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After getting back to the Griffith Residence, Elise breathed a sigh of relief. So much had happened
today, and she still had trouble making sense of it all. While she was in the car just now, she studied
Alexander’s face closely through the rearview mirror, but it was so dark in the car that she didn’t get to
see his expression clearly. She had thought a lot about it on their way home, but she still couldn’t figure
out why he would step in all of a sudden. It would have been more in character for him to just stand by
and look on. Maybe he’s not one to judge people by their looks? An actual good guy perhaps? Without
giving it much thought, she went back to her room and changed out of the evening dress. After
deliberately putting on a pair of old-fashioned pajamas, she walked into Alexander’s study; placed on
the desk were a tall stack of documents and several photos scattered here and there. “Here’s your suit
jacket. Thanks for helping me out just now.” Alexander shot a glance at the woman standing in front of
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇthis desk. Then, he replied expressionlessly, “You don’t need to give it back to me.” Elise replied, “If you
think it’s dirty, I can send it to the dry-cleaner’s.” Alexander raised his head to look at her. “I don’t want it
anymore,” he replied slowly. Elise felt suffocated for a second before she replied with a sneer, “You’re
leaving this to me? Then I’ll throw it away.” With that, she threw the suit jacket into the trash can. After
throwing away the suit jacket, she shifted her gaze to Alexander, who was sitting on the couch and
reading the document he was holding without saying a word. Upon seeing this, she felt like she was
being snubbed. At first, she had wanted to wash the suit jacket, return it, and express her thanks, but it
seemed that she had read too much into his act of kindness. She turned around to leave, only to find
Danny standing perfectly still at the door. “Excuse me,” she said snappishly. Danny furiously shifted his
gaze to Elise when he saw the suit jacket in the trash can. “Is this your doing?” Confronted by his
strange question, Elise replied with a straight face, “Yeah, why?” The person before her blew his top all
of a sudden. “As expected of a bumpkin from the countryside! Who are you to copy Ashlyn’s way of
dressing? Hah! I almost laughed myself to death back there. Don’t you know yourself? Even the
prettiest clothes wouldn’t make you look any better. Alexander saved you from embarrassment today,
yet you threw his clothes into the trash can after coming back. Do you know how much the suit jacket
cost? Pay for it, now!” Having had an eventful day, Elise didn’t have the energy to quarrel with Danny at
first, but she could no longer stand it when he kept calling her ‘bumpkin.’ She shoved Danny out of her
way, took a checkbook out of her bedroom, and tore a check off it. Then, she handed the check to
Danny, saying, “Here, take it. Is that enough?” Danny took the check and examined it over and over.
“This check’s not a counterfeit, right?” Elise was utterly speechless. Thinking that he had gotten
something on her, Danny said with a mischievous grin, “Since you’re from the countryside, I won’t force
you to fork out the money. How about this? We’ll drop the matter if you apologize to Alexander.” Had
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmanyone dared to speak to Elise like that at other times, she would’ve flung the check in their face right
away. But now, she was only an ordinary person from the countryside. Shooting a disdainful glance at
Danny, she retorted, “Why should I apologize when I’ve done nothing wrong?” Danny bellowed, “Be
grateful when someone gives you an out, Elise!” …… Just then, Jonah walked out of his bedroom. He
was startled by Danny’s shouts of anger. “Apologize? For what?” Elise knew that Jonah and Robin had
been friends for decades, so she didn’t want to make a fuss over it. “It’s nothing, Grandpa Griffith. It’s
just a misunderstanding.” Thinking that she was wussing out, Danny said, “Grandpa, this bumpkin
threw the clothes Alexander lent her into the trash can. I wanted to spare her dignity, so I only asked
her to make an apology. But I didn’t expect her to be so shameless.” “Mind your language, you brat!”
Jonah gave Danny a noogie. “Ouch! It hurts!” Danny uttered before turning to glare at Elise. Elise
returned the glare. A clean hand wants no washing. I’ve done nothing wrong! she thought. “What’s the
matter exactly, Elise?” Jonah asked her affably.
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