Chapter 431-440
Chapter 431
“There are pajamas, suits, shirts, socks, and so on, and also,” Arabella trailed off before she could finish.
“And what else?”
“You’ll see when you get home.”
Seeing a slight blush on Arabella’s face, Romeo had a hunch and leaned in to whisper, “Is it intimate apparel?”
He chuckled, “How did you know my size?”
“Romeo!”
“You look so adorable when you’re blushing.” Romeo gently touched her face, his eyes full of affection, “I never thought you’d have such a shy side. It’s too cute. You’re so generous.”
Either she gave no gifts at all, or she gave a whole load of them.
“This is my first time giving gifts. If there are things you don’t like, you don’t have to force yourself to keep them.”
“Even if you gave me a leaf, it would be the best gift in the world to me. It’s just,” Romeo looked down at the bag in his hands, somewhat reluctant to let go. Arabella looked up at him, “What?”
“I really want to keep these things.”
These were all gifts that Arabella had personally chosen for him, and some were even handcrafted by her. He really didn’t want to use them.
Arabella saw the reluctance in his eyes, “If you like, I can give you more in the future, especially the clothes. If you want them today, I can send them to you tomorrow. If you want to keep them, I can design a few more sets for you to keep.”
Romeo chuckled at her words, and gently touched her face, “I don’t want you to work so hard. When did you prepare all this?”
When she was with him, she didn’t have time to do anything.
She must have taken a lot of time off to surprise him.
And he was clueless, often sending her home late.
She must not have had enough rest during this time.
Thinking about this, he felt a pang of guilt.
Arabella understood what he was thinking and casually said, “I didn’t spend much time. My mom wants to invite my uncle’s family to dinner tomorrow. You should come.”
Although Romeo had received a call from Louisa the night before asking him to reserve the largest private room, he was still thrilled to hear Arabella’s invitation, “I’ll pick you up tomorrow night.”
“No need, I’ll take our car.”
“Then I’ll call you when I get to the restaurant.”
“Alright.”
Romeo opened the car door for her. Today they were going to see the flowers in the largest flower sea in the neighboring city.
“It’s a bit of a long drive, you can rest a bit.”
“I’m fine, I’m not tired.” Arabella took out her phone to handle some work.
Romeo covered her screen as he waited for the traffic light, his tone gentle, “Looking at your phone in the car is bad for your eyes.”
“You’re quite the busybody.”
“That’s because I care about you.” Romeo smiled, “In this life, only you can boss me around. I wouldn’t dare to boss you around.”
He knew his place in the family was always last, Bella was definitely first.
“So you feel quite wronged.”
“I do feel a bit wronged.” Romeo looked at her with a smile, “But if my fiancee could care about me more, and pay more attention to me, then this feeling of being wronged would turn into happiness.”
Arabella put down her phone and pressed the music player in the car. Beautiful music immediately filled the car.
“Did you write a song for David?”
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“How did you find out?” Arabella was amazed by his information gathering skills. David had been staying home for the past few days, the new tune wasn’t even recorded yet, how did Romeo find out so quickly?
“He was showing off to me last night.”
Arabella was speechless. So that was how it was.
Arabella caught a hint of jealousy in his words, and she chuckled, “If you like, I could write a song for you next time.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
Romeo reached out to stroke her hair, “I knew my fiancée had me in her heart.”
Once Arabella wrote a new song, he would show it off to David, to let him know who was in Arabella’s heart.
They arrived at the largest rose sea in the neighboring city.
Arabella noticed seven or eight photographers waiting at the entrance, all of them respectfully greeted Romeo when they saw him.
Romeo had hired the best photography team in Solterra?
“Let’s take some couple photos first, we’ll wait until you’re ready to take the wedding photos,” Romeo had booked the entire rose sea just for them today. Carl personally delivered four large boxes of outfits, all prepared by Romeo.
One box was for Romeo, and the other three were for Arabella, filled with beautiful long dresses, various hair accessories, jewelry, and so on.
Arabella thought they were just going to look at the flowers today, so she didn’t dress up. She didn’t expect Romeo to be so thoughtful.
“Mr. McMillian, could you lift Ms. Bennett? Yes, just like that.”
“Ms. Bennett, could you lean on Mr. McMillian’s chest and give us a smile.”
