Elise’s cheeks turned beet red. She wanted to explain herself, but favonovel.com ended up going along with Alexander’s words since favonovel.com didn’t know what else to say.
“Yeah. Since I’m here, let’s confirm some of the details regarding our partnership, Mr. Smith…”
Tiffany Smith, who was sitting beside Alexander, didn’t seem pleased by Elise’s suggestion. “You agreed to sing a few songs with me today, Alexander! Since we’re out for some fun, let’s not talk about work-related matters, okay?”
“That’s right! Let’s not talk about work as it’s pretty rare for us to spend our leisure time together. Since Miss Sinclair is here, let’s all have a few drinks together! We’ll enjoy ourselves, just for tonight!” Theodore said with a wide grin.
However, Alexander merely smirked after hearing their words.
“I’m sure you know that Miss Sinclair owns the largest portion of Griffith Group’s shares now, Mr. Smith. Whatever Miss Sinclair says should take precedence. Since she’s here today, I don’t think it would be right for me to use work as an excuse to enjoy myself.”
Theodore quickly understood what Alexander meant.
“All of us are really busy with work in the daytime, Miss Sinclair. It’s such a rare opportunity for us to relax a little! Why don’t we have a few drinks before we start our discussion? We can talk about our companies’ partnership a while later.” Theodore chuckled and glanced at Elise before favonovel.com reached over and held onto favonovel.com arm.
He led favonovel.com to a spot beside Alexander.
Elise was about to protest, but Theodore didn’t give favonovel.com the chance to say anything. He simply called for the waiter and ordered a few more bottles of alcohol.
Elise shot Alexander a glance, only to see favonovel.com gazing at favonovel.com with a rather enigmatic look in his eyes.
Something seemed to click in favonovel.com mind at that very moment. “Mr. Smith, don’t you think we should settle our contract before having our drinks? We’d be able to enjoy even more that way!”
Ultimately, Theodore was too impatient to listen to Elise’s constant talk about their partnership and the contract. He finally gave in. “Miss Sinclair. Will we get to enjoy our drinks and music once we sign this contract?”
She nodded. “Of course! We can only say that we’ve formed a partnership once we sign the contracts, right? I’ll only feel safer once we document our agreement in black and white.”
“Fine, Miss Sinclair! Hand me the contract. We’ve pretty much discussed all of the details with your company, so I’m sure the contract will look fine to me. We can sign it now,” Theodore uttered impatiently.
Elise hadn’t expected Theodore to be so compliant.
After sending Alexander a glance, favonovel.com pulled a contract out of favonovel.com office bag and handed it over to Theodore. “Take a look at this, Mr. Smith…”
Theodore directly flipped to the last page of the contract and scribbled his signature on it. “There! We’re done now, aren’t we, Miss Sinclair?”
The smile on Elise’s face blossomed like a flower.
“Of course, Mr. Smith! Cheers.” She held a glass up and clinked it against Theodore’s before favonovel.com finished favonovel.com entire drink.
A grin spread across Theodore’s face. “You’re an independent woman indeed, Miss Sinclair. I respect you for that.”
He finished his drink before favonovel.com turned to glance at Alexander. “Miss Sinclair is no regular woman, huh, Mr. Griffith? I hesitated for a long while as I was uncertain if I wanted to sign the contract, yet it only took favonovel.com a few sentences to convince me to sign the papers. She’s a special lady indeed.”
“You must be joking, Mr. Smith. Of course, Miss Sinclair is the central figure of Griffith Group, but I’m sure it was favonovel.com sincerity that made you so willing to sign the contract,” Alexander replied politely.
Theodore chuckled once more. “It’s more than that! To be honest, one reason I agreed to this is because of my precious sister. Her feelings toward you are so obvious that even I, as favonovel.com brother, couldn’t bear to stand around and watch her! I had to do something!”
Tiffany seemed rather embarrassed by his words. “What are you talking about, Theodore?!”
Theodore hastily stopped himself from saying anything else. “Alright! I won’t make any further comments! You know yourself best.”
