Chapter 1013

“If the police get involved, whose words do you think will hold more weight? Yours, or the footage from my dash cam?”

Around Leslie, a crowd had formed, their silent stares adding to her discomfort.

Feeling the weight of humiliation, Leslie clenched her teeth.

She had never felt so shamed, her anger making her breaths short and heavy.

Admitting the truth seemed a better option than facing police intervention.

Her arrogance faded, her voice mellowed.

“I’m sorry, I broke the bracelet by accident.

”

Stella nodded, her smile unwavering.

“It’s good you’ve acknowledged it.

Everyone here has heard your confession.

But just so you know, that car outside isn’t mine.

”

“You tricked me!” Leslie’s simmering anger erupted.

Stella’s smile remained.

“If you weren’t guilty, my trick wouldn’t have mattered.

Consider this a lesson.

Be honest, and don’t falsely accuse others.

”

With those final words, Stella was done with the confrontation.

She took Miley’s hand and the gift box, leaving the scene behind.

The crowd, seeing the issue resolved, dispersed.

Leslie was left standing alone, seething with anger.

The shop assistant carefully wrapped the fallen bracelet and presented it to Leslie.

“Miss, this bracelet costs seven hundred and eighty thousand.

Will you be paying with a credit card?”

“Seven hundred and eighty thousand?” Leslie repeated in disbelief, her voice a murmur.

“Why is it so expensive?”

The assistant, maintaining politeness, repeated, “Yes, seven hundred and eighty thousand.

Will you be using your credit card?”

Leslie’s expression turned grim.

Without enough funds, yet unable to leave the shop without settling the bill, she reluctantly overdrafted her credit card.

As Leslie left the jewelry store with the damaged bracelet, her resentment towards Stella intensified.

She couldn’t understand how Stella, who seemed like nobody special, could become Matthew’s wife.

The more she dwelled on it, the more it rankled her.