“Mr. McMillian, you could pretend to be taking a picture of Ms. Bennett. Ms. Bennett, you could lower your head and smell the flowers, yes, that’s the pose”
After an hour of cooperative shooting, Arabella was exhausted. There were assistants holding umbrellas for her, wiping her sweat, and even bringing her drinks.
Arabella suddenly had a feeling that they were taking wedding photos.
A variety of drinks and food were placed in a spherical glass room by Carl, waiting for them.
“Let’s go over there and rest for a while.” Romeo gently put his arm around Arabella’s shoulder, waving the photography team away as he held an umbrella over her
“We’ll have lunch here.” Romeo said as they walked, “Do you like roses?”
“You’re not going to plant a whole field of roses for me, are you?”
“If you don’t like it, I won’t.”
“This rose sea is indeed beautiful, but let me be clear in advance, don’t move a whole field of roses to my house.”
She once mentioned that she liked marigold, and before long, Romeo had a large field of marigold planted at Moon Villa.
“So, you do like roses?” Romeo walked into the spherical glass room, where the air conditioning was set to a low temperature. Arabella had just taken a sip of her drink when someone handed her a contract.
Romeo signed it and handed it over to Arabella.
“Do you still have work left for today?” Arabella was a bit puzzled. She took the contract and realized it was a resale agreement for the rose sea.
Romeo had bought the rose sea and was giving it to her.
“From now on, this is yours.” Romeo tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, his gaze and tone filled with adoration.
Carl wondered why they were showing off in front of him, a single person. Had they ever considered his feelings?
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The next moment, Romeo kissed Arabella, the two embracing each other passionately.
Carl, who was halfway through his drink, suddenly stopped, worried about making a sound.
He thought, can he ask for leave and go home now?
Why!
Why did they have to punch him in the soul!
Wasn’t working overtime painful enough?
After what seemed like a long time, Romeo stopped, his eyes only on Arabella.
David finished his endorsement shoot, it was already completely dark. He took out his phone and called Arabella, “Bella, have you eaten? Let’s go out for dinner.”
“I’ve already eaten.” Arabella’s calm voice came from the phone, “You just finished work? Haven’t you eaten yet?”
“Not really.” David didn’t want to worry her, he laughed awkwardly and lied, “I’ve eaten already. I just wondered if you needed to eat some more.”
“David.” At this moment, his manager hurried over and whispered in David’s ear, “The $100 million Mr. McMillian promised you, he said he’d give it to you privately.”
“Got it.”
“He asked you to wait, saying he needed to save money for his wedding in the next few years. After he’s done with the wedding, he’ll transfer the money to you.”
David was speechless.
What was that supposed to mean?
He will transfer the money to him a few years later?
Was that sly fox not planning to pay him at all?
So did he work for nothing today?
Damn it.
The next morning.
Arabella had just arrived at the office when she got a call from Jaime.
[Boss, have you ever heard of Dawn Department Store?]
It was a large department store newly built by McMIlian Corporation this year, located in the prime location of Summerfield. With an area of 400,000 square meters, it housed the most popular luxury brands.
Ordinary wage earners probably wouldn’t even have the courage to step in, because even a small item, like a water glass, was worth hundreds of dollars.
Arabella was calm, “I’ve heard of it, what’s up?”
[Mr. McMillian has vacated twenty shops in Dawn Department Store, officially inviting QY to settle in. Rent–free for a year. We’ve set up the venue and moved the clothes and jewelry over. It’s the 99th branch nationwide. Do you have time, would you like to come over and have a look?]
“When did this happen?” Arabella was completely unaware.
[Half a month ago, Mr. McMillian wanted to surprise you, so he didn’t let me tell you.]
“And you actually listened to him?” Arabella retorted.
[One is my current boss, and the other is my future boss, how could I not listen to him?]
Arabella stood up, “I’ll go take a look.”
Half an hour later, she arrived at Dawn Department Store, looking at the row of QY stores, she couldn’t help but take out her phone and call Romeo.
Romeo was in a meeting, he saw his phone vibrating, signaled the Finance Minister to pause his report.
The meeting room was dead silent.
Romeo answered the call, his tone became gentle, “Bella, you wanna talk to me?”
The forty–nine senior managers sitting at the conference table were stunned. Was Mr. McMillian in love? Did he have a girlfriend? And he even called her Bella..
