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.
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?!
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