Chapter 294 What Do You Take Me For


    Rita gently nudged Emily and said, "Emily, just go upstairs. I''ll talk to him." Still in a daze, Emily left


    without saying anything. Rita turned to David and threatened, "Don''t you ever dare tell Jacob!" David


    shrugged, "Give me a kiss and I''ll keep my mouth shut." Before Rita could reply, he pulled her close


    and pressed his lips on hers. The moment they kissed, Rita immediately wriggled herself free from


    David''s arms and pped him, "Hey!"


    David wasn''t able to dodge - he was pped right across the face. He was overwhelmed with emotion.


    He turned around and stared at Rita who looked angry.


    "Are you insane?" Rita''s face turned red because of anger. It seemed like she wanted another go


    because one p wasn''t enough.


    David grabbed her right hand to touch his slightly swollen left face. His voice sounded cold, "Do you


    remember how many times you''ve hit me? I can only tolerate so much..."


    Before he even finished, Rita pped him again.


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    "Rita!" David''s eyes narrowed and his lips thinned, "Just because you know how I feel for you doesn''t


    mean you can treat me this way! What do you take me for, huh?" he asked her.


    ''You think I''m some pussy cat just because I tolerate everything and never fight back? But guess what?


    You''ve forgetten that I''m actually a tiger and I get angry too, '' he thought to himself. As the third master


    of the Xu n, he had pretended to be miserable for a long time!


    Rita just scowled at him and withdrew her hand, "Okay, go on. Tell me everything else you don''t like


    about me."


    David suddenly felt so small when he met her angry eyes, "..."


    They just looked at each other silently for a while.


    David broke the silence first, "It''s fine if you want to keep this a secret but I have one condition."


    Rita refused, "Nope. Deal''s off." She hated being threatened most, especially by David, "If you even


    think about telling Jacob, don''t underestimate me. I''ll stop at nothing."


    David trembled at the sight of Rita - the sneer on her face, her stance, her piercing re. She suddenly


    pushed him away but David resisted and pulled her in to hold her, "Okay, I lied. I won''t tell Jacob but...


    Can you just be a little nicer to me?"


    Rita froze and David put his chin on her neck and held her tighter and started rubbing himself against


    her. "What do you mean by nicer?" she quipped.


    David''s heart was beating rapidly, "Like the way you treated Emily. Actually, not even, if you showed


    even just 1/10 of that I''d be happy."


    Rita smiled unexpectedly - a sincere one as opposed to her usual sarcastic ones. "That''s it? That''s all


    you want?" she pressed on.


    She touched his face tenderly stroking his cheek with her cool, soft hand.


    David suddenly blurted out, "Woof!"


    Rita was startled. ''Oh, David, '' she thought to herself, her heart all giddy.


    "Okay then, that''s the deal," David said.


    David stared at Rita with his bright eyes but in his mind, he was already apologizing to Jacob. Then he


    tried to test his luck, "Can I ask for a kiss?"


    Rita raised the corner of her lips and took his face in her hands. She leaned towards him like she was


    about to kiss him. But just as David thought their lips were going to touch, Rita swiveled his head so


    that he was facing the wall.


    "Kiss the wall !"


    "Rita..." David said. But Rita had already pushed him away. David saw the look on her face so he didn''t


    push it.


    "The door''s there. You can show yourself out." Something suddenly urred to Rita which caused a


    change in her tone, "Just leave."


    David didn''t know what to feel. He couldn''t understand why she was suddenly driving him away. He


    actually thought he was going to spend the night with Rita.


    But at the very least, Rita changed her tone which could show for some progress.


    David just thought of it that way which made him happy.


    Meanwhile, on the other side of the house, Emily was already in bed but uneasy - tossing and turning.


    She couldn''t fall asleep because her mind was racing. She was thinking about what she should do.


    There was no way out for her at this point.


    Finally, Emily fell into a deep sleep.


    The next morning when Emily woke up and opened her eyes she thought she was in Tyrone Mansion


    of Jingshi city - which scared her.


    She soon realized right away that she was, in fact, in C City, which relieved her.


    "Emily, are you awake?" Rita''s warm voice came from outside the door, "Emily, breakfast is ready."


    "Okay, I''ll be right down," Emily said. After washing her face and rinsing her mouth, Emily put on her


    slippers and went downstairs.


    In the dining room, Rita sat at the table and Dn too in a baby chair. A steam grand breakfast had


    beenid out on the table.


    Rita was ying with Dn with steamed buns. When she saw Emily, she smiled to her, "Emily, please


    have a seat. What would you like for breakfast? Aunt Zhang can make anything for us. She''s a really


    good cook."


    Emily sat next to Dn watching him try to yfully snatch the bun out of Rita''s hand. Emily couldn''t


    help butugh. "Whatever you''re having is fine," Emily said easily.


    Rita turned around and motioned for the servants as she put the bun in her mouth. When Dn saw


    this, he opened his mouth too.


    "Good boy," Rita cooed Dn softly. Rita jammed a bun in Dn''s mouth before he could even start


    crying. She was sort of afraid that David would give her hell if he even heard so much as a single wail


    from Dn.


    It worked because Dn really did stop crying. He pinched off a portion of the bun and tried to eat it.


    He didn''t have that many teeth yet but he was still enjoying the bun.


    Emily admired Rita most especially as she watched this whole scene y out. "Rita, I really think


    you''ve changed," Emily observed.


    "Really?" Rita was surprised to hear that. When she looked up at Emily, she frowned, "Why do you look


    so tired? Are you okay?"


    Emily unconsciously touched her face grinding her teeth, "I''m fine. I just wasn''t able to sleep wellst


    night."


    Rita knew what she was worried about so she addressed it, "Just take it easy, okay? David already


    promised me he wouldn''t tell Jacob."


    "Really? He did?" Emily asked in disbelief. David was so adamant on telling Jacob, so what could have


    changed his mind?


    Rita''s face blushed when her mind shed back to their kissst night but she kept her face stoic, "I


    talked to him so you don''t need to worry about it anymore. Just stay here. I got your back," she


    promised.


    Emily felt her insides warm at Rita''s kind words. She nodded gratefully, "Thank you."


    Sometimes, you didn''t need words - all you needed was to feel it in your heart.


    Just when Aunt Zhang entered the dining room to bring Emily her breakfast, David stepped out too


    holding a small steaming pot.


    Emily was surprised to see him, "David can cook?"


    She wouldn''t have expected that from David based on his background. For Emily, he wasn''t the type to


    get his hands dirty because he''d been so used to having them cleaned by servants. But then she


    recalled Jacob and how no one else knew how well he cooked.


    Emily concluded to herself that it wasn''t weird after all that David could cook.