Coolest Girl in Town

“What have I done to piss her off?” Alexander was puzzled by the lady’s reaction.

In the meantime, Elise, who sensed Narissa’s strange behavior, nudged her with her elbow and asked,

“What’s wrong with you? You didn’t answer Alexander when he was talking to you.”

“Men can’t be trusted!” Narissa grabbed the knife and chopped the cucumber in half.

“What’s wrong? Why did you say so?” Elise paused what she was doing and wiped her hands with her

apron after sensing Narissa’s intimidating aura.

Narissa let out a sigh and replied, “I’ve been watching you since this morning. Alexander didn’t even

bother coming into the kitchen and helping out even though you’d been busy all this time. Instead, he

just sits there and waits until lunch is ready. Are you his wife or his babysitter?”

Narissa’s father, Napoleon, was the type of man who left all the house chores for his wife to handle.

Although there were maids in the house, Narissa’s mother never seemed to stop worrying about the

house chores. Because of that, Narissa would rather stay unmarried her whole life than marry a man

who wouldn’t care about sharing her burden at all. Well, I guess it’s not a bad thing to grow old and die

alone either. After all, I won’t have to worry about working to death.

“That’s what ruined your mood?” Elise was amused. “By the way, when did you arrive?”

“Around 9.00AM or 10.00AM, I guess.” Narissa wasn’t sure about her time of arrival either.

“No wonder…” Elise smiled as if she understood why Narissa was so gloomy.

“No wonder what?” Narissa was confused.

“You only saw the part where I did everything for Alexander, but you have no idea that he’s the one who

makes me breakfast every morning. It’s no wonder you’ve been mistaken.”

Elise then patiently explained how a husband and a wife should make peace with each other in life. “A

husband and a wife should take care of each other unconditionally. I’ve been busy the whole morning

because I enjoy the process. I’m doing what I love, knowing that it’s going to bring me and my family

happiness. If I don’t do anything at all besides eating and sleeping, I’d be no different from a lazy pig.”

Narissa still appeared confused. “Wait, are you saying that working is fun?” After all, she would rather

let the maids take care of the house chores.

“Let me ask you something, then—you modified a car and gave it to Jamie earlier. Were you happy

when you were working on it?” Elise tried to make her point in another way to make Narissa

understand her.

“Yes, I was.” Narissa blurted out, but shortly after that, she quickly denied it. “But it was also painful.”

She left Cittadel after giving Jamie the car, and the two of them had never been in touch since.

Because of that, the happiness she experienced when doing something for Jamie became insignificant

compared to the overwhelming pain she was subsequently forced to bear.

Elise was speechless at that instant. “Well, my point is that you’ll never know something until you go

through it, but all you need to know is that Alexander treats me pretty well.” Seeing Narissa’s skeptical

look on her face, Elise peeked at the living room and leaned closer to her ear. “Let me tell you

something—Alexander even washes my lingerie for me.”

Wait, what? Wouldn’t that be a little too… awkward? Narissa blushed after hearing Elise’s words,

finding it hard to imagine herself doing the same thing in Elise’s place.

Having seen the expression on Narissa’s face, Elise knew what she was thinking and explained with a

smile, “Well, you can think of it as a way of spicing things up between us. You’ll understand better once

you’re married.”

“No! No! No, I can’t imagine this! This just sounds too awkward!” Narissa shook her head repeatedly.

When everyone sat down at the table for lunch, Narissa couldn’t help but look at Alexander with a

strange gaze, having remembered the story that Elise told her earlier.

Initially, Alexander put up with Narissa’s strange gaze, thinking she was in a bad mood, but eventually,

he lost his patience and decided to open up. He put down his fork and knife. “Do you have a problem

with me?”

“No.” Narissa instantly lost her courage to look Alexander in the eye, blocking her face with a plate.

“You just seem different from how I imagined you to be.”

“What’s so different?” Alexander insisted on finding out the reason behind Narissa’s odd response.

“Ahem…” Fearing that Narissa would give her away, Elise immediately put a big shrimp on Alexander’s

plate. “Eat up, Darling.” However, Alexander turned around after that, wanting to press on with his

approach, only to be interrupted by Irvin.

“Obviously, the way you treat your wife is pissing off everyone in this house, Daddy. You ought to reflect

on your mistake.”

Alexander knitted his eyebrows and questioned his son, “Who is the father? And who is the son here?”

“Father? Are you guys talking about priests?” Alexia joined the conversation and asked an innocent

question.

“That’s right.” Narissa put a small chunk of meat on the girl’s plate. “Catholic priests. How smart you

are, Lexi.”

On the other hand, Alexander covered his forehead, feeling helpless with the children who seemingly

interrupted him anytime they wanted. Oh, dear. Where is all the respect I deserve as a father?