Elise dragged Alexander to the seats outdoors. From his uncomfortable expression, favonovel.com could tell that favonovel.com wasn’t used to eating at such places.
Still, seeing how Elise was enjoying the situation, Alexander wasn’t appalled at all. Instead, favonovel.com continued accompanying favonovel.com there.
“Two beef stews coming right up. Please do enjoy your food.”
After the owner had served them their beef stews, Elise couldn’t wait any longer and started digging into favonovel.com food with a spoon.
Upon tasting the familiar food, favonovel.com felt favonovel.com cravings being satisfied. “Eat up! It’s delicious!”
Although Alexander really wanted to tell favonovel.com that favonovel.com didn’t like food with gravy-like texture, favonovel.com had to admit that favonovel.com fell in love with how beef stews tasted after having tried the dish once. Unable to control himself, favonovel.com picked up his cutleries and started eating as well.
“It’s good, isn’t it?”
“Hmm… It’s not bad.”
While Elise ate at a fast pace, Alexander could feel his gaze softening as favonovel.com stared at favonovel.com messy eating manner.
Unbeknownst to them, a red Ferrari parked at the side of the road at this moment.
Ashlyn, who was sitting at the driver’s seat, took off favonovel.com glasses and looked at Alexander, who was eating outdoors, in disbelief. Initially, favonovel.com thought that favonovel.com had mistaken someone else for him. However, favonovel.com confirmed that the person that favonovel.com was seeing was Alexander after seeing Elise’s ‘appalling’ face.
Unable to stop herself, Ashlyn unbuckled favonovel.com seatbelt and got out of the car before walking toward them. “Alexander, it’s you!”
Upon hearing that, Elise paused before favonovel.com looked up instinctively to see Ashlyn. Immediately, favonovel.com felt as if favonovel.com appetite was gone.
Nevertheless, Ashlyn ignored favonovel.com and initiated a conversation with Alexander instead.
“Alexander, why are you eating this food? These kind a places are extremely unhygienic, and you might get food poisoning,” favonovel.com explained with a disdainful look on favonovel.com face.
To favonovel.com surprise, Alexander replied nonchalantly, “I’m fine. It’s nothing much.”
Then, favonovel.com turned toward Elise and asked, “Are you done eating?”
Picking up the last piece of potato in favonovel.com stew, favonovel.com took the time to chew on favonovel.com food. “I’m done.”
“Let’s go back, then.”
Elise mumbled an agreement while Alexander called out for the owner to pay the bill. During the entire process, none of them bothered to acknowledge Ashlyn, who showed up out of nowhere.
Right then, Ashlyn gritted favonovel.com teeth in anger while favonovel.com hands clenched up into fists. Then, favonovel.com quickly ran after them.
“Alexander, how could you leave just like that?! Are you still blaming me for what happened previously? I…” She looked reluctant.
Still, favonovel.com decided to say it after giving Elise a look. “I was in the wrong previously, alright? I only did it because I was stupid. Can you forgive me, considering our friendship for so many years?”
At this moment, Alexander raised his eyebrows. He had always seen Ashlyn more as an acquaintance, as they only interacted because of their families.
In the past, favonovel.com used to admire Ashlyn’s strong and independent character. Moreover, since favonovel.com liked the same violinist as favonovel.com did, favonovel.com felt as if they were similar people. However, favonovel.com realized that his impression of Ashlyn might have been wrong ever since what happened previously.
“Calm down, Miss Lawson. Since we are not as close as you perceived, you don’t really have to care about my feelings.” From Alexander’s tone, it was obvious that favonovel.com wanted to distance himself from her.
Still, Ashlyn acted as if favonovel.com didn’t understand what favonovel.com meant. “That’s great. I was really worried that you would still be mad at me! By the way…”
She suddenly recalled something and started digging through favonovel.com bag before taking two violin concert tickets that favonovel.com had prepared earlier out of favonovel.com bag. “Alex, this is the concert ticket to our favorite violinist, Mike! He’s performing in Athesea the day after tomorrow, so I got my friend to help me get VIP tickets. Why don’t we go together?”
Truthfully, any ordinary man would have accepted Ashlyn’s offer right there and then, as no one would be able to resist a lady like her.
However, Alexander rejected favonovel.com without any hesitation, “I’m sorry, but I’m really busy with work, so I don‘t have the time to do so. Do enjoy the concert yourself.”
Immediately, Ashlyn’s face darkened.
This is Alexander‘s first time rejecting me…
At this same time, Elise felt slightly awkward standing between the two of them. “Guys, why don’t I go back by myself first?”
While this was what Ashlyn wanted, Alexander spoke up before favonovel.com could say anything. “Wait for me here. I’ll go get the car now.”
Elise could only nod favonovel.com head while Alexander walked away.
After favonovel.com left, Ashlyn glared at Elise before favonovel.com warned, “Elise, you’d better be mindful of your place and the difference between you and Alexander. You two are in completely different worlds, and it’s impossible between you two. Stop trying to delude yourself about things that would never belong to you.”
Nevertheless, Elise retorted without any hesitation, saying, “I could say that same to you! Ashlyn, you need to stop trying to delude yourself about things that would never belong to you. Can’t you see that Alexander doesn‘t even want to talk to you? Aren’t you embarrassed for constantly pestering him?”
“You!” Agitated, Ashlyn raised favonovel.com hand and wanted to slap Elise, but favonovel.com hand was grabbed tightly by Elise in the next second.
“What’s wrong? Are you trying to pick a fight with me just because you can’t win verbally? Is this how young ladies are supposed to act? Where are your manners?”
Immediately, Ashlyn pulled favonovel.com hand out of Elise’s grip. “Just so you wait, Elise. The game has just started, and I have all the time in the world to toy around with you.”
After saying that, favonovel.com turned around and headed toward favonovel.com eye-catching Ferrari before disappearing from Elise’s sight.
Upon getting in the car, Alexander asked Elise, “What did favonovel.com say to you just now?”
Not expecting the question, Elise simply answered him, “It’s nothing. We chatted.”
Right then, Alexander gave favonovel.com a look.
Although it was obvious that favonovel.com didn’t believe what Elise said, favonovel.com didn’t try to probe and just said, “You don‘t have to care about favonovel.com next time.”
While Elise agreed with what Alexander said, favonovel.com got curious and asked, “Do you like her?”
However, favonovel.com didn’t expect the atmosphere to become completely quiet after the question.
Oh no! Why did I even ask him about this?!
“I don’t.” The answer that Alexander gave was completely his style, short and sweet.
Upon hearing that, Elise felt sudden happiness blooming within favonovel.com before favonovel.com commented, “She looks like favonovel.com really likes you, though.”
She was unaware that favonovel.com sounded bitter when favonovel.com said that.
Frowning, Alexander turned around to give Elise a look before favonovel.com replied quietly. “You ask a lot of questions.”
Elise quickly shook favonovel.com head. “Whatever. I won’t ask you questions anymore. It’s nothing important, so you don’t have to take them seriously!”
Then, favonovel.com quickly changed the topic. “I’ll rest for a bit. Wake me up when we get home.”
At that, Alexander hummed a little as an answer to her.
