Will always be you

Chapter Nineteen

After making small talks with those circle of rich women, courtesy of Elizabeth Black, Cindy was tired to the core.

After announcing the donations made by different partners with Jonathan donating a new building to one of the welfare homes and 5 billion, it was now the climax of the gala.

The auction. This was an auction of the ladies who participated in the gala and the auction money was to be donated to the welfare homes.

Cindy and some of the ladies were called to go one of the rooms where all of them would come from when they were called. Cindy was really nervous and wouldn't let go of Jonathan's hands.

"Sweetheart, you know don't have to go if you don't want to. No one is going to force you," he spoke to her in a gentle voice like someone comforting a child.

"But this is the routine of the gala, if I don't go people would start talking. I'll go but you have to bid for me okay? I can't go with any guy other than you," Cindy pleaded with him. She didn't want to go on the other hand if she didn't go, people would talk badly about her being proud and she really didn't want to cause trouble for Jonathan.

If he didn't bid for her, she was afraid she would land on some perverts hands.

"No one can outbid me over, you don't have to worry. I'm here," he assured her before letting the waitress who had come to get her walk her to the waiting room.

'I'm here, you don't have to worry about anything'

'I'm here,' that was enough to set her heart and mind in peace. He promised.

The MC of the the event went to the podium to announce the commencement of the auction. There were two MCs, a lady and a gent and both were looking elegant.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this year's auction. The rules are still the same. The one with the highest bid wins the lady. You'll first have a dance together. She will be yours until tomorrow evening. You can't force the lady to do anything that she doesn't want to do. If you decide to meet her after tomorrow, that will now depend on your personal arrangements and that's out of our control then and you're not allowed to bid twice, once is enough. We don't want to be unfair to some of the gentlemen here,right," after reminding the people about the rules, they then read the named of the participants.

Crystal was among the ladies who were going for the auction. She was at number 10 while Cindy was at number 18. There was a total of 20 ladies for the auction. When Cindy got inside the room, she could clearly feel the unfriendly gazes and glares from the ladies.

She didn't bother with them and found a vacant chair to sit on.

It was a routine for the age, hobbies and their relationship status to be announced during the auction.

When the auction begun, Cindy could hear people bidding like one milion, five million and the first was bid at 10 million. She suddenly became nervous.

"Hmmph, some people are so shameless climbing on other people's beds," some of the ladies started muttering.

"I know right, she's such a gold digger."

" Does she think that Mr Black cares about her? She'll be cast away soon,"

"Be happy now and enjoy while it lasts," some of the ladies were busy cursing at Cindy while the latter wasn't bothered at all.

"Oh Cindy, are you expecting Jonathan to bid on you? Poor you is going to be really disappointed," Crystal started tauting Cindy who inturn ignored her. 'Who does she think she is to ignore me? Jonathan is meant to be mine alone,' she was grinding her teeth in anger and envy.

She just couldn't forget the humiliation she felt when she had gone to see Jonathan at his company. She was so embarrassed that when she got home she had broken almost all the breakable things in her room.

"Cindy, you're just an assistant, what makes you think that you're a match to Jonathan?"

"And you think that you're his match?" Cindy fired back. This woman is so stupid or just infatuated by Jonathan to an extent that she couldn't even think properly. Couldn't she remember how she was humiliated by Jonathan that day at the office?

"Of course I am. I was introduced to him by his mother unlike you who just climbed into his bed. How shameless. His mother would never approve of your relationship!" When Jonathan's mom was introducing Cindy to her friends, she had gone out to make a call so she had no idea what had happened.

"Yea, and still he doesn't fancy you but me. Do you think you'll even have the chance to climb into his bed? Have you forgotten what happened the last time you acted familiar with him?" She hit a painful nerve.

"Shut up, that was because you were there! Do you think he would have done that if you weren't present at that time. How do I know what kind of blackmail material you have on him and he had to turn against me. You're a b***h!" Remembering that day was not a pleasant experience for her.

Maybe, just maybe if Cindy was not present Jonathan couldn't have humiliated her like that. Maybe Cindy was blackmailing him with something that was why they got together, right? She was looking for all reasons to convince herself that she had a chance with Jonathan.

