Upon witnessing the humiliation of Darnell by Rubi, Shayla immediately exclaimed in anger, “Rubi, mind your words!”
“What?”
Rubi sneered, “Do poor people like you deserve my humiliation?”
Shayla instinctively shouted, “You!”
Darnell grabbed Shayla and smiled gently, “Shayla, don’t get angry. It’s not worth it.”
“Just look at your cheap clothes. The stench of poverty can be smelled from miles away.”
Rubi smirked with disdain, “Luckily, Skyler didn’t end up with you. Otherwise, he probably wouldn’t even afford a meal.”
Darnell exaggeratedly looked at the beautiful girl and shouted, “Oh my goodness, ma’am, you’re so amazing.”
“You can even smell the stench of poverty on me. That’s incredible. Truly incredible. Yes, I am indeed poor, extremely poor.”
Darnell gave a thumbs up to Rubi and continued, “Among all the people in this hall, I admire only you. Your nose is truly sharp, like a dog.”
As the expressions of Rubi and the tall young man changed, Darnell shouted again,
“But my nose and Shayla’s nose are not as good. We can’t smell the stench of a bitch on you. We really can’t smell it.”
“But that makes sense. If Shayla could smell the stench of a bitch, she wouldn’t have known you.”
Jolie and Shayla almost simultaneously burst into laughter. They secretly thought that Darnell was too good at mocking people. Several onlookers also chuckled.
“You bastard, who do you think you are?”
Rubi’s face changed and her anger became apparent. “What qualifications do you have to lecture me?”
Darnell didn’t respond anymore. He just looked at Jolie and smiled, “Miss Beavis, see you tomorrow. I need to hurry back and wash off the stench of poverty.”
Jolie nodded with a suppressed smile, “Alright, see you tomorrow.”
Seeing Darnell completely ignoring her, Rubi became even more annoyed. She wanted to explode in anger but hesitated because many people were watching, and she was afraid of being laughed at.
She could only purse her lips and suppress her anger as she poked the tall young man and said sarcastically, “Kale, what are you thinking?”
“How can you not greet your former fiancee properly? It’s impolite.”
“Although she has never been with you, and you voluntarily broke off that engagement with her, there should still be some social etiquette.”
“Not greeting her properly is disrespectful to that bit of fate you had with her.”
The tall young man called Skyler had been glancing at Shayla intentionally or unintentionally. As a man, he could tell that Shayla surpassed Rubi in terms of figure and appearance tenfold. But upon hearing Rubi’s words, he immediately withdrew his gaze and chuckled as if he couldn’t care less.
“Rubi, it’s been months since I dumped her. What fate are you talking about?”
“My father was blind to not thoroughly investigate the situation and blindly meddled with this promise from years ago.”
“Luckily, I didn’t listen to him and date Shayla. I promptly canceled this arranged marriage in front of the girls’ dormitory.”
He looked at Shayla with a disgusted expression. “Otherwise, I would have been suffocated to death by her and her bunch of poor relatives.”
“Always demanding food and drinks and constantly spitting and littering. Being together with them would have ruined my reputation.”
As soon as these words were spoken, not only did Rubi show contempt on her face, but many onlookers also shook their heads slightly in disdain for Shayla’s behavior.
Shayla was furious upon hearing this. “Skyler, you’re talking nonsense! I never pestered you! No one from the Babcock family ever sought your favor.”
She was extremely angry. It was true that she had an engagement with Skyler, but it was just a joke between the two families twenty years ago. However, neither Shayla nor her family took it seriously. Shayla would never accept such an arranged marriage. It was just that during a visit to the Babcock family’s residence once, Skyler’s father thought she was good enough.
Skyler’s father then suggested that Skyler pursue her since they were both attending the same university.
Shayla declined politely and told Skyler not to waste his time.
As a result, he became angry and ended up getting together with Rubi instead.
Then Skyler took Rubi to the front of the girls’ dormitory and twisted the truth by saying that Shayla wanted to use their engagement to climb up socially. He even claimed that they had broken off their engagement.
