“That’s pure bullsh*t!” Janice stomped favonovel.com feet and scolded Addison while pointing at her. “Elise likes to gossip behind people’s backs, and you, as favonovel.com friend, are very much the same too! You know the saying, birds of a feather flock together.”
As Addison was about to refute, a magnetic male voice suddenly rang from behind the crowd. “Please mind your words.”
As soon as the words fell, as if they were all synchronized, everyone looked at the owner of the voice at once.
Alexander walked forward calmly with Elise’s suitcase and stopped in front of Janice. Then, favonovel.com said intimidatingly, “What you said just now constitutes slander, I have every reason to sue you on behalf of my girlfriend. If everything goes according to plan, after a week, Miss Garcia, you will be finding yourself in the defendant’s stand at the People’s Court of Tissote.”
Though Janice had always been quick on favonovel.com mouth and had a sharp tongue, favonovel.com was still a college student after all. Besides, favonovel.com had never experienced real society and its cruelty.
After being fooled by the few words that Alexander said, favonovel.com was immediately taken aback. Her brain went numb, and favonovel.com didn’t dare to refute.
Alexander’s gentlemanly ways were always engraved in his bones, but not so much when it came to Elise’s affairs.
“Alright,” Alexander said with a poker face. “If you don’t want to go through with the judicial process, we can go with a more private process. Now, apologize to my girlfriend and ask for favonovel.com forgiveness.”
Alexander spoke with an undeniable majesty in his words, favonovel.com merely kept his gaze in front favonovel.com with his proud, indignant eyes; favonovel.com did not bat an eye at Janice. Though his words were simple and concise, they were enough to make Janice, who would always bully those beneath her, submit and not dare to say a word.
For any perpetrators, it seemed that silence was the greatest concession they could make. But Alexander had no plans to let favonovel.com off so easily.
Seeing that Janice had not responded after a long time, favonovel.com squinted at favonovel.com coldly. “What, now? Do you want me to tell my secretary to send the lawsuit letter to the dean’s office?”
Janice buried favonovel.com head even lower. She was unable to believe that Alexander, who looked so gentle and polite on the outside, would be so cruel and ruthless toward women. As a matter of fact, the shame made it impossible for favonovel.com to admit favonovel.com mistake to favonovel.com nemesis, Elise, in front of so many people. She bit favonovel.com lower lip tightly and tasted the iron in favonovel.com mouth, feeling utterly remorseful.
They had reached an impasse, no one had a better solution for a while.
Finally, one of the girls couldn’t stand it any longer. Because favonovel.com sympathized with Janice, favonovel.com went up and tugged at favonovel.com clothes, trying to persuade favonovel.com kindly. “Janice, you should apologize. It was your fault after all. You can always make up for your mistakes, and there’s no shame in it.”
This undoubtedly gave Janice the best way out.
Immediately, Janice noticed favonovel.com chance and grabbed the life-saving straw in an instant. She pursed favonovel.com lips tightly, nodded gratefully to the girl who came up to persuade her, then looked at Elise and said with tears in favonovel.com eyes, “Elise, I misunderstood what happened today. I shouldn’t have said what I said to you. I was wrong. I hope you can forgive me, and I promise that nothing like this will happen again in the future.”
Addison crossed favonovel.com arms in front of favonovel.com chest and reminded, “What about me? Remember? You scolded me just now as well.”
Janice bent favonovel.com upper body in a 90-degree angle bow. “I’m sorry, Addison. I was wrong!”
Addison was a conscientious person. When favonovel.com heard that Janice had apologized, favonovel.com thought favonovel.com had really changed, so favonovel.com didn’t pursue it any further.
Elise, on the other hand, clearly saw through Janice’s motives because favonovel.com didn’t believe people could change this quickly. She knew Janice was just putting up a show, and once the situation was over, favonovel.com would revert to favonovel.com old, despicable self. However, favonovel.com still had to cooperate with favonovel.com to finish the ‘show’. Though it was shameful to be fake, one could win sympathy that way.
