A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 135 A Family Fails to See Truth

David was touched by Rita's thoughtfulness when she said that this was to bless their baby. He was so giddy that he didn't mind Rita's ignorance, and he simply said,"This set of sapphire jewelry looks great, but the facets of the diamonds are too sharp..."

Rita continued to bid and carried on ignoring David, without even looking at him.

Nora found David's limitless tolerance towards Rita's arrogance hard to swallow. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Back in the day, it would always be Rita who would run after David, but now the tides had turned. David was putting up with Rita's arrogance like a loyal servant. What happened?

'The only person David ever cared about like that was me. What's going on now?' Nora pondered.

Although Nora was outraged, she managed to control her anger and calm herself down. She pulled David's sleeve and pointed at the beautiful jewelry on the auction stage. "I like that, David," said Nora.

David turned to her indifferently and said,"Just bid for anything you like."

When Nora was about to nod and say,"thank you", Rita turned to her with a smile and said,"Oops, I like the one you want as well."

Nora quietly clenched her fists and played the pose of humility. "Of course since Rita likes it, I will let her have it..."

Nora played it like she was the one being considerate and thoughtful, while Rita was being selfish and asocial.

As usual, it worked quite effectively. David frowned at what Nora had said, but before he could say anything, Rita responded slowly,"Let me? Wait, let me make this clear. You didn't do anything. I bid for it myself."

With a smug look on her face, Rita announced her bid loud and clear. "Five million!"

David rubbed his forehead to relieve his headache. He helplessly looked Nora and said,"Never mind. Don't mind her. There will be better one in the next auction."

Nora sighed in resignation and then innocently nodded at David, before she went on to check out the other jewelries on the next auction. However, much to Nora's disappointment, Rita bade on every piece of jewelry Nora picked. It was becoming seemingly clear that Rita was trying to go up against Nora, as she didn't give Nora any chance to get what jewelry she wanted. Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

This carried on until David realized how upset Nora was. He couldn't sit there idly any longer, so he said,"Rita, are you doing this on purpose?"

After all, Nora was David's childhood friend. How could he stand by and do nothing for Nora when she was so upset?

"So what?" Rita said defiantly.

"My patience is not unlimited," said David.

"You have repeated the same words many times. Aren't you getting tired of it?" said Rita.

The atmosphere between the two of them was starting to get a little intense.

"Stop it. It is all my fault..." said Nora. Then she suddenly covered her face with her hands and ran out in a hurry.

Without a conscious thought, David got up and looked at Rita angrily, but Rita's countenance showed no signs of remorse. Irritated by her indifference, he instantly went after Nora, leaving Rita alone.

Rita just sat still, poker-faced. She had lost her interest in the jewelry auction.

'Seems like Nora will always be more important than anybody else to David, including me and my baby, ' thought Rita.

Rita went on to presume that if Nora wanted her to have an abortion, David wouldn't have gone against Nora's wishes as well.

What a fool she was to try to ever doubt this fact! Rita already knew of that fact, but for some reason she insisted on believing that she had some semblance of a chance. She hated herself for being so pathetic.

When David calmed down he came back to Rita. He was worried about leaving a pregnant woman alone, but he only left because he needed to blow off some steam.

However, when David came back to his seat, Rita had already left.

Immediately, David's heart sank as he grew worried. Where the hell did Rita go in just a few minutes?!

David asked the people around, but nobody knew where Rita went. He left in a hurry to look for Rita, and notified the security at the auction to help him.

Every passing second felt longer than usual for David now. He wouldn't deny that sometimes he had grown fed up of Rita's attitude, but not having her beside him upset him even more than he could have ever imagined.

Stressed out and worried for Rita, his head was spinning like a ferris wheel. What if Rita had gotten hurt? After all, she was pregnant. What if someone had planned to kidnap her to threaten the Xu family... No matter what the outcome, it would be hard for him to face the result.

"What happened? Why do you look so worried, David?"

Upon hearing a woman's voice from behind, David spontaneously thought it was Rita and turned around abruptly to her. Unfortunately, it was only Nora. A hint of disappointment flashed across David's eyes so quickly that even he failed to notice it himself. "Nora, where did you go?" asked David.

Nora lowered her head and answered in a low voice,"I...I just went to the toilet..."

"Rita is gone!" exclaimed David.

"What?" Nora turned anxious at once. Pretending to be guilt-ridden, she asked,"Was it because of me? It's my fault. I shouldn't have run out like that. If I hadn't left, you wouldn't have come after me and Rita would still be..."

As a matter of fact, David wasn't even gone for too long. He gave up on chasing after Nora shortly after he left his seat. There was no way he could have expected Rita to disappear within just a few minutes.

"It's not your fault. I have arranged for some people to find her," said David.

"Let me help! We will be able to find her a lot sooner if more people help," Nora suggested.

David agreed with her suggestion. They decided to split up and look for Rita separately. Perhaps it was because of her woman's intuition, Nora was the first one to find Rita, who was standing all by herself in the corridor.

"My dear Rita, you are here," said Nora.

Rita turned around to find Nora. With a hint of resentment on her countenance, Rita sneered at her,"Don't call me dear. I don't want to be flattered by a bitch like you."

"That's true," said Nora. Her voice was suddenly not as soft as usual, as she smiled back and continued,"Actually, calling you dear is also kind of... disgusting for me."

"Have you finally grown tired of playing innocent?" Rita scoffed.

Nora shrugged and snapped immediately,"Why? We're the only ones here." Nora looked at Rita's belly with a spiteful look in her eyes and asked,"Is David really the father of your baby? Is it really true?"

"Are you jealous, Nora?" Rita understood what Nora's real intentions were at once.

Rita's harsh words seemed to have revealed Nora's weakness. Nora could no longer control her emotions anymore as she yelled at Rita,"Who the hell do you think you are? I am the only one David truly loved. You're just carrying his baby. So what?"

Infuriated, Nora gradually started walking over to Rita. Finally her true face was starting to show. Everyone in the Xu family thought that Nora was just an innocent little girl, but the truth was far from reality, as deep down, under all the facade, Nora was just a selfish and evil person.

In fact, it was quite ridiculous how everyone failed to see the truth!

Rita kept her cool and made it appear as if Nora's words didn't affect her at all. Her indifference, irritated Nora even more. Nora couldn't stand Rita's placid and calm attitude.

In a frenzy of anger, Nora's actions were driven by her lack of self control as she went forward and pushed Rita.

Utterly shocked by Nora's disgraceful behavior, Rita never thought that Nora could be so cruel and heartless. Rita, instinctively, put one hand on her belly to protect the baby and stretched out the other to push Nora away.

Although Rita was not able to push Nora very hard, somehow Nora slipped and fell down backwards, hitting her head against the steps. "Ahhh! It hurts!" Nora cried out in pain.

Rita was still trembling in shock, as she held her belly. Gradually coming back to her senses, Rita realized that something was wrong. The next moment she heard David screaming at her with full force,"What are you doing?"

Rita was finally able to see the full picture. She had played right into Nora's little trap.

"Wow! That was quite a performance, Nora. You've really outdone yourself this time."