Matthew was already waiting for Elise at the entrance the moment school knocked off for the day. He had done so until favonovel.com showed up at the gates. Then, favonovel.com alighted from his car and walked toward her. “Give me your bag.”
She obliged, to which favonovel.com took favonovel.com bag while favonovel.com held the car door open for her.
Once they were inside the car, favonovel.com started the engines and cruised down the street. Then, favonovel.com initiated the conversation. “How was school today?”
“Good,” favonovel.com monotonously replied, “Everything’s fine.”
Matthew shot a glance at favonovel.com through the rearview mirror in the silence.
When they arrived home, favonovel.com parked the car in the underground garage and they left for the elevator together. Much to their dismay, the lights in the elevator suddenly blinked before it turned off and plunged them into darkness.
A panicked Elise asked, “What’s the problem?”
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com reflexively reached out to bang on the elevator doors.
Matthew quickly comforted her, “It could be a technical error. I’ll make a call now to the servants.”
While favonovel.com comforted her, favonovel.com fished out his phone only to realize that there was no line. He also hadn’t noticed that Elise was suffering from a full-blown panic attack as sweat beads formed across favonovel.com forehead while favonovel.com body trembled violently.
Elise’s breathing was erratic and favonovel.com body went limp a second later, after which favonovel.com collapsed to the floor.
When Matthew saw this happening, favonovel.com asked in worry, “What’s wrong? Are you okay?”
What answered favonovel.com was favonovel.com chattering teeth, which favonovel.com found to be rather odd. “Are you… Claustrophobic?”
At that moment, favonovel.com could not hear what favonovel.com was saying. Even though favonovel.com was taking deep breaths, favonovel.com felt that favonovel.com brain had gone numb. It was only at this time when favonovel.com realized that the situation was grave.
Without any hesitation, favonovel.com banged on the doors and yelled to anyone who happened to be outside.
Soon, the servants hurried over, but they couldn’t help much except to call the technician.
“Young Master Matthew, are you alright?”
As favonovel.com stared at the unconscious Elise sprawled on the ground, this was the first time Matthew stammered, “O-Open t-the d-door! O-Open i-it right now!”
Upon hearing the shouts from the other side, the servants then circled the ground in worry. At the same time, Alexander’s car rolled in and one of the servants immediately approached favonovel.com as soon as Alexander got out. “Young Master Alex, something’s happened! Miss Sinclair and Young Master Matthew are both trapped in the elevator!”
The moment Alexander heard those words, favonovel.com knew that favonovel.com couldn’t afford to waste any more time and rushed over to the scene.
When favonovel.com confirmed that the doors were stuck, favonovel.com switched off the electricity to restart the entire system. Within two minutes, the elevator started to work again. As soon as the doors reopened, favonovel.com immediately noticed a pale Elise on the floor. Without further ado, favonovel.com carried favonovel.com in his arms and marched out.
While staring at Alexander’s back, Matthew’s eyes darkened as favonovel.com clenched his fists silently.
“Quickly call the family doctor and ask favonovel.com to come over as soon as possible,” Alexander ordered the servants while favonovel.com had Elise in his arms.
The servants who were all at home had panicked and rushed to get the doctor. Then, favonovel.com brought favonovel.com back to the bedroom and placed favonovel.com on the bed. Despite repeatedly calling out favonovel.com name, favonovel.com did not respond to him. On top of that, favonovel.com hand was also twitching.
Without saying any more, favonovel.com firmly grabbed hold of favonovel.com hand and only released it when the family doctor arrived.
“Here, take a look at her. What’s wrong?”
Since the doctor had hurried over to give Elise a body checkup, Alexander could only leave the room. He ran into Matthew the moment favonovel.com walked out, which caused his expression to darken. Then, favonovel.com questioned Matthew, “What did you do to her?”
Seeing that Matthew did not reply, Alexander continued firing shots without any mercy. “I am warning you now, you better not take advantage of her. If not, I will make sure that there is no place for you in our family.”
