Karine fumed. Her cheeks flushed.
Reputation was everything to her. Now that she was humiliated, she vented her rage on Cordelia. She lifted her arms to hit her, but the people around her stopped her.
They pointed at the surveillance camera on the ceiling, asking her to hold back.
Karine glared at Cordelia with a vengeance and said to her while gnashing her teeth a moment later, “What’s there to flaunt about having married a poor man? A diamond ring aside, he can’t even afford a copper or iron ring! Stay poor for the rest of your lives, you wretched couple!”
She turned to leave as soon as she was done. Cordelia grinned as she watched her leave in a rage.
It seemed she would not have peace in the office from now on.
She must plan ahead and come up with a backup plan.
On the next day…
Cordelia looked different than before when she showed up at the office again.
She, who did not wear makeup, put on light makeup today. She had something on her finger, too—a huge emerald ring.
Her colleagues stared with their eyes open wide. The ring seemed to be of pure gold with detailed carvings on it, and the emerald on it was translucent. It looked plenty magnificent.
However, the design was rather old, like it had some years on it.
Cordelia caressed it softly with her head lowered.
She had taken the ring out of the box the previous night. Her fingers were slender, so it was slightly too big for her.
Marcus had said to wear it after they got the size adjusted at the jewelry store, but she could not wait anymore.
Had Karine not said that her husband could not even afford a ring?
She must show her what she had on her finger today!
“So beautiful, Cordelia!” The ladies in the office surrounded her and looked at the ring curiously. “I’ve never seen a ring of such a style. It must be custom-made?”
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