Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander)
Chapter 450

Chapter 450

Chapter 450 An Irrejectable Phone Call

It took Daniel forever to crawl through the gates. The instant he finally did so, he held his broken leg andwhimpered through clenched teeth like a hurt puppy.

The Anderson Family’s servants hurriedly rushed to him and Russell. After helping the father and son up,they took to their heels and ran away swiftly.

Danny was baffled at the sight of the scene. “What’s going on, Elise? That spoiled rich dandy of theAnderson Family, isn’t he your cousin?”

Instead of answering his question, Elise walked out and entered Joseph’s room in the yard next door.

Joseph was working on his computer. Upon seeing Elise, he heaved a sigh of dejection. “I still can’treach Xavier.”

Elise asked, “Don’t you have a way to bypass the internal communication tools and contact SK Group’smembers directly after running the group for so many years?”

Joseph shrugged his shoulders. “As you said, I’m in charge of running the group, not of developingsoftwares. Perhaps we should contact A, the mysterious hacker, for this. But A’s gonna charge us… andSK Group has a limited budget.”

Elise fell silent for a moment. Then, she took over the computer, working briskly on it with a speed thattook Joseph’s breath away. Soon, lines of code appeared on the computer’s screen.

Joseph noticed that Elise was working on two monitors, which were running different programssimultaneously. As SK Group’s leader, Joseph had seen many talented people, and the top hackers hehad seen before were too numerous to enumerate. All of them, however, paled in comparison with Elise.

Five minutes later, Elise struck a key on the keyboard. “Alright, it’s done. In ten minutes from now, onlyyou can reach Xavier by phone. Hurry up!”

“Okay.” Before Joseph could marvel at her skills, his body had reacted first by taking out the phone anddialing Xavier’s number.

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Meanwhile, in Lithium City, Xavier arrived at the periphery of Timothy’s dwelling place by following up onrecently obtained information. An incredibly patient hunter, he wasn’t in a hurry to catch his prey. He layin ambush outside, waiting for the safe period to be over before he went into action.

Lithium City had very sparse vegetation, so the only place to hide was the yellow earth. Luckily, Xaviercame fully prepared. At this very moment, he was in a pit that he had dug on the spot. It was covered atthe top with straws and soil. There was only an opening, which was only big enough for a pair ofbinoculars to poke through for spying.

When Xavier’s phone rang, he was standing behind his binoculars, spying on the legendary physicistand his wife with a grave expression. Dressed simply and spectacled, the couple were typical highintellectuals; even their haircuts had a bland feeling about them. However, no amount of soil could hidethe scholarly vibes that emanated from their souls.

The hiding period had already ended. Tonight, he would show himself and take the couple away.Otherwise, he would be beaten to it by other people who got here after learning about the information.

Just then, however, his phone began vibrating like mad with a continuous buzz.

Xavier picked it up and took a glance at its screen. It was a phone call from an unfamiliar number, but hedidn’t intend to answer it. Before his mission was complete, he would block all incoming calls on his

phone to avoid being affected by the outside world. At the thought of this, he pressed the ‘Decline’button.

However, what happened next surprised him. His phone kept vibrating, and he couldn’t reject the phonecall no matter what.

Involuntarily, he pressed the ‘Answer’ button, and the phone’s screen was instantly taken over by the callinterface. Speechless, he expressionlessly put his phone to his ear and asked in a cold voice devoid ofhuman feeling, “Who are you?” Apparently, the caller was aware of his habit, which was why they’d had abug installed so that he couldn’t reject the phone call.

“It’s me, Joseph. Something’s happened within the organization, and you’re now being used. Theinformation this time is very likely to be a trap. Never show yourself easily!”

Upon hearing the man’s words, Xavier fell silent for a very long time. Then, he replied unhurriedly, “If youreally were Joseph, you should’ve known that I hate nothing more than being disturbed while carrying outa mission. And besides, I don’t think Joseph would still assign the mission to me if he thought I was aweakling who couldn’t even see through somebody else’s petty tricks.” After that, he warned, “Whoeveryou are, don’t call me again. Otherwise, I’ll have you die a horrible death when I replace you.”

With that, he hung up right away without waiting for the other party’s response. After switching off hisphone expressionlessly, he returned to his binoculars and continued with the spying.

Meanwhile, in Athesea, Joseph handed the phone, the screen of which had gone back to showing the listof contacts, to Elise. “Seems like Xavier’s not gonna escape his fate.”

Elise let out a heavy breath. “Well, we all learn from our mistakes. It’s not a bad thing for him to run intosome trouble. Let’s hope that he’ll come back safely.”

Joseph let out a sigh as well. “Yeah, I hope so.”

“Have a good rest and be sure to take the medicine I’ve prescribed to you on time. When you recover,you have to go back with me to seize the headquarters back,” Elise urged. Then, she stood up and wentto open the door.

However, as soon as the door opened, she saw Danny leaning sideways in an eavesdropping position.Upon seeing her, he froze all over.

“Eavesdropping isn’t a good habit, Danny,” Elise said.

Her voice brought Danny to his senses. Turning his face toward Elise with hindsight, he pushed heraside and walked straight up to Joseph, his eyes shining with excitement. “A-Are you Joseph Fuller? Imean, the Joseph Fuller who heads SK Group?!”

Joseph’s expression froze for a moment before he looked over Danny’s shoulder at Elise.

With a look of resignation on her face, Elise gave Joseph a reassuring look. Danny was a bit of a dramaqueen, but he was good at keeping secrets, so letting him know about it wasn’t a big deal.

Joseph gave her a slight nod before nodding at Danny impassively. “Yes, I am.”

Danny gave a loud gasp before managing to compose himself. Then, he let out a scream, staring atJoseph like a beast that had discovered its prey.

Feeling uncomfortable under the boy’s stare, Joseph cleared his throat and took the initiative, asking, “Isthere anything you want to talk to me about?”

“No, nothing. What can I talk to you about?” Danny blurted out with a cheeky grin. Then, he immediatelyrealized that he had said the wrong thing. He corrected himself at once, saying, “No, wait a minute. Itseems I really have something to talk to you about!”

“Shoot,” Joseph replied calmly.

“Could you take me in?” Danny asked in an earnest tone. He had spent a lot of manpower and materialresources these days in order to get recruited into SK Group. But so far, he had only been runningaround like a headless chicken without getting any closer to the group. Now that SK Group’s supremeleader was sitting right before him, how could he not take the shortcut?