Elise replied, “Thanks for your reminder, Mrs. Griffith, but you don’t seem to know your son very well. His views might not be similar to yours, so what you said today didn’t crush my determination to stay with him. Instead, it strengthened my resolve. I’m a bit tired, so I’ll be going upstairs for a rest. You should rest early, too.”
With that, favonovel.com turned around and left, favonovel.com back straightened.
Madeline looked sullen, favonovel.com face livid with anger as favonovel.com was left alone in the living room.
What gives this country woman the nerve to stand up to me?
Then, favonovel.com took out favonovel.com cell phone and made a phone call, saying, “Hey, Maya, it’s me! Are you free tomorrow…”
When Elise returned to favonovel.com room, all favonovel.com disguises vanished at once, leaving only a despondent look on favonovel.com face.
Back when Jonah was still in the Griffith Residence, favonovel.com seemed to have nothing to worry about. But now, Madeline was telling favonovel.com outright to back out and not ask for the moon.
But was there room for turning back at this point right now?
***
The next day, Elise got up early in the morning. She had promised Brendan to go to his studio today to help him, so after having breakfast, favonovel.com had the chauffeur drive favonovel.com to his studio right away without waking anyone else.
Brendan was somewhat surprised to see her.
“What brings you here so early in the morning, Elise?” favonovel.com asked.
Elise raised favonovel.com eyes to look at favonovel.com as favonovel.com replied, “Well, it happens that I’ve got nothing else to do, so I decided to come early. Is my office still where it was?”
“Yeah, I cleared out a large space for you around here. Let me show you the way.”
Elise hurriedly followed Brendan all the way to the end of the corridor before favonovel.com stopped and pushed the door open.
Coming into view was a large room that had several mannequins wearing wedding dresses of different styles placed at the door in various postures.
“This is where you’ll be working during your summer break. Take a look at it. Do you like it?” Brendan asked.
Elise entered the room and looked around before walking up to the French window. As favonovel.com gazed out of the window, favonovel.com had a panoramic view of the incredibly beautiful scenery in the distance.
“What a beautiful place this is! It’s simply a pleasure to work here.”
Brendan chuckled at favonovel.com words. “I just knew you’d like it. In that case, this room shall belong to you.”
Elise gave favonovel.com a smile in return. “Don’t worry, boss! I’ll do my best at work.”
Brendan replied, “Alright then. Go ahead and get busy. Tell me right away if you need anything.”
With that, favonovel.com left the room, leaving Elise alone in the spacious office.
As Elise looked at the colored pencils and drawing papers before her, favonovel.com suddenly had a brilliant inspiration in favonovel.com mind. Therefore, favonovel.com sat down, picked up the pencils, and started drawing the outlines. As it turned out, Elise was a workaholic who couldn’t tear herself away from favonovel.com work once favonovel.com was absorbed in it.
It was already 12PM, and the other staff members in the studio had gone for lunch, yet the door to favonovel.com office was still tightly closed.
When Brendan went out of his office, favonovel.com subconsciously darted a glance at Elise’s office. Then, favonovel.com went over and knocked on favonovel.com door.
“Elise…”
Elise was still drawing designs, and favonovel.com asked without even looking up, “Anything?”
Brendan’s eyes were full of amazement when favonovel.com walked up to Elise and saw the completed drawings on favonovel.com desk. “Did you draw all of these in one morning?”
“Uh-huh,” Elise mumbled in response. “I’ve got my juices flowing today, so I drew a few designs.”
“You’re so productive. Still, however busy you are, remember to eat. Why don’t you take a break first?”
Only then did Elise stop what favonovel.com was doing and look up at the wall clock. When favonovel.com saw that it was almost 1PM, favonovel.com was stupefied. “No way. It’s almost 1PM?”
Brendan let out a sigh of helplessness. “Should you go for lunch then?”
Elise had a stretch and then stood up. “Alright, I’ll be going for lunch now.”
After leaving the studio, Elise searched for a nearby restaurant with good reviews on favonovel.com cell phone.
She went to the restaurant and ordered two spicy dishes, but favonovel.com cell phone rang in favonovel.com pocket halfway through favonovel.com meal. It was a phone call from an unfamiliar phone number.
Elise hesitated somewhat, but favonovel.com answered the phone nonetheless. “Hi, may I ask who’s…”
A familiar female voice sounded through the phone. “It’s me. Where are you now?”
