Chapter 98

Chapter 98 Already Broken

After work, Imogen originally wanted to take a taxi to the clubhouse, but unexpectedly, Troy came to pick her up.

After getting in the car, Troy explained unusually, “The afternoon session ended early, so I’m here to pick you up.”

Imogen understood, looking at the receding street scene outside the window.

When she came back to her senses, the car had stopped.

Imogen looked left and right out of the window but found that they hadn’t arrived at the clubhouse yet.

Just when she was about to ask, Troy had already opened the door and got out of the car. “What are you doing?” Imogen asked as she got out of the car.

Troy took Imogen’s hand and walked to the nearby jewelry chain store. “Shopping.”

Shopping? What to buy?

Imogen was curious but didn’t ask more.

As soon as the two opened the door and entered, the manager of the jewelry store greeted them with a smile, “Mr. Marshall, Ms. Forbes, hurry up and sit down, please. If you have any jewelry you want to see, I’ll ask them to take it here.”

The manager was also surprised.

Yesterday some entertainment news was still reporting that Troy appeared at Sarah’s birthday party, but today he was shopping with another woman.

It was really difficult to understand the love life of these rich people.

Although surprised, the manager didn’t dare to show it at all. She acted respectfully.

Troy sat down on the sofa and said, “Let me take a look at the latest couple rings.”

“Okay, Mr. Marshall, Ms. Forbes, wait a moment, please.” The manager called the clerk to send the two of them some drinks and hurriedly went to get the rings herself.

Couple rings?

Did he have friends who were getting married?

Imogen sat on the sofa and took a sip of water, flipped through her Facebook, and replied work messages to her assistant.

The manager brought several new pairs of couple rings, put them on the table, and then introduced them one by one, “Mr. Marshall, please take a look. These are new products of our brand this year, and they are trendy among young couples. Especially this one, it’s unique in design, also elegant and high–profile. It had been ordered a lot last month.”

As she said that, the manager took out the women’s ring herself, put it on her own finger, and -showed it to Troy.

“How about it? Mr. Marshall.”

“What do

you think?” Troy looked at Imogen beside him.

The store manager hurriedly moved to Imogen’s side.

Imogen raised her head, glanced at the ring on the manager’s hand, and nodded. “Yes, it’s suitable as a gift.”

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Seeing her perfunctory attitude, Troy took the phone from Imogen’s hand and turned it off. “It’s not a gift.”

Imogen glanced at him interrogatively and took the phone from his hand. “Then what’s it for?” Troy pursed his lips, held Imogen’s hand, and interlaced her fingers.

He looked at their fingers. “Don’t you think something is missing?”

Imogen was stunned for seconds before realizing that Troy wanted to buy a pair of rings for themselves.

Imogen looked at the pair of rings inlaid with diamonds on the plate, but she didn’t feel surprises at all, nor did she have much desire to choose one.

any

She would be pleased if Troy could give her a pair of rings on her wedding anniversary, even if it was a random one.

However, on that day, what he gave her was a bracelet.

And it was already broken.

But now, another crack had been added to their relationship.

The memory of that night was now like a thorn in her heart.

And when the thorn got stuck into the flesh, it would cause a dull pain from time to time.

Their current harmony was barely maintained with a bad grace.

It was like a cigarette butt that had been burned once and turned into ashes as soon as it was touched and would be blown away in the wind.

The manager was shocked, but she also felt that it was expected.

Imogen was adopted by the Marshall family. She had been in the Marshall family for ten years and had a close relationship with the elders in the family. Maybe it was the elders who wanted to match the two.

As for Sarah, an actress, Troy was probably just playing with her.

Troy looked at Imogen in a daze, picked a women’s ring from the ring plate, lifted Imogen’s left hand, put the ring on her finger, looked around twice, and asked, “Do you like it?”

Imogen returned to her senses, raised her head, and then met Troy’s eyes.

The chandelier in the room was exquisite and bright, reflecting in Troy’s eyes. His eyes seemed extraordinarily gentle.

Imogen avoided his gaze and looked at her left hand.

Under the light, the huge diamond shined so brilliantly that she couldn’t even keep her eyes

open.

The manager immediately recommended enthusiastically, “Mr. Marshall is really discerning. The design and workmanship of this diamond ring are master–level and very unique. Ms. Forbes‘ fingers are the most beautiful that I have ever seen. Her skin is so fair, and her fingers are so long. This one is the most suitable one for her temperament.”

Imogen looked at her left hand and shook her head slightly. “It’s too exaggerated, not suitable for

everyday wear.”

Troy said, “You can choose two pairs. One pair for collection and one pair for everyday wear.” The manager’s eyes lit up when she heard these words, and she hurriedly echoed to Troy, “Ms. Forbes, Mr. Marshall is so kind to you. This ring looks so nice on you, and your hands look shining

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and thin, which means that Mr. Marshall thinks highly of you. The corresponding men’s ring is also very gorgeous, low–key yet majestic. If you think it is exaggerated, this pair of rings is also new, especially suitable for daily wear.”

The store manager picked up another ordinary ring and highly recommended it.

Troy took the diamond ring from Imogen’s hand and put on that ordinary ring. “How is it?”

This ring was said to be ordinary, but compared to other rings, the diamond was still bigger, about one carat in size.

Imogen casually looked at the other rings on the plate and said, “This one is fine.”

“Okay, let me measure your fingers,” The manager said with a smile.

She glanced at Troy secretly and sighed that the ring with that huge diamond was not sold this time.

Then she heard Troy say, “These two, please.”

“Okay, okay!” The manager immediately smiled, and her attitude was almost like treating Troy as a god. “Mr. Marshall, Ms. Forbes, do you need to carve some words on the rings?”

“No need,” Imogen said.

In case one day she would divorce Troy, it would waste a lot of money if she sold the ring.

“Okay, Mr. Marshall and Ms. Forbes, we will process and customize as soon as possible, and I will contact you two again at that time.”

“Hmm.” Troy said slightly, looking at Imogen beside him, “Is there anything else you want? Go and pick one?”

The manager immediately said, “Ms. Forbes, we recently arrived some new necklaces in our store. Shall I show them to you?”

Imogen shook her head. “No need, let’s go.”

Troy took Imogen’s hand, stood up, and was ready to leave.

“Goodbye, take care!” The manager sent them to the door.

The two returned to the car.

And the car started moving.

“Why do you suddenly want to buy the couple rings?” Imogen glanced at Troy beside her.

“Nothing. I just suddenly realized that we had been married for three years but still didn’t have rings.”

He held her hand, interlaced his five fingers into her fingers, and looked at her under the dim light. “Imogen, I know that in the past three years, I have not fulfilled the responsibility of being a husband. And you have been forgiving me all the time. In the coming days, I will make up for you and make up for what we lacked before.”

Although, that day, Imogen let go and said to see his performance.

But Troy still noticed that Imogen seemed to see him, as usual, these days.

In fact, there was an invisible and intangible barrier between the two.

The cracks were already there, and it was hard to return to how they used to be.

She couldn’t trust him with all her heart as before.

Imogen smiled at him, then turned to look outside the car.

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