What Elly said surprised John. She understood how much he loved his job, how could she convince him to quit?
As he looked into her gentle eyes, he couldn't get angry. John and Elly knew Ms. Elliot will give them a hard time. He was afraid that sooner or later, he must inherit the family's company but now, John still wanted to do what he liked to do the most.
"Elly, let me have time to think."
Elly did not reply, she gently held John's hand and smiled warmly. "John, I'm sure everything will be fine.''
When Ms. Elliot did not see John on her room to appease her as usual, she immediately returned. What she saw was John and Elly were holding each other's hands, her eyes were red with anger, she pointed at Elly and shouted. "You still want to seduce Johnnie after everything that has happened, what do you want from him now? Don't you feel ashamed?"
"Mom, why do you need to reprimand her?" John said, he didn't even realize he was trying to protect Elly. "You said Elly is unemployed and clingy, that also means that you are angry with me because my work was suspended and I am temporarily unemployed. Elly still have to go and find a job, why can't you be nicer to her?"
"What does she have to make you love her that much? She is just a comet that brought us nothing but bad luck, a useless and clingy thing." Ms. Elliot shouted angrily.
"What she has done for us hasn't changed your thoughts about her? I don't think you are that rigid." John stood up and faced Mrs. Elliot.
"Rigid? Old fashioned?" Ms. Elliot was stunned when her son argued with her. Hatred filled her mind, Mrs. Elliot looked towards Elly, her eyes were full of hatred . "I will never accept her. This house is mine, I have the right to decide who stays and who leaves. You, get out of my house!!!"
Ms. Elliot pointed straight to the door.
At first, when they quarreled, Elly just stood at one side and blamed herself. She was the reason for John and his mom's discord. When Ms. Elliot told her to get out of her house, she also felt that she didn't want to stay there anymore.
She pulled John's sleeve. "John, it would be better if I leave."
John interrupted her. "Well then, as you wish, this is your house and I'll take Elly out of here."
His resolute voice made Elly shocked. John grasped her hand and he pushed the main door open it. Elly followed him, she didn't dare to look back and see Mrs. Elliot's expression.
As soon as the door of the house closed behind them, Elly nervously rebuked, "John, where are you taking me? You shouldn't say that to your mom. Go back home."
John did not answer, he just continued to drag her away. Elly tried to pulled her hand but she couldn't escape from him. She felt that if they left, Mrs. Elliot's outrageous feelings towards her would grow. Things will only get worse.
Feeling Elly tried to pull her hands back, John was disappointed and unhappy. He was afraid of hurting her, so he stopped and gently rubbed her wrist. "Elly, don't you want to live with me?"
Elly shook her head and softly said. "We've always been together." She looked deeply into his eyes and cautiously tried to convince him. "Well, it isn't worth arguing. Your words will hurt her, you shouldn't hurt your mom who loves you. "
"Elly, you are my fiancée." He kissed Elly's forehead, and said seriously. "Wherever you go, I will always be with you. "
They underestimated Ms. Elliot's ploy.
John took Elly to a hotel to rent a room but the receptionist smiled politely and returned the card to him. "Sorry sir! Your card has been locked. Do you have other card?"
Elliot was surprised but he didn't pay much attention to it, he took another card and gave it to the receptionist.
"Please use this card."
Something flashed in his mind, he seemed to realize something, at the same time the receptionist frowned, she seemed to have lost her patience. "Sorry, sir, none of your cards can be used."
Ms. Elliot froze all of Elliot's accounts, she didn't leave him any money.
A guest was waiting for his turn, he rolled his eyes at them and said, "If you don't have money, get out of here!"
Elly knew why why Ms. Elliot did that, she tried to persuade John again.
"John, please go back home."
Being criticized by a stranger, John felt quite embarrassed. Elly repeatedly advised him, this made his mood even more frustrated. He snapped. "What will you do if I came back? Do you have enough money to rent a room? "
Elly was confused. She has two bank cards, a supplementary card linked to Elliot's main card, which must be frozen also by Ms. Elliot. Another card is for her salary from Hargreaves company, in which her resignation was not approved yet, so the salary hasn't been transferred to the account.
Elliot knew his attitude was too rude, so he immediately hugged her, he whispered. "Alright, don't worry. I will find ways to deal with money."
John called his friend to borrow him some cash.
His friend is a dashing guy with shiny hair. He gave the money to John and mouth whistled towards Elly. "God, who is this beautiful lady? Why didn't I see her before? "
John's elbow nudged him in the stomach, his eyes glared at him.
"Don't say worthless things! You can leave now."
"Come on, just tell me her name. Whenever I have some pretty girls I will share with you, ok? "
Elly blushed when she heard what that guy said.
"Why are you so nosy? Don't offend her. " John lost his temper.
"Okay, I'm going." The guy deliberately whispered in his ear.
Women today needs to be very practical, men who do not have money should be thrown away sooner or later!" John was furious, his jaws opened and his fists clenched as he gazed at his friend.
Elly watched the scenario from beginning to end, she did not feel angry or sad. She was thinking of how to earn some money or how to get a job, so that they will not have to borrow money from friends. She remembered Alex's message. "I won't accept your resignation. I will give you a few days off. You will have to go back and be my little secretary. "
She pondered whether she should return to Hargreaves company to work. She did not have time to do interviews at other companies. She decided to return after hearing John's midnight phone call with Ms. Elliot. They rented at the hotel, the rooms were connected by a door and they shared a balcony. She was awakened by his angry shout. "I don't need Elliot's family money but why did you have to freeze the card where I put all the money that I earned from my job as a doctor?" Elliot standed outside the balcony, cellphone in his hand, he leaned on the wall wearily. "Mom! As an adult, I can decide which way I want to go. Don't make me do what you want. "
"Besides Elly, I won't marry anyone else. Never think of things like that again. I'll never betray her."
It was easy to guess who was on the other side of the phone, she bit her lip. She silently went back to bed. John's account was frozen, and he could not return to the hospital for work. They had spent all the money John borrowed from his friend and she has no relatives.
The idea of returning to Hargreaves company became clearer in Elly's mind. While Elly was thinking about her job, John got a call from Alexis. "I don't need you to care for my possessions." Elliot held the phone tightly. Alex laughed loudly over the phone. "Ha ha, I want to see how much you love her. The girl you love has to suffer with you, loser! It just proves how big our love is."
"I'll wait, let me see what a loser like you can do after leaving the Elliot family" Alexis Hargreveas coldly hung up.