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The fact that he could speak such sweet words was simply unbelievable.
‘Dawn Department Store, twenty shops, even the rent is free? You’re really generous, Arabella’s voice echoed in Romeo’s ear.
For a large shopping center like this, the monthly rent for a shop was about three to five thousand dollars. But the twenty shops Romeo offered were in prime locations and were next to each other. A conservative estimate for the monthly rent would be around one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
“Do you like it?” There was a hint of indulgence in Romeo’s tone. Supporting his fiancée’s business was his duty as a fiancé, wasn’t it?
“Business is business, I should still pay the rent.” She couldn’t take such a huge advantage for no reason. It would make her feel guilty.
“Are you being so meticulous with me? If you don’t take advantage of your own people, who else can you take advantage of?” Romeo’s voice was pleasing to the ear. “You must understand that as long as you need it, the whole McMillian Corporation can pave the way for you and help your business grow.”
Everyone present was stunned, was Mr. McMillian saying sweet words??
Mr. McMillian can actually say sweet words??
Mr. McMillian’s sweet words were really valuable.
What kind of girl can make Mr. McMillian willing to give the whole McMillian Corporation to her??
This position was not something an ordinary rich girl can reach, right?
What an amazing girl.
“Do you think I have a lot of ambition?” Arabella found it amusing.
“I just meant, whatever you want, as long as I have it.” Romeo was willing to give his all, just to get her. “Do you need me to go shopping with you?”
“No need,” Arabella answered directly, “I have to go back to the office later.”
“Okay.”
“Thank you for the surprise, I accept it.”
“You’re such a good girl, I’ll pick you up after work.”
“Okay.”
Romeo ended the call under the shocked gaze of all the executives. Seeing everyone’s expressions, it was as if they had witnessed a miracle, they were all too stunned to react.
Everyone snapped back to reality.
This was Romeo, this was Mr. McMillian.
The man just now was unrealistically gentle.
As Arabella walked into the QY physical store, she felt the warmth and sincerity of the employees, and her mood relaxed as well.
This group of salespeople were well–trained, with warm smiles and polite manners.
The store manager recognized Arabella’s identity and quickly came over, bowing respectfully, “Ms. Bennett, you’re here, I’m sorry that I didn’t receive any notice and wasn’t able to greet you in time.”
“I’m just here to take a look, no need to make a fuss.”
The manager nodded repeatedly, was Arabella here for inspection? Damn, he forgot to tell the employees to perform better today, it was the first day of opening after moving into Dawn Department Store.
“I’ll just look around, you go ahead.”
“Yes.” As soon as she left, the manager hurriedly instructed the employees, “Everyone, perform better today! There’s a VIP here!”
At that moment, Yolanda, holding Zachary’s hand, was just walking to the door of QY and her expression suddenly turned sorrowful.
Memories surfaced in her mind.
“Do you like it?” Zachary noticed her gaze, “Do you want to go in and take a look?”
“Zachary, let’s forget it.” Yolanda bit her lower lip, trying her best to hide the embarrassment in her eyes, pretending to be gentle and sensible, “The stuff from this brand is too expensive, let’s change to another store.”
But what Yolanda didn’t say was, because she plagiarized Melody’s work at the award ceremony, QY thought she had blasphemed their brand and had put her on the blacklist.
“Let’s go, let’s take a look.” Zachary pulled her hand and walked towards the store.
Yolanda couldn’t refuse and could only follow him in.
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“Welcome to the QY counter, how can I assist you today?” A polite sales associate immediately approached and asked gently. “Hey, my fiancee has got a big dinner tonight, do you have any suitable dresses and accessories for her?” Zachary asked. “Absolutely. Every piece of clothing from QY is one–of–a–kind worldwide, I guarantee your girlfriend will be the center of attention.” The sales associate led the way and said, “Please, follow me.”
“Your store is huge.” Yolanda noticed that the neighboring LV store only occupied three storefronts, while QY took up twenty. “Your rent must be sky–high, huh?” “Actually, it’s rent–free,” the associate replied with a polite smile. “We’ve officially partnered with McMillian Corporation, that’s their gesture of goodwill.” Goodwill?
McMilian Corporation was splashing the cash, providing rent–free accommodation for twenty storefronts.
