Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander)
Chapter 830

Chapter 830 Let's Compare Notes Together, Shall We?

Ariel stood in front of Danny International Finance Corporation Building with a coat tightly wrappedaround her body. The cold wind blew, and her body shivered due to the chilly breeze while her eyeslocked on the corner of the street that wasn't far away.

The time stated on her watch was 11.00PM—an hour later than the latest time she usually clockedout. He's probably not coming, isn't he? Ariel took out her mobile phone and prepared to book acab when she thought of that.

Out of the blue, a flash of light beamed from a distance and illuminated the entire area when Arielhad just logged onto the ride-hailing application.

Ariel kept away her phone and watched as the car stopped at a familiar spot. The door opened, andDanny stepped out of the vehicle. After that, he went around the car to open the door to thepassenger seat for Ariel.

She instinctively entered the car, made herself comfortable, and fastened her seat belt. Then, shewatched as Danny also got into the car and skillfully started the engine swiftly.

Danny had been consistently fetching Ariel to and from work for seven years. The only inconsistencywas Danny's increasingly mature aura and also his ability to shoulder his responsibilities alone. Rightnow, every gesture Danny made exuded a sense of superiority of someone sure and confident inhimself.

“I thought you were not coming today,” Ariel eventually started a conversation to fill the silence.

“I got held up by some matters,” replied Danny's heart was on the road as it wouldn't be a goodidea to get distracted when he was driving. “Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something beforegoing back home?"

However, instead of answering him, Ariel suddenly asked, “Are you in a relationship?”

When Danny heard her question, he lightly curled his lower lip into a faint smile and replied, “Youknow me best. I'm busy all day, so how would I have the time for such a trivial thing as arelationship?”

Ariel lowered her lashes and smiled as she asked, “Actually, there's one thing that I'm quite curiousabout. Don't you feel annoyed fetching me to and fro every day for seven years?”

“I'm used to it,” Danny blurted. Regardless, he felt something was off with his words after he had thetime to think about it. Therefore he immediately added, “You deserve such special treatment forbeing the company’s ace accountant.”

“I'm preparing to resign,” Ariel said, absolutely catching Danny off guard.

Danny's eyes flickered slightly, and despite unknowingly tightening his grip on the steering wheel,his face remained calm as he teased lightly, “Is it because I took the CEO position? I can return it toyou. Besides, everyone established this company together in the first place, so it doesn't matter whobecomes the CEO.”

Ariel smiled brightly when she heard that, genuinely happy for him. “You taking the position of CEOis in favor of everyone's expectations. Besides, I'm not that petty. I'm resigning due to personalreasons, that's all.”

Danny was silent for a moment. In the end, he still relented and said, “I respect your choice, butyou're an essential asset to the company. So, you must give me some time, either six months or ayear, to hire someone capable enough to replace you. Whatever it is, just don't resign now.”

“Sure. I'll wait another year before handing in my resignation letter.” Ariel readily compromised.After she finished saying that, she leaned against the car window. Her mood gradually sank as shelooked up at the moonlit sky. Seven years have passed anyway. Will it make any difference to oursituation if I wait another year? Perhaps I'm just deceiving myself. Since when exactly did I hope myrelationship with Danny to be different? Was it because of his punctuality in fetching me to andfrom work regardless of the weather condition? Or was it because of the warmth and concern heoffered when I was sick? Or was it because of his attentiveness to me, regardless of how trivial thematter was? Or was it because of his present unique charm of maturity and steadiness? But what'sthe use of hope? I'm no longer young, and no matter how much I put in the effort to maintain mybeauty, my condition is still far worse than Danny, who is in his prime. So we're not destined to betogether.

The car pulled over downstairs at Ariel's apartment while she was still deeply immersed in herthoughts.

“Good night, and sweet dreams.”