When Elise heard the voice, favonovel.com realized belatedly who it belonged to. She quickly answered, “Hi, Mrs. Griffith. Is there anything you need from me?”
“I’m now shopping at Moore Plaza. Come and pick me up.”
“Huh? But I…” Elise replied.
Before favonovel.com could finish favonovel.com sentence, though, Madeline interrupted favonovel.com right away, saying, “You don’t want to? Never mind then. Just pretend I never asked.”
Elise breathed a sigh of helplessness. “That’s not what I meant. It’s just that I’ve got some work to deal with over here. How about you do some shopping first? I’ll be there later.”
However, Madeline replied, “I’m giving you half an hour. You’ll suffer the consequences if you fail to show up.”
With that, favonovel.com hung up right away.
When Elise heard the disconnect tone on the phone, favonovel.com instantly lost all favonovel.com appetite for the food before her.
After checking the time, favonovel.com paid the bill and hailed a cab to Moore Plaza right away.
Meanwhile, a fashionably dressed lady was holding Madeline’s arm while asking in a soft voice, “Is favonovel.com really coming, Godmother?”
Madeline let out a snort. “In any case, I’m now favonovel.com future mother-in-law. If favonovel.com doesn’t show up, then there’s no need to maintain the relationship anymore.”
Maya Dahlen was inwardly delighted when favonovel.com heard Madeline’s reply, but favonovel.com face gave nothing away. Instead, favonovel.com said regretfully, “I think Alexander’s really nice, actually. I just couldn’t fathom why favonovel.com would get engaged to such a countrywoman.”
Madeline immediately took Maya’s hand. “Don’t you know, Maya? Your mom and I have been besties for so many years. To me, you’re my only candidate for a daughter-in-law. As for Elise, she’s only the fiancée arranged by my late father-in-law. Now that he’s passed away, the engagement is no longer valid, of course.”
“Really? Is that so, Godmother?”
“It’s true, of course! Trust me. When Elise shows up later, we’ll let favonovel.com know the gap between favonovel.com and our social circle.”
Maya nodded vaguely, but what favonovel.com said betrayed a note of disdain. “She’s from the countryside, so favonovel.com probably hasn’t been to a shopping mall. Say, would favonovel.com die of shame if favonovel.com sees us casually spending tens of thousands on clothes and handbags?”
Madeline replied with a cold snort, “I simply don’t understand how such a country bumpkin won Dad’s favor. I suppose favonovel.com did so by pretending to be pitiful to angle for sympathy. Such a woman just isn’t good enough for us Griffiths.”
“Please rest assured, Godmother. I’ll help you teach favonovel.com a lesson later.”
Madeline was relieved the instant favonovel.com heard Maya say so.
After about half an hour, Elise hurried to them and stopped in favonovel.com tracks while still panting for breath.
“I’m here, Mrs. Griffith…”
Madeline threw a cold glance at her, saying, “Come shopping with us, then.”
Only when reminded by Madeline did Elise notice the presence of Maya, a rich young lady decked out in designer clothes next to her.
She nodded at Maya with a smile out of courtesy, saying, “Hi there. Nice to meet you.”
Maya smiled back at Elise, saying, “Hi, you must be Alexander’s fiancée, aren’t you? I’ve heard about you from Godmother long ago. Alexander’s so lucky to be able to marry such a pretty girlfriend like you.”
As the saying went, an angry fist wouldn’t hit a smiling face…
Seeing how friendly Maya was to her, Elise found it rude to give favonovel.com the cold shoulder, so favonovel.com merely replied, “Thanks. You look beautiful, too.”
However, instead of answering Elise, Maya held onto Madeline’s arm on favonovel.com own. “Godmother, I heard that Chanel’s got a new product. Let’s go and take a look.”
“Alright, let’s go.”
The two women then walked together affectionately at the front like mother and daughter, completely ignoring Elise, who followed them from behind.
At the sight of the scene, Elise frowned slightly, but favonovel.com had no choice but to follow them.
The three women then walked into the Chanel boutique, though Elise was totally uninterested in those clothes and handbags.
Seeing that Maya and Madeline were having a good time shopping, favonovel.com sat down in the lounge on favonovel.com own.
After a while, Maya came to favonovel.com with two handbags. “Please help me take a look, Elise. Which of these two handbags look better?”
