Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander)
Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Chapter 106,Coolest Girl in Town

Elise was rather stunned to see Jack there. “I’m heading home,” she explained. “Let me send you back,then,” Jack offered. He hastily opened the car door, and Elise got into the car. Only then did she realizethat Alexander was also sitting in the MPV. Despite the sense of awkwardness that she felt, Elise tookthe initiative to greet him. “I didn’t know you were here!” Alexander was flipping through somedocuments, and he merely responded with a curt nod.

Jack was the one who explained the situation. “I went to pick Alexander up from the airport earlier, andI happened to bump into you here. But you don’t seem to be in a good mood. You look really sad.”“Since when did you learn to care about others? You’ve never treated me this way in the past!”

Elise teased him. Jack shifted uncomfortably in his seat. “You should learn to appreciate my kindnesstoward you, Elise. I’m just caring for you as a friend. Furthermore, you used to be so ugly, old-fashioned and noisy. Now, you’re just as ugly and old-fashioned, but I’ve finally realized that you’re apretty decent person.”

This sounded better to Elise’s ears. “Thanks! My good friend told me that you’re releasing a new songsoon. Congratulations.” The smile on Jack’s face widened upon the mention of his new song. Heseemed especially excited even at the thought of it. “Thank you! You should come over to hang outduring the press conference for the new song.” Elise rejected him immediately. “No thanks. I’m afraidyour fans might murder me. However, my friend is a pretty huge fan of yours.

If you have tickets, can you give me two of them so that I can give it to her? She’ll be really pleased.”Jack wasn’t a stingy man and he immediately got his manager, Ronald, to hand him two tickets. “It’snext Wednesday. Make sure your friend shows up then!” “Thank you,” Elise uttered as she took thetickets from him. Jack raised an eyebrow before he smiled. “You’re welcome.” Right then, Ronaldspoke up from his spot in the passenger’s seat.

“Hey, Jack. Charlene just reposted your tweet. Do you want to respond to her?” “She can repostwhatever she wishes to. It’s none of my business. I can’t be bothered to respond,” he uttered flatly.Ronald was rather troubled by his response. “She used to be one of the most well-known singers. Insome ways, she’s your senior. You should show her some respect,” Ronald urged.

However, Jack continued to speak with the same nonchalant attitude. “She got rich off of one song.Apart from that, she just tries to hop onto all of the trendiest things in the industry. If I respond to hernow, the media will start writing reports about our scandal tomorrow. I don’t want to have anything to dowith her.” After wiping the sweat off his forehead, Ronald decided he would no longer insist onresponding to Charlene. “Fine. Let’s just ignore her, then.” As the two men had their conversation, theydidn’t realize the grim look on Elise’s face.

It was the second time that she had overheard Charlene’s name that day. It’s been a while,Charlene. Jack dropped Elise and Alexander at Griffith Residence. Once they arrived home, they weregreeted by an overly-excited Jonah. “Did you get to meet my old friend, Alexander? How is he?” “Mr.Burton is well and healthy. He kept asking for you, and he really hopes that you’ll get a chance to visithim in Provence,” Alexander replied. Jonah let out a longing sigh upon hearing his grandson’s words.“That old man still thinks about me, huh? Well, I don’t know if I’ll be able to see him again with thisweak body of mine.”

“What are you talking about, Grandpa? You’re so healthy—I’m sure you can live to see yourself turning100 years old,” Elise uttered sincerely. Alexander added, “That’s right, Grandpa. I can go over with younext time.” Jonah took a glance at Elise and Alexander before he let out another long sigh. “I’m oldnow, Alexander. There’re a lot of things that I want to do, but so many things that I don’t have theenergy to complete. You’re getting pretty old too—it’s about time you started your own family.”

Alexander showed great resistance toward the topic of marriage. “I have my own opinions and plans forthis, Grandpa. Don’t you worry,” he muttered with a frown. Jonah had no idea what was going on inAlexander’s mind. “You should focus on your future, Alexander. Let the past be the past. You need to

learn to cherish those who are right in front of your eyes!” However, Alexander didn’t seem to get theunderlying meaning behind his grandfather’s words.

