Chapter 72 Give It a Try
Taking a glance at the chicken soup which Alexander had brought her, Elise lost all appetite and took out her laptop instead. After turning it on, she logged into her own account and immediately saw the message Alexander had dropped her.
“This guy is rather generous,” she muttered, judging him. But then again, she thought, if he’s willing to pay me handsomely to be an interpreter, why shouldn’t I do it? As long as I disguise myself well, he may not recognize me. Also, what’s more important than making money?
When she had thought it through, she replied, ‘I’m charging 10 million. If you’re alright with the price, we can leave anytime.’
Alexander’s cell phone beeped curtly, whereupon he tapped the message open. Without hesitation, he replied, ‘OK.’
I have to admit that he’s really generous, Elise thought. She then decided to just go ahead with it and called Jamie. “Jamie, get an ID and passport done for me with a random name—whatever name that’s good enough to get me on a flight.”
Curious, Jamie asked, “Boss, are you going abroad?”
“Yeah. I’m making a trip abroad in a couple of days.”
“Boss, you have a passport from Mesdra, don’t you?” Jamie answered hurriedly. “Why go through the hassle to make a new one?”
At his reminder, Elise recalled that she did have a passport from Mesdra. At first, she was worried that Alexander would find out about her identity, but her name on that passport was a name which he didn’t know.
“Alright. Then book me a flight to Aris for the day after tomorrow.”
“I got it, Boss.”
Hanging up the call, Elise reckoned that she had to maintain a distance with Alexander on this trip to Aris with him so that something like what happened the last time wouldn’t occur again.
After she had agreed to go to Aris with Alexander, she asked for leave from her lecturers the next morning on the pretext that she was going to visit her grandparents in the countryside.
Meanwhile, when Jonah found out that she was going back home, he immediately sent someone to prepare lots of gifts. “Elise, bring all these with you and send my regards to your grandparents.”
Looking at the pile of gifts, Elise was a little concerned. Her initial plan was to make the trip back home after her return from Aris, but it seemed like there would be a change of plans and she had to go home first.
“Okay, I thank you on their behalf, Grandpa Griffith.”
So, on that afternoon, she made a trip back to the prairie on the northwest with the gifts Jonah had prepared.
As her grandfather, Robin, already knew that she was coming, he already instructed the servants at home to prepare the snacks she loved. “Be a little more smart and alert once Ellie is back,” he said to his wife, Laura. “No matter what, we shouldn’t try to make her stay because we already agreed before this that we should take care of her marriage first.”
Knowing what was on his mind, Laura agreed. “Don’t worry. I just want to enjoy Ellie’s visit, and I promise I won’t make her stay. We’ll let her stay a night at home, let her hang around a little, and then send her on her way after a meal.”
“Yes, that’s what we have to do!”
Just like that, the elderly couple reached an agreement and waited until Elise returned to the home where she hadn’t been back to for a long time. The moment she saw Robin, she ran straight into his arms. “Grandpa, I missed you so much!”
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