Capítulo 38: Embarrassing Situation II
Emma's mind went blank as soon as she heard the utilization of this horn.
Her brain failed to process the information causing her to black out for a moment.
But when she did understand the meaning of the worker's explanation, she wanted the ground to open up and swallow her.
That's how embarrassed she was. She felt a headache coming.
She had even said that she had done research about it and was blown away.
What blown away! If she had known it was such an item, she would have run as far away as possible.
Emma wanted to hit her mouth which spouted nonsense. She did not dare look up and see how Betty would look at her.
Getting caught lying was shameful but claiming to be interested in such a thing and even speaking so proudly about it was disgraceful enough to cause death.
Emma wanted the sea to engulf her. She had had this thought countless times ever since she came on the cruise.
Her eyebrows twitched as she thought about how to get out of this situation.
If she pretended to know what this horn's utilization was, it would be humiliating as she had blown trumpets her fascination with it.
However, if she were to say that she didn't know about the horn, it would reveal that she had purposefully approached Betty and may decrease her credibility in Betty's eyes.
But if she did say that she knew about this abhorrent horn, she might receive reproachful gazes all night, and even Betty might feel weird about her peculiar tastes.
Emma was in a dilemma and was horrified as she weighed the pros and cons of both situations.
She swallowed and wished to disappear in the blink of an eye just to get away from this situation.
She gathered her scattered thoughts after a while and inhaled a deep breath.
Putting aside her mortification she gritted her teeth and shamelessly looked at the worker. "I know what this is as I said that I have done some research about it."
She tried to play it off with a smile but even her face betrayed her and her smile seemed horrific enough to be cast in a horror movie.
She could endure the humiliation of having a shameful kink but she could never admit that she had lied.
Her pride would never allow her to divulge her secrets. Hence, it only led to this outcome.
"In that case, I would like to apologize as I have overstepped my boundaries. I thought that you didn't know and felt compelled to teach you to help you make a better choice for bidding." The worker was professionally trained hence he made no offensive comments.
Emma put her embarrassment aside and confidently said, "Hmm, Thanks but I would like to bid on this." Emma officially wanted to slap her mouth until it turned red after saying this.
She could have just gone away without saying anything but now she had shot herself in the feet.
She felt like headbutting into a wall. How could she do this to herself?
In the beginning, she didn't know what that horn was and made stupid comments but now the worker had clearly explained what this horrendous thing was and she still went ahead and said that she wanted to bid on it.
She could have ignored everything and gone away without making any comments.
Why did she even bother to reply to the worker?
Emma's face resembled a tomato at this point. She couldn't help but gulp in nervousness.
She looked at Betty and was both relieved and ashamed to find her trying to hide her giggle.
"If that is what you wish," The worker handed out a blue pen and made a kind gesture to guide her to write her name and her bid under the horn.
Emma was stunned at his sudden assertion. She thought that she could escape from here and then would never look back.
But who knew that the worker would bring out a pen?
She could reject him, right?
Emma watched the pen which was held out to her by the worker and felt as if she was going to write her death sentence with this pen.
She gulped loudly and gawked at the horn. She didn't even have a use for this stupid horn.
Moreover, the embarrassment which she had to tolerate because of this was too much. But she didn't have a choice.
She had selected this prison for herself.
Without any second thought, Emma angrily snatched the pen from the worker.
She could not go back on her word. Holding the pen in her left hand, Emma leaned over to write her name under it.
At this moment, she wished someone pick a fight with her but to her misery, no one was interested in this Koteka.
She crooked her name and wrote $1 next to it. She was grumpy at herself for doing something so shameless.
It was a relief that Betty did not look at her weirdly and Emma gained some of her confidence back.
Before she could straighten her back, an announcement was heard.
"We have the first bid of our auction tonight! We would like to thank Ms. Emma for bidding on Tribe Chief Hui's Koteka which is evaluated at $150,000. Congratulations in advance to all the winners."
To say that Emma's soul fled from her body was an understatement.
She felt like she had been stripped naked in front of all these people. She swallowed a mouthful of colorful words.
She wanted to curse her luck which she had just praised a few hours ago.
It was her fault for saying nonsense and shooting herself in the foot, however, the auction didn't have to let the whole world know what she was bidding on.
Because of the announcement, the people who were far away from Emma also became aware and looked over.
Some of them had red faces while others lecherously glanced over and smirked.
No matter what, none of them had thought that the first bid of the night would be placed on someone's Koteka.
They were both astonished and glad because the price of this Koteka was low.
Emma bit her teeth and threw her conscience out of the window. Nothing could be done now. She could not pretend to be an innocent fairy.
So, she would take on the persona of a devil for the night. It was not like people present here didn't have guilty pleasures.
Thinking like this, Emma raised her head and ignored the looks directed her way.
After a few minutes of initial confusion, all of them went back to looking at the auctioned items.
The first bid had been placed. It raised the pressure as it entailed that the attendees would have to hurry up a select the item which they wish to bid on.
They couldn't leave that item they bid on unattended for long as others would write their names under the item.
Hence, they had to hurry up a select a few valuable items that were close by so that they could secure a few.
No one paid attention to Emma anymore which was seen as a blessing by Emma.
She remained vigilant and unconsciously looked at Betty.
Betty had been paying attention to Emma for a while now. So, when she looked over, Betty gave her a huge smile.
Emma didn't know how to respond so she only bobbed her head which looked clumsy and cute.
"I could never be as confident as you in pursuing the things I like," Betty praised.
She had also recognized that Emma didn't know what this Koteka was when she looked at it but she still stood by her word and bid on it.
Emma's fluttering emotions didn't escape her hawk-like gaze at all.
She had grown used to people approaching her with hidden desires and greed.
She knew from the moment when Emma came to her that it was intentional.
She was not someone who made small talk with strangers but Emma's hot eyes almost burned a hole in her head ever since they were standing in the previous room.
This child did not know what "hiding your emotions" meant.
She had also caught her eavesdropping on their conversation in the buffet but remained indifferent as many did that.
At the moment, she was just interested in knowing why Emma was looking for her and what was it that she could want from her.
However, she found Emma to be a frustrating person. Emma approached her with unconcealed intentions in her eyes but didn't know when to state her purpose.
Betty was intrigued by her. And decided to observe Emma for a while before making any judgment.
She wanted to stick to Emma even more after she placed her bid.
"It takes one a long time to be satisfied with themselves. Most of us die without ever showing what we are really like."
Emma repeated the line which she often heard from her father as a reply. She did not want to curry favor with Betty now.
She had learned her lesson pretty well just now. Relations can't be forced.
She tried to abnormally pretend that she wasn't trying to get to know Betty but it had backfired.
If she had just gone ahead and told Betty her motive, then it might have spared her from the embarrassment.
Now, She will speak her mind and ask directly rather than playing a game of hide and seek. It would be more like her.
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