Coolest Girl in Town

Owen drove Elise to the nearest bay. At night, the sea was mysterious and calm like a sleeping baby. As the gentle breeze blew, Elise leaned against the railing and took a deep breath before exhaling. She felt more relaxed compared to being at the crowded banquet. However, from Owen's point of view, he felt that she was heaving a sigh of relief.

"Is something bothering you?" Owen started to play the part of a patient confidant.

With that, Elise played along and took the chance to feed him information about her being on bad terms with Alexander. "It's nothing. I just feel that what you said is right; Alexander doesn't love me as much as I thought he would."

"At any rate, men understand how other men think. Why would he fall for someone else when there's already another woman in his heart?" Owen couldn't hide his smile but tried to contain himself. "Don't be too sad. It's bad for your mental health, and it's not worth it either."

Seeing that the timing was about right, she deliberately wrapped her arms and lifted her sleeve to reveal the bruise which she had drawn using some makeup earlier on. "I don't understand how a person could change that quickly. Could it be that those promises that he made in the past were all just to make me happy?"

The bruise wasn't in a very prominent position, but that was Elise's intention. It would seem too suspicious if it was done too deliberately, so it was better to be discreet and let things take their course.

In reality, the concern that Elise and Alexander had was unnecessary since Owen wouldn't let any chances of getting close to her slip. "Are you hurt?!" He immediately grabbed onto her wrist upon spotting the bruise. "Did Alexander do it? How dare that b*stard hit a woman? I can't believe it! I'm going back right now. I'll hit him to teach him a lesson!" he urged anxiously.

Owen's acting was so realistic that if Elise hadn't known his actual intentions, she would've been touched by it. "Don't." She stopped him and looked at him with mixed feelings. "This is between me and him. I don't want to complicate matters."

side to avoid having any physical contact with him. "To be honest, I shouldn't be blaming it all on him. I shouldn't have constantly mentioned Elise's name,

spoke, she started wiping tears off her face. "He only has that dead woman in his heart, and I hate him for that. I regret my

her

pretended to wipe the tears from her

knew that you had taken up an important spot in my heart the first time I saw you. Ever since then, I was mesmerized by you every time we met. Anastasia, I've fallen for you, and I'm pretty sure you know how I feel about you." Owen heaved a sigh of relief after finally confessing

without daring to look him in the eyes, making it seem like she wanted to accept his confession but was

I can't. Only he can decide when to end the relationship, and we'd be dead meat if he finds out about us!" Elise almost laughed after saying that but managed to hold it in. As Jack put it, one had to possess

Owen squeezed her shoulder to show his determination. "To tell you the truth, the Morgan Family's business isn't that much smaller than Alexander's. If you collaborate with me, I'll be able to surpass him in no time. By then, he would be fearful of me. He won't be able to

was in a daze as she looked

is treating you.

all, she had been playing hard to get. "Alright, I'll believe in

have to keep an eye on Alexander's every move and let me know when I ask you

that?" Elise made an innocent and ignorant expression while she played the role

get too stressed over it. Just act normal when you go back. Whether you can get any information from him or not doesn't matter. Either way, I will work

she saw that Owen was about to wipe her tears off with his hands, she immediately wiped them off and uttered, "It's getting late now. You should