Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander) novel Chapter 502

Chapter 502 A Family Sooner or Later

“It was my fault all those years ago. I shouldn’t have acted according to my temper and abandoned you. Will you give me a second chance, Tina?” Tom’s expression was despondent.

“Don’t address me so intimately, Mr. Shaw. You could have anyone you wanted given your status now, so for Miss Sinclair’s sake, please don’t make a fool out of me,” Tina replied neutrally.

“I’ve never thought about anyone else.” Tom’s gaze was affectionate but resolute. “I was never with any woman after you. All these years, my only focus apart from business has been you. You’re the only person I’ve missed and longed for.”

For a moment, Tina frowned, but the expression disappeared in an instant as she replied indifferently, “In that case, let me make myself clear to you today, Mr. Shaw. You needn’t waste your time. I’m a person without a future. Everything I own belongs to the Carnegie Family now. No matter how long you wait, we could never be together again.”

“What if I dealt with the Carnegie Family?” he asked stubbornly.

“Don’t be stupid. They’re so powerful and you can’t possibly defeat them…”

“As long as you’re willing and wish for it, I will have a way of resolving the matter.” Hidden beneath the table, Tom clenched his fists as cold sweat started to break out on his palms. It was as if he had turned back into that seventeen or eighteen-year-old from all those years ago, nervously waiting for his sweetheart’s reply.

Tina stared at him and her frozen heart started melting all of a sudden. Color filled her world once again as she murmured, “Alright. If they will genuinely let me go, I will—”

“Sorry, I was too engrossed in my conversation. Have you guys ordered?” As Elise suddenly sat down, the dialogue between the duo came to a halt.

Naturally, Elise could tell from their faces that something was off, but she could only shrug innocently, thinking that she hadn’t returned at the right moment.

In truth, she had gone out to answer Joseph’s call. He informed her that they managed to get in contact with Xavier and asked her if she had run into any trouble in Dukethorn. As she was asking Joseph to look into someone on her behalf and have the information sent over to her, Elise hadn’t paid attention to how long she was gone.

“We ordered some food,” Tina said politely now, pushing the order form over to Elise. “You should get some things that suit your taste.”

Carelessly, Elise waved her hand. “It’s okay. I’m not picky. This will do.” And then, she turned to Tom. “I nearly forgot—once the gem auction event is over, you’ll have to go with me to pick up a jewelry designer. Her designs are novel and unique. If Shaw’s Jewelry Co. wants to make a breakthrough, we’ll have to strike our own path and rely on unique designs as our stepping stone to success. In the future, we shall focus only on quality, not quantity.”

Narrowing her eyes in amusement, Tina quipped, “I’m afraid my presence is interrupting your business talk.”

After all, business planning could be considered confidential. It wasn’t proper for her as an outsider to be listening to them.

“It’s fine,” Elise replied with a mild smile, taking a sip of her drink. Out of the corner of her eye, she quietly took measure of Tina, thinking that there was no need to be on her guard for they would all become a family sooner or later.

After lunch, the closing ceremony ended early. The long afternoon was the highlight for the stone owners, for one of the rules of the gem auction event was that all stones would be broken open in public at the venue before being taken away.

This was to maintain the prosperity of Dukethorn as the stone gambling capital and to analyze how many pieces of rough jadeite stone came from Dukethorn every year. As much as it was publicity, it was even more so a subtle way of showing off.

On this final day of the auction, there were even more people than on the previous two days. Most of them were here to witness the results of Elise and Ziggy’s competition; some had even brought their family to spectate the gossip for themselves.

“There must be only nine pieces of raw material left now.”

“More or less-—five of the woman’s and four of Mr. Carnegie’s.”

“He has less than the woman?”

“What do you know? He already managed to find four pieces of high-quality jadeite yesterday. Even if he only managed to find one piece today, he would already have far surpassed her. Surely she can’t be the other God’s Chosen Girl, with every selection producing top-quality jadeite.”

“True! Not to mention that everything she chose was rough stone from the outer hall, and we all know what those stones are like…”

“Needless to say, Ziggy will come out victorious!”

“Don’t forget their wager. Don’t you wish to see what a woman so gorgeous would look like underneath Ziggy? Ha!”