Chapter 343: Chapter 345

345 Selling Wayne’s Necklace “anna, | was hoping you could find Mr. York at the Charleston Antique Shop in Birmingham. Then I’d like you to present him with one of the bracelets. He’ll buy it as soon as he sees it, believe me.” Jennie appeared to be sure of it.

“Is he a friend of yours?” Anna asked.

Jennie shook her head and said, “No. He’s James* friend, and I’ve only met him a few times. | wore this bracelet at my wedding.

He spotted them during the wedding and told me | could sell them to him later if | didn’t want them.”

Jennie was heartbroken simply thinking about it as she never expected to sell them one day.

Anna didn’t know how to say no, so she took the bracelets. After that, she rushed back to Birmingham that night because it was an emergency. Anna couldn’t wait any longer because three days had already passed.

She arrived in Birmingham shortly after sunrise. And she spent a long time searching the house before discovering a safe deposit box in the garage. Taking a deep breath, Anna opened it The safe’s door opened, allowing sunlight to illuminate everything inside. There was a necklace there, as well as some cash and evidence of ownership. Anna took out the necklace and held it for a long time in her hand. In the sunlight, the lovely green gem gleamed beside a few diamonds.

Anna considered the necklace to be more valuable than the bracelet Jennie had given her. The necklace had been the sole clue that had led her ‘345 Selling Wayne’s Necklace s to Wayne, and she had always treated it as a hot potato, refusing to take it out.

Anna had hoped to tell Wayne the truth before their wedding, but she had to take it away first.

Charleston Antiques was among a row of Victorian buildings in the suburbs. Before being transformed into an antique auction house, it was the largest pawn shop in the entire city.

After Anna entered the shop, the receptionist told her that he had photographed the bracelets for Mr. York and that he would be there in a few minutes.

Anna sat in the lobby and sipped her coffee. After ten minutes or so, a man came out. His hair was gray, and he appeared to be in his fifties. He was dressed like a gentleman from an old movie from the 1930s.

He sat across from Anna and then asked his helper for a coffee. He asked, “Hello there, Miss Gabriel. Where did you get these beautiful bracelets?”

Anna replied, “My fiance’s mother gave them to me.”

Mr. York froze, looked at Anna in shock and asked, “You’re Wayne’s fiancee?”

Anna was astounded to see Mr. York startled in this way. The entire city was aware that she was marrying Wayne. Because Anna was frequently in the news a few years ago, many people recognized her, even if they were not businessmen.

Mr. York seemed to understand what Anna was thinking and smiled as he responded, “| apologize. | frequently attend my church in the suburbs rather than the city, so | don’t know the big news lately. | had no idea Wayne was going to be married! Time flies by.*’ ‘345 Selling Wayne’s Necklace York then said, “I had my eye on these two bracelets previously, and they’re now even more valuable. Tell me, how much do you want?”

Anna looked at York carefully and said, “Please don’t misunderstand me. In fact, | didn’t want to sell the bracelets. | know that if |

don’t come here with something from someone you know, you probably won’t even see me. I’m sorry, | shouldn’t have done that.”

She then noticed York appeared to be unhappy. After that, Anna took the box with the necklace out of her bag and placed it on the coffee table, saying, “But there’s something else I’d like you to see. How much do you think this necklace is worth?”

York glanced at the necklace, widened his eyes, and exclaimed, “Oh my! This is the best emerald I’ve ever seen!”

A magnificent emerald jade with eight diamonds was put in the center of the necklace, and four of them were rare pink diamonds. Even if Anna only sold the diamonds, she could make a lot of money.

York asked, “How much do you want?”

“Five million dollars. What do you think?”

York blinked in surprise, then said, “Oh, actually, | think...”

Anna asked, “You think the price is a bit low, right?”

Anna knew that the necklace had a lot of precious stones on it, so there was no way it was worth just five million.

“What do you mean by that?” he asked, nodding his head.

Anna said, “| know this store used to be a pawn store, so can | pawn this necklace? I only need $5 million, and I will pay you back within a year.”

York looked at Anna then calmly asked, “What if you can’t give me that much money in a year?” ‘345 Selling Wayne’s Necklace “Then the jewelry will be yours, according to the rules.”

After a long pause, Mr. York nodded and said, “OK, deal.”

Leaving the necklace for a year at the pawn store was Anna’s best solution. She knew that Jennie had done many things she didn’t want to before. Wayne was still young back then and couldn’t understand her at all. Anna did this with Wayne’s necklace to make it up to Jennie on his behalf.

However, she knew she still had to redeem it. Not only was the necklace extremely precious, but it also did not belong to her.

therefore, she planned to sell one of her villas for money to take the necklace back once she settled everything.

At noon, Wayne walked into his office after a meeting. Standing next to him, Gable said, “It looks like there are no more problems with the acquisition program. So, we can start it right away.”

Wayne flipped through the files, then stopped and stared at one of the pages. After some while, he abruptly sprang up and said, “Take me to the hospital.”