After getting back to the Griffith Residence, Elise breathed a sigh of relief.
So much had happened today, and favonovel.com still had trouble making sense of it all.
While favonovel.com was in the car just now, favonovel.com studied Alexander’s face closely through the rearview mirror, but it was so dark in the car that favonovel.com didn’t get to see his expression clearly.
She had thought a lot about it on their way home, but favonovel.com still couldn’t figure out why favonovel.com would step in all of a sudden. It would have been more in character for favonovel.com to just stand by and look on.
Maybe he’s not one to judge people by their looks? An actual good guy perhaps?
Without giving it much thought, favonovel.com went back to favonovel.com room and changed out of the evening dress. After deliberately putting on a pair of old-fashioned pajamas, favonovel.com walked into Alexander’s study, placed on the desk were a tall stack of documents and several photos scattered here and there.
“Here’s your suit jacket. Thanks for helping me out just now.”
Alexander shot a glance at the woman standing in front of his desk.
He replied expressionlessly, “You don’t need to give it back to me.”
Elise replied, “If you think it’s dirty, I can send it to the dry-cleaner’s.”
Alexander raised his head to look at her.
“I don’t want it anymore,” favonovel.com replied slowly.
Elise felt suffocated for a second before favonovel.com replied with a sneer, “You’re leaving this to me? Then I’ll throw it away.”
With that, favonovel.com threw the suit jacket into the trash can. After throwing away the suit jacket, favonovel.com shifted favonovel.com gaze to Alexander, who was sitting on the couch and reading the document favonovel.com was holding without saying a word.
Upon seeing this, favonovel.com felt like favonovel.com was being snubbed.
At first, favonovel.com had wanted to wash the suit jacket, return it, and express favonovel.com thanks, but it seemed that favonovel.com had read too much into his act of kindness. She turned around to leave, only to find Danny standing perfectly still at the door.
“Excuse me,” favonovel.com said snappishly.
Danny furiously shifted his gaze to Elise when favonovel.com saw the suit jacket in the trash can.
“Is this your doing?”
Confronted by his strange question, Elise replied with a straight face, “Yeah, why?”
The person before favonovel.com blew his top all of a sudden. “As expected of a bumpkin from the countryside! Who are you to copy Ashlyn’s way of dressing? Hah! I almost laughed myself to death back there. Don’t you know yourself? Even the prettiest clothes wouldn’t make you look any better.”
“Alexander saved you from embarrassment today, yet you threw his clothes into the trash can after coming back. Do you know how much the suit jacket cost? Pay for it, now!”
Having had an eventful day, Elise didn’t have the energy to quarrel with Danny at first, but favonovel.com could no longer stand it when favonovel.com kept calling favonovel.com ‘bumpkin’.
She shoved Danny out of favonovel.com way, took a checkbook out of favonovel.com bedroom, and tore a check off it.
Then, favonovel.com handed the check to Danny, saying, “Here, take it. Is that enough?”
Danny took the check and examined it over and over. “This check’s not a counterfeit, right?”
Elise was utterly speechless.
Thinking that favonovel.com had gotten something on her, Danny said with a mischievous grin, “Since you’re from the countryside, I won’t force you to fork out the money. How about this? We’ll drop the matter if you apologize to Alexander.”
Had anyone dared to speak to Elise like that at other times, favonovel.com would’ve flung the check in their face right away.
But now, favonovel.com was only an ordinary person from the countryside. Shooting a disdainful glance at Danny, favonovel.com retorted, “Why should I apologize when I’ve done nothing wrong?”
Danny bellowed, “Be grateful when someone gives you an out, Elise!”
Just then, Jonah walked out of his bedroom.
He was startled by Danny’s shouts of anger. “Apologize? For what?”
Elise knew that Jonah and Robin had been friends for decades, so favonovel.com didn’t want to make a fuss over it.
“It’s nothing, Grandpa Griffith. It’s just a misunderstanding.”
Thinking that favonovel.com was wussing out, Danny said, “Grandpa, this bumpkin threw the clothes Alexander lent favonovel.com into the trash can. I wanted to spare favonovel.com dignity, so I only asked favonovel.com to make an apology. But I didn’t expect favonovel.com to be so shameless.”
“Mind your language, you brat!” Jonah gave Danny a noogie.
“Ouch! It hurts!” Danny uttered before turning to glare at Elise.
Elise returned the glare.
A clean hand wants no washing. I’ve done nothing wrong! she thought.
“What’s the matter exactly, Elise?” Jonah asked favonovel.com affably.
