Lita had no choice but to go to Bishop family to ask for the money as it was urgent.
"What? You want one thousand dollars to save a child who has nothing to do with you? Your kindness has gone too far to be sensible."
Maria did not have much enthusiasm for Lita's act of kindness. "Don't those children in the orphanage have Red Cross Society to help them? There are also some other charity groups helping them too. Why you have to bother yourself with such kind of thing?"
"Auntie, Dean Oliver has already tried to raise money from all resources, and the hospital has promised to reduce the medical expenses, but there is still a gap of one hundred thousand dollars. The child is seriously ill, and he can't wait even for a few days," said Lita, appealing to her sympathy.
Maria stroked her neat hair that made into a bun and snorted, "You have never managed a family and you have no concept of how much it costs for living expenses. The money your uncle gives me every month is barely enough to make ends meet. Not to mention one hundred thousand, even ten thousand would be difficult for me to spare."
To be honest, it was supposed to be a voluntary behavior to donate money. Since her aunt wouldn't give the money, Lita did not want to force her. However, Lita couldn't stand the lousy excuse her aunt gave her.
She couldn't help but blurt out, "Auntie, Harry just gave you ten million the day before yesterday, didn't he?"
How could she say that she couldn't even spare ten thousand dollars? Taking out one hundred thousand dollars from that money to give to the charity be an easily achieved merit.
"What? What did you say? Are you still thinking about the gift of ten million dollars? Well, Lita, you've only been married for two days, and now you know how to bully others! You even want to get the wedding gift back for Selmy family? Did Ethan teach you to do this?"
"Auntie, don't get me wrong. It's not Ethan's idea. It's just that I want to help Dean Oliver raise money," Lita explained hurriedly.
"All right, don't explain it! The money was given by Ethan. If you want to take it back, ask him to come and get it from me personally,"
Maria shouted angrily. She knew very well that with Selmy family social status and reputation, they would never ask her to give them back the ten million dollars, as it was an insignificant sum in their eyes. She just didn't want to do Lita the favor. What nonsense it was to give money to charity! Probably it was just a lie of hers.
Maria couldn't understand the kindness of Lita just as Lita couldn't understand her refusal to do something good. She knew Maria had the ability to do it, but she just wouldn't lift a finger to help a poor kid. Lita did not want to force Maria with morality. So after exchanging a few more words, she left Bishop family.
Lita really felt sad for Dean Oliver and admired his kindness. She knew that her ability was limited, but she still had to try whatever she could. After all, compared with Dean Oliver who had already used up all her resources, Lita still had superior conditions.
If she couldn't get into the treatment room and see Ethan personally, she wouldn't be able to mention this thing to him.
Lita thought of another person, Alex, the mysterious man who Bella said to be the financial tycoon that controlled most of the economy of Lisbon. Though he was rude to her, he was affectionate to his brother.
She remembered that Alice once told her about Alex's favorite food. He loved mango, steak and Italian pasta. So she spent the afternoon studying about Italian pasta and thought about how to combine it with mango and steak in the dishes.
Styled mango steak salad, which tasted good and fresh, and at the same time low in fat, was decided. And another dish was black pepper beef pasta.
Seeing Lita concentrated on preparing food that Alex loved, Alice was very happy. It seemed that Alex and his wife would finally clear the air and patch things up.
As soon as Alex returned home, Alice quickly brought out Ethan's dinner and went upstairs. "Alex, I'll go help Ethan have his dinner. Lita spent the whole afternoon preparing the dinner for you. Go and have a taste."
That woman looked so chaste in the morning, but she made him a table of delicious food in the afternoon... What the hell was she driving at?
When she met the man's profound gaze, Lita's heart missed a beat. The eye-catching scene of the man coming out of the bathroom in the morning suddenly appeared in her mind. She felt ashamed and blushed. Her shyness made her beauty even more touching and no one would be able to move their eyes away from her face.
It was the sweetness and freshness that only an innocent girl who had fallen in love for the first time could have.
Alex seemed to read her mind through her flickering beautiful eyes. She wanted to speak to him, but she had been considering how to begin all the time, and couldn't make up her mind.
"Did you make these?" He sat down at the table and asked coldly.
Lita nodded and as if she was going to open her mouth, but remained silent in the end. Looking at the man's sculptural profile, Lita's heart missed a beat again.
Took a bite of the mango steak salad. It tasted very refreshing in his mouth, just as the feeling Lita gave him, who sat in front of him, wearing a chiffon dress dotted with little flowers. It was pleasing to the eye. How would that woman taste like?
Alex's eyes fell on Lita. His glance was cold, but when it rested on Lita, it seemed to gain some temperature and became burning. Lita couldn't help but flinched a little. The man's glance could kill a person.
"A smart woman like you wouldn't be so obsequious for nothing. Tell me what you are up to," Alex asked indifferently.
Well, she had been still seen through by this man. She did have something to ask him for.
Lita pressed her lips and said softly, "Can you give me one hundred thousand dollars to give to charity?"
Alex paused the motion of his hand, and then gracefully ate up the noodles on the fork. He said leisurely, "Okay. Go upstairs. I'll give it to you."
Wow, how could this man be so generous? He didn't even ask her what she would do with the money, and he agreed immediately?
'Sure enough, he is deep-pocketed! It seems that Bella is right in saying that he is the upstart of Lisbon!"
Alex walked ahead. His legs were long and solid, and his steps were steady. Lita had to trot to catch up with him. Fortunately, the road upstairs was not very long.
In the room, Alex suddenly turned around, Lita was caught unawares and found herself blocked between his chest and the wall. It resembled the scene in the love movies.
"Alex, what, what are you doing?" Lita gasped and asked in a panic.
"Lita, you tagged the price of yourself one hundred thousand dollars. Isn't it undervalued?" Alex pressed his strong body tighter against Lita's and squeezed out the remained little air between them, making them almost into one. "It's good for you to be modest and just offered yourself for one hundred thousand dollars."
Lita finally realized what he meant: It turned out that the reason he asked her to come upstairs was not to give her the money, but to take the opportunity to humiliate her.
"Alex, I was mistaken for ! It's fine if you don't give it to me. Let me go," Lita shouted at him.
"Since you have asked me for it, how can I not give it to you? I am always generous to women! If you serve me well, maybe the price could be doubled!"
Alex's handsome face became evil, and his strong legs pushed Lita's legs apart. "But I have to check first whether you deserve the doubled price!"
"Alex, you b*stard! Don't touch me... I am your..." Before she could finish her words, she suddenly stopped.
Because every cell of her body felt clearly that a finger entering her private territory. He ran his finger along the inside of the soft place and found what he wanted.
He seemed to be a little surprised. He didn't expect that this woman, who had an impure heart and an impure intention, had a very pure body!
After the shock for a moment, Lita struggled angrily. "Alex, don't touch me. Get out of my way!"
The woman's brutal struggle and twisting forced Alex to withdraw his finger. He snapped in a low voice, "Stupid woman, don't move! You will break it."