Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 104

104 Beginning of revenge 

While the commotion was happening in the store, Ray, who had been forced to accompany a lady to go shopping since morning, had grown tired of waiting for her to try on the whole store, so he got up 

and walked out. 1 

Going out of his office was something he stopped doing unless he was going to visit the columbarium. His grandfather called him home last night and introduced his friend’s daughter to him. As expected, Ray kicked against it but his grandfather was prepared. He promised to destroy the Lee’s 

columbarium if Ray didn’t do as he asked. 

Ray was annoyed. He knew it was his sister who ratted him out and for that, he was going to teach her a lesson. 

The friend’s daughter came around this morning and the first thing she asked was for Ray to accompany her shopping. Of course, he couldn’t say no, since his grandfather already made known what he would do. The old man was that crazy. 

He had been with the girl for hours, trying on almost everything in the ladies’ store and he became furious. Although Jeslyn loved shopping, she never made him accompany her. Even though he did it of his own volition, Jeslyn never wasted his time. 

Ray abruptly stopped walking. Why was he making comparisons between other girls and Jeslyn? “Mary, What’s going on there? I saw you coming from the fifth floor.” 

“Oh, you mean the children’s section? Madam Chen was causing trouble for a lady and her son. She accused the lady of being her husband’s mistress. The lady seemed to be from a powerful background because she wasn’t backing down… Guess the biggest gist!” 

When things happen, everyone tends to make their own versions. 

“She’s a native?” 

“Noooo… bad guesser. She called the cops on manager Rita. She accused the store of fraud.” The girl called Mary said with excitement. 

“That greedy woman. Serves her right!” 

“Wait, you have a problem with manager Rita?” 

“Yes… In fact, my whole family does.” 

“Wow, tell me about it.” Mary beamed. 

“Manager Rita, Director Rita, CEO Rita, or whatever she calls herself. After what happened to Jeslyn Lee and her family, somehow Jeslyn’s company ended up in her hands…” 

Hearing Jeslyn’s name, Ray, who was about to walk away, stopped. He frowned slightly. He wasn’t aware that Jeslyn had a clothing company. 

“Oh, that’s right. That beautiful lady said something about that. Even Madam Chen couldn’t speak because she was mentioned… there, the cops are here!” 

Ray turned his head and saw the cops heading up. He changed his mind and went after them. 

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Inside the store, Jeslyn had Madam Chen kneeling. Her guards were lying on the floor, moaning and growling in pain. 

Chi Chi was almost out of breath crying beside her mother while Valen was making u gly faces at her. If he wasn’t considering whether Jeslyn would be pissed, he would have long whipped the little girl for all the nonsense she spewed earlier. 1 

“Madam Chen, have you ever seen me with-” 

“The cops are here!” 

Jeslyn looked over her shoulder and smiled. 

“We got a call that fraudulent activity was happening here.” A policeman said. 

Before Manager Rita could speak, Jeslyn pointed at the clothes put out for sale. “Those clothes weren’t made from Country M, yet she sells them for an exorbitant amount.” 

“Wh- what nonsense are you saying!” Manager Rita barked. Right now she was regretting everything she did. If she had simply handled this case amicably, it wouldn’t have grown so big and the police also wouldn’t have gotten involved. 

“If you don’t believe me, you can search her store. There are Fanny’s collections from two years ago… oh, there,” she pointed at a gown, hung in between expensive-looking dresses. “I saw that on the TV last year. It was one of Fanny’s collections that they claimed went out of stock after a rich lady bought them all. The cloth wasn’t popular because it was immediately taken out of the market the minute it was brought out.” 

The people hanging around gasped. Murmurs and different voices of displeasure went amok. Nobody wanted to verify the claim. Provided the person making the claims sounded convincing, that was all it took to pull the crowd. 

Even though manager Rita was trying to make her voice heard, nobody wanted to listen. The police went to get the pink dress. There was nothing special about it though, just A-shape flowery dress. 

“How Much does this cost?” The police asked one of the salespeople. 

Maybe she would have lied if she was here a year ago. However, the only price she knew was what she told. “$5000” she responded. 

The crowd, including the police, took in a sharp breath. Forget the real price. Even though it was in Country M where people don’t care about money, this price for a plain dress would be frowned upon. 

“Hahaha… When Jeslyn was here, a friend of mine bought this same dress for $200. I remembered the dress because my friend lamented about it, saying the quality was too low for a $200 dress.” Jeslyn