Bring Your A Game

Chapter 17

Bring Your A Game Mr Chapter 17

that she was fine. “It‘s nothing serious for now. You‘ll be fine after some medicine, but we can do a full check–up if something comes up in the future.”

Elise hastily sent off the doctor. “All right, thank you for the trouble. Bye!”

The doctor then left promptly. Now, Alexander and Elise were left alone in awkwardness. He said all of a sudden, “Were you on the phone with someone earlier?”

Elise pretended to be clueless about it. “Oh, that? It was just a spam call.”

Alexander knew that he wouldn‘t get any answers out of her and said, “Give me your phone number, then. That way, I can be more efficient when you need anything in the future.”

“Sure, sure,” Elise quickly agreed in order to make Alexander leave her room as soon as possible.

Elise took Alexander‘s phone and her slender fingers tapped quickly on the screen for a few moments. Then, she shoved the phone back to him. “Good night, Alexander.”

Alexander didn‘t want to stay long when he saw her grinning face. “Remember to take your medicine.”

After being forced to leave, he went straight to his study. At the same time, he received a call from his assistant. “No one‘s home at the Snyders‘, President Griffith. How odd–could they have fled ahead of time?”

It‘s just been a few hours and the Snyders are nowhere to be found. Who could‘ve gotten the news so quickly and struck first?© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

He recalled Elise being on the phone earlier. She was speaking in such a light and cheerful tone; it was obvious that it wasn‘t a spam call. Besides, the way she was so secretive about it meant that something was definitely fishy.

His assistant continued, “Should we continue looking into it?”

Alexander lowered his eyes as he replied, “Don‘t look into the Snyders for now. Do a background check on Elise Sinclair instead…”