Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander)
Chapter 84

Chapter 84 Snatcher,Coolest Girl in Town

Samantha and Riley glanced at each other, then looked at Elise in disbelief. “Don’t tell me youhaven't checked your results yet.” “What result?” Elise asked. Riley whipped her phone out andshowed it to Elise. “Log into your account right now and check your Math Olympiad result.Theresults for the nationals were already released last night. We thought you already checked it.” WhenElise realized the results were already out, she took her phone out and was about to check, butbefore that, she asked, “You guys already know my results, don't you?” Samantha and Riley smiledat each other and urged, “We'll tell you after you see for yourself.” The girls watched Elise as shelogged into her account. A moment later, her results popped up on the screen, and it was a perfecthundred. Elise never thought she'd get a hundred in the Math Olympiad. But her friends knew allabout it before her, so they went straight to congratulating Elise.

“Congrats on the full marks, Elise. You're the only candidate who scored a hundred.” “Honestly, Ihave no idea how you did it,” Riley praised her. All their classmates knew about Elise’s result as well,but they couldn't believe it. They thought she would flunk the exam because she was a bumpkin.However, the “country bumpkin’ proved them wrong. Their math teacher came in just as they weretalking. He looked at Elise the moment he came in, looking pleased.

“Now settle down, class,” he said. Unbeknownst to him, his voice was trembling. Everyone looked athim, and he took a deep breath. “I'm sure all of you know that the Math Olympiad results have beenreleased. Three of your classmates took part in it. Two of them are Samantha and Riley, our newtransfers. Their results are good, so I'm sure they'll get the prize. However, the star of our showtoday is Elise.

She aced the contest without a doubt, and she's the only candidate who managed to score fullmarks so far. What a dark horse. I never saw that one coming.” Every student in the nation knewhow tough the Math Olympiad was, especially the nationals. The questions were prepared by thetop math professors in the nation, making it one of the, if not the toughest, math papers around.Even so, Elise managed to score full marks, and it was a testament to her talent.

The whole class knew about her results beforehand, but still, they were envious of her after theyheard their teacher speak. “You're awesome, Elise,” Samantha whispered. Elise, on the other hand,looked calm and collected, as if she didn't care about it. After class was over, everyone huddledaround Elise’s desk, asking for some pointers. Elise generously told them everything she knewdespite their previous mocking, and that made her popularity skyrocket.

When afternoon break swung around, Elise told her homeroom teacher she would be taking therest of the day off. She then went to the nearest mall to buy a present for Alexander. / wonder whatkind of present he'd like. She walked around the place and finally stopped before a Hermes shop,intrigued by one of its neckties.

Just when she was about to take it, someone else snatched it before her. When Elise turned around,she was greeted by none other than Ashlyn. “Not bad. I bet Alex will like it if I give it to him on hisbirthday.” She smiled while looking at the necktie. Then, she turned to Elise, and her smile turnedinto a sneer. “Well, well, well. Fancy seeing you here, Elise. Oh, do you want this necktie as well?”Elise was about to ignore her, but she was annoyed by Ashlyn’s sarcasm.

“Didn't think you had a hobby of taking stuff that doesn’t belong to you, Ashlyn.” Ashlyn chuckled.“I'm not taking stuff that doesn't belong to me. I saw this first, and have you ever seen this brandbefore, you bumpkin? I bet you don't, and I bet you don't even have the money to buy it.” Ashlynwasn't exactly quiet, so she attracted everyone's attention, including the retail assistants. She knewwho Ashlyn was, since Ashlyn was their regular.

But Elise wasn't. All the retail assistants could see that Elise couldn't afford the tie, so they went towelcome Ashlyn instead of Elise. “Hello, Miss Lawson. Good to see you today. Do you needanything?” Ashlyn enjoyed the feeling of being worshipped, and she mocked Elise condescendingly,"See, Elise? Everyone knows you can't afford this. A friendly advice: don't shoot for someone wayout of your league. It'll just be a waste of your time.”

Elise ignored Ashlyn’s taunt, thinking of it as nothing but a childish rant. “Do you have similarneckties here?” she asked the retail assistant. The retail assistant looked at Elise. “Yes, but are yougoing to buy it, miss?” she asked sarcastically. Elise arched her eyebrow. “How many do you have?”That caught the retail assistant by surprise. She answered honestly, “It's a limited edition, so thereare only ten of them worldwide. We got lucky and managed to snag two.”

Elise replied nonchalantly, “Then I'll take both.” Ashlyn laughed in toxic delight. “Well, someone'strying to be a hotshot around here. Do you have any idea how much this tie costs? A bumpkin likeyou can't possibly have the money to pay for it. Just get out of here.” But Elise still ignored her."Wrap them up in a present box. It's a gift,” she told the retail assistant. The retail assistants weredelighted that Elise wanted to buy both neckties.

They quickly went to do as Elise told them to, which was completely different to how they treatedElise earlier. Ashlyn crossed her arms, scoffing. “You're really good at putting on an act, huh? I'll seeif you are actually able to pay later.” Just then, the retail assistant came over to her. “Miss Lawson,this customer has purchased this necktie.

Please give it to me.” Ashlyn’s face was red with embarrassment, but she handed it over in the end.Then, the retail assistant took it and kept it in the present box. “Miss, are you paying with cash, card,or your e-wallet?” “E-wallet.” Elise took her phone out and showed the retail assistant her QR code.A moment later, the transaction was successfully executed, and the retail assistant handed Elise herreceipt happily. “Here's your receipt, miss.”

Elise nodded and put her receipt in her pocket before leaving the shop with two bags in hand. Ofcourse, Ashlyn was ignored. Ashlyn was angered, annoyed, and shocked by what she saw. She neverthought Elise could afford the necktie.

And I called her a bumpkin? She stared at Elise in disbelief. But she’s really a bumpkin. Where did sheget the money? And those are men’s ties. I bet she bought it for Alex. That b*tch must be trying toseduce him. I cannot let her get away with it.