The Bride He Took For Granted novel Chapter 78

The Bride He Took for Granted

Chapter 78

As Harold signed documents, his personal phone rang.

He glanced at the screen.

The caller ID showed a delivery company.

Harold rarely shopped online. Even when he did, he never used his personal number.

He motioned for Daniel to answer it.

It was indeed a delivery. The courier was waiting downstairs.

Daniel went down to collect the package and handed it to Harold five minutes later.

It had been sent from Seattle.

The sender was Jane.

Harold paused.

He tore open the package and found a property deed and land title certificate inside.

He immediately picked up his phone, found Jane’s number, and dafed her.

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After trying again and again to convince him, Jane finally

said, “Please, you have to accept them. I’m counting on you to look after Elise.”

After ending the call, Harold said to Daniel, “Ask Elise to come up.”

He intended to return the documents to Elise.

He had promised Jane that he would help Elise if she ever needed him.

But Jane had clearly misunderstood the extent of that promise.

Sending him these documents was practically asking him to take responsibility for Elise for the rest of her life…

Daniel replied, “I was just about to tell you. Elise already spoke with Kevin. The operations for Echoes of Will have stabilized, and Kevin approved her return to Novatech.”

“She left?”

Harold’s brow tightened, and his mood suddenly became complicated.

“Not yet. She’s packing up her things.”

Watching Harold’s reaction, Daniel cautiously asked, “Should £1

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“Why can’t she leave?” Harold asked.

Daniel chose his words carefully.

“Well, sir… I just feel like you treat Elise differently.”

He had only been overseas for three days, yet Harold had already arranged for bodyguards to protect her…

Daniel had worked beside Harold for nearly ten years and had never seen him care so much about any woman.

Except Laurel, of course.

Harold’s frown deepened at Daniel’s words.

Only then did Harold realize that Elise had started to affect his

emotions.

He didn’t like that feeling.

Aside from spending time with his grandmother, his life had always been simple and solitary.

Work. Walking Blitz. Meeting Kai.

That was all.

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expected one to become part of his life.

Besides, he had made a bet with Laurel.

And Harold Nash never lost.

“I only did it because I made a promise to her mother,” Harold explained.

He locked the two documents in a drawer for the time being and said in a low, even voice, “Let her go. As long as we stay connected regarding the project, that’s enough.”

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Emily gave Elise a new cardboard box.

Elise folded up her things, and the gifts from employees in different departments all went inside as well, filling the box to the brim.

A shadow fell over her.

She looked up and saw Jason’s handsome, refined face.

Elise smiled politely.

“Did you need something, Mr. Clark?”

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“You’re heading back to Novatech. I came to see you off.”

“Are you done packing?”

“Yeah.”

Elise slipped her phone into her bag.

“I can carry it myself, really.”

Pretending not to notice her polite refusal, Jason found another

excuse.

“I’ve been staring at my computer screen all day. I have a headache. I could use some fresh air.”

Jason had always been considerate and dependable, the kind of person everyone naturally relied on.

He was not very talkative, but he always paid attention to the little things.

He remembered what everyone liked to drink whenever their group went out to eat.

He even remembered that Elise preferred freshly squeezed orange juice and would order it for her without asking.

Singe she could not refuse him again, Elise nodded.

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“Then could you help me take the box downstairs to my rideshare?”

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Inside the elevator, Elise suddenly remembered that Jason was Landon’s business partner.

She carefully asked, “Landon told me you were supposed to join the Information Center. Why did you give up a government position and become his business partner instead?”

“And it doesn’t seem like you’re very involved in managing the company. It feels like Landon makes most of the decisions.”

Elise was testing the waters.

Would Jason interfere if she tried to buy the copyright to Crossing Fate someday?

In the elevator mirror, Jason glanced at Elise.

Her hair was tied back in a ponytail, and light makeup accentuated her delicate features.

She wore a gray blazer over a white ankle-length skirt, paired with a thin black belt and simple white flats.

Even in such a simple outfit, she still drew his attention

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