The Woman From Hell
Chapter 1109

Chapter 1109

This lady deliberately came to me just to boast and declare her victory to me. If that was notchildish, then what was?

I smiled faintly. "Ms. Mandez, I believe you have the ability to read a person's expression. Do youthink you see sadness o n my face? Your relationship with Theo and how far your relationship hasprogressed have nothing to do with me. I don’t care about it. Don’t you think it’s childish for you toboast in front of someone who doesn’t even care?"

I 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 ifyou use it for a long time. Don't think I have no idea what you're up to. You're pretending to pushTheo away so he’ll think he has been treated unfairly. The more you stop him from coming nearyou, the more he'll want t o get you back. I must say that your tactics are something."

I could not hold back my laughter. What a genius. I seriously wondered if her IQ had beensquandered on books with nothing left.

“What are you laughing at?" Elena was exasperated. "Am I wrong?”

“You're so right." I looked at her with a face full of smiles. "If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would’ve hadno idea that I was playing hard to get. Since you think this tactic is good and can make a man lustafter a woman, why don't you use it?"

After a pause, I continued, "Do you perhaps know that in order to succeed in using the playing hardto 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 tacticwould not work for her.

Elena took a deep breath and figured out the words to retort to me. With a face full of mockery, shesaid, "It's beneath me to 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 andTheo got mesmerized by you? Frankly speaking, you met him just a few years before me. If we hadmet him at the same time, I'm afraid you wouldn't even have stood a chance against me."

Maybe belittling me had 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’rejust not for him. The fact that you're an orphan alone has made you disqualified."

Elena’s educational qualifications and strong work ethic had impressed me greatly, but I was lessthan impressed by her character.

If I remained indifferent in the face of such degradation, then it would only make me seem like apushover.

I looked at her with a frosty gaze and said : n a sarcastic tone, "I didn’t like you very much in the firstplace, Ms. Mandez, but I most certainly did not hate you. Besides, I admire your strong work ethicand rich knowledge, but the words that just came out of your mouth have made me look at you in adifferent light."

After a pause, I continued, "A person with high educational qualifications doesn't necessarily have agood character and good matured heart. If a woman like you is described as a dish, then you’llprobably be steak. It tastes good on the first bite but one will get sick of eating it after a while. IfTheo 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 youdescribe me like that?"

Judging from her terrifying expression, she might have laid a finger on me if it weren't for the factthat there were many people around.

The anger in my heart dissipated seeing how angry she was. Not wanting to talk to her any longer, Igot up and planned to leave.

Elena refused to give up and stood in my way.