Chapter 98 I'm Sure I'll Succeed

• "I just realized that I forgot to take something. Perhaps you don't have to send me to school today—I can go on my own," Elise replied hastily. Before she could continue speaking, Alexander walked over to her. His lanky figure towered over her, and she seemed tiny in front of him despite the fact that she was five foot five.
• "I'll wait for you here," he uttered. She was about to say something else, but she could sense her heart pounding against her ribcage as she stood directly in front of him. She felt as if her heart was about to leap out of her throat, so she immediately turned around and hurried toward the stairs. Thud thud thud! She sprinted up to her room and shut the door behind her with a loud bang.
• Her chest was heaving as she pressed a hand against it. Her insides felt like they had been attacked by waves of panic, and the odd feeling she had sensed in the past came back to her once more. When she went downstairs again, she didn't even glance in Alexander's direction and simply took long strides past his figure. "Come on. I'm about to be late," she said.