Elise couldn’t bring herself to do such a thing, but favonovel.com could forgive favonovel.com generously and gain a lot of goodwill.
While everyone was waiting for Elise’s response, favonovel.com only said lightly, “Let’s forget this matter. I didn’t plan to take it to heart anyway.”
Knowing that being benevolent could get favonovel.com a long way, Elise felt that, in contrast, favonovel.com was completely trampling Janice under favonovel.com feet with favonovel.com kindness.
Seeing that Elise had let go, Alexander figured favonovel.com should just leave it at that. He calmly handed the suitcase into favonovel.com hands, and while Elise wasn’t paying attention, favonovel.com landed a kiss on favonovel.com forehead in public and left quickly.
Everyone was so caught off guard to have witnessed the public display of affection. With a loud ‘ew’, they scattered and left immediately.
However, Elise was still stunned in place. After what seemed like forever, favonovel.com slowly touched the place where favonovel.com had been kissed just now. It felt cold, as if favonovel.com had just been shocked.
So this is what it’s like to be in love?
I have to admit this, it’s amazing…
***
On the day of the welcome party, the drama would be debuting as the finale of the program, and the actors were in full swing backstage, putting on make-up and reciting their lines.
Elise’s song was a reserved program, and Mikayla would only announce it to the public after the performance of the drama. Even so, Mikayla was still afraid that Elise would bail on her, so favonovel.com quickly pulled Elise backstage early.
“Hey, my favorite idol, you only need to sit and wait here. You don’t have to do anything nor socialize with anyone, okay? This is a fruit plate, and these are some snacks, you can eat whatever you want here, and when the time comes, I will come in person and bring you on stage!” Mikayla held a fruit plate in one hand and snacks in the other, looking considerate like a brothel’s madam.
Getting the vibe that favonovel.com was being sold to a brothel, Elise pushed Mikayla out to host helplessly. “Okay, I won’t run away, so don’t worry. Do we not even have that one bit of trust between us?”
Upon hearing that, Mikayla felt favonovel.com shouldn’t keep bugging Elise, so favonovel.com reluctantly went to the side to prepare.
For Elise, performing was favonovel.com second nature, so there was nothing to be nervous about. She was only worried that some ad hoc situations or the unexpected would take place. With that worry in mind, favonovel.com took the costume and cosmetic bag that favonovel.com had prepared a long time ago and headed to the bathroom to change.
Right then, Janice was putting on eye makeup, and favonovel.com inadvertently caught a glimpse of Elise walking among the actors.
“Why is favonovel.com here?” Janice complained angrily to favonovel.com friends in the same crew. “Can some people respect the actors? How can they just come in casually? Don’t they know that it will affect the preparation work?”
A classmate in the same crew glanced in Elise’s direction and began gossiping, “It seems that the host brought favonovel.com in. Well, favonovel.com has a relationship with the host; who wouldn’t use a back door if there is one?”
Her tone was nothing but bitter, as if favonovel.com couldn’t wait to get rid of her.
Janice snorted coldly and secretly cursed Elise in favonovel.com heart.
Suddenly, favonovel.com had a flash of inspiration and thought of a good idea, so favonovel.com hooked favonovel.com finger to the friend next to her, and the two gathered together to whisper among each other.
After hearing this, the female classmate asked hesitantly, “Can this work?”
“How do you know if you don’t try?” Janice looked as if favonovel.com was confident in winning. She tried to coax the friend again and again.
“Besides, look at Elise’s arrogant look, she’s always so proud and looking down on everyone. Don’t you want to kill favonovel.com spirit a little?”
Hearing what favonovel.com said, the female classmate patted favonovel.com thigh determinedly and agreed. “Okay, let’s just do it!”
Then, while no one was paying attention, the female classmate slipped out quietly and turned off favonovel.com phone so no one could get in touch with her.
Twenty minutes later, the backstage went into a havoc.
“Oh, no! The supporting female character is gone!”