"Alright if you say so. At least he'll bid on you tonight since his mother is here, don't you think?" She had a mocking smile on her face. How was it her fault that she was humiliated by Jonathan?

"Of course he'll bid on me, and then you, Cindy are going to loose to me and be bid on by some old pervert," she had a chling smile on her face and the remaining ladies could feel a chill down their spine just by looking at her.

She had made proper arrangements toake sure that some old guy would bid on Cindy. She thought that Jonathan wouldn't waste a lot of money on Cindy.

"Sure, whatever sinks your boat," Cindy couldn't be bothered by her. But she kept having a feeling that something had was gonna happen tonight. As Crystal kept on talking back and forth with Cindy, the auction was going on and the ladies were reducing by number

When Crystal's number was called, she left for her turn but not before sending Cindy a mocking smirk to Cindy.

'How pathetic,' Cindy muttered under her breath.

'Your latest blind date is crazy,' she sent a message to Jonathan.

When Jonathan received the message from Cindy, Crystal was making her way to the podium as she was being introduced by the MC. She scanned the audience and her eyes landed on Jonathan but she was disappointed when he didn't even raise his head and seemed like he was busy on his phone texting someone.

'I'm only crazy about you,' he replied to Cindy's message with a smile on his face. It seemed like his little woman was jealous. How exciting, what would she do if she was jealous? He wondered.

'How cheesy, you should go on and bid on your latest blind date before she kills me with her envy,' Cindy replied back.

'Are you jealous?' he texted back.

'Of course I am jealous. Someone is expecting man to bid on her,' she texted back.

Jonathan could practically imagine her little angry face when she typed those words. He was sure she looked adorable while angry.

And that 'my man' made him so happy. He would really want to see her face while she says that. The fact that she could text so boldly saying he's her man was enough assurance for him

'Don't be angry on those little things, I'm only going to bid on you,'

They kept texting back and forth while Crystal's auction was going on. All the time, her eyes were only glued on Jonathan who didn't even bother looking at her. He seemed like he was texting Cindy, that b***h! 'How dare she keep on going against me every time?'

On the outside she was smiling while on the inside she was burning with fury.

It was not that she wasn't beautiful like Cindy, she didn't seem to loose to Cindy when it came to background since she didn't really know of Cindy's background. In terms of educational background, she was still above her. It was just beauty, okay? That was the only thing she lost to Cindy.

While she was in her world of envy, her bid had come to an end without her realizing. It was at 20 million, that was the highest bid since the bidding had begun. It seemed like those gentlemen really had money for the ladies.

The man who had won the bid was not so bad in looks when compared to Jonathan but she only had her eyes on Jonathan. She was really disappointed when Jonathan didn't even try to bid on her. She could only smile at the audience like a gentle woman that she was and walk off the stage towards her bidder who was already waiting for at the at the end of the small staircase.

The auction kept going on with at least 5 million, 10 million bids.

It finally came to Cindy's turn, and to say that she was nervous would be an understatement. She was over nervous. While she was chatting with Jonathan, she was glad that her mind was away from whatever was going on.

Now it was her turn and she couldn't help but feel scared.

'Don't worry love, no one will outbid me. You just have to look beautiful,' he sent her the last text as she left the room. She felt some of her nervousness go away when she read his text.

While she was walking towards the stage, the MCs were introducing her to the audience. She had a smile on her face while insides were almost turning inside out. She could feel all the eyes on her. Some were of admiration, envy, some lust.

She couldn't help but feel her stomach churn at all their gazes.

Every man in the room was awed at her beauty plus her dress outlining all her curves was not making anything any better. When they heard that she was not single, they were really disappointed but thinking that the highest bidder gets the girl, they had hopes.

Jonathan's mother was so happy, that was her daughter in law okay? Seeing all those gazes on her, she couldn't help but feel satisfaction in her heart.

Jonathan on the other had a cold look on his face that the people around him could feel the temperature drop around them. How dare them have those dirty thoughts about his girl? They were really courting death.