7 Ellison King

At the club, Elise found the person she was looking for. Standing on the stage, dressed in a luxurious three-piece suit and holding a microphone, was a man. He had a high nose and angular jaws.

"Ellison, what are you doing in a club?" She looked at a man with golden blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Waiting for you," Ellison smiled.

"Ah, so the news of my divorce has now spread."

"Come on. Can't I pick up my little sister? I have a perfect way to make you release some stress and anger. Let's go party and drink."

Elise agreed and took his hand.

"It's time you stopped pleasing people. Do you know how thin you've become?

But first, let's go shopping. It's time you take back what should have been yours."

Ellison brought her shopping and took her to have a spa.

"Hold on! Is that a bruise on your back?"

Elise was trying on a bare-back dress when Ellison spotted an ugly purplish bruise.

"Thanks to Maria. Out of anger, she threw a glass at me. I couldn't dodge in time, so it hit me," Elise looked at her back in the mirror, a sad smile on her lips.

Ellison sighed, patting his sister's shoulders. Hearing how much she suffered in the Anderson mansion made his heart ached.

"I'm sorry, Elise. I should have snatched you away from that den of wolves," he choked.

"It's not your fault. It was my decision. I thought that tolerating and pleasing them could bring me happiness, could make Kayden love me. But I was wrong. I won't go down that path again. I have had enough," she traced the ugly bruise with her finger and winced.

"Let's get you another dress. This one is too revealing."

"No. I want it."

Ellison blinked, looking at his sister with confusion.

"Why should I hide my scars and bruises? Why should I be the one hiding what they did to me? I'm going to flaunt my imperfections, bruises, and scars. I'm going to be me. I'm going to let the world know what kind of people the Andersons are," Elise chuckled darkly.

"If that's what you want," Ellison respected her decision.

After she put on a red bare-back and off-shoulder dress, Ellison took her to a nightclub to celebrate her divorce and relieve stress.

Meanwhile, not far from them were Kayden and his rich friends.

Kayden's gaze followed to where Liam pointed. There, standing on the stage, was Elise and a man. The two were dancing. Elise was dressed in a revealing red dress that hugged her curves. Her black hair swayed wildly and seductively as she twirled professionally and seductively on stage. The man, her partner, held her waist and swayed with her.

At first, Kayden didn't recognize her. From behind, she looked like a different person. It was only when she turned and showed her face that he realized that this was his ex-wife.

After they divorced, she went to find a new man?! Kayden's fingers unconsciously tightened on the glass of wine. What a scheming, lowly woman. She must be looking for a new rich man to seduce.

"My god! I wonder who she is. Which family's daughter is she and what's her name. Look at those curves," Liam and his friends began praising her figure and moves.

Kayden couldn't help but watch her dance and move across the stage while many men eyed her lustfully. So it seems like she has been hiding something from him all this time. Nevertheless, he had to admit that her dance moves were smooth and somewhat enchanting.

"Hey, isn't that Ellison King?" Nathan, another of Kayden's friends, called out. When his eyes landed on Elise, an indescribable emotion flashed across his pupils. No one noticed the change in his eyes.

"Who's that?"

"Haven't you heard of the King & Lark Foundations? Especially the King Group?"

"You mean the company that is leading in the tech industry for the past thirty years?! The one that secured a huge oil deal in the Middle East and is worth billions?!"

"Yeah, that one. I think that's the CEO, Ellison King."

"Then who's the woman? Should we say hi?"

"Of course we should! That's the legendary CEO Ellison King. It's so hard to meet him. He doesn't give my father, a senior in the business world, any face or respect."

The more Kayden listened, the more unsightly his face became. How did Elise manage to meet Ellison King?

Once the music finished, Liam and the others went over to greet Ellison and the mysterious woman. They were curious about her.

Kayden also went over. Elise felt an intense and uncomfortable gaze on her and turned. Her eyes met Kayden's dark, cold ones. Elise ignored him. It didn't matter what he saw her as. He never saw her as anything good anyway.

"Isn't that your ex-husband?" Ellison whispered to her.

"Yeah, how unlucky to run into him," Elise replied.

"Mr. King! Nice to meet you! What a coincidence!" Liam excitedly said, a hand outstretched to shake Ellison's.

However, Ellison didn't take his hand and left him hanging. Liam retracted his hand and laughed awkwardly.

"What a coincidence indeed," Ellison said, his voice deep and meaningful.

The others tried to make acquaintances with him, but he ignored them all, only replying with a few sentences. He was cold to them.

None of them recognized Elise because Kayden never introduced them to her. He never brought her anywhere. The one he introduced and brought to events was Jessica.

At that moment, Jessica walked into the nightclub and went over to Kayden's side.

"Kayden!" She clung onto his arm intimately.

"Hello, Jessica!" Liam and his friends greeted her enthusiastically. After all, this was the future Mrs. Anderson.

"What are you doing here, Jessie? Shouldn't you be in the hospital?" Kayden asked gently, a tone he never used with Elise. Elise couldn't help but feel her heart ache.

"I only fainted. It's nothing serious," Jessica replied. Then she turned, and her eyes widened when she saw Elise.

"Elise! What are you doing here?" Jessica asked, eyeing her dress and her figure, a hint of malice flashing in her eyes.