Yolanda suddenly felt a pang of envy. Being partnered with McMillan Corporation, QY had a bright future ahead, unlike their current predicament in the Murphy family, where large corporations had all severed ties with them.
She was a little down in the dumps at the thought.
“Here’s our evening wear section, would you like me to make some recommendations, or would you like to browse on your own?”
“I’ll take a look myself.” Yolanda reached out to touch the new arrivals, unable to suppress her excitement.
The dresses were both beautiful and unique, she could already see herself wearing them, she would definitely shine at tonight’s dinner.
“Yoli, how about this one? Wanna give it a shot?” Zachary held up a strapless dress for her.
Yolanda was instantly attracted, it would be great if she could take this beautiful dress home.
Suddenly, an idea hit her. If she bought it under Zachary’s name and wore it herself in secret, QY might not find out, right?
She would just wear it quietly tonight.
With that, she headed to the fitting room, and emerged a while later.
Zachary saw her in the pink strapless dress, looking sweet and adorable. As he was admiring her, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his
eye.
Arabella?
What was she doing here?
“Zachary?” Noticing his gaze, Yolanda also looked in that direction, her face instantly turning sour. Why was Arabella here? Could she afford to shop here?
Judging by her attire, she didn’t seem to be working here. Had she come shopping with the money their father had given her last time? Or was there a rich man accompanying her?
With that thought, Yolanda looked around, but didn’t see Arabella’s rich man, feeling a bit let down.
Arabella noticed their presence and thought, just her luck. Just as she was about to turn and leave, Yolanda called out, “Sister.”
This “sister” drew the attention of a few people around them.
“I finally see you today. No matter what, you can’t make any more mistakes. Whatever you want, just tell Dad, and he’ll buy it for you. Can you please stop doing foolish things?”
She finished and tried to reach out and hold Arabella’s hand, wanting to show the deep bond between them.
But Arabella kept her distance, her face displaying a displeased expression, “Wasn’t the last lesson enough?”
*Sister, even if you threaten me or hit me, I can’t just stand by and watch you go down the wrong path.”
“I’m going down the wrong path?”
“Do you want me to tell everyone here that you’re shopping at QY because you’re being kept by a few rich men. Even if you don’t care about your reputation, I don’t want to hurt you.”
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Yolanda was about to speak, but Arabella rushed up and gave her a stern slap.
“Arabella!” Zachary didn’t expect that Arabella would dare to slap Yolanda in front of so many people. He was both shocked and a bit pissed off.
He figured Arabella must be green with envy.
Envious that he chose Yolanda over her, envious that he was shopping with Yolanda instead of her.
Envious that he had always been pursuing her, but then suddenly went radio silent.
Yolanda was almost mad with anger at the slap, her cheek swollen and her hair disheveled.
A salesperson who happened to pass by quickly asked, “What happened?”
“I remember Ms. Murphy doesn’t seem to have the right to purchase QY brand products?” Arabella suddenly said.
Once these words came out, everyone was stunned, even the salesperson was dumbfounded. Was Ms. Murphy blacklisted by the QY brand? If it was true, why would she still dare to come here?
“It’s you.” Yolanda realized, she guessed it. QY wouldn’t blacklist her for no reason, it must be Arabella who pulled some strings.
Otherwise, how could QY possibly make things hard for a small customer like her?
“This Ms. Murphy behaved improperly, QY has blacklisted her. You can check if you don’t believe me.”
When the manager heard this, he hurriedly said, “I’m sorry, miss, please take off the dress and give it back to us.”
“What blacklist? What the hell are you talking about?” Zachary got furious.
In front of everyone, his fiancée was asked to take off the dress, this was humiliating.
He defended angrily, “My fiancée has always been a loyal fan of QY. You just took this woman’s words for it? I’m telling you, I’m definitely buying this dress today.”
The manager respectfully said, “I’m sorry, sir, blacklisted customers can’t purchase our products, I hope you understand.”
“Who did you say is a blacklisted customer?”
“The lady standing right here.”
Zachary didn’t expect that the manager would take Arabella’s words so seriously, “Do you have any proof? You just believe whatever she says? If she says I’ma blacklisted customer, would you believe it?”
“Yes.” The manager said word by word with a firm tone, “We believe everything she says.”
