Seeing that everyone was turning their attention to the door, Lila lazily glanced at the man. The man was dressed in a white suit, both simple and clean at the same time. His features were not very outstanding, but overall, he looked not too bad. In all honesty,
David Gray looked fairly agreeable, at least several times better than that of an ordinary man. However, Lila had seen just how good-looking Brandon was.
Compared with Brandon’s breath-taking appearance, David appeared pretty mediocre. After all, Brandon’s mature and steady temperament and unique sexual attraction happened to be more attractive to most women. At that thought, Lila was even unhappier with her blind date
. Why could Natalie marry such an excellent man while Lila was reduced to marrying a man who sold fruits for a living? The more
Lila mulled it over in her head, the more unwilling she got. Thus, she did not welcome David like she was supposed to. Johanna tried to get the two of them to get along, so she took the initiative to make conversation.
“David, I heard that you studied in London previously. When Lila graduated from university, she also traveled to London. You two can revisit the place together when you guys have some free time.”
“Yes, my schedule is pretty flexible and I’m available at any time. If only I can have the pleasure of traveling with Miss White.”
David acted very sensibly. He was arranged by his family to go on a blind date here that very day.
At first glance, he wasn’t really interested in Lila. She appeared ordinary on the surface and there was even contempt evident in her eyes. However, this happened to be a marriage of interests.
The White family was both rich and powerful in Barnes. If the Gray family could increase their social rank through this marriage, why should he turn it down? Johanna turned to look at Lila, waiting for an answer from her.
The last thing Lila wanted to do was travel to London with David. She smiled perfunctorily and said, “I don’t think that’s a good idea at all. I disagree with the weather in London.”
Both Johanna and David appeared embarrassed at this point. As soon as the party was over, Lila said to Johanna straight to her face, “I don’t think David and I are suitable for each other.”
Of course, Johanna wouldn’t force Lila to get married to David. She could only smile helplessly, and tell her words of comfort,
‘It’s all right. Don’t worry about it. I’ll keep looking for other nice young men for you.”
Natalie had no idea that Johanna held a party at home until the second morning came around.
“How was it? Did Lila like the guy?” Natalie was busy making the bed in her bedroom. Speaking about this, it was hard for
Johanna not to let out a long sigh. She sat on the edge of the bed and said to her, “She doesn’t like him at all. I’m afraid that
Lila’s marriage will be a tricky matter.”
Seeing the worried expression in Johanna’s eyes, Natalie tried to comfort her at once.
“That’s pretty normal. After all, they’re not of the same social rank. It’s reasonable for Lila to not accept him.”
Johanna gently tapped Natalie’s nose with her finger and smiled dotingly at her.
“She just thinks that he’s not good enough for her. It’s all our fault, though. Your father and I thought she was the only daughter of the White family at the time and we spoiled her too much. So she’s picky now.”
With a heavy heart, Johanna went on to say, “But she never asks herself whether she deserves to be so picky in the first place.” Natalie consoled her with a smile of her own.
“It doesn’t really matter in the end. Anyway, Lila is still very young. There’s absolutely no hurry. Maybe she’ll understand your painstaking efforts in the future, or maybe she’ll go on to meet someone she likes.”
The two of them were chatting in the room rather casually. They had no idea that Lila was right there outside the door listening to them at the moment. Just now, when Lila saw Johanna walk into Natalie’s room, she thought there was something fishy going on. Why did they choose to close the door? What things were they saying behind her back? Lila pretended to pass by the door and proceeded to quietly eavesdrop on their conversation.
Lila could hear Johanna’s voice clearly. Even though her relationship with Johanna wasn’t as good as before, she never expected that Johanna wouldn’t say such things about her in front of Natalie. It was true that Lila thought David wasn’t good enough for her. The man Johanna chose was not a good suitor. If this was in the past, Lila would never even bother wasting her time on such a person.
“More often than I like, Lila makes grandiose aims but has puny abilities to back her up.” Johanna let out a melancholy sigh in the room.
“You know what she’s like. I’m really concerned that she will end up being bullied by her husband’s family after she gets married.
Your father and I have brought her up very carefully. At the same time, we don’t want her to suffer.” Natalie’s gentle voice could be heard at that moment.
“None of this matters. People are really open-minded now. Even if a woman doesn’t get married, it’s no big deal. Maybe she already has someone she likes. Why don’t you give her the freedom to let her choose who she wants to marry?” Johanna was still feeling worried.
“No, I should keep an eye out on the young men in the White Group. Maybe I can find a diamond in the rough there. At this time,
I’ll try to persuade Lila again.”
Lila’s heart sank in her chest. She bit her bottom lip and appeared very sad. According to what Johanna said, even if Lila turned down David Gray, Johanna didn’t intend to find her a husband of higher social rank. What hurt Lila the most was that Johanna implied she didn’t deserve a wealthy husband.
It was not that Lila didn’t want to get married, but the man selected by Johanna happened to be too shabby. If she really married this kind of person, the other rich girls would all take turns laughing at her. Furthermore, she had just met Brandon, Natalie’s husband.
If the husband Johanna chose for Lila was as powerful as Brandon, Lila would definitely not object. What made Lila angrier happened to be Natalie’s words. Judging from what Natalie said just now, she was persuading Johanna not to get herself involved in Lila’s marriage. However, how could Lila marry a good man without the help of the White family? Angry and aggrieved, Lila ran down the stairs unhappily.
“Miss White, where are you going? It’s almost lunchtime.”
Seeing that Lila was wiping the tears from her eyes, the servant hurried to stop her. Lila was in a fit of rage. She pushed the servant roughly aside, opened the door, and slammed it behind her.
“Go away! I don’t want to eat!” She walked down the streets by herself. The street was filled with people. Everyone seemed to have a destination in mind, only Lila had no idea where she was going. She was now known as the adopted daughter of the
White family. The girls who used to flatter her gradually stopped calling her. She didn’t even have a friend to listen to her grieve.
After walking alone on the street for a very long time, Lila finally walked into a bar.
This was the very first time she went to a bar to drink by herself. In the past, she always had several companions to drink with her. She cried while drinking at the same time. She never felt so alone before.
The noisy popular music was so deafening that it covered her pitiful sobs perfectly. With her legs crossed, Lila proceeded to sit in the booth and drink wine directly from the bottle. Once she was finally drunk, several men suddenly walked up to her, their bulky figures blocking the bright light.
“Hey girl, are you here alone to drown your sorrows with wine?” one of the men asked her roguishly. He constantly scanned her body up and down as if he was measuring the size of her breasts. He even reached out his hand, trying to grab hold of her wrist.
Lila knitted her brows and shook off his hand.
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“Fu ck off!”
“Hey, it looks like you’re good at playing cat and mouse.” The man burst into raucous laughter and directly sat down at Lila’s booth. Lila gave him a closer look. He was both fat and bulky. His face was oily and he was wearing a gold chain around his neck. What Lila really wanted to do was throw up, but she was too drunk to do anything. Several men surrounded her, which made her feel panicked.
She looked around and wanted to ask for help, however, other people ignored her and her troubles. Just as those men were about to yank on Lila’s wrist again, a woman with an imposing manner came over to their booth.
“How dare you push my sister around?! If you don’t leave now, don’t blame me if I call the police!” The woman’s voice was full of aggression and her cold, sharp eyes made those men leave at once.
After those men were gone, the woman gently helped Lila to her feet. She took a few tissues fram her bag to wipe off the tears on Lila’s face and said in a gentle voice, “I’ve driven those bad guys away, so stop your tears.”