The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 983 The Auction

Cary couldn't resist letting out a laughter. Anyway, it was undeniable.

Though Donna's words were polite enough, Susan could tell from the surprise in her eyes that Donna believed she was not a fine match for Cary.

This was the first time that Susan had been aware of the facts about Cary that she hadn't noticed before. She used to recognize him as an idle man. Now, he struck her as some sort of rich and successful man. Abruptly, she felt lowly about herself, for she had totally misunderstood him. She never noticed the gap between them.

'He is such a wealthy man, born in a rich family. Why would he waste his precious time on a nobody like me?' Susan couldn't help feeling a little more inferior with this thought.

Donna seemed to perceive the subtle change on Susan's face. She was afraid that her words would hurt her unintentionally, so she added, "Susan must be a very thoughtful and caring girl with many virtues to get your attention. I just hope my son could marry a girl like her one day. I would be more than happy if that would come true."

She smiled at Susan and then looked back at Cary. "Anyway, you do have a good eye for girls."

"Aunt Donna, please don't talk like that." Cary felt pleased with most of Donna's comments, and joked, "If you continue to speak highly of her, this girl will gather too much cockiness."

In mild irritation, Susan patted Cary on his back to let him shut up. "Stop talking that kind of nonsense," she said in a bashful tone.

The scene of this couple teasing each other was such a satisfying sight for Donna. She was almost lost in thought when she remembered her son. Her expression suddenly turned gloomy as she ended up comparing them.

"Oh, Aunt Donna." Beyond the casual chat, Cary finally found an opportunity to state his purpose. He explained in between smiles, "I actually came here today to ask you a favor. It's more of a personal request Hope you can help me with that."

"What kind of personal request is it?" Donna was a little surprised he needed her help. She was a bit curious to hear about it, but cautious at the same time. She thought to herself that as a senior, she should behave generously in front of a junior. "What is it exactly?" she repeated. "You and George were schoolmates, so I've always regarded you as my own son. Just tell me and I will try my best to give you a hand. Cary felt more than happy to hear that. He immediately seized his chance. "Given that you agreed to help me, let me be straightforward. Aunt Donna, I came here today for Susan's sake. Believe it or not, by a strange twist of fate, the paths George and I have taken often crossed. We used to be schoolmates, and now Susan is working as a staff in George's company."

"Oh, Really?!" Donna got really surprised so she commented, "What a coincidence!"

After that, she remained silent. She attentively looked at Cary and waited for him to continue.

"Okay, here is the thing. Susan and I are coming to a point where we are planning to get married. I have put a lot of thoughts into her present job in terms of our future. She has been a model in George's company for so many years. But I suggest she shouldn't do that job anymore and she agrees. So I am trying to help her quit her job. However, the problem is that she has signed an agreement to work for several years. I have talked to George about her resignation and asked him to help us cancel the contract."

Cary paused for a while to steady the pace of his speech, in order to make himself clearer. "Surely, I've promised him that we would pay the full amount of penalty to terminate the contract. You should know that I have no intention to make this difficult, and that nor we want to take this to court. Considering that George and I have always gotten along pretty well, I was sure that he wouldn't disagree with me." Hearing this, Donna seemed to know where the story was leading to, but she was still unsure.

"Do you mean that he refused your request in the end? But why?" she finally asked.

"What he said was," Cary answered with a helpless smile, "he couldn't help me since Holley is in charge of it. He claimed that there was nothing he could do to help me about the contract without her permission. I could barely replace another way if he couldn't help me. In the last resort, I decided to turn to you for help, and hoped that you could help me to persuade Holley."

Cary was unsure whether Donna would be willing to help him with that. He added, "I come up with this idea since you would be Holley's future mother-in-law. She may listen to you if you ask her to do us this favor. Would you talk to her for me and Susan?"

"Holley again! Such a troublesome woman!" Donna got really annoyed to hear her name in this scenario. "Be at ease. I will take care of this for you." She promised Cary with a determined voice.

"Really?" Cary felt so happy with his face full of expectations. "I know you will definitely agree if I turn to you for help," he added.

Donna felt it was impossible to endure Holley's conduct any longer. Still, she smiled and then congratulated the couple, "Don't forget to invite me to your wedding."

The more she thought of Holley, the angrier she got. She thought, 'Who owns this company? Why does Holley have even greater authority than George?'

She couldn't complain to George about his involvement with Holley, but she had the absolute right to criticize him when it came to the company at least.

"Of course. I wouldn't forget." Cary gave her a thankful bow and then immediately turned back to Susan. He patted her head and reminded her, "Silly girl. Why you are so calm? Now you should show your gratitude to Aunt Donna."

Susan was dragged back from her thought and immediately smiled toward Donna. "Thank you, Aunt Donna."

Donna nodded her head with admiration as she looked at Susan. Despite the fact that this couple was not well-matched in social or economic status for marriage, Susan was better than Holley. She got a terrible impression on Holley. Growing more concerned about her own opinion, Donna couldn't wait to meet with her future daughter-in-law so they could have a chat.

With Donna's promise, Cary let out a big sigh with relief. He then grabbed Susan's hand and went straight to Sheryl. As he had to leave for a while to prepare for the dinner, he hoped Sheryl would keep Susan company.

There was a house of guests in the gathering that Cary had to entertain. He also needed to personally deal with a lot of things that required attention. Susan watched him from a distance, with her head full of uncertainties. While Cary was busy saying hello to some people here and there, she felt like she just saw him in a completely different light, which struck her as quite odd.

"What were you thinking about?" Sheryl asked as she approached her. She could tell that something was not right with Susan. Seeing the pink flush over her face, Sheryl understood what was inside her mind. However, instead of putting her on the spot, she pretended that she didn't notice and just kept it to herself.

She had a clear idea about Cary's glamour as a man.

As long as Susan paid a little more attention to this man, she would notice it and be easily attracted to him.

"Nothing," Susan replied nervously, dragging both her thoughts and eyes back from Cary. She felt awkward that she couldn't even look Sheryl in the eye. Instead, she stared at the floor and stammered, "I thought Cary looks kind of different today."

"I think he is always the same." Sheryl couldn't help smiling and then explained, "You used to ignore him because you didn't know him at the time. But now that you see the other side of him, you have changed your mindset and then start to pay more attention to him, and replace out he is different."

What Sheryl had just said made Susan lower her head as she got wrapped up in her thoughts.

The charity dinner went very well. Before it came to an end, Cary suddenly stepped onto the stage with an etiquette model right on his heels, and greeted everyone with a mysterious smile. Then he pointed toward the box held by the model's hands and declared solemnly, "Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you our final Easter egg. Here is a box containing a jewelry named Tear of the Mermaid. I happened to acquire it by accident. You will soon get the chance to take a look at its beauty. It is the nature of a diamond, but underneath its surface, it holds a holy blessing with lingering sentiments, hides eternal promises and reflects gorgeous rays with incomparable glory. The light of this diamond can penetrate any barrier, directly to the deepest of the soul.

About this great diamond, I believe everyone might hear of its romantic myth. It is said that the couple who possess it would be together forever. Despite that, we all know that the myth might not always be true but this diamond's value is undoubtedly reliable and real." After Cary said that, the model took out the diamond from the box and walked around the stage to show it to everyone. Seeing the shining diamond clutched by the model between her forefinger and her thumb, all the women gathered around the stage. They got excited and their eyes all gleamed with envy.