The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband

“How could all of this be worth only twenty thousand? The bag alone is worth more than that!” Natalie was so angry that she felt she was about to explode. It was painfully obvious that the shop assistant was taking advantage of her.

“Any second-hand good is priced at ten percent of its original price.” The shop assistant sneered at Natalie complacently. Then, after punching a couple of numbers into the calculator, she snapped, “Get out if you’re not planning to sell your things. There’s a line behind you.”

“All of these are authentic!” Natalie stubbornly continued to bargain. Twenty thousand dollars barely covered Hannah’s hospitalization. “Surely you can offer me something higher!”

“I don’t care if it’s real or fake. They’re all second hand. Plus, they’re all old models from more than a decade ago. Only this Hermes is worth something. Do you think this is a charity? I can add five thousand for the bag, but that’s the best I can do. If you still think it’s too low, take your things somewhere else.” The shop assistant could tell that Natalie was in urgent need of money and deliberately used this to her advantage.

Feeling helpless, Natalie accepted the money even though she was getting the short end of the stick. Just as she turned around to leave, a woman in her early thirties stopped her. Natalie saw from her name tag that she was the shop manager.

“Miss, why the long face? Were you not able to sell your goods at an ideal price? If you still lack money, perhaps you’d be willing to sell the ring on your finger. We can give you a good price for it!” The shop manager smiled, staring at the emerald ring on Natalie’s finger, her eyes shining greedily.

Trying to seem casual, Natalie asked calmly, “How much?”

Glancing at the other people in the shop, the shop manager leaned closer and whispered in Natalie’s ear, “One million. What do you think?”

This amount was more than enough to cover Hannah’s medical bills.

Natalie was stunned. She looked carefully at the ring on her finger. The emerald nestled in the middle was like a pea that was just freed from its pod. The little gem was round and slightly cold, but its deep green color was dazzling.

She couldn’t believe that the ring Sebastian had given her was that valuable.

“Sorry, this is my wedding ring. I can’t sell it.”

Despite the tempting offer, Natalie couldn’t give in. It was a gift from Sebastian after all, and it was left by his mother. Perhaps it was a family heirloom.

Whatever the case, she couldn’t sell the ring.

After refusing the shop manager, she turned around to leave.

plastered on her face, she said, “No rush, Miss. It’s okay if you don’t want to sell it. But it’s clear to me that the ring is a little

I don’t want to bother you.” Natalie could see that the shop manager

your ring is valuable. Are you worried that we’ll lose or damage it? Look. We have surveillance cameras here. We won’t let anything

hesitantly pulled the ring off of her finger and handed it to

out a string from her pocket to measure the size of Natalie’s finger and

back to the shop the morning of the next

warmly received her. “Miss, you’re early! Hang on a moment.

“Okay, thank you.”

blue velvet jewelry box from a wooden chest behind her and opened it. “Have a look, Miss. You can check if there’s anything

up the ring and held it up in front of her, studying it carefully. Finally, she put it on. “It fits nicely, but why does

When our staff saw how old your ring looked last night, they had it cleaned. Don’t worry. The cleaning

much of it. It just looked shiny and new now. Otherwise,

second-hand store, Natalie

got home, Sebastian walked out of his room in

morning.” Yawning lazily, he strode over to help Natalie with her groceries. As he opened the bags and checked the

water. “I bought a lot of tomatoes. How about we

could finish her sentence, Sebastian suddenly grabbed her hand

at the shiny ring on her finger and asked coldly, “Did you sell the

other hand, she took a sip nonchalantly and shook her head. “No. It’s right there on my

at

joke. His expression darkened and

ring. He knew something was wrong with it at just

she took off the ring, Natalie muttered to herself,

His expression grew even more serious.

short on money, but he didn’t

wouldn’t have minded if it were any other ring, but this ring in particular was left by his

a fake?!” Natalie’s

inner wall was very smooth. There

frowned deeply. “It’s not a fake—at least, not exactly. The gem and the platinum are real, and the style is similar to the ring I gave you. It’s difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the difference between the two.