This was the first time Zachary had encountered such a situation, but he couldn’t do anything about the staff. This was someone else’s shop, the customers who came here were all elites, he couldn’t let this become a laughingstock, otherwise, the dignity of the Panter family would be totally lost.
No matter what, he had to get justice for this.
Zachary sneered, “Then tell me, how did my fiancée become a blacklisted customer?”
The manager had no choice but to look at Arabella.
“Zachary, let it go, I will just take off the dress.” Yolanda was afraid that Arabella would reveal the truth, with tears in her eyes, she was about to leave.
But Zachary was determined to stand up for her today. He held her hand tightly and didn’t let her leave.
Arabella slightly lifted the corner of her mouth and sneered, “Didn’t your fiancée tell you? At the last award ceremony, she was wearing a QY outfit, but was found to have plagiarized Melody’s music. QY thought she tarnished the brand’s image, so they blacklisted her. If you don’t believe me, you can ask her.”
Once these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Holy crap, didn’t expect this seemingly weak Ms. Murphy would dare to plagiarize someone else’s music?
Melody was a badass piano master, she even dared to plagiarize Melody’s music?
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Zachary was stunned, staring wide-eyed at Yolanda, “Yoli, is what she’s saying true?”
“Zachary, you don’t need to ask anymore. If you all believe her, then let me prove it to you.” Yolanda looked especially sad as her eyes glistened with tears as she spoke.
For a moment, Zachary felt that he had gone too far, that he had been misled by Arabella into believing her lies.
Yoli was his fiancée, she had given him the most precious thing and he not only failed to protect her, but also doubted her along with this stranger.
With that in mind, he took Yolanda’s hand, stating decisively, “No need for proof. You say she’s blacklisted, show me the evidence. If not, I’ll complain to QY’s headquarters and let your founders see how you employees are tarnishing QY’s reputation, and how you’re treating key customers.”
The manager found this amusing, did these two young people not know that QY’s founder was right in front of them?
Well, she had been the manager since QY started, and had been lucky enough to meet Queen Abby a few times.
These two were clearly not high society folks, it was normal they hadn’t met their founder.
“You want evidence, I’ll give you evidence.” The manager lifted her gaze, calmly asking, “What’s the lady’s full name? I’ll check.”
Every store could log in to their internal system to check user’s rankings and statuses.
“Let it go, Zachary, let’s go.” Yolanda tugged at Zachary’s hand, getting a bit desperate, “Haven’t we embarrassed ourselves enough? Even if they find out I’m not blacklisted, with their attitude, I can’t possibly buy their clothes anymore.”
Zachary felt a pang of guilt, realizing he had overlooked her feelings. Just as they were about to leave, Arabella spoke up coldly, “Her full name is Yolanda.”
“Right, I’ll check now.” The manager seemed very respectful to Arabella.
Yolanda shot Arabella a furious look, what was her deal? Daring to insult her like this?!
As angry as she was, she was also a bit anxious, she whispered pleadingly, “Zachary, please.”
There were quite a few people watching the show, they saw the manager walk to the computer and start typing. Soon her expression turned awkward.
“Well? Is she blacklisted?”
“Come on, is the lady blacklisted or not?”
“Why aren’t you saying anything? What’s going on?”
The manager’s face turned gloomy, she glanced at Arabella and muttered, “I didn’t find Yolanda’s name in the blacklist.”
“So my fiancée is not a blacklisted user?” Zachary was immediately excited, “Now, I want you all to apologize to my fiancée. Or else, don’t blame me for being
ruthless.”
Yolanda was a bit surprised, did QY only cancel her user status and didn’t blacklist her?
With that thought, she looked relieved.
“You’re not going to apologize?” Zachary immediately took out his phone and dialed QY’s customer service number, “Your QY counter at Dawn Department Store has a salesperson who insulted a customer and refused to apologize. I hope you can send a senior leader to handle this, or else, I’ll expose this to the media and let everyone see QY’s terrible service.”
After hanging up, Zachary dialed the mall’s official number, “Please call your manager, see how QY, a high–end brand in your mall, treats its customers.”
If QY couldn’t provide good service, they might be removed from the mall’s cooperation list.
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Dawn Department Store was a high–end retail company owned by McMllian Corporation. If the opportunity for cooperation was lost, it would undoubtedly have a significant impact on QY.
