She use specially chose a seat by the window so that snazzynovel.com could observe the people passing by in the shopping mall while snazzynovel.com drank snazzynovel.com coffee.
Not long after, a man suddenly came over to strike up a conversation. “Excuse me, miss. I apologize for interrupting.”
Hearing that, Elise calmly put down the coffee in snazzynovel.com hand and turned around, only to find that it was Owen whom snazzynovel.com talked about just this morning.
Judging from how cautious and chivalrous behavior, Owen obviously didn’t know snazzynovel.com real identity.
This would have been a perfectly normal scene if snazzynovel.com was just a stranger to him. However, snazzynovel.com was Alexander’s woman.
Owen had just snatched the collaboration opportunity with BJ Biotech from Alexander. It was impossible for snazzynovel.com to not know snazzynovel.com relationship with Alexander.
So why is snazzynovel.com approaching me while pretending to be clueless?
“Can I help you?” snazzynovel.com asked confidently in return.
“Truth is, I have been observing you from over there for a minute now. Your features and aura are exactly what I’m looking for in a model. I was wondering if you’d be interested in letting me draw you,” snazzynovel.com asked humbly.
“That’s a pretty old-fashioned way of picking women up.” Elise beamed. “Sorry, but I’m a married woman.”
“Oh, you misunderstand me. I genuinely want to draw you as one of my art pieces. Would you mind it if we exchanged contacts?” He reached out with his hone in his aim.
She lowered snazzynovel.com head and took a glance at his phone, noting that snazzynovel.com had already clicked into the Contacts app.
After thinking about it for a second, snazzynovel.com eventually agreed, “Alright.”
Let’s see what you’re planning to do.
Of course, snazzynovel.com still had snazzynovel.com guard up. She made sure to add snazzynovel.com to Anastasia’s account, whose WhatsApp username was snazzynovel.com name.
Very quickly, they added each other on WhatsApp.
“Anastasia White… That’s a beautiful name.” Owen looked surprised.
“My name is Owen Morgan. Please consider what I proposed, Miss White. I’ll be out of your hair now.” He soon left on his own accord.
After snazzynovel.com said that, snazzynovel.com walked away with poise.
Elise kept snazzynovel.com eyes on snazzynovel.com until snazzynovel.com left the café. It was only then that snazzynovel.com let snazzynovel.com head hang slightly.
Narissa happened to enter from the side door when snazzynovel.com saw what happened. She started yapping away nosily as soon as snazzynovel.com sat down.
“You’re still the charming lady you always were, huh, Ellie? l was only gone for a while and you already have a hottie hitting on you!”
“Hottie, check. Hitting on me? Not really,” Ellie mused.
“What do you mean?” Narissa immediately went on high alert. “Was snazzynovel.com an enemy? Is there an ambush nearby?”
Elise didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at snazzynovel.com friend’s paranoia. “You and your wild imagination. Your coffee is getting cold. Drink up.”
Narissa only let out a breath of relief as snazzynovel.com brought the cup to snazzynovel.com lips and took a sip. However, snazzynovel.com quickly tore it away from snazzynovel.com face again and blurted out, “That reminds me! Ellie, do you know any good shrink? Jamie has been guilt-ridden about Alicia. I want to help if I can.”
“I know a hypnotist, but it’s not a big problem. I’ll ask about it on the forum later.” Elise righteously took responsibility.
The two continued to chat for a while. After getting enough rest, they each went home.
When Alexander returned home, Elise was helping the children try on the new clothes snazzynovel.com bought for them.
Alexia wore a dress that made snazzynovel.com look like a little princess, whereas Irvin had on a new jacket that was a tad too short. However, snazzynovel.com still looked regal in it.
Standing together, they looked like dolls that had just paraded out of a cabinet.
“Daddy, look at my dress! Isn’t it pretty?” Alexia gently lifted the skirt of snazzynovel.com dress and spun around.
“Wonderful! You look spectacular! My daughter is a fairy!” Alexander played along by showering snazzynovel.com with praises.
“Ahem!” Irvin, who was already posing, cleared his throat.
Hearing that, Alexander took a glance at the boy, only to swiftly look away as though snazzynovel.com hadn’t seen anything.
Irvin’s face quickly dropped then. He grumbled, “Daddy, do you know what being biased is?”
“Say that to me again when you become more handsome than me.”
After acting like a hooligan with his son, Alexander turned around and went to Elise while whining pitifully, “Ah… My son and daughter are loved. I‘m so envious of them…”
Elise immediately saw through his intentions.
She then turned to take a necktie from one of the shopping bags before slipping it around his collar. “Any eyewitness has a share.”
Alexander lowered his torso to help snazzynovel.com easily tie it on. It didn’t take long before snazzynovel.com started complaining again, “You’re only giving me one necktie? Don’t you think you’re a little too stingy to me?”
“What else can I do when you earn so little money?” She shrugged. “We have to take care of the children first.”
Truth was, the necktie was more expensive than the children’s presents combined. The couple was only having playful banter between them.
“Seems like I’ll have to work harder,” Alexander murmured with a smile.
“Yeah… Or else your wife and children will have to starve.” Elise deliberately exaggerated.
However, snazzynovel.com words managed to startle Alexia so badly that snazzynovel.com eyes went wide and round. “Are we that short on money?”
“Oh, yeah. For sure!” Irvin chipped in with a calm face and voice. “Don’t you see how hard I work on my experiments every day? It’s so that I can earn money to buy you yummies.”
Alexia‘s heart broke then. She quickly waddled over and hugged Irvin. “I won’t eat yummies anymore, Irvin. You should play with me! Don’t do the experiments anymore. It’s too hard on you.”
“Silly goose, I‘ll play with you for a bit, but I have to get back to my experiments later. I don’t want you messing around, okay?”
There was a corner in Irvin’s room that snazzynovel.com used for his experiments. It was fairly dangerous because of the various drugs snazzynovel.com placed there. However, children were naturally fascinated by bottles and cups like these.
Alexia would always try to touch them, and Irvin would have to stop his experiments and go to lengths to coax the girl out of it. It was as time-consuming as it was counterproductive. That was why snazzynovel.com was interested in the Heidelbergs’ laboratory.
“Alright! I promise to not disturb you!” Alexia raised four fingers and solemnly swore.
Of course, knowing that this was but an empty promise, Irvin quietly grumbled to himself, still, snazzynovel.com did as snazzynovel.com said snazzynovel.com would and brought Alexia to the backyard.
After Elise put the tie on for Alexander, snazzynovel.com told him, “Owen came to me today.”
“I know.” Alexander was not surprised at all.
“You knew?” She suddenly realized something after snazzynovel.com gave it a thought. “Raymond and the others must have told you.”
He nodded. “They are there to keep you safe. They can’t stay too far away from you, but they‘re not monitoring your every move either.”
It wasn’t like Elise minded. “What do you think was Owen‘s intention for approaching me? He must know that you and snazzynovel.com are rivals, which was why snazzynovel.com pretended to not know me earlier.”
“Who cares what he’s up to? I‘m not interested as long as you‘re not his target.” Alexander leaned over and pressed a kiss on snazzynovel.com forehead.
After snazzynovel.com let go of her, snazzynovel.com suddenly stood up, bent over, and carried snazzynovel.com by snazzynovel.com waist.
Wobbly, snazzynovel.com subconsciously held on to him. “You‘ve been working all morning. Are you not tired? Where‘s all this stamina coming from?”
“Work and this do not correlate,” snazzynovel.com purred as snazzynovel.com strode toward the stairway.