“I got it,” he uttered simply. Elise, on the other hand, seemed to notice something. After theirconversation, she excused herself and returned to her room. I can’t believe I’ve been here for sixmonths already. Now, I might miss this place too much if I were to leave. … Once Alexander and Eliseretreated to their own rooms, Jonah picked the phone up to make an international call. “Both the kidsare home, Linus.”

“That’s great. I had been worried about them, but I’m glad to hear that they both got home. By the way,your grandson seems like a decent guy. I think he’d be a good match for my girl.” Jonah was pleased tohear this, and he laughed heartily before responding. “I’ve told you about this before—I’m certain that Iwant Elise as my daughter-in-law. It’s just a matter of time before this happens.” “You’re a cunning oldman, eh? Well, just to make things clear, I’ll never let Alexander go if he dares to mistreat my Elise,okay?”

Jonah nodded in agreement. “You don’t need to do it on your own. If that brat ever wrongs my preciousElise, I’ll give him a good spanking.” Linus seemed pleased to hear this. “You’d better stick to yourword, old man.” Midway through their conversation, Jonah began to frown as he recalled his concerns.“Hey, Linus. Since we’re on this topic, I just realized that both the kids hasn’t shown much progressdespite our huge efforts to bring them together. You used to be a pro in relationships—you werepractically undefeated when it came to girls!

Do you have any tricks on how to bring them together?” Linus chuckled upon hearing Jonah’s words. “Ican’t believe you’re asking me for help, old man.” Jonah had to maintain his pride. “I’m not asking forhelp. I’m just telling you to act as the middleman who creates sparks between them.” Linus scoffed.“You’re so harsh with your words. Back when I was young, I…” Linus was about to continue whenHelen entered the room. He had no choice but to swallow his words and return to his cowardly self.

“Okay. Teenagers mingle around better with one another, so we should get them to do that. We oldmen shouldn’t butt in. However, you should get your grandson to feel a sense of urgency.

My precious Elise is a really wonderful woman—you’d never replace someone as good if you let her go.”After finishing his words, Linus ended the call, leaving Jonah with the beeping sound of the dial tone.Jonah was determined. It seems like I have to work harder to bring the two of them together. I’ll startgetting worried if their relationship doesn’t go anywhere soon! Immediately after that, Jonah came upwith a plan.

He called the housekeeper to come over, and they both whispered into each other’s ears for a while. Atthe same time, Matthew, who had been standing by the corner of the stairs, overheard all of theirconversations. His face darkened. So, Grandpa had plans of matchmaking Alexander and Elise allalong. That way, he’d be able to transfer the Griffith Family’s shares to her. Yet, I’ve been making anissue about Elise. My plans have gone wrong this time around. Matthew clutched his fists silently. IfGrandpa never had any plans for me to begin with, then what’s the purpose of me staying in thishousehold?

After all, I’m nothing but an illegitimate son to these people. A malicious smirk formed on Matthew’sface as his gaze darkened. The next day, Elise handed the tickets that she had gotten from Jack toMikayla once she arrived at school. “Here you go. Tickets to your husband’s press conference for hisnew song.” Mikayla’s eyes lit up immediately. “Oh my gosh! I love you, Elise! I queued on his officialwebsite for hours last night, but I still didn’t manage to buy the tickets in the end. I was so close tobuying it at a higher price. I can’t believe you got tickets for me!”

“Jack gave them to me,” Elise uttered without bothering to conceal the truth. Mikayla was even moreexcited upon hearing this. “Are you serious? Did my husband give them to you? He’s so kind! He gaveme tickets because he knew I couldn’t get them!” Upon finishing her words, Mikayla gave the tickets ahuge and wet kiss.

Elise shook her head helplessly, then shifted her gaze back to her question paper. Ever sinceSamantha got into the production team and Riley stopped coming for classes, Elise was able to placeall of her focus on her studies. She was enjoying her school life.