There was a buzz in Cordelia’s ears as she was stupefied for ten seconds.

$150,000? She clutched the bangle and looked caught in a dilemma.

The price was more than she had expected, and it had not crossed her mind that the piece of jewelry would be worth so much! With $150,000, she would not just pay her mother’s current medical fees but her future ones too. She could even afford to send Carter to a better school…

That said, this was Marcus’ wedding gift to her.

Cordelia frowned slightly. She suddenly recalled how Marcus had looked when he had passed the jewelry box to her.

“This is all I have, and I give it all to you. You’re in charge of the household from now on.”

Biting her lip, she was overwhelmed with guilt. The man had given her everything he had, and this was how she was repaying his sincerity?

“Miss, are you not happy with the price?” the employee asked with a careful smile. “We can negotiate the price. Why don’t I show you our record, and you can consider it before—”

“I’m not selling it!” Cordelia sprang up and shoved the bangle back into her bag swiftly.

“Uh…”

Before the employee could react, she had fled out of the jeweler’s and blended into the bustling street.

“Huh, she didn’t sell it?” A teasing voice came from the upper floor of the jeweler’s.

The employee turned around immediately to bow and greet the man respectfully. “Mr. Bayer!”

The man squinted. There was a playful expression on his handsome face as he sat down on the couch and made a call.

“Z, do you know that your darling came to me to pawn your family heirloom?”

When Marcus opened the door, he was greeted by the sight of Cordelia coming out of the kitchen with two plates.

her face, but she swapped it for a smile the moment she

so he was famished. The steaming dishes looked very appetizing. He picked up his cutlery and

happened?” He looked

jumped but shook

put some meat on her plate. “Will

of an appetite. Her phone rang with a

money?

had put the gold

voice interrupted her train

broke out of her trance and abruptly met the man’s deep eyes. She could not help jolting. For some reason, the unusual vibe Marcus exuded gave her a strong

“Nothing…” she answered softly.

gaze cryptic. “Do you have

for a while before chuckling and going back to eating. Since she did not want to tell him,

ways to make money, but nothing would save them in time. It was impossible to go back to the Jenners and ask for money now, so the only solution might

the moonlight. She picked the

is a bit old,

much is it worth then?” Cordelia looked

it?” The employee smiled

devices on the table, and the employee left right after asking her to wait in the

she had not been exactly hopeful before coming. The bangle did look kind of old, and Marcus could not have given her anything too fancy

a surprise that the employee

bangle in her hand, she toyed with it and stood

to Cordelia, each of her moves was monitored clearly by the

is the Hamerton family’s heirloom… Do you want

sardonic, and the man leaned back and crossed his legs on the table. With squinted eyes, he said with a

if she stole

Bayer toyed with his lighter and

most likely his darling wife. Heh, leaving something so precious to her… Z can’t have thought that she would bring it

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