Chapter 84
Elizabeth glanced at Alexander, a bit surprised.
At Lily's birthday party, Esme gave Lily a fake rare saffron in front of all those industry big shots. Wasn't that a huge deal?
Elizabeth looked at Esme and realized that the more vulnerable one appears, the more sympathy they receive.
"I'm outta here," Elizabeth said, not wanting to stick around.
"Elizabeth," Alexander called after her, wanting to follow, but Esme clung to him. "Alexander, everyone at the party last night was questioning me. I was so embarrassed."
Elizabeth didn't look back and left decisively.
Alexander frowned, stopped by Esme, and had to give up chasing Elizabeth.
"What happened at the party?" Alexander asked as he led Esme into the villa.
Esme, holding back tears, suddenly asked, "Alexander, did you change the villa's password?"
She had tried many times at the door, but the password was wrong.
If she tried again, the system would issue a warning, so she didn't dare to try anymore.
"I changed it," Alexander said calmly.
Esme frowned, "Why?"
He replied indifferently, "I've used the old password for years. The sudden changes always cause me to make mistakes."
Esme bit her lip. She didn't know what the old password was.
Without the password, she couldn't freely enter the villa, which meant she was still being kept out of the villa.
When would she finally become part of Alexander's family?
The Percy family.
When Elizabeth got home, Grant and Celine were waiting for her on the couch.
Elizabeth, holding her high heels, tried to sneak upstairs but got caught.
"Grandpa, Grandma, nothing to do today?" Elizabeth called out softly.
"We're waiting for you!" Celine's tone was serious.
Elizabeth cleared her throat and stood obediently in front of them.
Grant asked, "Why didn't you come home last night? Where did you go? Did you see Alexander? Are you rekindling your old flame?"
Elizabeth was helpless in the face of Grant's barrage of questions.
Elizabeth pouted, dropped her high heels, and sat next to Grant, feeling wronged. "Grandpa, I got hurt last night and went to the hospital. Alexander doesn't like me. We have no feelings for each other, so how could we rekindle anything?"
Grant immediately asked, "Where did you get hurt?"
Celine snorted, pretending to be stern, "Elizabeth, the Percys must have backbone! Don't cry over spilled milk. If you dare to rekindle things with Alexander, I'll be the first to look down on you!"
Elizabeth watched Celine's fingers twirl around.
Alexander had indeed been good to her lately, and she felt reluctant.
But she understood that Alexander's kindness was all an act.
She used to naively think Alexander was slowly accepting her, comforting and convincing herself, but not anymore.
Celine stood up, her expression serious. She glared at Elizabeth and said, "I've arranged everything with the hospital. You go report there immediately to study medicine!"
"Grandma, I..."
Elizabeth wanted to play for a few more days.
Celine smiled, looking at Elizabeth with a meaningful expression. "Either show me the divorce certificate right now, or go report to the hospital. Your choice!"
