223 She was trapped
From the first time Isabella saw Joseph in the bar, she noticed that there was a square ruby ring on his left pinky. On that day, she saw rings in all colors and shapes in his cloakroom. She was quite curious why he never changed another ring. Isabella thought, âDoes this ring mean anything?
A symbol of love?
Impossible, Angelina said that he never has a girlfriend, so how could it mean love?
Maybe it is a symbol of luck.
I heard that people who do business will believe in superstition.â
Isabella interrupted the clerk when thinking about this, âSorry, I donât want to buy this today. Is there any jewelry suitable for middle-aged ladies?â
The shop assistant stopped talking and looked at Isabella up and down. She frowned and said, âPlease come with me.â
Isabella was led to the female jewelry area. She looked at the jewelry in the counter carefully and finally fixed her eyes on a jade green bracelet. âCould you show me this one please?â
The shop assistant glanced through Isabella again and finally noticed the Prada handbag in her hand, which belonged to Angelina. She smiled. âThis bracelet costs 580,000 yuan. Be careful not to drop it.â
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âAlright!â
Isabella took the cushion on the counter to cover the bracelet and look at it carefully.
âOh my. How brave you are! Although the bracelet is not very expensive, if the young lady in front of you drops it, she had no way to afford it!â
Isabella felt humiliated and saw three well-dressed girls after turning around.
They were Rosyâs best friends, who framed Isabella at her engagement party.
Dorothy, Sarah, and Sandra.
The shop assistant seemed to recognize these three girls and greeted them with a smile immediately, âLadies, please come in. The new jewelry you want has arrived!â
Then she looked at Isabella.
People who often worked as employees in luxury goods shops were shrewd and clever, and they would recommend different levels of goods depending on the customerâs appearance.
As soon as Isabella entered, the shop assistant looked her up and down. Though Isabella was not well-dressed, she seemed to hold the latest model of Prada, and she looked at the ruby ring after entering the store, which all could tell that she had good taste.
So the shop assistant explained the meaning of the ruby ring to Isabella in detail. During the conversation, she saw that Isabella did not have any decorations on her hands. When she looked up again, there was no jewelry on Isabellaâs neck or ears.
More importantly, Isabella was wearing a casual dress, which looked cheap at first glance.
At this moment, the girl said that she would buy the jewelry of a middle-aged woman rather than the ruby ring.
The shop assistant thought, âWell, maybe she is just a student who wants to buy a gift for his mother. I canât get any benefits, so Iâll treat her casually.
I didnât expect that she will be interested in a bracelet worth 580,000.â
The shop assistant looked at the Prada handbag in the girlâs hand again and felt that it should be real. âMaybe she is low-key,â the shop assistant thought. She reminded Isabella to be careful thousands of times before she took out the bracelet.
But Isabella was humiliated by those three girls.
The shop assistant thought, âHow strange. She owns the latest Prada handbag but she couldnât afford the bracelet. Thatâs ridiculous.â
Thus, this shrewd sales lady no longer concealed the disdain in her heart and said directly, âIâm sorry, lady. If you canât afford the price of this bracelet, you should return it to me. If this is broken, Iâm afraid both of us will get into trouble!â
Isabella was stunned as he looked at the shop assistant who changed her attitude so quickly.
But she calmed herself down quickly.
Since she was young, Rosy and her three friends had bullied and humiliated her thousands of times!
When she was in elementary school, they framed her for stealing. When she was in middle school, they read the âlove letterâ she gave to the school idol Lukas in public. In high school, they asked a gang of youth to block her after school and tear her skirt. Things might be worse if Jane and Lukas didnât come to save her.
It was all because she was the child of the home wrecker, and her mother married Rosyâs father...
She was four years younger than Rosy, and Rosy had a few friends to support her. Therefore, every time there was a conflict, Isabella would undoubtedly be the loser. Even if Isabella won, Rosy would ask Carl to help her...
Therefore, Isabella had born in her mind that sheâd better stay away from them since she was young.
Isabella murmured in her mind, âThen Iâll just escape from you.â
So she put down the bracelet. âNever mind, Iâll just go...â
Before she finished her words, Sarah, who was next to her, suddenly ran over. The bracelet in Isabellaâs hand flew out and fell to the ground.
And it was broken.
Along with the screams of the shop assistants, the beautiful jade bracelet was split into two pieces, and Isabellaâs heart seemed to be broken, too.
She thought, â580,000...
The bracelet I broke is worth 580,000...I canât afford it at all.â
âShe pushed me!â
âYou saw it, she pushed me!â Isabella shouted and pulled the shop assistant.
âAre you telling a joke?â
Sarah covered her pink lips and laughed, âThe bracelet was in your hand. Donât frame me!â
Her twin sister Sandra agreed immediately, âThatâs right, that bracelet flew out from your hand. How could you blame my sister!â
âIf you didnât push me, how could it fly out?â
âHey! Stop arguing!â Dorothy uttered as she pressed her fingers against the counter, âThe bracelet canât be fixed up, right?â
âYes, it becomes worthless now!â The shop assistant held the bracelet and looked upset.
âThe bracelet was broken by that girl. You saw it, right? Then hurry up and deal with it,â Dorothy glanced at Isabella, âask her to pay for the compensation or send her into jail. Anyway, we canât wait to go shopping!â
The shop assistant said to Isabella immediately, âLady, the price of this bracelet you just broke is 580,000. Would you like to swipe the card or...â
âI will never give you 580,000!â
Dorothy immediately retorted, âBecause you canât afford it, right?â
Isabella looked at those three girls and she knew she couldnât escape from this issue. She turned to the shop assistant and said, âI suppose your shop has surveillance cameras, right? I want to check the surveillance records! Even if I have to pay, I will only take half of the responsibility!â