The Ex and Her Riches

“Hey, it’s been several minutes since they’ve left. Why are you still like this?” Jessamyn asked Whitney with a tight smile, suppressing her dissatisfaction.

Her hands were clenched in her pockets.

Whitney snapped back to reality and turned to face Jessamyn.

Her work day as a waitress was not over yet, so she nodded politely to Jessamyn and asked, “Ms. Cloud, is there anything I can help you with?”

“Must I have a reason to speak to you? You stole my fiancé, and you’re still acting so high and mighty?”

“As I recall, Mr. Newton said you two are only meeting for the first time today and are not at the point of engagement yet, right? Besides, Ms. Cloud, you saw with your own eyes that it was Mr. Newton who wanted to take me aside just now, not the other way round,” countered Whitney with reason.

Jessamyn gave Whitney an irritated look and glared at her wordlessly.

“If there’s nothing I can help you with, then I’ll get back to work,” said Whitney, excusing herself.

She was determined to finish her last day and notify the hotel manager of her resignation later.

After all, she had only worked for three days, and if the hotel refused to pay her, she could live with that. Nothing could spoil her joy. After all, she was going on a date with Charles the next day.

As she spun around to leave, Jessamyn stopped her and asked calmly, “You don’t look like you’re from Chanaea. Are you here from another country to work?”

“That’s a personal question. It doesn’t concern you, Ms. Cloud.”

“I’m just asking out of concern.” Jessamyn moved closer to Whitney and continued in a hushed tone, “You must be struggling financially. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be working as a waitress so far away from home. I heard you’re going on a date with Charles. He’s from a powerful family. Do you know the rules of dating him?”

“What rules?” Whitney asked, puzzled.

Do the upper-class elites in this country have specific dating rules?

laid a

your first official date, Charles will surely bring you a gift. Whatever it may be, it won’t be cheap. Similarly, you should prepare a gift for him, but suitable gifts for men often cost hundreds of thousands or even

stared at the

afford that for

years. She had worked at the oceanarium before this, and her salary had been decent. However, Salinsburgh was an expensive city, home to

enough for her rent and living expenses, and

she had resigned from the oceanarium a few days ago but

month’s rent without having to worry about buying an extravagant gift worth over a hundred thousand

Charles, you should know these things,”

fell silent, not

mountain village of Tayhaven. There was a noticeable difference between herself and an upper-class socialite like Jessamyn, who grew up

see that she lacked the elegant demeanor of

two women appraised each

with her flaxen hair, emerald eyes, and creamy white skin. The black apron tied around her

her shapely legs stretched on endlessly. Her body was well-proportioned, but most striking of all

Jessamyn only managed to match Whitney’s

the other woman to be around one hundred and seventy-five

Jessamyn burned with envy.

little uncomfortable and out of place, Whitney’s appearance was no

chose her over me? But besides her pretty face, how can her family status and educational background compare

had always been pampered, always given whatever she wanted. She could not bear the thought of losing to Whitney, and she felt an intense impulse to destroy

thought, she made her

a nice girl, and I love helping those in need. Since you’ll be going on that date tomorrow, I’ll offer you a job that’ll pay

eyes widened in surprise. “Ms. Cloud, would

out a business card from her tiny,

over and check out the place around nine o’clock at night. If you have any questions, you can just

took the card from

to

that such a place would be frequented by