Bring Your A Game, Mr

"Alright, but there's something I have to tell you first," Elise said.

Upon hearing that, Alexander put down his tableware and looked at her seriously. "Go on."

"I want our engagement to be simple," she quickly mumbled. "A meal with our families will be enough."

"Is this what you want?" After Elise nodded her head, he continued, "Since it's what you want, that's settled, then. Is there anyone in the family that you want to invite other than your grandfather and grandmother?"

"No, it's just them. I'll invite the others to our wedding."

"Okay, that settles it, then. We'll do it after the New Year."

When they finally came to an agreement, Elise secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Every girl more or less hoped for a perfect wedding once in their life, but since Jonah passed away not long ago, it wouldn't be appropriate for them to have a grand ceremony, so they decided to keep it simple.

After their meal, she went back to her room and sat in front of the window alone. As she gazed outside the window thinking about something, someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" The moment she said that, Alexander opened the door and entered. "Why are you here?" she asked. When she saw the exquisite box in his hands, she walked over to him. "Here you go. It's for you."

Upon seeing that, Elise felt rather confused. "And this is?"

"Your Christmas present."

She received the box in disbelief and as soon as she opened it, she was shocked. "This..."

She wanted to say something, but words just couldn't come out of her mouth for some reason.

"It's the blood jade that we found from the mine before. I asked the company's designers to turn it into a bracelet. It looks quite good."

Elise knew all of this and at the same time, she knew that it was very valuable. All this time, she thought that Alexander would use the blood jade for commercial purposes, so she never expected him to turn it into an accessory, never mind give it to her as a gift.

"Why are you giving this to me?"

"Because it suits you. Keep it."

After that, he turned around and left.

Looking at his back, she uttered, "Thank you!"

As soon as he left, the room returned to normal again. As Elise stared at the blood jade bracelet, she couldn't help but reveal a delighted smile.

Has he... fallen in love with me too? The moment the idea came up in her mind, she quickly shook her head and her eyes darkened. He is probably doing all this for Grandpa. After all, if it weren't for his last wish, Alexander wouldn't have agreed to get engaged with me, never mind giving me such a gift.

Deep down, Elise knew clearly that all of this was because of Jonah.

The next day, Elise went back to school, but her mind was obviously miles away. Even though she was holding a pen with her head down, she wasn't writing anything. In the end, Mikayla quickly went over to her and patted her shoulder. "Elise, what are you thinking about? You seem to be lost in your own thoughts."

Elise came back around and realized that she hadn't written a word in her book. "It's nothing," she mumbled.

However, Mikayla wasn't having any of it, so she whispered to her, "I heard that you are engaged with the heir of the Griffith Family, Alexander. Is that true?"

As soon as she mentioned the engagement, Elise instinctively raised her eyes and stared at her solemnly. "How did you know?"

Looking at her reaction, Mikayla giggled. It seems like Jack was telling the truth.

"Congratulations! Elise, you are so lucky to have found a good husband like Alexander."

"Jack is also a nice guy too! You've been calling him your husband for so long now. Don't you think it's time that you accept him as your real husband?" Elise uttered calmly.

Mikayla's face immediately blushed as she began to stutter, "W-What are you talking about? I-It's not what you think it is."

However, Elise wasn't planning on letting her go that easily, so she countered, "Yes, I'm sure that there is more to it."

"That's not true. We aren't together yet." Mikayla continued to act dumb.

"Oh-in other words, the two of you thought about it before, right?"

Mikayla wasn't sure about it herself since they only went out on dates several times and the two of them only had a few meals together. Other than that, there wasn't any progression in their relationship. "Elise, do you think Jack would like a girl like me?" Mikayla asked confusedly, her brows furrowed.

At the moment, Elise felt that Mikayla was like one of those love-struck girls who was oblivious to everything around them. "If you aren't sure whether he likes you or not, that can only mean one thing-he doesn't like you."

"But he is quite nice to me. It's just that we never got to that point yet," Mikayla quickly replied. She could feel that Jack was fond of her, but she didn't wish to rush their relationship.

"Look at yourself-it's obvious that you know what you want." Elise could finally see the problem between the two of them, but Mikayla was still oblivious about it. The problem is that Mikayla is always the one calling the shots in their relationship.

"Then, is there any way to know about his feelings?"

After giving it some thought, Elise answered, "Why don't we ask Jack to go skiing with us in Switzerland? Maybe you'll learn something new afterward."

Mikayla, on the other hand, was surprised by her reply. "Switzerland?! That sounds quite nice, but will he come?"

Elise also didn't know whether he would come, but she felt that he probably would if Alexander asked him to.

Looks like I need to ask Alexander for a favor, but it'll be all worth it for my best friend's happiness. Unexpectedly, after Elise told Alexander about it that day, he immediately agreed without any hesitation. Therefore, they were set to travel to Switzerland.

After midnight on New Year's Day, the new year began rather quietly. Early in the morning on the first day of the year, Alexander, Elise and Jack rushed to the airport. Seeing that there were only the three of them, Jack was displeased. "Alexander, why did you ask me to come along? I don't want to be your third wheel!"

Alexander remained silent while Elise put on a mysterious expression. "Calm down. We prepared a surprise for you later on."

However, Jack wasn't interested in the surprise at all, because he was dragged along to go skiing with them after finally getting a break from work. Not only that, he now had to watch the two of them being affectionate with one another as a singleton.

Even so, after secretly glancing at them, Jack breathed a sigh of relief because it seemed like their relationship hadn't reached that point yet.

When they arrived at the airport, the trio received their boarding passes and entered the waiting lounge. However, the moment they came in, they could see Mikayla waving at them from not far away. "Over here, Elise!"

Meanwhile, Elise said to Jack with a smile, "There you go! What do you think about your surprise?"