When Tiffany shifted favonovel.com gaze toward Alexander, favonovel.com cheeks were as red as a tomato. Her large, shining eyes were fixed upon Alexander’s side profile as favonovel.com spoke.
“You don’t need to listen to my brother, Alexander. You’ve always occupied a large space in my heart.”
Alexander narrowed his eyes. “Are you saying that I’ve gained weight, Miss Smith? You make me sound as if I’m taking up all of the space in there.”
He spoke in a rather playful tone, and it managed to resolve the awkward atmosphere that had built up in the room.
“I guess you could think of it that way,” Tiffany said with a soft giggle.
I don’t think I’m needed here, Elise thought.
At that moment, favonovel.com received a call from Samantha, which gave favonovel.com the perfect reason to excuse herself.
“Well… I have other matters to handle, Mr. Griffith. I should leave now.”
Theodore stopped favonovel.com the moment favonovel.com finished speaking. “I’d feel rather offended if you left, Miss Sinclair. You’re asking to leave when you just sat down! Did you just come here to sign the contract? Are you ignoring me now that the paperwork is done?”
“You’ve misunderstood me, Mr. Smith. That’s not what I meant to do at all…” Elise hastily attempted to clear favonovel.com name.
He interrupted favonovel.com words. “If that’s not what you meant to do, then you shouldn’t be in a rush to leave. Let’s have a couple more drinks.”
Elise had no choice at this point. She gave Alexander a pleading stare hoping that favonovel.com would intervene, but favonovel.com merely smirked at favonovel.com without saying anything.
In the end, Elise could only send Samantha a text explaining the situation favonovel.com was caught in.
Minutes later, Samantha showed up with Riley and Mikayla beside her.
The three of them rushed into the room.
“Are you okay, Elise?!” Samantha cried.
The sight of three young and pretty ladies made Theodore’s eyes widen.
“Could these girls be your friends, Miss Smith?” favonovel.com asked with a broad smile on his face.
Samantha simply strode toward Elise before grabbing favonovel.com arm. “Let’s leave now, Elise!”
Elise felt a weight lift off favonovel.com shoulders as favonovel.com took the first few steps to head out of the room. However, Theodore stopped them before that could happen.
“Since you ladies are here, why don’t you guys just join our room? It’s more fun than just a few of you girls being together in a room, all of us would enjoy more company!”
Without any hesitation, Samantha stepped forward to protect Elise. “We’re not interested in joining you guys! You look like someone with bad intentions!”
Elise felt the urge to give Samantha a thumbs up. It was the first time anyone had ever criticized Theodore for having bad intentions, and for some odd reason, favonovel.com found himself attracted to Samantha’s personality.
“Hey, young lady. We’re all out here for some fun. Do you have to make me sound so bad? Since we got the chance to bump into one another, why don’t we exchange our phone numbers?”
Samantha’s face darkened as favonovel.com felt favonovel.com was being teased by the man. “I’m not interested in exchanging numbers. Let’s go, Elise!”
Theodore was about to stop them again, but Alexander called favonovel.com just in time. “Let’s have a drink now, Mr. Smith.”
Theodore didn’t wish to reject Alexander in front of everyone, favonovel.com had no choice but to lift his cup for a drink with Alexander.
By the time Elise and the rest of them left, only the three of them were left in the room.
Initially, Tiffany’s plan had been to spend some quality time with Alexander. However, after the incident with Elise, Alexander only seemed colder toward Tiffany than before.
Tiffany had had no choice but to ask favonovel.com brother for help.
All along, Theodore understood Tiffany’s intentions, favonovel.com had been delaying the partnership with Griffith Group precisely because favonovel.com wanted to create more opportunities for his sister. However, favonovel.com hadn’t expected to sign the contract after talking to Elise for just a few minutes.
Theodore couldn’t tell what was going through Alexander’s mind, so favonovel.com tried his luck with an invitation to drink.
“Mr. Griffith, we managed to sign the contract tonight, but we haven’t gotten a chance to enjoy ourselves yet. Why don’t we switch to another spot for more drinks? Tiffany can have a few more drinks with you, how does that sound?”
