Chapter 485


    Chapter 485 Kicking My Woman Out?


    “Trust me, Melody. It’s quite normal to not understand.” Keh teased matter-of-factly.


    Meanwhile, Melody was quite used to his behavior, so she calmly turned her back to him and walked off.


    Keh took another look in the direction that Elise had walked off in before he finally moved and


    caught up to Melody.


    Before the official start of the gem auction event, the founding families of Dukethorn organized a party


    under the pretext of weing guests from all over the country. In actual fact, it was just an opportunity


    provided for each different force to find out in advance about their opponents’ actual capabilities.


    Naturally, Elise was invited as well.


    However, she wasn’t interested in building up her contacts, nor did she have any interest in probing for


    her opponents’ limits. She was mainly there to have some fun.


    There were plenty of different gemstones usually avable at the gem auction event, but the top-grade


    stones were usually monopolized by the founding families of Dukethorn. The middle-grade ones would


    then end up in the hands of the Dukethorn locals, while the lower graded ones were the ones that


    became avable elsewhere.


    It wasn’t that the Dukethorn local yers intentionally ganged up against the outsiders, but it was purely


    because this was an industry that was dependent on one’s abilities. Therefore, the locals had relied on


    this as their livelihood since generations ago, so they usually had an eye for picking out the best


    gemstones. Naturally, this was something that the outsiders couldn’t quitepare against.


    The next night, Elise brought Tom along with her to attend the dinner.


    The party was quite crowded, so no one noticed them as they walked into the hall.


    Truth was, the Dukethorn locals had an inborn sense of superiority and they looked down on the


    outsiders.


    However, as soon as Keh and Melody appeared at the party, it caused a slightmotion.


    “Mr. Bailey, thanks for gracing us with your presence. This year’s gem auction event is definitely going to


    be much more exclusive with you being here, and it’s great that you and Miss Melody are as sweet


    together as always.” Someone walked up to the duo and tteringly fawned over them.


    However, Keh’s face was impassive and he calmly pursed his lips and said, “Melody’s my most


    capable assistant, that’s all. I hope you guys can spare some thought for her and watch your words. After


    all, this could affect her future prospects.”


    “Oh—I understand. We’ve spoken too much. Come, Mr. Bailey; let’s head inside.”


    The group of men ced a hand on each other’s shoulders and they walked toward the corner after


    exchanging a few short sentences.


    Meanwhile, Melody followed Keh without anyints, not looking the least bit upset.


    Just then, Elise shook her head and sighed. Poor woman! Even her thoughts are under his control. That


    darned man doesn’t even dare to acknowledge your identity in public, so why are you still with him?!


    “Miss Anderson, what’s wrong?” Tom asked with a puzzled look.


    Just then, Elise took a deep breath before turning around to p him on the back of his head. “Myst


    name is Sinir! It’s Sinir, okay? Why are you so dumb?!”


    Tom rubbed at the spot she had hit him and looked at her with a baffled expression. “Okay, Miss An—


    Sinir!”


    At that point, Elise finally nodded approvingly and heaved a sigh of relief. Subsequently, she headed


    over to a corner with the least people. “Let’s go over there to get some fresh air.”


    She didn’t want to increase her chances of bumping into Keh.


    There weren’t that many people in that corner, but there were a few people in groups of twos and threes.


    Elise didn’t recognize any of them, so she leaned against the stone pir and had a drink as she


    scrutinized the passersby with a zed look in her almond-shaped eyes.


    Just then, a few middle-aged females started walking in her direction, their heads bowed deep in


    conversation with each other.


    “This year’s auction seems to be at arger scale than the previous years, right? The number of people


    in attendance is so many that we can’t even fit in one hall.


    “Well, it’s those outsiders from Athesea and Landred City. Even thergest jewelrypany in the


    country has assigned some people to attend the auction. All of the hotels in town are fully booked!”


    “It looks like they’re all quite well-prepared and are ready to take away the top-grade gemstones.”


    “They won’t be able to seed! We’ve got plenty of skillful yers in Dukethorn, and even a child would


    be more knowledgeable than any of those outsiders. It would be wishful thinking for them to win the top-


    grade gemstones from us.”


    “Exactly! They’re just a bunch of clueless people who are here to cheer for the people of Dukethorn.”


    The women went back and forth as they discussed the topic, but each word they uttered was full of


    disdain and discriminated against the outsiders. Theyughed out loud from time to time too.


