Chapter 53

Mikayla’s father, Luke, came back around dinnertime. As everyone sat together around the dining room, Elise couldn’t help but feel comfortable around them.

“Don’t be shy, Elise. Make yourself at home.” Luke then turned toward Matthew and said again, “Thank you guys for being our Mikayla’s friends and taking care of her.”

“Dad, do you know that Elise is super smart? She got first place in both the Mathematical Olympiad and Chinese Week’s speech competition. She’s literally my

idol!”

“You have much to learn from Elise, then.”

Mikayla stuck her tongue out in embarrassment. “Of course. She’s my idol, after all.”

The warm sight of the family being chatty put Elise in an absentminded state, and to hide her emotions, she slightly lowered her head to keep her expression out of sight.

After dinner, Elise and Matthew left Mikayla’s house.

On the way back, she couldn’t help but lean back on her seat and close her eyes to pretend to be asleep. Nevertheless, the image of her being with her parents years ago kept flashing past her mind when she closed her eyes. Despite the memories being old, the images were still crystal clear.

Right then, Elise opened her eyes and looked out of the window before a streak of tears fell from her eye.

“It’s the weekend tomorrow. Do you have any plans?” Matthew asked out of the blue, breaking her out of her thoughts. Immediately, Elise looked away and answered lightly, “I’ll probably work on my assignments.”

Then, Matthew asked again, “I heard that a new hot spring spa opened in the west region of Athesea. Do you want to go to the spa together?”

Elise shook her head. “Nah. I don’t really like hot springs.”

“What about a movie together? There’s a new comedy movie that just premiered, and it’s apparently really good.”

 

this moment, Matthew’s enthusiasm undoubtedly changed Elise’s last impression

cut her off. “Please don’t misunderstand me. I was just worried that you might be bored. Besides, my grandpa also wants us to

for your concern, but I have my

I was indeed a little too pushy. “Alright. Let me know if you want to

“Hmm.”

ran into Alexander, who was descending the stairs. Then Elise

standing behind Elise, Alexander shifted his gaze nonchalantly before he spoke to Elise. “Grandpa wants to see

she went upstairs and headed toward the

atmosphere between Alexander and Matthew tensed up as Alexander warned his brother, saying, “Do not try to

didn’t look bothered as he smirked. “What are you talking about? I’m just following grandpa’s wishes and taking care of her. How could you

is going to start a new project, and a huge sum of money has been

what I said to you. Do not cross the line.” It was clear that he was talking about Elise instead of the

 

if he hadn’t heard him and declared in a nonchalant manner, “Don’t worry, Alex.

“You better.”

knocked on the door to the study

“Come in…”

to enter, she pushed the door to the study room open. “Grandpa, I heard you were looking for

Elise, Jonah smiled before waving at her. “Come here,

of the company’s important meetings, and I want you to

aback. “Me? I

fine. Just pretend as if you’re

Elise agreed to Jonas’s proposal as tomorrow was the weekend, and she didn’t have to go to school, anyway. Hence, off to the Griffith Group, she went with

famous multinational conglomerates, and it was situated right in the most bustling part of the city. They were involved in many industries and had investments from business economics and real estate to the entertainment

was Elise’s first time entering the Griffith Tower. While trailing behind Jonas, she entered the elevator along with him

them before requesting for them to sit down. “You guys

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