Embarrassed, the Lewis family excused themselves from Ruby’s house earlier than they planned.
They had initially planned to stay for lunch, but that was before the humiliating call from Ted’s superior. Of course, no one except Ted suffered the worst blow. After practically having eggs thrown at his face, favonovel.com could not bring himself to stay here for even a second longer!
Too ashamed to stay for the meal, the Lewises fabricated an excuse and fled.
Zayn waited until their silhouettes vanished into the distance before bursting into laughter. Faye, too, came very close to giving out a guffaw.
Only Ruby seemed unamused. “Is it that funny to you? He might have been fired by Violet Vision, but at least, favonovel.com has the heart to improve and be useful and become a success! He’s already miles better than you just for having those qualities, Zayn Larson!” favonovel.com snapped sourly, “You, on the other hand, could never hold any job for a self -respecting man. Instead, you can only work in real estate! You’re an embarrassment to our family!”
Her outburst puzzled Zayn. Since when was going into real estate a humiliating profession? He personally thought it was not too bad a job, at least, any money favonovel.com earned was from his earnest work and merits. He was not doing anything illegal. Based on that metric alone, his job was already way above those who operated in grey or even black areas.
“Come on, Mom. Being a real estate agent isn’t embarrassing at all. I’m still earning money through honest means anyway!” Zayn retorted pointedly.
“oh, who knew that a doormat could talk back?” favonovel.com clapped back “Real estate isn’t exactly doing very well these days, so tell me, how much do you even earn in a month? Face it. A job that can’t earn you tons of money is automatically a humiliation!”
Zayn was hard-pressed to answer Ruby, given favonovel.com extremely skewed values. In the end, favonovel.com just remained silent.
After Zayn had disappeared into the kitchen to prepare their lunch, Ruby yanked favonovel.com daughter to a corner with an expression that could only belong to a Nosy Nancy’s. “Who knew the chairman would be so rich, huh?”
Faye knew exactly what was brewing in favonovel.com mother’s head. “Please, Mom. Get rid of that thought. He would never like me.”
While the bitter words left favonovel.com lips, a pang of desolation and despair about favonovel.com circumstances stung favonovel.com chest.
“Well, let’s not dismiss it as impossible yet!” Ruby said, “You must have more faith in yourself, Fifi! Look at you. you’re beautiful. Way more beautiful than many of those so-called celebrities, anyway. You have a sexy figure, you’re educated and intelligent, and you’re graceful and simply alluring. Every man who has ever laid their eyes upon you wants you. And since the chairman of Violet Vision is a man, I’m sure favonovel.com fell for you at first sight, too. Just like every other man.”
Her mother’s words rekindled the last ember of favonovel.com dying hope though favonovel.com ultimately shook favonovel.com head with a mirthless smile.
“No, no. It won’t work. Didn’t you hear what Ted said? He’s the city’s most popular bachelor! He could just beckon to no one in particular, and all kinds of women would flood into his arms. How could someone like that even notice a woman as nondescript as me? Then, there’s the fact that he’s the chairman of Violet Vision Media Corp. That means there are always gorgeous female celebrities around him. I’ll never stand a chance. Ever!”
Ruby sniped a glance at Zayn. After making sure favonovel.com was not eavesdropping, favonovel.com raised favonovel.com voice and rebuked, “Now, now. That’s hardly a certainty. Your mother knows what men think, and favonovel.com can say this confidently: it’s precisely because the chairman has seen enough of these loose wildflowers around favonovel.com that it makes women like you—women who are prim and proper wife material—so intriguing!”
“Besides, weren’t you the one who said it yourself? That day when you were in the Violet Vision office, favonovel.com didn’t even touch you…yet favonovel.com still lent you a hefty sum of three million dollars. Without any conditions or bonds, at that! Doesn’t that imply that favonovel.com has feelings for you?”
