Claiming Her Back novel (Jessica and Lucas) novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22
Since Terry beat Jessica on horseback, Jessica agreed to attend the event as his plus-one.
After that, Terry didn’t pester Jessica. Instead, he rode away on his horse.
Hannah caught up with them. She clicked her tongue as she saw Terry off. “What exactly is going on between the two of you?”
“No biggie. I was racing with him and I lost.” Jessica looked at Hannah and said flatly.
“No way! You are the student of a horsemanship champion. How could you lose?” Hannah widened her eyes in disbelief.
“There is always someone better.” As Jessica spoke, she suddenly recalled the way Terry gazed at her. Her mind was somehow muddled with emotions.
After lunch, Jessica and Hannah went shopping together.
Hannah dragged Jessica to a luxury fashion shop. When Hannah showed her VIP card, the salespeople all came over, eager to serve them.
Suddenly, a snide female voice chimed in. “Who on earth is there? What a pomp!”
Jessica found the voice familiar. She thus couldn’t help but look over.
It turned out to be Trissy’s girlfriends, Zancy Smith and Ellie Brown.
When Jessica was still part of the Thomas family, Zancy and Ellie often teased her.
The two recognized Jessica as soon as they saw her. Perhaps they both thought of Trissy, who was sent away from LA because of Jessica. They two saw each other and then walked in. Since they couldn’t see Trissy now, they would find fault with Jessica.
Zancy and Ellie wore the latest designs which had just appeared in Paris Fashion Week, matched with a monogram Louis Vuitton bag.
Jessica’s outfit looked too plain compared to theirs. She only wore a shirt and a pair of jeans.”
“It’s Mrs. Thomas. Oops, my bad. I forgot that you have already divorced Mr. Thomas. I should have called you Miss Hall,” said Zancy with contempt. She then sized Jessica up.
Ellie added, “Any piece in this shop costs at least a thousand dollars. Miss Hall, can you afford anything here?”
“It’s just some clothes. Don’t patronize Jessica.” Hannah flared up at once. She then glared at Zancy and Ellie.
With that, the two couldn’t help but laugh. “Hey, don’t get us wrong. We are just concerned about Miss Hall. After all, she left the Thomas family and became poor again. We are afraid that Miss Hall will embarrass herself if she can’t afford to pay the bill.”
“Miss Smith, you are so funny. What is so great about the Thomas family?” Jessica sneered.
“The Thomas family is one of the wealthiest families in Los Angeles. If it weren’t for wealth, why did you go out of your way to marry Mr. Thomas?” Zancy said disdainfully.
“I think that’s enough. Miss Hall hasn’t bought anything after trying on those clothes for such a long time. What did I say? She’s poor now.” A proud smile appeared on Ellie’s face. She turned to the salesperson and said, “Which ones does she take a fancy to? Pack them all up for me. I’ll take them all.”
Just as Hannah was about to flip out, Jessica stopped her. Jessica looked at the salesgirl and said, “Please wrap up everything we have just tried for Miss Brown.”
The salesgirl hedged for a moment and then turned to Ellie. “Miss Brown, are you sure you will take them all?”
“Do you think I can’t afford them? I’m not like her.” Ellie rolled her eyes.
Seeing that Ellie was about to lose her temper, the salesgirl did not dare to ask again. She then went into the fitting room and took all the clothes out.
Ellie froze when she saw the piled clothes were half the height of a human.
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Then Hannah narrowed her eyes and asked playfully, and she imitated Zancy and Ellie’s tone. “Oops, Miss Brown, you can afford these clothes, right?”
Ellie’s face darkened. She snorted and said, “It’s just some clothes. I certainly can afford them.”
Ellie took her credit card out and handed the card between her two fingers to the salesgirl. “I’ll take them all.”
The salesgirl hurried to settle the bill, and then swiped the card, looking at Ellie with a smile. “Miss Brown, it’s 280,000 dollars in total.”
Ellie struggled to restrain her impulse to curse when she heard the salesgirl swipe the card.
Jessica then said, “Why don’t you help Miss Brown cut the price tags? Miss Brown won’t return the clothes anyway.”
Jessica had just read Ellie’s mind, which made Ellie feel so embarrassed.
The salespeople then came over and cut all the price tags of these clothes.