"Hum," Aaron answered impatiently, "tell me quickly!"
"I just think that... I don't deserve you," Rita said, tears rushing down as her nose twitched, "I've never been so self-abased before, but when I stand by your side, I feel myself terrible. I'm only a burden to you, and make you feel offended. I... I'm a trouble to you!"
"Sometimes it's really troublesome," Aaron joked deliberately. "But without you, my life is too boring."
Rita sniffed and wiped her tears. "I have never been so frustrated before. Although my family was not a rich and powerful family, I studied hard, I work harder than others. I don't think I'm inferior to anyone. But when I'm with you, I'm so tired that I can't get rid of my identity no matter how hard I tried. People around you won't stop laughing at you for having me as your wife."
"Who dares to laugh at me?"
She raised her head and looked into Aaron's eyes. "Everybody says that I get married to you for money, and that you fall out with the Su family because of me which is really unworthy. They all say that you are misjudging when choosing a wife."
She sighed.
"Besides, the Su family doesn't like me."
Before she married Aaron, she felt herself confident. She was a very good student and did very well in her study. There were many pretentious rich people in the school, but she didn't like to be with them. She liked those who had good brains, who worked hard, who relied on wisdom to achieve success.
But when she came into contact with Aaron, she gradually realized how cruel the reality was. As long as one was born in a wealthy family, nobody cared how smart, pretty or rich he/she was, and whether he/she got all As or not at school.
She didn't have a rich family. She couldn't cross the social level by her own efforts.
"You little fool," Aaron said with a smile. He reached out and held her in his arms. "Don't cry. Why are you crying? If you keep crying, I will laugh at you."
Aaron hugged Rita tightly. "You are a fool. How could you not deserve me? Don't be silly! You are so good at studying that you are much better than those young rich men! Why do I look down on you?"
"But people they don't think so," Rita responded, burying her head in her arms. "As your wife, they don't care who I am. My family background is the first thing they see. Besides, I do marry you for money. Your mother is right. The Su family is also right. I'm just a trouble for you."
"Don't say that about yourself." Aaron patted her on the back. "You are not a trouble. You are my woman. Rita, no matter what others say, they cannot affect our relationship."
Rita fell into silence.
"And don't worry about my mother. It's none of our business."
Aaron had never thought that Rita would be under so much pressure when she was with him. She had never told him that she was silently digesting these grievances alone.
Yes, quite a lot of grievances. The public opinion had already affected her a lot. She was forced to leave him by the Su family again and again. Someone else in the world would not be able to bear it.
As for her, she endured all these without saying anything, afraid of bringing him trouble. She was even willing to be misunderstood by him, and even wanted to leave him.
It was so hard for Aaron to imagine what would happen to Rita if he really signed the divorce agreement.
Her life would be complete ruined without him. Only Nora, would destroy her. Without his protection, Rita would not be living in a peaceful life.
Thinking of this, he held her even tighter in his arms, as if she was his whole world.
"Honey, no matter what happens, you can't leave me. Not until the end of the world."
Anyway, Rita thought that she wouldn't leave him again in any cases.
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