Danny bid her goodbye as usual and watched as she walked up the steps. He only retracted hisgaze once her figure disappeared at the hallway entrance—a disappointed glint flashed across hiseyes as his mind constantly replayed the scene where Ariel mentioned her resignation in the carearlier. I learned to restrain myself and hide my feelings in the deepest part of my heart after sherejected my confession seven years ago. I never once showed traces of affection over the years andonly silently took care of all her needs, just like a good friend. I'm already doing my best to keep myfeelings to myself, so I wouldn't scare her away, yet why is she still leaving?

As he thought of that, he clenched his fists and furrowed his brows due to the bitterness he felt.Then, he leaned back and rested his head on the seat. His eyes closed, he remained in this postureand only drove the car away until it was almost dawn.

It was already fall when the world's top symphony orchestra arrived in Tissote to hold their firstdomestic concert tour.

Sure enough, someone as notable as Alexander naturally would attend such a grand occasion. AsAlexander's fiancée, it was only natural for Jessamine to walk by his side. Meanwhile, her twochildren ambled in front of her under the servant's care.

Shortly after, they bumped into Elise and her children, who were about to enter the concert hall atthe ticket gate.

When Jessamine noticed they didn't have tickets in hand, she took the initiative to hug Alexander'sarm and walked up to greet them, “Miss White, you guys are here too? What a coincidence, huh?Did you guys forget to bring your tickets?”

Before Elise could say anything, Alexia acted first and replied, “We don't need tickets.”

Jessamine smiled indifferently and said, “You can't enter without tickets. Kid, do you want me to replacea way to get you guys some tickets? But the seats may be a little behind the front row seats.”

“That won't be necessary. Miss Jessamine, my sister and I are used to sitting in the front,” Irvinchimed in, “We came here just to buy some popcorn.”

“Sit in the front?” Jessamine purposely drawled as she curled her lips upward into a meaningfulsmirk. Anastasia’s two children are rather clever. They know how to cover up for her, but too bad,their overly confident statements are full of flaws. The organizer has allocated the VVIP seats toAlexander, me, and my children. So, how can they magically vacate extra seats for Anastasia and herchildren? Perhaps they may have never attended any musical concert at all, and they justdeliberately show up here in an attempt to get acquainted with the upper-class society.

“Well, in that case, you guys must like the piano very much. So tell me: which maestro do you guysadmire?”

As she spoke, Jessamine silently gave her children a wink, motioning for them to answer.

Her children were very discerning as well. Thus, they immediately pounced and chimed in when theyreceived Jessamine's signal

“I like Maestro Yorkson!"

“I like Danielton!”

Irvin glanced up at Elise before he commented on the maestros mentioned, “I like my Mommybetter. Maestro Yorkson is too lazy, while for Mr. Danielton, his musical pieces have lacked plenty oftheir soulful tempo as he’s simply busy with his relationship these years.”

While they were abroad, Yorkson and Danielton came to visit them in person basically every weekand jammed with Elise when they had the time. Sometimes they would also get a little competitive.Hence, the two siblings naturally had a different insight than others, for they were subtly influencedsince childhood.

When Jessamine heard this, she further confirmed that Anastasia and her family knew nothingabout classical music.

Even so, she still maintained an elegant demeanor in front of Alexander. “Little guy, your insight isreally unique. Your mommy must be very good at playing the piano. Am I right, Miss White?”

"Oh, thank you. You're too kind. I'm just playing it for fun,” replied Elise modestly.

Jessamine deliberately set a trap as she had no intention of backing off in order to embarrass Elise.“It happens that I know how to play the piano myself. Shall we compare notes together if you'refree?”

“Sure.” Elise readily agreed. Just after she finished saying that, she saw the staff waving at her. Thus,she nodded and immediately took her children away. “Excuse us. We'll be taking our leave first.”

As Jessamine didn't expect Elise would agree so readily, she was stunned for a moment. By the timeshe came back to her senses, she hurriedly feigned composure as she remarked, “It's really not easyto be a single mother. She even forgot to educate her children on the basic respect one should havefor fellow maestros.”

Alexander, who had been silent for a while, finally spoke, “Dont forget. We haven't got our marriagecertificate yet, so you're a single mother yourself.”