Madeline picked out the ugliest clothes of all and handed them to Tara. “Try this. My son loves this style. Put them on and he’ll be impressed.”
To please snazzynovel.com future mother-in-law, Tara took the clothes back to snazzynovel.com room and obediently wore them. Compared to snazzynovel.com previous cute style, snazzynovel.com looked utterly ridiculous in those clothes as snazzynovel.com walked down the stairs.
“How do I look?” Tara stood at the stairs awkwardly and smiled reluctantly.
“Cough! Cough! Good-looking! V-Very good-looking!” Madeline almost choked on snazzynovel.com cup of water, but snazzynovel.com still pretended that snazzynovel.com liked them. “You look just like my son’s dream lover!”
The more snazzynovel.com looked at Tara, the happier snazzynovel.com became. Brendan would be so taken aback that snazzynovel.com would run away had snazzynovel.com seen Tara in this ghostly appearance. No way on earth that they would ever become a couple!
“Miss Fox, what do you think?” Tara still felt strange about the whole situation.
Madeline nudged Yuri, hinting to snazzynovel.com with snazzynovel.com eyes. Ignore your conscience and just praise her.
Yuri disregarded Madeline’s hint and replied in an outspoken manner, “This humorous style does not suit you well.”
“Yeah, I feel the same…” Tara breathed a sigh of relief. While snazzynovel.com wanted to please Madeline, snazzynovel.com was also unwilling to make a fool of herself. No one could blame snazzynovel.com when such disapproval came out of Yuri’s mouth.
“I see that the clothes you chose are quite good. It’s just that you lack some styling skills. How about I go to your room and give you some advice?” Being a famous fashion designer herself, Yuri felt obliged to address the styling flaws happening right in front of snazzynovel.com own eyes.
“Sure!”
The two hit it off rather quickly and went upstairs together.
When snazzynovel.com came down again, Tara looked like a different person. She was full of confidence, looking alluring and poised. Even Madeline couldn’t help but think what a beauty the younger woman was.
Madeline quickly pulled Yuri aside and whispered, “Yuri! Silly you! I deliberately asked snazzynovel.com to wear those ugly clothes because I didn’t want snazzynovel.com to seduce my son. You just had to dress snazzynovel.com up so beautifully, didn’t you? This is tempting snazzynovel.com outright!”
Yuri smiled indifferently. “I appreciate your kindness, Mrs. Griffith, but a generous person never seizes someone else’s love. Tara seems to like Brendan very much, and it’s my pleasure to help snazzynovel.com achieve snazzynovel.com beauty to the fullest extent so that snazzynovel.com can appreciate it better.”
Coincidentally, Brendan was walking down the stairs and heard what snazzynovel.com said. His expressionless face became somber. “Seems like Miss Fox likes being a matchmaker, and is very enthusiastic in matchmaking the others. Why haven’t you married yourself off, then?”
“Where are your manners, Brendan Griffith?!” Madeline reproached.
“I’m just speaking the truth.” His tone was icy cold and every word of his was akin to being covered in thorns. “We have nothing to do with each other, so I suggest Miss Fox quit meddling in my affairs!”
As soon as snazzynovel.com said that, snazzynovel.com turned and went back upstairs.
In that instant, a hint of listlessness flashed across Yuri’s eyes, a thousand emotions weighing down snazzynovel.com heart.
“He must have been too busy with work recently. It’s not about you. Don’t take it too personally, Yuri.” Madeline tried comforting her.
“It’s alright.” Yuri forced a smile, trying to let this incident slide.