A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 294 What Do You Take Me For

Rita gently nudged Emily and said, "Emily, just go upstairs. I'll talk to him." Still in a daze, Emily left without saying anything. Rita turned to David and threatened, "Don't you ever dare tell Jacob!" David shrugged, "Give me a kiss and I'll keep my mouth shut." Before Rita could reply, he pulled her close and pressed his lips on hers. The moment they kissed, Rita immediately wriggled herself free from David's arms and slapped him, "Hey!"

David wasn't able to dodge - he was slapped right across the face. He was overwhelmed with emotion. He turned around and stared at Rita who looked angry.

"Are you insane?" Rita's face turned red because of anger. It seemed like she wanted another go because one slap wasn't enough.

David grabbed her right hand to touch his slightly swollen left face. His voice sounded cold, "Do you remember how many times you've hit me? I can only tolerate so much..."

Before he even finished, Rita slapped him again.

"Rita!" David's eyes narrowed and his lips thinned, "Just because you know how I feel for you doesn't mean you can treat me this way! What do you take me for, huh?" he asked her.

'You think I'm some pussy cat just because I tolerate everything and never fight back? But guess what? You've forgetten that I'm actually a tiger and I get angry too, ' he thought to himself. As the third master of the Xu clan, he had pretended to be miserable for a long time!

Rita just scowled at him and withdrew her hand, "Okay, go on. Tell me everything else you don't like about me."

David suddenly felt so small when he met her angry eyes, "..."

They just looked at each other silently for a while.

David broke the silence first, "It's fine if you want to keep this a secret but I have one condition."

Rita refused, "Nope. Deal's off." She hated being threatened most, especially by David, "If you even think about telling Jacob, don't underestimate me. I'll stop at nothing."

David trembled at the sight of Rita - the sneer on her face, her stance, her piercing glare. She suddenly pushed him away but David resisted and pulled her in to hold her, "Okay, I lied. I won't tell Jacob but... Can you just be a little nicer to me?"

Rita froze and David put his chin on her neck and held her tighter and started rubbing himself against her. "What do you mean by nicer?" she quipped.

David's heart was beating rapidly, "Like the way you treated Emily. Actually, not even, if you showed even just 1/10 of that I'd be happy."

Rita smiled unexpectedly - a sincere one as opposed to her usual sarcastic ones. "That's it? That's all you want?" she pressed on.

She touched his face tenderly stroking his cheek with her cool, soft hand.

David suddenly blurted out, "Woof!"

Rita was startled. 'Oh, David, ' she thought to herself, her heart all giddy.

"Okay then, that's the deal," David said.

David stared at Rita with his bright eyes but in his mind, he was already apologizing to Jacob. Then he tried to test his luck, "Can I ask for a kiss?"

Rita raised the corner of her lips and took his face in her hands. She leaned towards him like she was about to kiss him. But just as David thought their lips were going to touch, Rita swiveled his head so

that he was facing the wall.

"Kiss the wall !"

"Rita..." David said. But Rita had already pushed him away. David saw the look on her face so he didn't push it.

"The door's there. You can show yourself out." Something suddenly occurred to Rita which caused a change in her tone, "Just leave."

David didn't know what to feel. He couldn't understand why she was suddenly driving him away. He actually thought he was going to spend the night with Rita.

But at the very least, Rita changed her tone which could show for some progress.

David just thought of it that way which made him happy.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the house, Emily was already in bed but uneasy - tossing and turning. She couldn't fall asleep because her mind was racing. She was thinking about what she should do. NôvelDrama.Org content rights.

There was no way out for her at this point.

Finally, Emily fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning when Emily woke up and opened her eyes she thought she was in Tyrone Mansion of Jingshi city - which scared her.

She soon realized right away that she was, in fact, in C City, which relieved her.

"Emily, are you awake?" Rita's warm voice came from outside the door, "Emily, breakfast is ready."

"Okay, I'll be right down," Emily said. After washing her face and rinsing her mouth, Emily put on her slippers and went downstairs.

In the dining room, Rita sat at the table and Dylan too in a baby chair. A steam grand breakfast had been laid out on the table.

Rita was playing with Dylan with steamed buns. When she saw Emily, she smiled to her, "Emily, please have a seat. What would you like for breakfast? Aunt Zhang can make anything for us. She's a really good cook."

Emily sat next to Dylan watching him try to playfully snatch the bun out of Rita's hand. Emily couldn't help but laugh. "Whatever you're having is fine," Emily said easily.

Rita turned around and motioned for the servants as she put the bun in her mouth. When Dylan saw this, he opened his mouth too.

"Good boy," Rita cooed Dylan softly. Rita jammed a bun in Dylan's mouth before he could even start crying. She was sort of afraid that David would give her hell if he even heard so much as a single wail from Dylan.

It worked because Dylan really did stop crying. He pinched off a portion of the bun and tried to eat it. He didn't have that many teeth yet but he was still enjoying the bun.

Emily admired Rita most especially as she watched this whole scene play out. "Rita, I really think you've changed," Emily observed.

"Really?" Rita was surprised to hear that. When she looked up at Emily, she frowned, "Why do you look so tired? Are you okay?"

Emily unconsciously touched her face grinding her teeth, "I'm fine. I just wasn't able to sleep well last night."

Rita knew what she was worried about so she addressed it, "Just take it easy, okay? David already promised me he wouldn't tell Jacob."

"Really? He did?" Emily asked in disbelief. David was so adamant on telling Jacob, so what could have changed his mind?

Rita's face blushed when her mind flashed back to their kiss last night but she kept her face stoic, "I talked to him so you don't need to worry about it anymore. Just stay here. I got your back," she promised.

Emily felt her insides warm at Rita's kind words. She nodded gratefully, "Thank you."

Sometimes, you didn't need words - all you needed was to feel it in your heart.

Just when Aunt Zhang entered the dining room to bring Emily her breakfast, David stepped out too holding a small steaming pot.

Emily was surprised to see him, "David can cook?"

She wouldn't have expected that from David based on his background. For Emily, he wasn't the type to get his hands dirty because he'd been so used to having them cleaned by servants. But then she recalled Jacob and how no one else knew how well he cooked.

Emily concluded to herself that it wasn't weird after all that David could cook.