My Darling, My Dearest

Rachel was amused by Celine's words. She was eager to stay away from Jack. He would always bring trouble to her.

Unwilling to answer her question, Rachel turned to the saleswoman holding the boy. "It doesn't matter. Don't worry about her. I can pay for the compensation on your behalf."

The saleswoman stared at Rachel in confusion.

Celine narrowed her eyes in anger. "It's none of your business! Do you hear me? It was her son's fault! I will demand compensation from her."

Lucas couldn't stand the scene in front of him. Frowning, he warned Celine, "Hey. Please be polite. It's just a dress and it isn't worth all this yelling."

At the sound of the commotion, the shop's manager finally came into view. She hurried over to where the fight ensued.

A thin layer of sweat glistened on the manager's forehead as a saleswoman began to vaguely explain what had happened.

The manager took a deep breath before facing a seething Celine.

Seeing that they were in a stalemate, she walked over with a big smile plastered on her face. "Miss, I am the manager of the store. May I know what happened?" However, Celine didn't respond and continued ■3

her haughty attitude. With her beautiful and dainty fingernails, she pointed at the man in front of her and in a sharp voice, she screeched, "It is none of your business! You should learn to mind your own business!"

With a straight face, Lucas shook his head. Calmly, he turned to the shop manager, who was frowning at the situation. "I would like to pay for the lady's damage, regardless of how much it costs." "You are crazy!" Celine yelled.

The manager couldn't maintain her politeness. The saleswoman had told her that the child had accidentally stained the client's dress. But she was willing to apologize and pay for the damages. It didn't make sense that the customer would continue to create a scene in the middle of their store. She glanced at Celine's dress, and could hardly pinpoint where the stain was. Clearly, this customer was just trying to create a dramatic scene in front of everyone. The child at fault was still in his mother's arms, trembling in fear.

The manager sighed silently. Seeing that there was no way out, she asked in a low voice, "Miss, I am sincerely sorry for the inconvenience. Please follow me to my office so that we may settle this." Celine's face flushed in embarrassment, but she coldly replied, "No, thank you. I guess it is just my bad luck. Your customer service is terrible. I definitely won't shop here again."

Rachel sneered and said, "Don't worry. She won't need to come here at all as she doesn't even have a child." ■3

Celine's chest heaved violently. But before she could retort back at what Rachel had said, the manager quickly intervened and called for their attention. "Everyone! I strongly insist that we resolve this in the office."

Unknown to them, a customer on the second floor had been watching the entire time. He had been shopping in silence until he heard the raising of voices, which attracted his attention. If the situation had escalated even further, then the stores' sales would surely be affected.

The manager was adamant to resolve this issue as soon as possible and ensure that all parties were able to apologize and those who needed to be compensated would be compensated. It would be terrible fo the store to have a reduction in sales because of such a trivial matter.

Still fuming with anger, Celine threw the toy at the saleswoman in front of her. The mother and child at fault were shocked and stood petrified, not knowing what they were to do next. Rachel rolled her eyes as Celine left the store. It was always the same situation with her. Whenever she met Celine, she would always attempt to pick a fight, yet lose every single time.

Rachel didn't understand how Jack had the patience to like this woman. She was the devil in disguise, always angry and shouting like a child. Today, her unnecessary tantrum was caused by a child that had innocently stained her dress.

A child!

She truly had no shame. ■3

Rachel groaned and placed a hand on her forehead. She then turned to Lucas and said in a hurry, "We have other things to do! Where is Mendes?"

Lucas sighed and stood with elegance, much more composed than she was. His eyes twinkled in amusement at her flustered face. He raised his chin and said, "Look over there!"

During the argument, he had noticed a butt sticking out from one of the shelves in the store, completely oblivious to what was happening.

Rachel sighed in relief. Luckily Mendes turned out to be in the store as well. It was obvious that he didn't even care about the ruckus that was happening a while ago.

The saleswoman placed the toy back on the shelf and apologized. "We are sincerely for the trouble that had just occurred."

