Chapter 25
Coolest Girl in Town Chapter 25
Elise was chewing on her pen when she heard the question. In response, she quickly lifted her head to
nce at Alexander and hummed.
“When’s thepetition?” Alexander asked again.
“Next Friday at Athesea High.” As she recalled Jack had once mentioned that Alexander had taken part
in a Mathematics Olympiadpetition before too, she added, “I heard you participated in a
Mathematics Olympiadpetition before and had even won the first prize. Do you have any tips for
me?”
Alexander lifted his brows slightly. “That was a long time ago, so I can’t be of much help now.”
Elise hummed in response and said nothing else. As such, the atmosphere in the car went silent once
again. Fortunately, they arrived at the Griffith Residence in no time.
After the car stopped, Elise opened the door and got out of the car. Then, she walked into the living room
after changing her shoes on the porch and saw Jonah having tea leisurely while sitting on the couch.
“Ellie, you’re home!”
“Hi, Grandpa,” Elise addressed Jonah courteously.
Joy spread across Jonah’s face when he saw Elise. “How are things at school, Ellie? Just tell me if
you’re
unhappy with anything, or you canin to those few rascals too. Don’t let yourself suffer.”
“Alright, Grandpa! You don’t have to worry about me.”
“You’re such a polite child. Jonah said with a bright smile. Then, he saw Alexander who just entered the
house. “Alex, please help me to look after Ellie if she needs anything. She’s a girl, so we should give her
more care.”
Alexander did not refute Jonah’s words but answered indifferently, “Alright, Grandpa.”
Jonah couldn’t be bothered about Alexander’s apathetic response. So, he diverted his attention back to
Elise and
said, “Ellie, I heard that you’re going to participate in a Mathematics Olympiadpetition. Alex is pretty
good at Math Olympiad. He can tutor you.”
Hearing that, Elise quickly rejected it. “It’s okay, Grandpa. I’d rather not trouble him.”
“Not at all. Alex, you’ll be Ellie’s Math Olympiad tutor from tonight onward. Do teach her whatever you
know so
that she will excel in thepetition.” Jonah was so determined that there was no opportunity for Elise
and Alexander to reject the proposal. Elise actually wanted to say something but could only bite her
tongue toward the end.
On the other hand, Alexander always honored Jonah’s word and would never go against him, so neither
did he reject the order. As such, Alexander became Elise’s Math Olympiad tutor.
During dinner, Jack was driven up the wall when he knew Alexander was going to give Elise tuition
because Elise would most likely win thepetition with Alexander’s help. If that happened, he would
lose the bet.
Freaked out, Jack secretly pulled Alexander to the side after dinner. “Alex, I’m begging you-can you
please don’t
give Elise tuition?”
Alexander wore a calm look and replied nonchntly, “That’s Grandpa’s order.” What he meant was he
couldn’t defy Jonah’s order.
Jack became even more anxious. “C’mon, Alex. You can tell Grandpa that given Elise’s capability, she
doesn’t need a tutor at all–or, you can just palter with Elise, as long as she doesn’t win thepetition.”
Alexander nodded upon understanding Jack’s intention and gave an ambiguous answer. “I’ll try to…”
Jack immediately ced his hands on hisp and feigned a pitiful look. “Please help me out, Alex…”
Just then, Jack met Elise’s eyes as she walked toward them. At once, he put on a normal look and
pretended as if nothing had happened. “Go ahead, Alex. I shall excuse myself first as I still have some
matters to attend to,” he
said in a serious manner and quickly slipped away thereupon.
On the other hand, Elise wasn’t bothered about it at all and went upstairs directly while Alexander
followed right
after.
Upon entering her room, Elise was about to close the door when a big hand stopped her from doing so
before
pushing the door open. Thereafter, Alexander walked in straight.
“What’re you doing here?” Elise asked. Alexander ignored her and directly walked toward her study table
and
answered in a serious manner, “Grandpa asked me to tutor you.”
Elise quickly rejected it. “It’s okay, there’s no need. You may leave now.”
However, Alexander had no intention to leave at all so he immediately sat down on the chair. “I never
defy
Grandpa’s orders. You know that. So, please bear with me.”
Elise was rendered speechless. She wanted to say that she really didn’t need a tutor, but thinking about
Jonah’s kind intention, she decided to stop rejecting it.
Alexander took up Elise’s practice questions and flipped through them. Besides her nice handwriting, her
workings were very clear too, which made it pleasant for one to read.
“Your workings are quite clear, but you made a mistake here.” Alexander said while pointing out Elise’s
mistake. Elise walked over and took a look at her practice book. “Which question?” she asked.
Alexander pointed at the second question. “Your method and form are correct, but in the second step,
you’ve
misread the cube root as a square root, so your following calctions are all wrong.”
Elise looked at the question. He’s right.
“I’ve attempted this question a few times and it still felt wrong. Oh, so this is the mistake.” With that, Elise
immediately sat down on a stool beside him and started correcting her calction. She was so
concentrated on
amending her workings that she hadpletely not realized that the two of them were getting closer to
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After Elise amended her answer, Alexander pointed at another question and said, “You did not solve the
second part of this question because you forgot to draw a graph. If you add a graph here, you’ll be able
to solve this
question using the Pythagoras Theorem.”
Elise attempted the question again ording to Alexander’s instruction, and sure enough, she soon
solved the
question. “You’re really awesome!” Elise couldn’t help but praise Alexander. Then, she flipped to thest
question which was the one she had a hard time solving. “Please help me take a look at this one too!”
Alexander hummed in response and started reading the question. For some reason, he was distracted
by the
scent of a fragrance that only young women would possess. At once, he quickly regained hisposure
and
shifted his focus. However, he still unintentionally caught sight of Elise’s side profile and was attracted by
her
expression and behavior.