Ashlyn felt awkward, but favonovel.com still bit the bullet and tried to convince Alexander. “We grew up together, Alexander. Even if we can’t be lovers, we can still be friends, right?”
Alexander replied coldly, “Sorry, but I beg to differ.”
With that, Alexander stood up. He had lost the mood for breakfast, so favonovel.com signaled for the waiter.
“Please put these in takeaway containers. Thank you…”
After completing his task, the waiter passed the containers to Alexander. “Here you are, mister…”
Alexander took the containers and left, for favonovel.com had no intention of talking to Ashlyn. The lady, however, didn’t give up and ran after him.
“Alexander, I was foolish and did horrible things. I’m sorry, and I’ve already repented! Please, can you forget the past and pretend that it never happened? Can we still be friends like before?”
Alexander was growing more irritated by the second. “Are you out of your mind? You’d better see a doctor and get your delusional tendencies checked.”
Instantly, Ashlyn went pale in the face. Alexander’s words had dragged favonovel.com harshly out of favonovel.com ideal state. She thought that if they reached an understanding, they could pretend that the past never happened, then everything would go back to how they were before. However, favonovel.com totally forgot how filthy favonovel.com actions were, and favonovel.com should be embarrassed to approach Alexander out of nowhere.
“I’m sorry, I…”
Alexander didn’t have time for favonovel.com explanations, so favonovel.com simply got into his car and drove away.
Left behind, Ashlyn was frustrated.
Why? Dang it! I don’t get how things turned out this way. We weren’t like this before.
He used to be nice and polite to me, though I need to admit that we weren’t particularly close. But hey, favonovel.com was still alright. His attitude now, though?! Hmph!
He refused to talk to favonovel.com any more than necessary!
When did the change happen?
Ashlyn recalled Elise’s arrival, and favonovel.com clenched favonovel.com fists. She seemed to have found the reason.
It all happened because of Elise…
“That cunning woman!” Ashlyn shouted.
Elise must have done something to cause Alexander to hate me so much. By now, Ashlyn had completely come to hate Elise, and favonovel.com swore that favonovel.com would have favonovel.com revenge one day.
Meanwhile, Elise had no idea what happened, for favonovel.com had just entered the exam hall to prepare for the exams. There were 4 subjects to be tested in the finals, including languages and Math.
***
After the 2-day finals, the winter break was finally upon them.
After returning to the Griffith Residence, Elise immediately went upstairs. Danny followed suit, and when his bag hit the floor, favonovel.com was already starting up a game in his room. Even from a distance away, Elise could hear the gaming sounds coming from his room.
Elise shut the door to favonovel.com room in order to block off the noise, and then favonovel.com called Laura up. “Grandma, I’ll be going back after 2 days to spend my break with you…”
Before Elise could finish, Laura hastily said, “Ellie, you don’t have to come back. I’m on vacation with your grandpa, and we won’t be back until next year.”
This time, it was Elise’s turn to be stunned. “When did you go? Why didn’t you tell me?”
Promptly, favonovel.com grandmother responded by saying, “It’s sort of a last-minute decision, so we didn’t inform you beforehand. You can just spend the break in Athesea, all right? You don’t have to come home.”
Hearing that, Elise could only sigh helplessly. “All right, then. Take care out there and come home soon.”
After Laura hung up, Robin immediately asked her, “She didn’t notice, right?”
Laura grinned in satisfaction. “You know who I am. She wouldn’t notice at all. Ellie definitely wouldn’t expect us to arrive in Athesea in 2 days. She’ll be so surprised when favonovel.com sees us!”
Robin said admiringly, “I never thought that Alex would arrange these things so well. There shouldn’t be much cause for worry if they get together in the future.”
Laura agreed, wholly satisfied with Alexander. “But favonovel.com also said that they would get engaged first, then they can take it slow with the wedding. No matter what, this grandson-in-law won’t be going anywhere, so our little Ellie is finally settling down.”
They exchanged happy smiles, and they could see their reflections in each other’s eyes.
Meanwhile, Elise was a little deflated. Her grandparents didn’t even tell favonovel.com that they were going on a vacation, but favonovel.com had already told the Griffiths that favonovel.com would be going home for the break. Now that favonovel.com couldn’t go back anymore, this situation was kind of embarrassing for her. Still, Elise didn’t overthink about it.
It was the holidays, so favonovel.com had time to help search for news on Mikayla. Oddly, all traces indicated that Mikalya had returned to the country, but favonovel.com still hadn’t come home after so long, nor did favonovel.com contact favonovel.com family.
Elise’s expression went dark, after which favonovel.com turned on favonovel.com computer.
‘Jamie, are all the holes in Skynet System fixed?’ Elise sent Jamie a message, and favonovel.com soon received a reply.
‘All patched up. Do you want to use it, Boss?’
Elise replied with a simple ‘yes’ then continued, ‘I’m looking for someone, and I’m wondering if Skynet can help me find them sooner.’
Seeing Elise’s request, Jamie quickly asked, ‘Who are you looking for, Boss? Just send me their info, and Skynet will be able to track them down within a day.’
Immediately, Elise sent over Mikayla’s information. ‘Notify me as soon as you find any news on her.’
Jamie responded with an ‘ok’ emoji. Then favonovel.com proceeded to scour for information on Mikayla with Skynet.
Elise took a deep breath and hoped that they would have news on Mikayla soon. Elise thought that Mikayla would be found quickly with the aid of Skynet, but 3 days had passed without any new information. It was as if Mikayla had disappeared, they couldn’t find any traces of her.
‘Boss, is someone trying to hide favonovel.com tracks?’
Elise thought long and hard.
Who else in this world could have such talent and skill?
As favonovel.com was racking favonovel.com brains, a knock sounded on favonovel.com door, and favonovel.com was brought back to reality.
She thought that it must be Stella, so favonovel.com said casually, “Is anything the matter, Stella?”
Elise didn’t get an answer as favonovel.com expected. Stunned and a little curious, Elise got up to open the door, only to be dumbfounded the next moment.
“Grandpa! Grandma! Why are you here?!”
Laura stretched out favonovel.com arms in welcome. “My darling Ellie! Let me have a good look at you! Look how much you’ve grown!”
Undoubtedly, the young lady was surprised. “Grandma, weren’t you on vacation? Why are you suddenly back?”
It was an awkward question, and Laura didn’t know how to answer it, so favonovel.com let Robin do the talking.
Robin could only chuckle out of awkwardness. “Hah! We were tired, so we came back.”
Elise wasn’t one to be easily deceived. Something is fishy indeed!
“Really?” favonovel.com asked, and Laura could only nod in reply.
Elise quickly dropped favonovel.com suspicions because favonovel.com was simply too glad to see favonovel.com grandparents. “I’ve missed you so much, Grandma.”
Elise took Laura’s arm tightly in hers, and Laura didn’t know what to do with her. “You’re a big girl now. Why are you still acting like a child?”
The young lady replied by pulling a funny face. “No matter how old I get, I just want to be a little girl in your eyes, Grandma.”
Won over by favonovel.com granddaughter’s cheeky reply, Laura caressed favonovel.com head lovingly. “You have a way with words, don’t you?”