After hanging up the phone, Zachary turned to the store manager and Arabella, “You guys wanna apologize now? Too late!”
“Who said I was gonna apologize?”
Arabella had been enjoying the drama from the sidelines as if it had nothing to do with her. She smiled faintly, seemingly very interested, “Done with your call? Is there one more person you should call? Shouldn’t your parents be there when you need support?”
Right, parents.
Yolanda didn’t expect Arabella to suggest this.
“Fine, I’m your sister, and I can’t control you. Let’s call mom and dad.” Yolanda dialed her parents again.
The store manager walked up to Arabella with a hint of concern. “What should we do? The incident has become quite big, and today is QY’s grand opening day. If this gets out,”
“Someone voluntarily brought attention to us, so let’s just accept it.” Arabella casually added after she finished, “Yolanda used to be a six–star user. Of course, you wouldn’t find her on the blacklist if you only checked the regular user list.
QY’s user rule goes like this:
Regular users are one to three stars, with an annual expenditure of 30k to 290k USD.
Junior VIPs are four to five stars, spending 300k to 990k USD a year.
Mid–level VIPs are six to seven stars, spending 1m to 2.9m USD annually.
There are also Senior VIPS, Top VIPS, Supreme VIPs, and so on.”
People were shocked. Who was this girl? How did she know QY’s internal system so well?
The store manager finally got it.
She had initially assumed Yolanda was only a regular user based on her attire, and she hadn’t found her when she checked the regular and junior VIP lìsts.
“I check again.” The manager logged back into the system, selected mid–level VIP users, and sure enough, found Yolanda on the blacklist.
The crowd started buzzing.
“Is she really on the blacklist?”
“As far as I know, if QY blacklists you, they’ll call and text you about it. They’ll let you know you’re on the blacklist.”
“So, Ms. Murphy knew she wasn’t eligible to shop but still played the victim, making everyone misunderstand her. She’s sly.”
“The store manager was just following QY’s rules. It’s Ms. Murphy and this man who demanded an apology. Now, you two owe an apology to the manager and this lady here.”
The lady referred to Arabella.
Hearing the surrounding voices, Yolanda felt extremely awkward. She tugged at Zachary’s hand, “Zachary, I have no idea how this happened. I didn’t even get a notification about being blacklisted.”
Zachary could sense her lying, which disappointed him a bit. But under everyone’s gaze, he spoke in a relatively calm tone: “Please take off the clothes and give it back.”
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Even though Yolanda was reluctant, she went into the changing room under everyone’s watchful eyes, changed into her dress, and handed it to the clerk. Just as she was about to leave, the clerk hurriedly ran up to her.
“Wait.” A store employee hurriedly caught up, “Miss, you’ve broken the zipper on your dress. And there’s a tear on the side.”
Upon hearing this, Zachary frowned, “What kind of material is this? How come it breaks so easily?”
“Sir, it’s because your fiancée’s waist is a bit too thick. This skirt is designed for slender waists. Your fiancée should have felt it tight around her waist when she tried it on. She must have squeezed into it”
Yolanda bit her lip. It was true that she had to take a few deep breaths to barely squeeze into the dress when she put it on earlier.
She just wanted to create the illusion of a slim waist, but she wasn’t careful when taking off the dress, and ended up tearing it.
The clerk patiently explained, “According to our policy, you guys are blacklisted customers without purchasing rights. But since you’ve damaged the merchandise, you will have to pay the full price, which is 1.3 million dollars for this dress. Would you like to pay by credit card or cash?”
Hearing this number, Zachary’s mood soured. Was it that expensive?
Noticing his confusion, the clerk continued, “This is a design personally made by our founder. The materials are top–notch, and the floral patterns on the dress hem are studded with diamonds.”
“Zachary.” Yolanda did see the price when she tried on the dress. She thought she could use this opportunity to squeeze some money out of Zachary, but she didn’t
expect.
Whispers began to spread among the onlookers.
“No ordinary tailor can fix that tear.”
“So they spent 1.3 million dollars on an unwearable dress.”
“They’re blacklisted customers. Even if they bought it, they can’t wear it, right? Otherwise, QY could sue them.”
“What a self–inflicted mess.”
The murmurs reached Zachary’s ears, making his face even grimmer.
