Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander) novel Chapter 167

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Coolest Girl in Town

Chapter 167

After hanging up the phone, Arthur hurried to gather everyone in the office. An hour later, the foyer was fully crammed with staff members, most of whom craned their necks to look outside the door.

As the car slowly arrived at the familiar place, Elise felt her heart growing conflicted. Once the vehicle stopped at the entrance, a security guard immediately stepped forward to open the car door for her.

“We’re here. Go down and have a look,” Julius gently said and she did as told.

The moment she stepped down from the car, Arthur sprinted forward and exclaimed tremulously, “You’re finally here, Boss.”

Behind him were her company employees, who began to greet her warm-heartedly one by one. “Welcome back, President Sinclair!”

As she watched her employees welcoming her, Elise suddenly remembered how easily and carefree it was to pass the burden to Arthur all those years ago. Yet, even now that she was back, she had no intention of taking over this burden.

“Thank you, everyone. You may return to your work now,” she told her employees, upon which they hurriedly dispersed. Meanwhile, he was still updating her with excitement on the changes that the company had undergone during these past few years. He didn’t even stop talking during their elevator ride to the top floor.

It wasn’t until she sat down behind the president’s desk that an emotional Arthur questioned, “Are you back now to give me a long vacation, Boss? You may not know this, but I’ve even postponed my wedding a few times throughout the years for this company.”

When Elise saw his pitiful look, she couldn’t help saying, “Alright, I’ll give you a month-long vacation.”

“Only a month?!” His expression instantly fell.

“Quit while you’re ahead. Don’t forget that I’ll have to look for your replacement during your month-long vacation,” Julius reminded.

Although Arthur was still a little unhappy, he meekly accepted what was given since a

month was better than nothing. “Of course, Boss. I’ll do as you say.” Nonetheless, he couldn’t refrain from asking, “When are you coming back to manage the company? I can’t handle things by myself here.”

The problem was that Elise hadn’t actually considered that question; she was only here because the loss of a cash prize from the racing competition meant that she needed to take money from her company.

“Transfer ten million to this account later,” she informed Arthur, to which he agreed without looking at the information.

“I’ll have the Finance Department do it in a bit,” he informed. “It’s best that you return, Boss. The company needs you.”

She gently shook her head. “You have to keep going. I believe in you; you can do it.”

However, he would no longer be satisfied with this platitude. After all, that was what she had told him all those years ago, yet she was being similarly evasive more than two years later!

“One year!” Arthur held up a finger. “One year at most thereafter you must come back.”

Upon realizing that her words couldn’t placate him, Elise could only agree to his request. “Alright. We’ll talk about it after a year then.”

Her words significantly made him relaxed, but he still lamented his misfortune. Nonetheless, with no recourse in sight, he could only roll up his sleeves and continue to work hard.

“I feel better with that promise of yours, but you should still have a look at this quarter’s financial statements.” Arthur quickly instructed the secretary to bring the relevant reports to him. The mountainous pile only made Elise want to slink away as there were so many documents that it would take her an eon to finish reading them.

“I trust whatever you’ve seen, so I don’t think I need to inspect it again.” After Elise said that, she stood up. “I’m here today just to take a look. The company has been growing under your leadership while business has been booming, which makes me feel at ease to leave the company in your hands.”

With that, she glanced at Julius, who immediately understood her intention.

Then, he offered Arthur a polite smile before saying, “We’ll be leaving now.”

For a moment, Arthur was tempted to stop Elise from departing, but he knew he would never be able to do so and decided not to give it a shot after all.

As she stood at the entranceway and took in the familiar surroundings after exiting the company, she inhaled deeply. When she founded the company all those years ago, it was nothing more than a small workshop-his contributions were inseparable from how much the company had grown these few short years. She gave the company to him as she trusted in him, but more than that, she believed in his ability to bring the company to greater heights.