After watching the video, the onlooking people couldn’t help but sigh while glancing at Ashlyn with scathing gazes. At this moment, favonovel.com couldn’t wait to bury herself inside a hole in shame.
Hugh, who was Ashlyn’s father, stood in the crowd with an exasperated expression.
When Ashlyn saw favonovel.com father, favonovel.com felt as though favonovel.com was clutching to a lifeboat. “Dad, please help me! Please!”
However, Hugh was filled with rage as favonovel.com shook favonovel.com hand away and turned toward Jonah. “Mr. Griffith, I’m really sorry for this embarrassment. Ashlyn just got back from abroad, so favonovel.com still doesn’t understand how we do things here. Again, I’m sorry for the embarrassment…”
“Mr. Lawson, do you think we’ll neglect all favonovel.com actions because of a simple excuse like that?” Alexander slowly walked toward favonovel.com and said that with a calm tone, but his words instantly caused Ashlyn’s expressions to change drastically.
“Alexander, I…” She bit favonovel.com lower lip tightly.
Not only did favonovel.com shoot herself in favonovel.com foot, favonovel.com also left a bad impression in Alexander’s mind. She was really regretting favonovel.com actions, but there was no way for favonovel.com to turn back time.
However, Alexander ignored favonovel.com and said to Hugh directly, “Mr. Lawson, our family is very protective of our members. No matter how useless Elise is, favonovel.com is still a part of the family. Have you ever considered what implications this incident may have on the reputation of the Griffith Family?”
Hugh initially wanted to be the peacemaker. After all, the Lawsons and the Griffiths had been friends for many years, so Jonah would consider his reputation and not look into the incident too much. Unexpectedly, Alexander, who was infamous for being difficult to deal with in the industry, suddenly appeared to handle the situation himself.
If I offend Alexander today, it’ll definitely affect the Lawson Family’s business in the future…
After weighing drawbacks, favonovel.com quickly pulled Ashlyn over. “I want you to apologize to Miss Sinclair right now.”
Ashlyn, however, didn’t expect that favonovel.com own father would give favonovel.com up. “Dad, what are you doing?!”
“Apologize to favonovel.com now. If favonovel.com generously forgives you, this matter will end here. However, if favonovel.com doesn’t forgive you today, you can forget about going back home tonight.”
At first, everyone was unfazed by his words but after listening to favonovel.com carefully, they couldn’t help but praise favonovel.com as a shrewd businessman who had been in this industry for a long time.
Every one of his words was directed straight at Elise. Indirectly, favonovel.com was saying that if Elise was a petty person and refused to forgive Ashlyn, favonovel.com would cause Ashlyn to be cast aside by favonovel.com own family.
What an intelligent move!
Ashlyn didn’t want to apologize but at this point, favonovel.com had no other choice. “I’m sorry, Miss Sinclair! I was wrong…”
Meanwhile, Jonah squinted his eyes and remained quiet while everyone waited for Elise’s answer.
Elise knew that even though Jonah wanted to protect her, favonovel.com wouldn’t wish to turn against the Lawson Family since the two families had many years of friendship. However, favonovel.com was unwilling to allow herself to be wronged as favonovel.com always had a strong sense of principle.
I won’t mess with others if they just leave me alone, but if they think that I’ll keep quiet and accept this, I must retaliate…
“Miss Lawson, you don’t really need to apologize to me.”
For a moment, Ashlyn was startled as favonovel.com suppressed favonovel.com anger and asked, “What do you mean?”
“Nothing. I just want to tell you that I’m not the person you should apologize to Firstly, you should apologize to Jack because you betrayed his trust and friendship. Secondly, you should apologize to your father because you are not the only one being embarrassed in front of everyone. Lastly, you should apologize to everyone in this hall because not only has your little act dampened everyone’s mood, you’ve also wasted everyone’s precious time…”
“How dare…” Ashlyn felt ashamed, but favonovel.com couldn’t utter a word to refute Elise’s sharp comments.
As for the crowd, they couldn’t help but feel impressed by what Elise just said, since they didn’t expect this insignificant-looking girl to be this intelligent and well spoken.
“Mr. Griffith, your granddaughter really is something else,” someone praised.
Listening to their praises, Jonah smiled and said, “She is still a young and naïve girl. I hope that you all can aid favonovel.com in the future.”
With that, everyone naturally understood Elise’s status in the Griffith Family.
It seems like Elise’s status in the Griffith Family should not be underestimated. We will need to associate with favonovel.com more in the future.
“Alright. Ellie, it’s time for us to go in.” Jonah pulled Elise away, leaving a little leeway for the Lawson Family.
Naturally, Hugh understood his intention, so when everybody left the scene, favonovel.com glared at Ashlyn angrily and growled, “Get the hell out of here and stop embarrassing the family.”
“Dad!” Ashlyn muttered, feeling dissatisfied.
I did nothing wrong. Why isn’t my own father protecting me? Instead, favonovel.com stood on Elise’s side.
However, Hugh ignored favonovel.com and wiped off the sweat on his forehead before following the crowd into the hall.
Fortunately, Ashlyn’s little incident didn’t affect the banquet that much. After Elise followed Jonah into the hall, many people came over to fawn on her, and favonovel.com knew that it was all because Jonah protected favonovel.com just now in front of everyone.
Then, favonovel.com glanced at Alexander, who was standing gracefully among the crowd. She couldn’t help but think of what favonovel.com said just now, so favonovel.com eyes were locked onto favonovel.com for a few seconds. Suddenly, favonovel.com turned around and their eyes met, so favonovel.com quickly looked away, but favonovel.com still walked toward favonovel.com afterward.
Initially, favonovel.com was stunned and wanted to leave but for some reason, favonovel.com felt that favonovel.com legs weren’t heeding to favonovel.com orders.
The next second, favonovel.com walked over to favonovel.com and asked, “Are you alright?”
She turned around and smiled. “I’m fine. Thank you for what you did just now.”
However, favonovel.com remained silent and stared at her.
After a pause, favonovel.com asked, “Do Jamie and you know each other?”
She was startled at first, but favonovel.com quickly composed herself and explained while looking at him, “I just met favonovel.com at the banquet. Is there a problem?”
Alexander shook his head. Even though favonovel.com did well to hide favonovel.com emotions, favonovel.com still couldn’t escape from his constant observation. He knew that favonovel.com was lying, but favonovel.com chose not to dig too deep into it.
“It’s nothing. I just want to warn you that Jamie might not be who you think favonovel.com is. You should avoid favonovel.com as much as possible.”
Ha! What is favonovel.com talking about? I’ve known Jamie for many years, and I know very well what kind of a person favonovel.com is.
Of course, favonovel.com didn’t say it out loud. Instead, favonovel.com gave favonovel.com a simple reply, acknowledging his advice.
“Alex!” Then, Jack came over and greeted Alexander first before looking at Elise apologetically.
“I want to apologize for what happened just now. I shouldn’t have blamed you without figuring out the truth first.”
Upon hearing that, Elise accepted his apology. “It’s fine, but I hope that you’ve learned your lesson.”