Just then, Olga, who had heard the news and rushed over, saw her daughter and future son–in–law surrounded by a crowd. She hurriedly pushed through the crowd and pointed at Arabella, “Yoli, is this woman bullying you again? I’ll teach her a lesson.”
With that, Olga lunged at Arabella.
Earlier on the phone, Yolanda had told her that Arabella had humiliated her in public. Olga and her husband happened to be nearby, so they rushed over at once. Before Olga could land a slap on Arabella’s face, her wrist was caught by Arabella.
With a light flick, Arabella threw Olga to the side, crashing into a mirror on a pillar.
“Mom, are you okay?” Yolanda rushed to her aid, while shooting Arabella a glare.
“Arabella!!” Zachary shouted, then quickly went over to help. “Are you okay? Where did you get hurt?”
“This mirror is worth ten thousand dollars. You should be thankful it didn’t break.”
Hearing Arabella’s casual remark, Attlee in the crowd was fuming, “Arabella! How could you be so rude? Have you forgotten all the manners the Murphy family taught you over the years? You clerks, why aren’t you showing her the door? What are you standing around for!”
Show the boss the door? Sorry, they didn’t have the guts for that.
At this moment, Jaime, the person in charge of QY, arrived. He heard from his subordinates that there was a problem at the QY counter and the clerks were bullying
the customers.
Although he found it hard to believe, he was nearby so he decided to check it out himself.
Upon seeing him, Attlee sighed in relief, “Mr. Jaime, you’re just in time. I heard,”
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Jaime hurriedly walking towards Arabella, bowing respectfully, “Boss, what happened?”
Boss?
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Everyone was stunned.
What did Jaime call that girl?
Boss??
Attlee and Olga were also shocked. Did they hear something wrong??
How could Arabella possibly be Jaime’s boss??
At that moment, the mall manager received a message and hurried over.
He saw Arabella and immediately showed respect, “Ms. Bella, we’re honored to have you here in person. Sorry for the lack of welcome. What happened here? I got a call saying there was a disturbance?”
Attlee, Olga, Zachary, and Yolanda’s eyes widened even more.
In QY, the only person who could be referred to as ‘boss‘ was the founder, Queen Abby.
But how old was Arabella?
She couldn’t possibly be Queen Abby.
But if not, why were Jaime and the mall manager so respectful to her, even a bit humble?
Arabella casually said, “Nothing much, just a user who we’ve blacklisted trying to buy our product by force, causing a scene when she couldn’t, and then damaging a dress, but it seems she doesn’t want to compensate.”
Hearing Arabella say this, Jaime and the mall manager were surprised. Were there really such people in the world??
Everyone who could shop at Dawn Department Store was from the upper class, how could someone be so unreasonable, refusing to compensate for a damaged dress?
“Boss, where’s the person? I’ll handle it.” Jaime asked and started to scan the crowd.
Arabella lightly nodded, her confidence and fearlessness was captivating, “Over there.”
Jaime looked in that direction, it was the Attlee family? What a mess.
Mr. Jaime.” Attlee was in a state of chaos, a sense of foreboding creeping up.
He had always wondered why a big brand like QY would collaborate with their Murphy family?
And why did QY choose to end the cooperation not long after Arabella left the Murphy family.
Seeing Jaime’s respectful manner towards Arabella, he seemed to have an inkling, but he didn’t dare to think about it.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Olga also started to feel scared. QY used to collaborate with them, but mysteriously terminated the cooperation after Arabella left the Murphy family. Then Yoli plagiarized Arabella’s song and received a notice from QY that she had been blacklisted.
Thinking about this, could it be?
“So you’re the ones who damaged the dress and refused to compensate? In that case, we’ll have to call the police.” Jaime was very professional, taking out his phone to call the police, this immediately caused a panic in the Murphy family.
“Mr. Jaime, wait, it’s not that we won’t compensate.” Attlee said with a forced smile, quietly asking his daughter about the incident. Finding out the compensation was 1.3 million dollars, he immediately became anxious.
He didn’t have that much cash on him.
Zachary, knowing the current situation of the Murphy family was not as good as before, took the initiative to say, “I’ll pay.”
He was the one who took Yoli shopping, so he had to take responsibility for this incident.
“You’re such a good kid, thank you so much, you’re a lifesaver.”