StarNovelChapter 1109
This lady deliberately ctojust to boast and declare her victory to me. If that was not childish, then what
was?
| smiled faintly. "Ms. Mandez, | believe you have the ability to read a person's expression. Do you think you see
sadness o n my face? Your relationship with Theo and how far your relationship has progressed have nothing to
do with me. | don’t care about it. Don’t you think it’s childish for you to boast in front of someone who doesn’t
even care?"
| did not care, okay?
Unable to get the reaction she wanted, Elena was more or less displeased. She snorted, saying, “Don't act so
generous with me. Playing hard to get may work once in a while, but men will hate it if you use it for a long time.
Don't think | have no idea what you're up to. You're pretending to push Theo away so he’ll think he has been
treated unfairly. The more you stop him from coming near you, the more he'll want t o get you back. | must say
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthat your tactics are something."
| could not hold back my laughter. What a genius. | seriously wondered if her IQ had been squandered on books
with nothing left.
“What are you laughing at?" Elena was exasperated. "Am | wrong?”
“You're so right." | looked at her with a face full of smiles. "If you hadn't mentioned it, | would've had no idea that
| was playing hard to get. Since you think this tactic is good and can make a man lust after a woman, why don't
you use it?"
After a pause, | continued, "Do you perhaps know that in order to succeed in using the playing hard to get tactic,
you'll first have t o make the man interested in you?"
"You!" Elena was furious.
My words had cut her to the quick because Theo was not the least bit interested in her, so this tactic would not
work for her.
Elena took a deep breath and figured out the words to retort to me. With a face full of mockery, she said, "It's
beneathto use tactics that only vixens and useless women like you use. Otherwise, with your appearance
and family background, why else do you think the Grants accepted you and Theo got mesmerized by you?
Frankly speaking, you met him just a few years before me. If we had met him at the stime, I'm afraid you
wouldn't even have stood a chance against me."
Maybe belittlinghad given her great psychological satisfaction, she continued unscrupulously, "Wanda Lane,
a woman like you is more than enough to match an ordinary man, but Theo? You're just not for him. The fact that
you're an orphan alone has made you disqualified."
Elena’s educational qualifications and strong work ethic had impressedgreatly, but | was less than impressed
by her character.
If | remained indifferent in the face of such degradation, then it would only makeseem like a pushover.
| looked at her with a frosty gaze and said : n a sarcastic tone, "I didn’t like you very much in the first place, Ms.
Mandez, but | most certainly did not hate you. Besides, | admire your strong work ethic and rich knowledge, but
the words that just cout of your mouth have madelook at you in a different light."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAfter a pause, | continued, "A person with high educational qualifications doesn't necessarily have a good
character and good matured heart. If a woman like you is described as a dish, then you'll probably be steak. It
tastes good on the first bite but one will get sick of eating it after a while. If Theo actually dates you, I'll be quite
worried about his life expectancy getting reduced."
"What did you say?” Elena stood up from the chair abruptly, looking viciously at me." How dare you describe me
like that?"
Judging from her terrifying expression, she might have laid a finger onif it weren't for the fact that there
were many people around.
The anger in my heart dissipated seeing how angry she was. Not wanting to talk to her any longer, | got up and
planned to leave.
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Elena refused to give up and stood in my way.
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