Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander)
Chapter 53

Chapter 53

Mikayla's father, Luke, came back around dinnertime. As everyone sat together around the diningroom, Elise couldn't help but feel comfortable around them.

“Don't be shy, Elise. Make yourself at home.” Luke then turned toward Matthew and said again,“Thank you guys for being our Mikayla's friends and taking care of her.”

“Dad, do you know that Elise is super smart? She got first place in both the Mathematical Olympiadand Chinese Week's speech competition. She's literally my

idol!”

“You have much to learn from Elise, then.”

Mikayla stuck her tongue out in embarrassment. “Of course. She's my idol, after all.”

The warm sight of the family being chatty put Elise in an absentminded state, and to hide heremotions, she slightly lowered her head to keep her expression out of sight.

After dinner, Elise and Matthew left Mikayla's house.

On the way back, she couldn't help but lean back on her seat and close her eyes to pretend to beasleep. Nevertheless, the image of her being with her parents years ago kept flashing past her mindwhen she closed her eyes. Despite the memories being old, the images were still crystal clear.

Right then, Elise opened her eyes and looked out of the window before a streak of tears fell fromher eye.

“It's the weekend tomorrow. Do you have any plans?” Matthew asked out of the blue, breaking herout of her thoughts. Immediately, Elise looked away and answered lightly, “I'll probably work on myassignments.”

Then, Matthew asked again, “I heard that a new hot spring spa opened in the west region ofAthesea. Do you want to go to the spa together?”

Elise shook her head. “Nah. I don't really like hot springs.”

"What about a movie together? There's a new comedy movie that just premiered, and it'sapparently really good.”

At this moment, Matthew's enthusiasm undoubtedly changed Elise’s last impression of him.“Matthew, you—"Before she could finish her sentence, Matthew cut her off. “Please don'tmisunderstand me. I was just worried that you might be bored. Besides, my grandpa also wants usto accompany you more often.”

“Thank you for your concern, but I have my own arrangements.”

Matthew caught on to the hidden rejection behind Elise’s words. / guess maybe I was indeed a littletoo pushy. "Alright. Let me know if you want to go anywhere, and I'll bring you there.”

"Hmm."

When Matthew fetched Elise back home, they ran into Alexander, who was descending the stairs.Then Elise took the initiative and greeted him.

Glancing at Matthew, who was standing behind Elise, Alexander shifted his gaze nonchalantlybefore he spoke to Elise. “Grandpa wants to see you later, so go over to the study room once you'refree.”

"Alright. Ill head there right away.” Then she went upstairs and headed toward the study room.Once Elise left, the atmosphere between Alexander and Matthew tensed up as Alexander warned hisbrother, saying, “Do not try to approach Elise. She's not someone you can handle.”

Nevertheless, Matthew didn't look bothered as he smirked. “What are you talking about? I'm justfollowing grandpa’s wishes and taking care of her. How could you misunderstand my actions?”Then, he continued, “You appear to be free, so shouldn't you focus on company work? I heard thatthe company is going to start a new project, and a huge sum of money has been invested in it. Youbetter be careful in case anything happens.”

Although Alexander's eyes darkened, his face remained emotionless. “Remember what I said to you.Do not cross the line.” It was clear that he was talking about Elise instead of the company.

Still, Matthew acted as if he hadn't heard him and declared in a nonchalant manner, “Don’t worry,Alex. I won't get involved in company matters, and I'll know what to do for the others.”

“You better.”

Meanwhile, Elise knocked on the door to the study room.

“Come in..."

After getting permission to enter, she pushed the door to the study room open. “Grandpa, I heardyou were looking for me.”

Upon seeing Elise, Jonah smiled before waving at her. “Come here, Ellie.”

Elise walked toward Jonah obediently before he passed her a document. “This is one of thecompany's important meetings, and I want you to attend the meeting with me tomorrow.”

She was taken aback. “Me? I don't know anything, though.”

Nevertheless, Jonah smiled warmly. “It's fine. Just pretend as if you're walking around with me.”Toward the end, Elise agreed to Jonas's proposal as tomorrow was the weekend, and she didn't haveto go to school, anyway. Hence, off to the Griffith Group, she went with Jonas the followingmorning.

Griffith Group was one of Athesea’s most famous multinational conglomerates, and it was situatedright in the most bustling part of the city. They were involved in many industries and hadinvestments from business economics and real estate to the entertainment industry.

On the other hand, this was Elise’s first time entering the Griffith Tower. While trailing behind Jonas,she entered the elevator along with him to the meeting room on the top floor. Upon entering theroom, everyone stood up. “Welcome, president!”

Jonas greeted them before requesting for them to sit down. “You guys don't have to be so uptight.Just continue with your meeting.”

While everyone sat down, Alexander walked toward Jonas. “Why are you here, Grandpa?”

“I'm just here to take a look. You don't have to worry about me. I'll just listen at the back.”

At that, Alexander had no choice but to return to the podium to continue the meeting. “Ourupcoming project for the next season will be the crude oil extraction project in Aris..." Elise wasn'tinterested in listening to their business meeting, so she took her phone out and started playinggames.

“The preparation for the project in Aris has been done, and we are progressing from the discussionwith the Aris government. However, we are facing another serious problem right now.”

Frowning, Alexander motioned for the project manager to explain.

Then, the project manager continued, “It's not a huge problem, but the interpreter that we had withus previously wouldn't be able to work with us anymore. We have to replace a new interpreter as soonas possible, or our discussion with the Aris government might take a toll. To everyone's knowledge,the Arise language is a lesser-known language, and not many people can interpret it. It's rather hardto get a suitable interpreter for this project.”

This is indeed an issue. Right then, Alexander instructed his subordinates, “I want all of you to doyour best to look for Arise interpreters. We need to get a new interpreter no matter how much weneed to pay them, as the project's progression can't be delayed any longer.”

"Yes, President Griffith.”

After the meeting ended, Alexander handed Griffith Group's latest financial report to Jonas in thepresident's office. Nevertheless, instead of reading the report, Jonas called out to Elise, who wasstanding a distance away from them. “Come over, Ellie. I want you to help me to read this report.”Elise, who was summoned, stopped playing her game and walked over. When Jonas handed her thereport, she looked hesitant because a financial report was not one to be read by unauthorizedpersonnel.

“Read through it and tell me what you think about it."

Hmm... Well, if he says so. Elise had no choice but to take the report and start reading it.

Right then, she had to admit that Alexander was great at managing the company. Through thefinancial report, Elise could see that Griffith Group had been profiting stably throughout the entireseason.

However, her gaze paused somewhere before she quickly looked away after a while.