Chapter 128 No More Jack Griffith
The next day at 10.00AM, Lily was waiting in the office of the Griffith Group’s president office punctually. Upon seeing Alexander, she greeted him politely, “Hello, President Griffith.”
Alexander plopped into the real leather couch and crossed his legs before saying casually, “Hi, Miss Lily. Actually, I asked you over today because I acquired a piece of blood jade recently, and I have a few ideas which I would like to share with you.”
Of course Lily knew how important this was, and she said, “Please tell me what you would like me to do, President Griffith.”
Alexander leaned in, and they both slipped into a deep discussion. About an hour later, she left his office and returned to the design department. The other designers gathered around her and asked, “Miss Lily, did President Griffith look for you because of a new project?”
“Yeah, share it with us quickly.”
Giving them a soft smile, she answered, “There’s no new project. Let’s finish the work at hand and don’t gather around me.”
Although nobody was convinced by her words, they had no one else to ask if she didn’t want to reveal anything to them. So, they returned to their work spaces. After everyone had left her alone, Lily opened the file in her hands and stared at the picture of the blood jade on the first page with wavering eyes. Did President Griffith fall for someone? With this blood jade as the raw material, he had asked her to design a complete jewelry set with a lover’s theme.
She didn’t dare to let her thoughts run wild and therefore made up her mind that she would finish this design with all her heart.
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Early in the morning, Elise arrived at school, and a person came running toward her. Giving her a bear hug, Samantha said, “I missed you so much, Elise!”
Looking at Samantha, whom she hadn’t seen in a long while, Elise noticed that she had gotten tanned. “How’s it like, living on the set? You’re so tanned now.”
With a cheerful look, Samantha held her arm. “I’ve been very happy this month, and I realized how meaningful it is to do something which I enjoy.”
“Congratulations on finding your path in life,” Elise said happily.
With a chuckle, Samantha replied, “This is my first piece of work, and the director said that I’m very talented. Really, I’ve already made up my mind to be an actress, and the director has also introduced me to another movie so that I can attend the audition tomorrow. That’s why I took this chance to visit you and Riley at school today.” She lifted her head and looked into the classroom but didn’t see any sign of Riley. “Where’s Riley? Why isn’t she here yet?”
“Maybe she’ll arrive later,” Elise said.
“Okay,” she uttered and dragged Elise into a seat while they continued chatting. A few minutes later, Danny arrived and wanted Elise to explain another question to him, which made Samantha very unhappy.
“Danny, what are you doing? Can’t you see that I’m chatting with Elise?”
Without lifting his gaze at her, he said, “I’m just borrowing her for a while; I’ll return her in a bit.”
Although annoyed, Samantha decided to let it go, and when Elise returned after solving the problem, she grabbed her arm, asking, “Elise, it hasn’t been that long since I last saw Danny, but why has he changed so much? Wasn’t he always slacking in his studies? What came over him today?”
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