Chapter 136 Everything Here Is Affordable For Your Man


    Nora smiledcently, while Rita still looked at her impassively before she said," But it is a pity that


    you are not bold enough to y this game. If I were you, I would have pushed a lot harder. At the very


    least, hard enough to cause an miscarriage. How petty you are to try and prove that David cares about


    you by hurting yourself. I could never stoop down to your level."


    All of a sudden, Nora''s expression became stiff. Soon, she feigned her painful expression again.


    When David stood beside the two of them, he squatted down and hugged Nora. Having seen the blood


    on Nora''s forehead, he frowned and then immediately took out his handkerchief to press it on the


    wound. "What the hell is going on?" David yelled.


    Seeing the two women squabbling and even starting to fight put David on edge. However, in truth,


    David was more concerned about Rita''s well-being. Therefore, when he saw Nora was the one on the


    ground and not Rita, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.


    David was so d to find that Rita was safe. He was certain that Rita and the baby would not be able


    to survive such an ident.


    Teary-eyed, Nora looked miserable. "I found Rita standing here, and when I asked her why she had


    left, she got mad at me out of the blue... David, it''s fine. Rita didn''t mean it... I don''t me her," said


    Nora, as she feigned her innocence.


    Nora was confident that her acting prowess would seed in gaining the trust and sympathy of others.


    However, Nora derived more satisfaction from the fact that Rita could do nothing to dispute what she


    was saying.


    David red at Rita, grim-faced. He was waiting on Rita''s exnation.


    Rita nodded indifferently and answered casually," Yes, Nora is not lying."


    Baffled, Nora didn''t know how to react as she found Rita''s audacity unfathomable. Why would Rita


    ept her fault without any excuses? Did she willingly send the helve after the hatchet? Did she not


    care about what David would think?


    Meanwhile, David maintained his cool like frost covering his face. He would have appreciated a proper


    exnation rather than such a perfunctory answer. Rita''s casual answer made him feel like he was just


    an insignificant person to her, a person she didn''t even care to talk.


    "Apologize!" he yelled at Rita.


    The present scenario was so familiar to Rita that it reminded her of the old days when Nora would y


    the same trick to frame her. Unfortunately, back then she was so young and naive that she fell for those


    tricks every time. The harder she tried to defend herself, the more hatred she received from the Xu


    Family, especially David.


    Rita was fed up with it all. Every time Nora yed this trick, David would always take Nora''s side.


    Whereas, he''d look at Rita with the same kind of resentment he was showing her now. "Apologize!


    Now!'' David yelled again.


    ''Even the same words, '' Rita thought.


    No matter how hard she tried to exin herself, nobody would believe her. No wonder she didn''t care


    to exin herself this time. What would be the point?


    "No," refused Rita. Indifference and indignation were the only expressions avable on Rita''s eyes.


    "I said, apologize," David asserted.


    "No." Rita looked at him with nonchnce, as if he was just an insignificant stranger to her. There was


    nothing nor anybody could make herpromise her dignity. "What? You want to p me again?"


    The memory of David pping her for Nora was still fresh on her mind. After all, it wasn''t only her face


    that was hurting from that incident, it was also her dignity.


    Hearing this, David''s pupils constricted and his heart felt like someone had stabbed it with a thousand


    needles. Naturally, Rita would never forget the past, and neither would David.


    "Anything else? No? Then I guess I can take off." Rita thought she had finally won this time. It was true


    that people could gain invincibility when they stopped caring about others. But why wasn''t she as


    happy as she would have imagined?


    David stood there dumbfounded as he helplessly watched Rita leave. Just as he was about to go after


    Rita, Nora grasped his arm and held him back.


    "David..." Nora whispered.


    Suddenly, David remembered that Nora was hurt. After hesitating for a while, David gently brushed her


    hand off and said," The driver is right outside. You can ask him to take you to the hospital. Better go


    check yourself soon."


    Soon, David got up and left her there to go after Rita.


    David''s horror of losing Rita came back to his mind. After all, she was the mother of his child. Naturally,


    David thought it was normal to worry about her. How could he just let her run off on her own? Rita''s


    well-being was David''s main priority.


    Dissatisfied, Nora sat there sullenly with a long face.


    David was a different man now. He would have never left her alone like that. She was the love of his


    life. Who the hell was Rita? Perhaps it was because of that baby. Just as long as the baby was out of


    the equation...


    ...


    Meanwhile, the charity jewelry auction was still going on.


    Jacob brought Emily to the auction and sat her right next to him, which proved everyone''s spections.


    Emily was aware of the crazy rumours about her rtionship with Jack and Jacob flying around.


    However, the truth was that Jack was the one who had betrayed her trust.


    Emily did not let the rumours affect her because she knew deep in her heart that she did nothing


    wrong. She was brave in choosing to believe that there was true love for her.


    She was certain that no other man could love her more than Jacob did.


    Just the thought of it made Emily''s eyes sparkle with joy. She quietly stole a nce at Jacob''s


    handsome face right next to her and melted into his attractive eyes, deep as the sea. When Jacob


    looked back at her, Emily''s cheeks blushed red.


    With his thin, well-defined lips, he gave her a captivating smile. When he came to hold her hand, he felt


    a satisfying sensation all over his body. He still couldn''t believe that this girl belonged to him and only


    him.


    "You can bid on anything you like. Everything here is affordable for your man," he said.


    "I haven''t seen anything I like yet," she replied.


    Emily was very picky with her choices, mainly because as a jewelry designer, her taste in jewelry was


    higher than most people. It would take more than just gems to attract her attention. Moreover, the


    auction was sponsored by LA, therefore, she had already seen most of the jewelry there.


    Although some of the unique jewelries won Emily''s favor, Tina bid high prices on all of them. It was


    obvious that Tina was doing that on purpose to deprive Emily of what she liked.


    Emily didn''t care much about it. She was just happy to know that the money everyone spent on bidding


    for the jewelry at the auction was going to charity, thus Emily had no reason to stop others from bidding


    at high prices. Emily, however, would not deliberately bid on something to raise the price, as it would be


    hical.


    Tina on the other hand, did not think along the same lines.


    Tina kept a watchful eye on Emily, as if she was obsessed with her. Just as long as Emily was


    interested in a jewelry, Tina would immediately make a high priced bid to acquire the item.


    Somehow Tina derived her pleasure from this. She wanted to take away anything Emily liked, because


    in Tina''s opinion, Emily didn''t deserve to own any of it. Tina took pettiness to a whole new level.


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    Secretly watching Emily and Jacob being intimate, drove her so mad that she identally broke the


    finger nail she had just gotten polished today.


    The slight crack on her broken nail drew Mark''s attention. Mark asked," Tina, are you all right?"


    "Oh, yeah. I''m fine," Tina answered slowly. For a moment the jealousy and hatred that had disappeared


    from her eyes, became visible again.


    Finally, the auctioneers revealed thest jewelry at the end of the auction.


    "Thest one on auction is a gem brooch, donated by Mr. Jacob of the Gu Consortium..." The


    introduction the host gave immediately drew the attention of all the people there. "This gem brooch is


    designed by Miss Emily. She was awarded the winner of the ''International Jewelry Design'' for


    designing this very brooch. Although it was slightly damaged due to unknown reasons, it has been


    restored to its original condition after careful repair..."


    The gem brooch attracted everyone''s attention. Most of them there attended the auction just to see


    Jacob. They assumed that the winner of the gem brooch Jacob had donated, would have a higher


    chance of winning his favor.


    As soon as the introduction was over, everyone was ready to bid for the gem brooch and impress


    Jacob.