Chapter 47 A 180–Million–Dollar Necklace
That night, Grace and Emily met up to collect something she had bought from a luxury store.
When they entered the store, a staff member immediately recognized Grace and got their manager to attend to them.
The manager smiled and said, “One moment, Ms. Lewis. The jewelry you purchased is so valuable that we still have it in the safe. It will take us some time to collect it.”
He offered, “Why don’t we browse the other items while we wait?”
Grace shook her head. “It’s fine. We can browse them ourselves.”
After walking around the store with Grace, Emily said excitedly, “Babe, there’s not a lot of pretty clothes on the first floor. Let’s go to the second one.”
She tried to take Grace upstairs, but the manager stopped them with a conflicted face.
“I’m sorry, but the second floor has been cleared out by some ladies. You can’t enter.”
Grace smiled at the manager. “It’s alright. We’ll leave after we get my order.”
The manager thanked her gratefully. It was so rare to see a rich but peaceful customer nowadays.
Grace sat Emily down on the couch and started playing mobile games together, but the sound of their voices traveled upstairs. So, Susan Ford heard everything.
When she looked down and saw Grace, her expression soured. The rich ladies with her all giggled discreetly, eager to add fuel to the fire.
“Mrs. Hawkins, I heard your daughter–in–law’s famous online. Is that true?”
“Is your daughter out of jail yet?”
Rich people had always been the type to kick people when they were down. So everyone made fun of Susan when they had the chance.
Although Susan forced a smile, her grip on her glass tightened. “Nonsense. Our family’s already put out a statement saying that it’s fake news.
“Besides, Celia cooperated with the investigation. She’s actually studying overseas now.”
To Susan, the laughter from downstairs sounded like nails on a chalkboard. Unable to hold her anger in any longer, she rushed downstairs.
Then, she declared arrogantly, “I was wondering who it was. It’s you, you jinx.”
“You watch your mouth!” Emily stood up immediately. She was about to argue when Grace
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“Ignore her. We have nothing to say to people like her.”
Grace coolly looked at the manager. “Leave the jewelry. I’ll collect it another day.”
She had stopped caring about the Hawkins family ages ago, so she felt that there was no need
to bother with these clowns.
However, Grace smiled and raised an eyebrow. “How generous of you, Madam Hawkins. Am I really allowed to pick whatever I want?”
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