Chapter 626

The owner told him, “A hundred and forty-two.” The price even had a special meaning: “I love you.”

Josie whispered under her breath. “I think she’s ripping you off.

How could a mere hundred be considered a rip-off? She must not be aware of his identity as Dexter Russell, the CEO of the Russell Group.

Dexter smiled and said, “I’ll pay with a credit card. Thanks.” He then took out his credit card.

The owner grinned from ear to ear as she processed their purchase.

After a short while, Josie noticed that the bracelet kept tinkling whenever she walked.

“Is it too loud?” she asked, her eyes darting around the crowd nervously. She didn’t want to attract unnecessary attention.

Dexter squeezed her hand tighter and said, with a glimmer in his eye, “This way, I won’t need to worry about losing you.”

Josie’s heart fluttered at his sweet remark.

After a while, they ran into Summer.

brought a large group. of top executives with him,

easy for her to win over the executives. If

she invited a young man to go for

the young man was the director in charge of Russell Group’s venture capital investments. He was

up from her coffee, she saw

were holding hands and looked like they were enjoying each other’s company.

jealousy

man sitting with Summer stood up and greeted them. “Mr. Russell, what a coincidence!”

in greeting, but his eyes narrowed with suspicion when he took notice of Summer’s presence. “What

was quick to distance himself from Summer. “Summer invited me for coffee. I was bored in the villa, so I thought I’d

and confirmed, “Yes.”

them to sit down

couldn’t help but feel a pang of worry when she saw his

jealous because Summer was with another

only sound that emitted between them was the crunch of their footsteps on the gravel path. The friendly atmosphere between them earlier had been replaced by a pressuring tension.

to set, and the air was cold and crisp, stinging their skin as the wind blew. Josie subconsciously

hand tighter and turned to look at her. “Why aren’t you asking me about

it

pain coil around her heart. “Something seemed to be bothering you, so I didn’t want to distract you.”

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