Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander)
Chapter 1008

Chapter 1008

Owen drove Elise to the nearest bay. At night, the sea was mysterious and calm like a sleeping baby.As the gentle breeze blew, Elise leaned against the railing and took a deep breath before exhaling.She felt more relaxed compared to being at the crowded banquet. However, from Owen's point ofview, he felt that she was heaving a sigh of relief.

"Is something bothering you?" Owen started to play the part of a patient confidant.

With that, Elise played along and took the chance to feed him information about her being on badterms with Alexander. "It's nothing. I just feel that what you said is right; Alexander doesn't love meas much as I thought he would.”

"At any rate, men understand how other men think. Why would he fall for someone else whenthere's already another woman in his heart?” Owen couldn't hide his smile but tried to containhimself. "Don't be too sad. It's bad for your mental health, and it's not worth it either.”

Seeing that the timing was about right, she deliberately wrapped her arms and lifted her sleeve toreveal the bruise which she had drawn using some makeup earlier on. "I don't understand how aperson could change that quickly. Could it be that those promises that he made in the past were alljust to make me happy?”

The bruise wasn't in a very prominent position, but that was Elise's intention. It would seem toosuspicious if it was done too deliberately, so it was better to be discreet and let things take theircourse.

In reality, the concern that Elise and Alexander had was unnecessary since Owen wouldn't let anychances of getting close to her slip. "Are you hurt?!" He immediately grabbed onto her wrist uponspotting the bruise. "Did Alexander do it? How dare that b*stard hit a woman? I can't believe it! I'mgoing back right now. I'll hit him to teach him a lesson!" he urged anxiously.

Owen's acting was so realistic that if Elise hadn't known his actual intentions, she would've beentouched by it. "Don't." She stopped him and looked at him with mixed feelings. "This is between meand him. I don't want to complicate matters.”

As she spoke, she slowly walked to the side to avoid having any physical contact with him. "To behonest, I shouldn't be blaming it all on him. I shouldn't have constantly mentioned Elise's name, butI just can't help it!"

As she spoke, she started wiping tears off her face. "He only has that dead woman in his heart, and Ihate him for that. I regret my decision. If I'd known that things would turn out like this, I wouldn'thave agreed to marry him!"

"Anastasia! It's still not too late for regrets!” As he stood behind her, Owen placed his hands on hershoulder and declared, "If you're willing to, I can be someone you can lean on at all times!"

Hearing that, Elise pretended to wipe the tears from her eyes as she turned around, lookingconfused. "You..."

"That's right. I knew that you had taken up an important spot in my heart the first time I saw you.Ever since then, I was mesmerized by you every time we met. Anastasia, I've fallen for you, and I'mpretty sure you know how I feel about you." Owen heaved a sigh of relief after finally confessing toher. After all, he had been setting the stage for a long time.

Elise’s eyes lit up upon hearing that as though she had found hope. However, she immediatelylooked away without daring to look him in the eyes, making it seem like she wanted to accept hisconfession but was hesitant.

"No, I can't. Only he can decide when to end the relationship, and we'd be dead meat if he replaces outabout us!" Elise almost laughed after saying that but managed to hold it in. As Jack put it, one hadto possess the qualities of an actor to become one, and breaking character was a no-no.

"You don't have to worry about it since I'm with you. I'll help you out!" Owen squeezed her shoulderto show his determination. "To tell you the truth, the Morgan Family's business isn't that muchsmaller than Alexander's. If you collaborate with me, I'll be able to surpass him in no time. By then,he would be fearful of me. He won't be able to reject me if I insist on being with you."

Hearing that, Elise was in a daze as she looked at him in confusion.

When Owen noticed that she had wavered, he added, "Think of how Alexander is treating you. Areyou willing to be Elise's substitute for the rest of your life?"

Elise knew that Owen would start getting anxious if she did not agree to his proposal. After all, shehad been playing hard to get. "Alright, I'll believe in you!" Elise nodded earnestly. "However, whatam I supposed to do since I don't know anything about running a business?"

"Don’t worry, you just have to keep an eye on Alexander's every move and let me know when I askyou about it," Owen replied.

"Just like that?" Elise made an innocent and ignorant expression while she played the role of a naivewoman.

"How complicated do you think it's going to be?" Owen smiled, not forgetting to show his love toher. "You're the only person I care about, so I'd never want you to get too stressed over it. Just actnormal when you go back. Whether you can get any information from him or not doesn't matter.Either way, I will work hard and rescue you from his side as soon as possible.”

"Thank you, Owen." Elise made herself cry, but when she saw that Owen was about to wipe her tearsoff with his hands, she immediately wiped them off and uttered, "It's getting late now. You shouldsend me back. Since today is an important day, a pretty face like me should be by his side and actlike we are very much in love. I'd be reprimanded if I ruin his plan.”

"It must have been hard for you.” Owen extended his arm out but retracted it halfway through."Let's get into the car.”

He was being a gentleman by walking her to the front passenger seat and opening the door for herto get in before walking back to the driver's seat. The whole process took about ten seconds, butthanks to her quick wits, she successfully hid the tracking device Zephyr had given to her in thevehicle's power outlet.

Owen didn't notice anything as he entered the car. He flirted with Elise throughout the whole driveback, not knowing he had taken the bait.

Alexander suddenly appeared next to Elise two minutes after she returned to the banquet. "Youhave very light footsteps!” The startled Elise patted her chest to calm herself down.

"Why do I feel like you've done something wrong?" He leaned in and sniffed her like a dog. Indeed,she had bad-mouthed Alexander, leading Owen to believe that there was a crack in theirrelationship.

"Have 1? Nah, hehe. Hang on." She called out to a waiter and took two glasses of champagne beforehanding one to Alexander. "It's a success. Cheers!" Then, she clinked glasses with Alexander.Meanwhile, Owen's subordinate, who was hiding in a corner, teased Owen when he saw the scene infront of him. "Alexander and his woman seem to be very much in love."

However, Owen sounded calm as he replied, "They are just putting up an act in front of everyone.There's already a crack in their relationship, and Alexander's good days are coming to an end.”