Natalie’s cheeks turned red as she glanced at him.
Natalie’s cheeks turned red as she glanced at him.
With her husband’s assurance, she didn’t hesitate anymore.She picked up a piece of jewelry and took a close look at it.
It was at this time that a shop attendant came in with a tray filled with sliced fruits and delicate desserts.
“Miss, have you seen any one you like here? If none of the pieces here catches your fancy, you can check out our exclusive pieces. They haven’t been made for sale to the public yet.Since they are custom made, they will take some time to be delivered after the order is made,” the shop attendant explained as she poured tea for Natalie and Sebastian.
For the umpteenth time in the last half an hour, Natalie was shocked.She pinched her thigh to make sure she wasn’t dreaming or imagining things.
“What’s going on? I’m dressed in cheap clothes, so I look nothing like a wealthy woman.How come this shop attendant thinks I can afford custom-made jewelry?”
Just when Natalie was lost in thought, she noticed something.
The shop assistant kept looking at the wedding ring on her finger.It was then she realized why the employees treated her so reverentially.
She touched her ring and circled it with her finger.
“Ahem…You keep staring at my ring.Is anything the matter?”
“Oh, there’s nothing wrong with it.”
The shop attendant was puzzled by Natalie’s question.Perhaps sensing that she had been a bit impolite just now by staring at Natalie’s ring, she waved her hands in dismissal and put on a smile.I’m really sorry for staring at your ring just now, ma’am.I shouldn’t have done that.I’ve only seen photos of that ring before.This is the first time I’ve seen it in real life.Itis indeed mesmerizing.” Natalie frowned.
She couldn’t understand what the shop attendant was talking about.
“This is just a fake blue diamond ring.Why is she so curious about it?” she wondered.
Upon noticing the confusion on Natalie’s face, the shop attendant asked hesitantly, “Don’t you know the origin of that ring, ma’am?”
Natalie glanced at Sebastian subconsciously.He was the one who gave her the ring.
She didn’t think that there was any interesting background story about a fake ring.
Thus, she shook her head and said, “I don’t.”
Suddenly, Sebastian faked coughing.
“Sebastian, are you okay? Is your throat sore?”
Natalie was worried about him, so she patted him on the back and handed him a glass of water.
“Why are you suddenly coughing?” she asked.
“He was fine just now” she thought.
The shop attendant noticed that Sebastian had been coughing ever since she started talking.
She wanted to ingratiate herself with him, so she said, “We have some cough medicine in the store.Would you like some, sir?”
Sebastian waved his hand, picked up the glass of water on the table, and took a sip.
He had been winking at the shop attendant, and he even faked several coughs, yet she still didn’t seem to understand his hint.
The woman wasn’t Sebastian’s employee, so she probably couldn’t understand his hints.Moreover, Sebastian couldn’t say anything to her in front of Natalie, so he was getting more and more anxious.
The shop attendant took a look at Natalie’s ring again and adjusted her tone.
“The blue diamond on your ring is called the ‘Ocean’.It’s the most expensive and most famous jewelry in our brand’s history.It has an extensive history and high value.I heard that someone bought it at a high price a long time ago.Never did I imagine that I’d see the ring’s owner here today.Since you have it, you must be a very important customer,” the shop attendant explained respectfully.
Upon hearing that, Natalie was stunned.
After a moment of hesitation, she asked tentatively, “Are you sure this isn’t just a fake?”
She couldn’t believe that the blue diamond on her ring was the real “Ocean” that the shop attendant just told her about.
“How could Sebastian afford the real one? We’re poor! “ she thought to herself.
Aside from that, Natalie had seen several fakes that Sebastian had gotten from his friends.
Because of the development of counterfeiting technology, it was hard to tell that they were fakes.But to her surprise, the shop attendant shook her head and smiled.
“Ma’am, you must be kidding.I’ve been at this job for years, and I know our brand’s most famous product all too well.I’m more than certain that your ring is the real deal.{f you don’t believe me, go ahead and fine a professional jewelry appraiser to check it for you.”
After hearing the explanation, Natalie was stunned.
The shop attendant sounded so sure that the blue diamond on her ring was real.
Thinking back on Sebastian’s weird behavior; his odd winking and sudden burst of coughs; her eyes widened in shock.She whipped her head to stare at Sebastian as a mountain of questions built up in her head.
Suddenly, Natalie sprang to her feet.She felt a burning anger rising from her chest.
Slowly, she walked out of the shop and said, “Sebastian, let’s go home.”
Sebastian closed his eyes and stood up like he was told to.He knew that she was angry, so he just followed Natalie obediently.
All the while, Emani had heard what the shop attendant had said.
“How is that possible? How could Natalie afford a ring that expensive?”
Emani was indignant.She crossed her arms, looking at her assistant.
“Is she really that rich?” she asked.
The assistant was fearful at this point.
“Emani, do you think we just offended a big shot?”
“Don’t jump to conclusions so soon. But I gotta say, I am flummoxed.”
Conflicted, Emani walked out of the store and found that Natalie and Sebastian were nowhere to be found.
‘Who the hell is Natalie? How did she manage to get her hands on a ring that expensive?’ she wondered.
At night.It was already 10 o’clock.
Natalie hadn’t said a word to Sebastian during their trip back home.
After walking into the room, she leaned against the shoe cabinet at the door and looked Sebastian dead in the eye.
Based on the look on her face, she was furious.
“Sebastian, do you have something to tell me?”
Sebastian was caught off-guard by the question.
Despite how plain the question sounded, it was still daunting.He then looked back at her, trying his best to stay composed.
Sebastian had long known that Natalie was much tougher than she appeared to be.
A smile appeared on his lips.
He’d be lying if he said that he didn’t like it whenever she was like this.
Fortunately for him, he had been preparing an explanation along the way.
“My mother passed that ring down to me, so I gave it to you as our wedding ring,” Sebastian explained.
He didn’t look like he felt guilty at all.
He even took a few steps forward, leaned his elbows against the cabinet beside Natalie, and made eye contact.
“Is that so?”