Rachel waved her hand in response, indicating that it was fine. It really didn't matter to her. "Don't worry about it. If that woman barges in again demanding for compensation, inform her to look for

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me.

The saleswoman smiled and nodded curtly in understanding. She wondered what relationship was between the two women. They seemed to know each other but they were definitely not the best of friends. "I see that you've discovered the Transformer." Lucas stretched out his hand and gently pinched Mendes' face. He chuckled and picked him up from the floor, not blaming him for his disobedience. Mendes felt a little nervous because he hadn't kept his promise. Earlier during the day he had promised Rachel that he would be on his best behavior. And as he approached her, he started to feel guilt build up in his heart. Holding his toy tightly, Mendes slowly glanced at Rachel with unease and fear that she would get angry. Whenever he had been a bad boy, he would always get scolded by his nanny or sister.

But to his surprise, both Rachel and Lucas were calm. They didn't utter a word or didn't blame him for being disobedient. They took him back to the shelf to pick up clothes.

Although Mendes was a child, he was very sensitive and was relieved that they didn't scold him. Back in a happy mood, he began playing with his toy again.

Rachel sighed and glanced at him. "Mendes, you shouldn't break your promise okay? It is very dangerous. Lucas and I were worried when we couldn't find you earlier."

Mendes nodded gleefully. He was a child who lacked discipline. It was no surprise as his parents were rarely around him. His nanny was the closest parent-figure he had, but she didn't fully invest her time with him.

Whenever he was disobedient, the nanny would immediately reprimand him. Mendes had to be persuaded, not coerced or reprimanded whenever he had done something wrong.

That was why Celia and her little brother always had conflicts. She thought he was do ■3

disobedient.

As a bystander, Rachel could clearly see the problems between Celia and Mendes. She knew how she should deal with the boy.

With a straight face, Celine walked out of the shop. She quickly strutted to her car and slapped her steering wheel, venting her anger.

She winced in pain, not realizing the amount of force she had. Celine's eyes turned blind with red and anger. Rona sat in the passenger seat beside her, scared at what Celine had been doing.

She saw that the key hadn't been inserted yet and sighed. "Don't be angry. You can just buy another dress," she said.

"You know nothing about this! This dress was a gift from him!"

It was obvious that she was referring to Jack. "Then just ask him to send another one. What is the big deal?" Rona asked.

"It's not the same!" Celine seethed with anger. She pinched the leather seat with her fine manicured nails. She clenched her teeth and cursed, "Rachel, you bitch!"

Rona paused for a while and asked, "You told me that they didn't love each other. So why haven't they gotten divorced yet?"

Celine's face contorted at the mention of this. She said impatiently, "Why do you ask me so many questions? I don't know!" Rona winced at her friend's anger. "Alright, I'm sorry. I won't ask anymore." Rona became silent for ■3

a while, before raising another question. "In the store, it seemed that Rachel came with another man just now."

"It is none of our business!" The mere mention of Rachel's name made Celine sick. She didn't want to know anything about her.

But Rona continually repeated her point patiently. "She came with a man to a store selling maternal and infant products."

Celine suddenly turned her head, and curiosity flashed in her eyes. "Why did she come with a man to the store?"

"Why else would a woman and a man come to a store offering maternal and infant products together?" Rona smirked as Celine finally understood what she was trying to imply.

At the thought of this, Celine's heart began to beat so fast. She stammered, "You mean..."

Rona curled her lips and smugly said, "I was just guessing. It's not necessarily true."

"Ha-ha!" Celine's smile grew wide. "I was so angry that I didn't even notice such a thing! Huh! How dare you! Rachel!"

Celine abruptly heaved a sigh of relief. She breathed out slowly to calm her temper.

Rachel had always been so difficult to deal with. Celine was thrilled at the thought of her having a relationship with another man.

No wonder Rachel didn't care for Jack at all. She was in love with another man!

The corners of Celine's lips lifted in a cold smirk.

She knew how to make use of it and snitch Rachel to Jack.

Rachel didn't know how the event eventually ended. When she left the store, all the parties involved in the incident had disappeared.