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.

it for a smile the moment she saw him. Unfortunately, the smile looked a bit

day, so he was famished. The steaming dishes looked very appetizing. He picked up his cutlery and started to eat,

looked up

but shook

eat up.” Marcus put some meat on her plate. “Will you get full

have much of an appetite.

when will we get mom’s treatment money? The doctor will stop giving her

She had put the gold jewelry Marcus had given her there. That gold and jade bangle

distracted?” A deep voice interrupted her train of thought

For some

“Nothing…” she answered softly.

cryptic. “Do

and going back to eating. Since she did not want to tell him, he was

night was torture for Cordelia. She read Carter’s text over and over and thought of countless ways to make money, but nothing would save them in

drawer open to retrieve the carved wooden box. The jewelry glittered under the moonlight. She picked the bangle out

your bangle’s design is a bit old, but it’s

then?” Cordelia

smiled and took her

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

She had not expected this jeweler’s to be so luxurious. Actually, she had not been exactly hopeful before coming. The bangle did look kind of old, and Marcus could not have given her anything too

a surprise that the employee had asked her to

hand, she toyed with

moves was monitored clearly by

Hamerton family’s heirloom… Do you want me to bring

computer screen closely behind the spacious work desk. The smile on the handsome face was sardonic, and the man leaned back and crossed his legs on the table. With squinted eyes, he said with a smirk, “There’s no

if she

toyed with his

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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