    At that point, Elise was annoyed by their loudughter and she mockingly yelled, “Did you say that the


    outsiders are just here to cheer you on?!”


    “Who are you?” one of the women questioned.


    “We were just chit-chatting among ourselves, so you’d better keep your nose out of it.” One of the plump


    women seemed to have an inbred sense of superiority and she warned Elise with a haughty expression.


    Meanwhile, Elise walked toward her with a cold expression. “The blood that courses through your vein


    originates from Cittadel too. Neither of us is inferior to the other.”


    At that point, the woman was clearly displeased.


    Such gatherings tended to be quite boring, so her impolite interrogation instantly attracted the attention


    of the neighboring guests. The group of women was much more upset than ever.


    “How does that concern you anyway?! I didn’t target anyone! Why are you so arrogant anyway?!”


    “That’s right. Who do you think you are toe here and lose your temper? Do you think that this is


    somewhere you can show your temper?!”


    “You reallyck manners!”


    Just then, Elise finally saw for herself how a person at fault could start slinging usations.


    “If it weren’t for you guys behaving so high and mighty and spouting nonsense here by discriminating


    against the outsiders, I wouldn’t have bothered to speak up!”


    Upon hearing that, the attendees, who were unsure about the situation prior to this, directed unpleasant


    looks at the group of middle-aged females.


    Those who were able to attend the gem auction event mostly came from families with strong


    backgrounds, so none of them had ever been subjected to such discrimination.


    At that point, the women bit hard on their lips and their faces flushed red out of anger.


    “Stop your nonsense! We didn’t say any of those words!”


    “Yeah! You guys are visitors, so of course we would wee you with open hands! How could we


    possibly discriminate against you?! This woman must be purposely trying to create a scene.”


    “Where are the security guards?! How can they let someone like this inside?! Security, hurry up and help


    us! Come over and throw this woman who’s so full of herself out of the room!”


    A few of the women raised their voices and yelled loudly. Meanwhile, several security guards rushed into


    the room from the outside.


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    However, Elise was unaffected by their words, and she walked past them to sneer at the group of women


    who had lost theirposure at the moment.


    “So this is how Dukethorn wees its guests. You’re just behaving unreasonably and you seem to be


    very quick to gang up on others!”


    As soon as she said that, a baritone male voice rang out from afar.


    “What’s going on?”


    At that moment, a peppered-hair man in a dove-gray suit with a crew cut parted the crowd and walked


    toward them.


    “Mr. Carnegie, this woman purposely tried to cause trouble. She tried to stir up trouble between us and


    the guests who are from out of the city.” The plump woman quicklyined about Elise before the


    latter could even say anything.


    Meanwhile, the Carnegie man frowned instantly upon hearing that. “Dukethorn is also a part of Cittadel. I


    won’t allow anyone to affect our harmonious state and there will be no exceptions! Guards, show her out


    of the room.”


    The party was organized by a local Dukethorn resident and the guards were also locals so evidently,


    they did not side with Elise, who was an outsider.


    The bystanders noticed the situation and had intended to speak up for Elise, but then they ended up


    silently giving up.


    After all, they were all from Dukethorn, so it was home ground for the other party. They would definitely


    fight a losing battle if they kicked up a fuss. It was quite likely that they would be kicked out of the ce


    too, so it made more sense to avoid trouble.


    Elise stood immobile with a calm expression on her face. She scanned the crowd with her cold eyes and


    a teasing glint shed through her gaze all of a sudden.


    I won’t make a move unless someoneys hands on me! If they actually dared toy hands on her, then


    she would not hold back any longer.


    Meanwhile, security noticed that Elise refused to leave, so they exchanged looks with each other and


    were about to forcefully remove her.


    However, as soon as their handsnded in front of Elise, a domineering voice rang out loudly from


    behind.


    “I’ll stand here and see who dares toy a hand on her!” Everyone turned toward the direction of the


    voice and saw Keh standing there, his expression cial. He seemed to be shrouded with anger as


    he walked over to stand by Elise’s side.


    Meanwhile, Melody remained close behind him.


    “Mr. Bailey,” The Carnegie man behaved quite respectfully around Keh. “This is a personal matter,


    so you should stay out of it.”


    “Stay out of it?” Keh snorted and his cold voice was quite prating as he countered, “You’re about


    to kick my woman out of the room, yet you want me to stay out of it?! How would that be reasonable?”