"I will pay ten times the price for all your items!" Alex's straight eyebrows rose evilly.
"Oh my god, ten times the price? All the items? That's great! Sir, you are too kind!" Uerica was the first to cheer and jump. Other volunteers were also happy and excited.
But Lita wasn't happy. "Then, what do you mean by my love?"
This was the point of the problem, because she knew that Alex would not let her go easily. In other words, he couldn't stand her having an easy life! He was thinking about teasing her every day!
"I've been in a bad mood recently, and my appetite is worse. So, I want Miss Lin to have a meal with me!" Alex stared at Lita's little face that was red after baking in the sun for one morning.
So this long ramble was about having a meal with him? Ten times the price of all the items was not a small amount. Lita didn't like such an unreasonable donation. You know, this man had given her one hundred thousand dollars three days ago.
In fact, Lita felt sorry for Alex. He not only took care of his disabled elder brother, but also fought against Ellie. And then he had to manage his multinational company at the same time. He slept late and got up early every day. It wasn't easy for him to make money. But the public could only see his bright side.
"It costs probably over a hundred thousand dollars to buy all the items at ten times the price..." Lita kindly reminded the man as she took pity on him. "Two times the price is enough to show your love to charity."
From Litaa's point of view, a donor should make contribution based on his ability. That was more sensible.
"What, do you want to save money for me?" A charming smile appeared on the corner of Alex's mouth. "What a virtuous woman!"
Lita blushed at this man's frivolous words. For a moment, she didn't know how to respond. Since he insisted on showing off his fortune, she didn't have to care about him!
"I'm sorry, sir. We volunteers don't have meals with donors."
At this time, Mason came up and pulled Lita behind him. He grabbed Lita's hand tightly. This scene was offending to the eyes of Alex.
"Let go of her hand!" Alex roared, his voice pounding everyone's eardrums.
Mason still held Lita's hand tightly." Lita, get in the car first. I'll deal with him!"
Feeling Alex's hostility, Mason wanted Lita to get on the van first.
Alex immediately got out of the Ferrari, swung his fist and hit Mason's face.
At the moment when Alex opened the car door, Lita had already caught the violent look on his face. She rushed forward and hugged Alex's waist. In addition, other volunteers rushed over and tried their best to stop them from fighting with each other.
"Mason, stop fighting. I... I know him! He is my... friend!" Lita was worried that Alex would be outnumbered and that he would be beaten up, so she quickly explained her relationship with Alex.
However, she didn't say that he was her brother-in-law. Instead, she chose the word "friend".
"Ah, Lita, is this handsome guy your new boyfriend? What about Austin? Did you dump him?"
Uerica directly interpreted the word "friend" as boyfriend. And she revealed a piece of bigger news: Lita
a had a boyfriend, and his name was Austin.
"Uerica, don't talk nonsense," Lita scolded her softly.
Alex's eyes became darker, suppressing his obvious anger. He squeezed Lita's hand so hard that he almost crushed it.
"Aiden, you hurt me," Lita groaned in pain.
Alex gave her a meaningful look and slowly loosened his grip slightly, but he didn't let go of her hand.
Suddenly, Uerica showed her quick wit and suggested, "Lita's boyfriend, as the saying goes, no discord no concord! How about we all have a love meal together? But you have to treat us! Because we don't have money!"
Lita was impressed by Uerica's smart suggestion. What was even more surprising was that Alex agreed to Uerica's idea very gentlemanly.
Alex was going to invite them to a five-star hotel restaurant. However, an overly luxurious meal probably wasn't appropriate for a volunteers gathering, so the group of people went to an average and comfortable restaurant near the square in the end.
The dining environment was very noisy, but the noise made Alex forget the hatred that had been haunting his heart for a long time.
Lita really didn't expect that Alex, who had always looked aristocratic, could bond with the volunteers in a short time and enjoy cheap beer. At first, Lita was a little worried. If Alex was drunk, could she drive him home with his hot Ferrari? She was not sure if she could handle that luxurious sports car.
"Mr. Selmy, please don't misunderstand... I already have a wife and a child... I treat Lydia as my own sister... Lita has a hard time in Bishop family, and Maria has never liked Lita... And the three daughters of Bishop family don't treat Lita as a family member at all. She is worse than a servant in their family! Therefore, if you love Lita, marry her as soon as possible... Lita is a rarely nice girl!"
Mason rambled on, a little tipsy. He sympathized Lita for her life in Bishop family.
"Mason...don't talk about that!" Lita was a little embarrassed, but more of it was a deep sadness.
She had never complained about her aunt and uncle, nor had she blamed the three girls of Bishop family. She always felt that she broke into their life and disturbed the peace of her uncle's family.
However, Lita did not explain that she was Ethan's wife, not Alex's girlfriend, as Uerica misunderstood. Lita did not want everyone to feel sorry for her and pity her. Perhaps they would understand that she married Ethan not for the money and power of their family, and perhaps they would know that she was forced into the marriage by her uncle, and that Ethan was disfigured by the fire and disabled to the point that he could not even take care of himself. And then they would definitely stand up for her.
But what could be changed now? Lita didn't want to make things hard for everyone! As for the thing about "boyfriend", she could only explain to Alex after went back home..
The restaurant was not only noisy, but also very crowded. Lita sat on the left side of Alex.
The waitress who served the dishes squeezed in. She probably stumbled over the leg of a chair and the pot of mushroom soup was going to hit Alex's injured left shoulder...
"Alex, watch out!" Lita threw herself forward and used her body to block the pot that was going to fall on Alex.
At that moment, the only thought in her mind was that she couldn't let his shoulder bleed again.