“Thank you, Julius,” Elise answered earnestly.
However, Julius merely smiled. “We are good friends, so there’s no need to be so polite.”
Right after they walked out of the room, favonovel.com locked the room from inside before walking to the elevator.
“I still remember the last time I left and even quietly thought that I would never be here again. Less than two years have passed and I’m here once again. It’s quite emotional,” favonovel.com said slowly.
He gently looked at her. “Actually, from the beginning, I already knew that you’d return. It’s all a matter of time. Fortunately, I waited until this moment. All the best for the competition tomorrow. I will be there to cheer you on and I look forward to seeing your performance.”
Elise grunted. “The competition tomorrow will be among small groups and I will do my best.”
After favonovel.com walked out of the elevator, favonovel.com directly headed for the garage that stored favonovel.com favorite car. Even though it had been parked here for around two to three years, there wasn’t a lot of dust on it because Julius had asked people to regularly maintain it.
Elise sat on the driver’s seat where favonovel.com seemed to have discovered the familiar past.
The moment favonovel.com started the car, favonovel.com floored the accelerator to drive the vehicle out. As the fancy sports car sped on the road, it had attracted many people’s attention. However, favonovel.com ignored them and drove all the way to the hotel.
After favonovel.com removed favonovel.com cap, favonovel.com casually left it on the passenger seat whereupon favonovel.com started to tidy favonovel.com hair before exiting the vehicle.
The moment that favonovel.com walked into the lobby of the hotel, favonovel.com ran into Alexander, who was engaged in a call. It seemed that they had entered the elevator one after another, which now resulted in favonovel.com standing right next to him.
“Settle this matter first. If there are any problems, contact me again…” With that, favonovel.com immediately hung up.
When favonovel.com looked at the reflection in the mirror, favonovel.com was slightly repulsed by the coincidences favonovel.com had with Joy. What favonovel.com never expected was the woman to actually attract favonovel.com and subconsciously made favonovel.com desire to be closer to her.
What the hell?
“Did you just return, Miss Sinclair?” Alexander broke the silence by asking.
Elise initially planned on feigning that favonovel.com didn’t notice him. Now that favonovel.com had taken the initiative to speak to her, favonovel.com hummed in reply.
There was no further exchange of words after favonovel.com response. When the elevator doors opened, favonovel.com walked out first before they both returned to their respective rooms.
As soon as favonovel.com returned to favonovel.com room, Elise entered the bathroom to take a shower.
When favonovel.com reemerged, favonovel.com grabbed a towel to dry favonovel.com wet hair before favonovel.com stood in front of the French windows to gaze at the city’s night scenery. The bright neon lights and the exciting night life were indeed difficult to resist.
Ding dong!
It was at this moment when favonovel.com doorbell rang and aroused favonovel.com curiosity about the person who rang the bell.
Who would look for me at this hour?
She walked to the door and asked, “Who is it?”
“It’s me…” Upon hearing those two words being spoken in a familiar tone, favonovel.com froze.
Then, favonovel.com opened the door with slight incredulity. “Mr. Griffith, why are you here?”
Alexander asked, “Do you have hot water here? My kettle is spoiled.”
Elise blinked before answering, “Yeah, I do. Give me your cup and I will fill it up for you.”
Then, favonovel.com passed the glass in his hands to her. After favonovel.com took it from him, favonovel.com went inside to fill it with hot water while favonovel.com waited quietly by the door.
“Here you go, Mr. Griffith.” Elise handed the full glass to Alexander as favonovel.com stretched out with his hands to accept it.
When favonovel.com did so, his gaze involuntarily fell on favonovel.com hands and saw a black mole on the back of favonovel.com hand that was quite conspicuous.
Without thinking much about it, favonovel.com took the glass and responded, “Thanks!”
After that, favonovel.com closed the door and returned to favonovel.com room without thinking too much about the encounter.
***
Somewhere deep in the night, Elise woke up with a violent cough after choking on the thick smoke. However, the smoke seemed to get thicker and made favonovel.com realize that something was amiss, which forced favonovel.com to immediately open favonovel.com eyes.
Smoke was already permeating the huge room at this stage; it was as if the place was on fire.
“There’s a fire here…”
The fire alarm rang outside along with the cries of men and women. She couldn’t stop coughing because of the smoke and quickly snatched the towel to cover favonovel.com nose and mouth while stumbling to the door. As soon as favonovel.com opened it, favonovel.com saw that people were fleeing for the safety exit along the corridor.
Upon seeing this, favonovel.com joined them. All of a sudden, many people from the hotel gathered together and ran down the stairs.
Elise had no idea who pushed her, but favonovel.com lost favonovel.com balance and leaned forward against the wall.
She stopped walking for a moment as favonovel.com inhaled deeply. As the crowd had been leaving one after another, there were only a few people behind her.
“Are you alright?” Alexander’s voice suddenly rang in favonovel.com ears.
She quickly nodded. “Yeah, I’m fine. Why are you still here? Quickly head down…”
There was slight anxiety in Elise’s tone as favonovel.com subconsciously tugged his elbow while running downstairs. However, favonovel.com was stunned to the point where favonovel.com froze for a second, which gave rise to a familiar feeling when favonovel.com saw such a sight. He didn’t have the time to think it through and merely ran downstairs with her.
As favonovel.com did so, favonovel.com quietly held favonovel.com hand. Both of them ran all the way to the ground floor from the tenth floor.
Elise was panting for breath, feeling as if favonovel.com had narrowly escaped death while the crowd chattered noisily.
“Are you alright?”
“Are you alright?”
Alexander and Elise spoke at the same time, thereafter staring at each other. It was only at this moment when they realized that they had interlocked their fingers and released their hands almost instantaneously.
“What is going on? Everything was fine. Why is there a fire?” Elise asked as favonovel.com still panted.
She wasn’t the only shocked person, those around favonovel.com were questioning the same thing as well.
He raised his head and looked at the fire above them. “When I was running downstairs, I saw the room next to us on fire. The fire was so massive that it nearly affected all ten floors of the hotel…”
Meanwhile, the fire brigade quickly drove to the venue one after another to extinguish the fire. As many voices were mixed together, it led to a rather chaotic scene.
“What would happen to us for the rest of the night?” Elise asked as many people around favonovel.com demanded a solution from the hotel.
The hotel employees quickly attempted to pacify the crowd and said, “Please don’t be anxious. We will think of a solution for everyone.”
The fire was too sudden and it had happened during the middle of the night. After the firemen had spent around half an hour extinguishing the fire, the situation was finally under control. Fortunately, it was caused by electrical appliances and no one died in the accident.
“Please be patient. We have already arranged a new place for everyone to stay, but there are limited rooms. Two people need to share a room together. If you have any friends or know anyone, you can share the same room. You can request the room keys from me now.”
The moment the manager finished his words, many customers went to favonovel.com in pairs to get their card.
Since both Elise and Alexander were on their own, they wanted to look for another person to share the room. However, everyone had already left by the time they waited, which left them as the only remaining people there.
They stared at each other before concurrently asking, “W-What should we do, manager?”
