The Bride He Took For Granted novel Chapter 69

The Bride He Took for Granted

Chapter 69

At the entrance, the hostess greeted them warmly.

“Welcome.”

Kai and Harold walked into the restaurant one after the other.

As they made their way inside, Kai kept complaining to Harold.

“When I was still dating someone, you were blowing up my phone all day asking me to hang out. Now that I’m single, you disappear completely. Are you doing this on purpose? Just because you have terrible luck with women doesn’t mean you get

to ruin mine.”

Harold ignored him and looked down at his phone.

Daniel had just sent him a message.

[Elise’s bag is still at her desk, but they said she left with Jason.]

Harold’s expression remained calm, but his reply to Kai was anything but polite.

“When have you ever come to me without a breakup story and a list of complaints about how badly you were treated?”

You really think women are that hard to impress?”

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“Listen to that confidence. Then go find one and prove it.”

As soon as Harold finished speaking, Kai noticed his gaze shift.

Following Harold’s line of sight, Kai spotted Elise and Jason sitting in the quieter section of the restaurant.

A teasing smile immediately appeared on his face.

“That’s Ms. White. Interesting. The guy sitting across from her has a thing for her.”

Harold stopped in his tracks.

For several seconds, he said nothing.

Kai leaned closer and lowered his voice.

“That guy looks like Richard Clark’s eldest son. He’s always been close with Landon. He was supposed to enter politics years ago, so why did he end up at Novatech?”

He grinned.

“Now this is interesting. Two guys who are practically brothers, both ending up interested in the same woman.”

“Harold, do you think Landon would turn green if he found

Qut”

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“Shut up.”

Harold’s voice was cold.

His eyes remained fixed on Elise, unreadable and dark.

Elise had not noticed them at first.

Then, without warning, she met a pair of familiar black eyes across the room.

Harold.

She instinctively stood up.

She wanted to ask him what Jane had said when she went to see him, but she quickly realized this was not the right place.

Jason turned around and noticed Harold as well.

Elise and Jason calmly greeted Harold and Kai.

Richard Clark and Kai’s father had worked together for years, so the two men knew each other.

After exchanging greetings, Jason and Kai naturally shook hands and exchanged a few polite words.

Soon, only Elise and Harold were left facing each othe

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Elise wanted to say something, but she didn’t know where to

start.

The silence felt awkward.

She gave him a faint smile.

Harold’s gaze landed directly on her face.

They had looked at each other many times before, but his gaze had always stopped at her eyes.

Maybe the distance between them had become a little smaller.

For some reason, that thought made Elise’s cheeks warm.

Fortunately, Jason and Kai soon finished their conversation, and the four of them exchanged goodbyes

Only after leaving the restaurant did Elise realize that her heartbeat had quickened.

For some reason, she looked back.

Through the glass window, Harold’s unreadable eyes were still following her.

“It’s going to rain.”

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“The wind’s picked up. Let’s walk faster.”

Although it was early autumn, the weather was still warm.

But the sudden wind brought a chill, lowering the temperature by several degrees.

Elise was wearing straight-leg jeans, a camisole, and a thin blue cardigan.

When the wind blew against her, she instinctively wrapped her arms around herself.

Jason noticed.

He undid the buttons of his suit jacket, intending to take it off and drape it over her shoulders.

But then he remembered the boundary between them,

His hands slowly lowered again.

After a moment of hesitation, he turned to her.

“Do you… still want to go back to Landon?”

Elise assumed he was doing what he had always done whenever she and Landon had disagreements-trying to bring them back together.

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She shook her head honestly.

“We can’t go back.”

She paused.

“Neither of us is the same anymore.”

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A memory notification suddenly popped up on Landon’s phone.

He opened it and saw a photo from three years ago.

It showed him and Elise sitting together on a swing.

It had been a beautiful evening, with a gentle breeze, soft moonlight, and their laughter filling the air.

Elise had been so lively back then. When had she become so quiet and distant?

Lost in those memories, Landon didn’t notice that he had opened his chat with Elise.

Before he realized what he was doing, he had already sent a video call request.

Just then, a knock came from the office door.

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