Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander)
Chapter 69

Chapter 69

As a global conglomerate, the Griffith Group had maintained business relationships with entities invarious countries. On that particular day, Alexander brought Elise to an upscale French restaurantand they saw their guests the moment they stepped into the private dining hall-a group of Frenchpeople.

The moment Alexander entered, the French people were joyful and they enthusiastically greetedhim whereas Elise shot him a glance and understood his hint. Then, she started to interpret for bothsides and her fluency in the language was more than conversational as she had spent some timeabroad.

His gaze had intermittently swept past her throughout the course of the dinner. It was then herealized that she had a captivating charm.

When Elise saw that the meal was almost over, she whispered to Alexander, “I'll head to thewashroom.”

He slightly nodded, thus allowing her to excuse herself from the hall. After she left, the guestscouldn't help but ask him in French, "Alex, what's with you today? Why were you quiet during themeal? The missus was the only one speaking to us.”

Alexander smiled beguilingly as he slowly replied in fluent French, “She's my assistant. Since she'sunfamiliar with the operations, I was giving her a training opportunity earlier.”

The French guests exchanged looks with each other and grinned. “So, she’s only your assistant,Alex? I clearly saw how you looked at her just now, though. I thought she was your girlfriend.”Upon hearing the term “girlfriend’, Alexander oddly didn't feel repulsive because he seemed toagree that it was a suitable nickname for Elise.

He fell silent and took a huge sip of the wine in front of him. The French were always passionate,sensual and especially open-minded when it came to relationships. When they saw Alexanderagreeing with them in silence, they couldn't help but joke with him. “Alex! It looks like the missus’identity is not as simple as you said! I think you should be more courageous to meet the true love ofyour life.”

The wine didn't smoothly slide down his throat because the moment he heard their words ofencouragement, he choked on his wine.

It so happened that Elise was back from her trip to the washroom. She could sense that somethinghad shifted in the air the moment she entered the hall, but she quickly handed him a tissueregardlessly. “Are you alright?”

Alexander looked up and met her clear eyes that sparkled with his reflection in them. As it remindedhim of the “advice’ from his guests, it caused him to hurriedly look away and reply, “I'm okay.”

She could feel that he was acting in a strange manner, but she couldn't pinpoint exactly what wentwrong.

The amused guests looked like they had made a new discovery. As they were about to speak,Alexander swiftly handed them the bottle of wine and smiled knowingly before he downed thecontents in his glass.

His abrupt action was clear-he wanted to prevent them from exposing him.

Since it wasn't their first time collaborating with him, they exchanged grins as they were elated towitness him losing his composure. No one was stopping him and by the end of the event, he hadalready downed more than he could handle.

In the end, Elise had to support Alexander as they walked out of the restaurant, which made herpant from the exertion. “Why did you drink so much?” she grumbled as she couldn't hold back herannoyance, to which he simply commented, “I haven't had so much fun in a long time. I am onlyfeeling a bit dizzy.”

She replied, “How could you not be dizzy after all the drinking? Stand still for now. I'm calling a cab.”He grunted and was about to stand straight when he lost his balance a second later, leaving himwith no choice but to lean against her.

It left her at the end of her wits. After hailing a cab with her phone, she brought him back to theapartment.

It was with much effort that Elise finally hauled Alexander into the unit and the action of doing sohad exhausted her. She leaned against the wall for a short rest and wanted to reach out for the lightswitch. Much to her surprise, his body fell toward her and she hurried over to hold him. As she failedto catch him, she watched as he fell flat onto her and sent them crashing to the ground

She was still reeling from the pain when she heard a loud thud somewhere. A pair of warm lipspressed themselves against hers in the middle of the dark, causing her eyes to widen in shock as shestared at the enlarged face in front of her. Her nose was filled with a unique masculine scent, afterwhich she shoved him away carelessly in a frantic manner. “Alexander, what are you doing?”

Alas, he had too much to drink and he was slumped on his side as he leaned against the wall limply.Elise quickly wiped her lips and forced herself to rise from the floor. As she left Alexander behind,she rushed to the bedroom and stared at her reflection in the mirror while regrets washed over her."Ahhhhhhhhhhh! What was that?! Elise, that was your first kiss! It's gone just like that!”.

She sounded so regretful that she badly wanted to repeatedly cleanse her lips.

Even though the corners of her mouth had turned red from the rigorous wiping, she still refused tostop.

After what seemed like an eternity, she took a deep breath to calm down. “It will be fine. EliseSinclair, just forget what happened before. Act like nothing has happened.”

Despite her attempts to convince herself, the earlier scene was still playing itself in Elise’s mind. Shefinally lost her cool and cursed in desperation, “Dammit! What the heck was that?”

As she had lost her mood to care for Alexander, she left him asleep on the floor until late aftermidnight when she felt a little sorry for him. She headed out of the bedroom to take a peek andfound him still on the floor. Now that she was feeling sorry for him, she caved in and dragged himto his bedroom.

The next morning, Elise woke up almost close to noon and rummaged for her phone. When sherealized that it was already 11:00AM in the morning, she washed up and exited the bedroom. Shesaw Alexander seated on the couch and furiously typing away on his laptop.

"You're awake?” he asked. When she heard his voice, she was instantly transported to the scene lastnight, which irritated her to no end.

When he didn't receive any answer, he looked up at her and closed his laptop. “I had too much todrink last night, so it must have been tough for you.”

Elise then glared at him sharply before she couldn't help but complain, “Good that you know it! Doyou know how much effort I used to get you home? I was so exhausted!”

At the sight of her animated expression, Alexander unknowingly broke into an almost unnoticeablesmile that would easily be missed. “My mind went completely blank last night. I didn't cross a line,did 1?"

Upon hearing that, she had wanted to retort, but she resisted and coldly replied, “No,”

Alexander looked reassured after hearing Elise’s reply. When he first woke up, some vaguememories lingered in his mind and he was worried that he had crossed a line. Come to think of it,he found his reaction after he drank the alcohol rather odd. He rarely was tipsy even after downingmany glasses of wine on normal occasions, but last night was an

exception. I totally blacked out! I think I need to cut down on drinking next time.