That incident caused Shayla to lose face. But out of respect for Skyler’s father and her father’s request for peacekeeping measures, she endured it.
But she never expected that Skyler would still maliciously slander her until now and insult Darnell. Shayla felt like her inner rage was about to explode.
“Skyler, what really happened is clear in your heart! You’re such a bastard!”
Skyler’s despicable behavior left no room for Shayla to explain herself. She grabbed Darnell’s sleeve and spoke up,
“Darnell, the truth isn’t as he says. Please believe me.”
She cared deeply about Darnell’s opinion of her.
Darnell nodded gently to indicate his trust while squinting his eyes slightly. This despicable couple was getting too carried away.
Jolie obviously knew both of them as well and advised them aloud, “Skyler, Rubi, don’t be like this. We are all friends after all.”
“Who is friends with them?”
Rubi snorted lightly, “I wouldn’t be friends with someone like her. It’s embarrassing.”
Skyler also held onto Rubi’s waist and laughed arrogantly, “Darling, our mission is complete. Let’s go back to the company. I don’t want to see my former fiancee anymore.”
“Shayla!”
Before Shayla could speak up, amidst the mocking laughter of Skyler and Rubi, Darnell suddenly pointed at Skyler and shouted, “Were you once engaged to him?”
“Why didn’t you tell me about that? Didn’t we agree to trust each other and be honest?”
“Why did you keep this from me? I only found out from someone else just now.”
“You have betrayed my trust and love.”
While speaking, Darnell angrily took out five checks signed by David.
Slap!
Slap!
Slap!
He slapped each check on the table one by one, which caught everyone’s attention.
Five checks, totaling five million dollars.
Shayla instinctively opened her mouth but was interrupted.
“You want money? Is love all about money?”
Under Skyler and Rubi’s astonished gazes, Darnell took out a string of car keys.
Slap!
Slap!
Slap!
Slap!
Those are the keys to Ferrari, Maserati, Cadillac, and Lamborghini! Darnell slapped the keys brought online on the table one by one while saying, looking sad,
“I’m telling you that I don’t want these things. I know your family has assets worth over a hundred million. You can throw money at me as you please, but I don’t want any of these.”
“What I want is you as a person. I want your love, trust, and honesty!”
Everyone’s eyes widened. They had seen wealthy individuals before, but never someone who casually took out five million dollars or car keys to four luxury cars like this.
At the same time, many people felt their hearts ache. Damn it! If he didn’t want them, just give those things to them!
Shayla was also a smart person. She hugged Darnell tightly while shedding tears. “Darling, I’m sorry!”
“I didn’t intentionally hide anything from you. I just didn’t want it to affect our relationship. And no matter what happened in the past, I only love you now.”
Darnell caressed her head gently as he whispered, “Okay, I believe you.”
Applause filled the room as Jolie also clapped vigorously.
Skyler stared dumbfoundedly, his expression becoming quite ugly as he stared at the checks and car keys on the table while his lips twitched uncontrollably. Did he really miss out?
Rubi noticed his thoughts and quickly grabbed his arm, exclaiming, “Skyler, these checks and cars are fake. They’re knock-offs.”
Darnell extended his hand wearing a Rolex watch and picked up one set of car keys. He pressed a button which caused a Lamborghini parked outside to make a beep sound.
Gasps filled the air. A Lamborghini worth at least seven million dollars proved Darnell’s claims were true.
And the shining Rolex watch almost blinded their eyes.
“Darling, if you don’t need money or these cars, how about I buy you a villa?”
Shayla pouted slightly as she softly spoke to Darnell, “If you’re still mad at me, then I’ll make you the vice president of the Babcock Group with an annual salary of three billion dollars.”
“And I swear from now on that I won’t hide anything from you.”
When she mentioned the Babcock Group, there was suddenly determination in her eyes.
“Get lost!”
Feeling like he missed out on a supper rich woman, Skyler couldn’t hold back any longer. He flung away Rubi’s hand angrily and walked outside in frustration.
“Skyler!”
Rubi cried out while chasing after him…