Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander) novel Chapter 863

Chapter 863 The Risk of Being a Driver

Alexander stopped his actions as his gaze turned dark and gloomy. His usual noble and cold temperament was now replaced with viciousness. Wherever he looked, the paparazzis would bow their heads, afraid to meet his eyes.

The whole place was silent, and the atmosphere was tense and suffocating; only the bold lake breeze was bold enough to mess with Elise’s long hair mischievously.

After a long silence, Alexander’s low but magnetic voice finally sounded. “I’m flattered that all of you here are so concerned with my private matters.”

His tone was flat and there was no apparent emotion on his face, so no one could tell what his current emotion was. Hence, no one dared to reply to him.

“Since you’re all so passionate about your jobs, I shouldn’t make things hard for you. Tell you what, I see that most of your equipment is quite worn, so later, please leave your things here and follow my assistant, who will bring you to get your new equipment. Take it as a gift from me to all of you. Everyone here is entitled to receive the gift, so don’t worry and just receive it.”

After saying so, he turned to look at his assistant, who then led the bodyguards to remove all the equipment from the paparazzis.

Furthermore, to prevent them from spreading unwanted rumors, he warned them again, “What happened today is not something worth sharing. If word gets out, it will cause me to lose my reputation. So, please do a thorough check and make sure that you leave nothing behind. If I find that any of you are purposely hiding something in order to leak what has happened today to the public, you will leave me no choice but to personally visit all of you one by one to find out the truth.”

He intended to put them all in the same boat and emphasize that if any of them caused a problem, all of them would be implicated. That way, no one would dare to try anything behind his back.

As expected, the moment he said that, he saw two among the crowd obediently taking out the phones they kept hidden in their sleeves and adding them to the confiscated equipment pile.

Wearing a fake smile, Alexander commented, “Very good. Now, you may all head over to Smith Co.’s mall to do some shopping.”

The leader of the paparazzis gulped and looked at his companions. After hesitating for quite a while, he took a step toward the exit to test the waters. Then, he noticed that none of Alexander’s subordinates came forward to stop him.

Once everyone else saw the scene, they immediately followed in the leader’s steps and dashed out from the scene.

After they had exited the cafe, they all stood by the roadside and heaved heavily to calm their nerves.

“I used to think that others were merely exaggerating when they said Alexander was the devil on earth. Now it seems that those rumors are true.”

“You don’t say. Who was the one who dragged me here? I almost lost my life!”

“Did you guys notice that ever since the devil arrived, he kept protecting Anastasia White. Besides his original partner, Anastasia is the only one with such treatment.”

“Are you saying that Anastasia White might become the next Alexander Griffith’s lover?”

“Might? I say she will. Do you want to bet on it?”

“…”

Back at the open-air dining space, Alexander tightly held Elise’s tiny hands while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with her, which was an act of declaring his feelings openly.

After they exchanged a few affectionate glances, he turned to look at Jessamine with cold and distant eyes. “Jessamine, can you tell me what happened?”

“Are you questioning me?” Jessamine was so sad that she turned her head to the side. “I don’t know anything!”

When he arrived earlier, she was already kneeling on the ground with bright red cheeks. Yet, instead of showing concern for her, he helped Anastasia get out of the jar of pickles she was in. More importantly, he did all that in front of the press. Did he ever consider what kind of position I’d be forced into?

“This is your third and last strike. You better not challenge my bottom line.”

Once he voiced his warning, he left the cafe while holding Elise’s hand.

After the car had sped away from the cafe, Alexander was playing with Elise’s hand while absentmindedly saying, “You didn’t have to agree to meet her.”

“What’s the matter? Are you blaming me for causing trouble?” She deliberately made fun of him.

“I don’t mind you causing me any trouble, but I’m worried you’d be disgusted by these losers and hate me because of it,” he explained weakly.