“F*ck! Why are you here too, Gerald?”
Lilian finally saw Gerald who had been standing at the side.
“Don’t even mention his name anymore! If it wasn’t for that pathetic jerk I wouldn’t have broken the seven thousand and five hundred dollar hetian jade bracelet and the thirty-two thousand dollar dragon jade bracelet!” replied Sharon with a look of disgust on her face.
“…Come again? More than thirty thousand dollars…”
Harvey was dumbfounded. Through the phone, Sharon had only said that she had met with an accident at the Trinity Jewelers shop. She hadn’t mentioned anything about the compensation or the outrageous cost.
Naturally, he was speechless for a moment when he heard this. The same went for Lilian.
Due to her nervousness, Lilian began scolding Gerald.
“So what if Sharon got beaten up? What’s that got to do with you? Did you think you needed to step in to stop the fight? Who do you even think you are? D*mn it! So what’re you going to do about this? Aren’t you going to pay for the compensation?!”
Lilian pointed toward Gerald as she continued to curse at him.
“I can’t believe that you think you’re that remarkable just because you bought two cell phones! Disgusting!”
“Oh Lilian, just leave him be. Hayward, can both of you please help me figure out what I should do to gather that much money?”
Gerald wasn’t even prepared for the verbal attack from Lilian.
He was stunned to a point where he didn’t even know how to refute them.
He was upset beyond compare. It had only been three years since they had lost contact with each other but during that time, any of Sharon’s lingering feelings seemed to have evaporated completely!
“It’s out! The appraisal results are out!” shouted the salesgirl.
She ran over excitedly this time.
Hayward, Sharon, and the others stared at her, anticipating her announcement with eyes wide open.
“Fortunately, the dragon jade bracelet isn’t damaged. Therefore, you only need to pay the compensation for the hetian jade bracelet, which is only seven thousand and five hundred dollars!” explained the salesgirl.
“Oh, thank god!”
When Sharon heard this, she nearly fainted. The enormous weight on her shoulders had been lifted and so had most of her anxiety.
However, another problem remained.
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