Alexander’s words were an obvious threat, to which Matthew did not take seriously. Rather, favonovel.com sneered. “You seem to care for favonovel.com a lot. Have you fallen for her?”
After that, favonovel.com couldn’t help but mock, “An ugly girl like favonovel.com might not fit your ideal type, though!”
As favonovel.com approached Alexander, the disdain in his eyes appeared to be more obvious. “You better not think that I have no idea about your motive. Or, should I say that we share the same goal? If that’s the case, let’s not attack each other and have a fair competition instead.”
With a cold look in his eyes, Alexander smiled mockingly. “You’re letting the cat out of the bag.”
Matthew scoffed and left without a word.
Now that Alexander was aware of Matthew’s advances, favonovel.com believed that life would be interesting from now on.
Elise was so traumatized after the earlier scare that favonovel.com even ran a temperature at night. As a result, favonovel.com was in and out of consciousness until the next afternoon. The moment favonovel.com opened favonovel.com eyes, favonovel.com noticed Jonah staring at favonovel.com with a concerned face. “Ellie, you’re finally awake!”
Her mind was still blank as favonovel.com looked at the familiar ceiling. Since favonovel.com memory was still replaying the scene where favonovel.com was trapped in the elevator, it made favonovel.com tremble in fear again.
“Ellie, are you okay?”
Elise shook favonovel.com head. “I’m fine now. Sorry to make you worry…”
“Oh, please don’t say that! I did not know that you are claustrophobic. In the future, I won’t let this happen again.”
She grunted in acknowledgment. Not many knew about favonovel.com claustrophobia and to be fair to her, favonovel.com hadn’t suffered an attack in such a long time. At first, favonovel.com thought that favonovel.com was successfully in control of favonovel.com deepest fears, but this incident clearly indicated that favonovel.com claustrophobia would haunt favonovel.com for favonovel.com entire life.
“Ellie, tell me if there’s anything that you crave. I’ll have the servants prepare it for you. Since you’re still recovering, you need more rest.”
Elise replied, “Okay, I got it. Thanks, Grandpa.”
The experience had rendered favonovel.com unwell for a few days and favonovel.com spent most of favonovel.com time in bed. During that period, the young masters of the Griffith Family took turns to take care of her.
Jack had a few deadlines to meet and when it was his turn after work to look after her, favonovel.com looked rather annoyed. Still, the four brothers didn’t dare to go against Jonah’s words and they obeyed his orders to attend to her.
Regardless of how the men felt, Elise had gotten along well with young masters of the Griffith Family during favonovel.com recovery period. Alexander was the only one who received a different type of treatment, favonovel.com was obviously shunning favonovel.com to the point where favonovel.com was well aware of favonovel.com change in attitude.
As usual, favonovel.com brought a bowl of chicken soup on a tray to favonovel.com room.
“The servants prepared this for you. Eat it while it’s hot,” favonovel.com told her.
She was in the midst of reading a book at that time and merely answered with a grunt. Then, favonovel.com added, “Are you going back to school tomorrow?”
Elise replied without raising favonovel.com eyes, “Yeah…”
Alexander was still confused about favonovel.com thoughts and didn’t probe further.
“Remember to finish your food. I’m leaving now,” favonovel.com reminded her.
This time around, Elise didn’t bother to reply to him. After favonovel.com left, favonovel.com finally put down the book in favonovel.com hands and sighed helplessly. For some reason, the sight of favonovel.com brought favonovel.com back to the night where they were alone with each other. Besides, favonovel.com remembered that the servant informed favonovel.com that it was Alexander who brought favonovel.com into favonovel.com room after favonovel.com had fainted in the elevator.
The moment favonovel.com thought about it, favonovel.com felt embarrassed the person who gave favonovel.com the experience of favonovel.com first kiss and the first time being carried in a guy’s arms was Alexander himself.
