Female Novel
Chapter 1361
Chapter 1361 What Did She Do to Deserve This?
"Gale and Rain are back in A City, and they're interrogating the impostor. We should find out the truthbehind her disguise soon," Luke said.
Percy nodded. To think that the woman by Luke's side for the past three years was an impostor, andthe whereabouts of the real Bianca Rayne was still unknown! "Now that we know that the Island ofDespair isn't wiped out, we shouldn't wait for them to attack. We've collaborated with the Russiangovernment to wipe them out, and I'm sure that they're waiting to take their revenge on us. We shouldmake arrangements to search for their base of operations now. We can't let them have the advantageover us."
Luke nodded. The Mallory family was also involved in the previous attack on the Island of Despair. Ifthe new leader of the Island of Despair wanted to take revenge on those who had wronged him, theMallory family would definitely be implicated too. Luke knew that they had to cooperate to fight againstthem. "I'll make arrangements on my side. In any case, you shouldn't let anyone else know about it."
"Don't worry. I know what to do." Percy nodded. Luke was right; they could not afford to alert theenemy.
At noon, Nina left the office and bumped into Sue.
"Are you going downstairs to have lunch, Nina? Shall we go together?" Sue smiled and said to Nina.
Nina shook her head. "I can't go to lunch with you. I have something else to do."
"Don't you plan to have lunch? Look at you now. You're all skin and bones. You ought to eat yourmeals." Sue thought that Nina was thinking of skipping lunch, so she wanted to force her to go and eatwith her.
Nina was glad that Sue was concerned for her. She explained, "It's not like that, Sue. You'vemisunderstood. I have a date with someone else today, so I can't have lunch with you."
Sue nodded and gestured an "OK" sign. "I see, then it's fine. I won't disturb the two of you then. Youought to eat more today. You look better when you have some more muscle on your bones."
"Yes, yes. You don't have to worry about me. I won't make myself suffer," Nina said with a smile. Thetwo of them went into the elevator and went downstairs.
They parted ways at the lobby. Nina went into the restaurant.
Usually, restaurants of that type would not have private rooms. However, this restaurant had privaterooms for the convenience of the managers working in the office building.
Ruth O'Connor, Percy's mother, had reserved a private room.
The waitress led Nina to the private room, then closed the door behind her.
Nina could not help but keep her guard up when she saw the elegant woman in front of her. It was nother first time meeting Ruth, and she knew of her noble status. She sat down on a chair in front of Ruthand said carefully, "Good afternoon, Madam. How can I help you today?"
Ruth put the teacup in her hands away and glanced at Nina contemptuously.
People of Ruth's social class hated women like Nina. Nina understood that Ruth hated her, but she didnot think that she did anything wrong. After all, Percy was the one who insisted that she stay by hisside.
She looked at Ruth, unperturbed.
"I still have the same question for you, but it's not exactly the same this time. I'm arranging a marriagefor Percy. The young lady is from the Johnston family, and she has just returned to A City after havinggraduated from an overseas university. She is beautiful, intelligent, and is from a prominent family, soshe is the perfect match for Percy. Do you think that he'll like her?" Ruth said.
Nina shook her head. "I don't know. I'm not Percy."
"It doesn't matter if you know it, but we all know that you're not suitable for Percy. I know why you'vebeen clinging to him, so here's a check for you. You should know what to do next, don't you?" Ruth saidand took out a check from her handbag.
Nina's eyes widened slightly when she saw the figure on the check. She was aware of the Malloryfamily's wealth, but she was shocked by how much Ruth was willing to give her.
"Indeed, I'm not suitable for Percy, but I can't take your check either." She put the check on the tableand pushed it over. She was not enticed by the figure.
It was not the first time that Ruth had given her a check. Every time, Nina had refused to accept it.
It was also the same this time.
Ruth's expression changed when Nina refused to accept the check. "What's the meaning of this? Doyou think that you can stay by Percy's side just because you refuse to accept my offer? Let me tell you,you’d better stop dreaming. He only likes you now because you're young. Do you think that you can stillbe by his side in a few years?"
"I've never wanted to be by his side," Nina said candidly. She felt horrible for being humiliated twice in asingle day.
"What do you want then? Do you want to be the matriarch of the Mallory family after I die? Let me tellyou, stop
dreaming. Percy wouldn't want to marry you, and even if he would, his father and I wouldn't allow it,"Ruth said.
"Madam, I've told you since the first time we met that I don't care about your money, and I'm powerlessto leave Percy. What you can do is convince Percy to leave me. I've met Ms. Johnston before, andshe's indeed an outstanding young woman. I have no doubt that she is the perfect match for Percy, andI hope that you can arrange the marriage so that Percy will leave me alone," Nina said earnestly.
It was not that she did not want to leave Percy, but Percy had never wanted her to leave him.
She had never thought of making money from the deal, and she did not want to be by Percy's side forthe rest of her life.
All she wanted was to leave...
Ruth became even more displeased when she heard that.
Nina said that Percy did not want her to leave. To Ruth's ears, Nina's words were like a brazen taunt.She thought that Nina was saying that she was irreplaceable, and Percy's parents were helpless aboutit...
That made Ruth furious. She picked up the teacup and flung it toward Nina. "I've given you so manychances, yet you don't appreciate them. Alright then, you can't blame me for what I'll do to you!"
Instinctively, Nina raised her arm to block the incoming teacup. With a clang, the teacup struck her armand fell on the floor.
The teacup was filled with boiling milk tea, and Ruth had only taken two sips out of it.
Nina could feel that her arm was stinging with pain. The tea must have scalded her...
"Very well. If you don't know what's good for you, I'll take the check back, and it won't be too longbefore Percy kicks you out of the mansion!" Ruth took the check, tore it into pieces, and left the roomhuffily.
The door slammed behind Nina. She let out a dry laugh as she looked at her forearm, which had turnedred.
In a day, her elder brother and Percy's mother had humiliated her.
She began to wonder why she deserved to be treated that way. Was it mere bad luck, or was it karma?novelbin