Chapter 18
Elise heard Danny‘s voice the second she woke up the next morning. “The Snyders all disappeared out of the blue last night, Alexander. They were even on the news today.”
Elise chimed in, “They probably ran away out of guilt.”
Danny was quite a dense fellow, so he didn‘t give it much further thought. “That sounds about right. There‘s nothing my brother can‘t do when he puts his heart to it, after all.”
Alexander didn‘t reply to Danny. He had tasked his assistant to look into Elise‘s background yesterday, but to no avail. Recalling that unsatisfying result, he decided to test the waters. “Looks like you already knew about this beforehand, Elise.”
Elise simply replied lightheartedly, “I just found out about it too. I wouldn‘t have spent all night tossing and turning if I had known that from the start.” Then, she rubbed her head to keep up the act.
Alexander glanced at her furtive expression; she seemed like she was hiding something. He became all the more suspicious, but he could only let it slide since he didn‘t have any evidence.
At school, everyone was astonished by the news of Nicole being expelled. As a result, no one dared to pick a bone with Elise anymore after the incident. Elise felt like she went back to the old days of being a boss–life was such a bliss when she could get everything she wanted.
Days passed and she eventually had the thought of moving to the school dormitory altogether; nothing much would happen as long as she made the least amount of contact with the Griffiths. Unfortunately, her suggestion was ruthlessly rejected by Jonah. “Jack and Brendan are coming back soon. You should make a trip back home; I‘ll arrange for you all to meet.”
Elise wasn‘t at all interested in this arranged marriage of hers, so she was about to leave without dressing up. However, she was stopped by Jonah. “I‘ve bought you many new clothes, Elise. Go ahead and dress up before you head over. I even hired a makeup artist for you.”
Elise immediately turned down his offer. “I’ll handle it myself, Grandpa Griffith. There‘s no need to trouble others.”
She‘d blow her cover as soon as someone touched her face. And so, she took off her disguise and put on a foundation that had a lighter shade to brighten up her complexion just a little.
Her skin condition was quite perfect by itself, but it wasn‘t noticeable since she‘d intentionally made her skin appear darker. Now that she had brightened it up a bit, a fraction or two of her beauty was able to shine through the makeup.
She looked slightly more pleasing to the eye than before. This should do it.
Residence
to see Elise all dressed up. Even though her complexion was still dark and patchy, her facial features appeared a lot more exquisite after her skin became a few shades
very pleased to see Elise dolled up
like the feeling of attending a forced date, so she picked a corner seat and planned to stay quiet throughout the entire gathering. To her surprise, she was arranged by Jonah to sit
each other better.”
the female celebrities that he was used to filming movies
even looking at
to calm down for an entire day after exchanging a word with him, but this country bumpkin
tried to bring up a topic that would pique her interest. “Have you seen any of the dramas
the smug smile on his face and
you have a favorite actor then, Miss Sinclair? Perhaps I can introduce
she rolled her eyes. Her aunt was an international award–winning actress; was there even a celebrity she hadn‘t met
Elise
immune to beautiful women from seeing all those gorgeous actresses every day, Jack? Since when have you become
and continued talking to her. “I have a fan meeting going on later. Why don‘t you come along
always been cold and he never liked talking much; just a word or two out of his mouth was enough to
was eager to prove his worth as the Best Actor.
didn‘t have much going on
Alexander to follow along just in case. “Take good care of Elise. I don‘t
“Yes, Grandpa.”
“Jack! Jack! Jack!”
of fans, a figure slowly entered
smart looking suit. Right now, he was the brightest star of all under the
After going through the introductions, Jack put on a
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