Winter slowly turned toward the old man and found him staring fixedly on her chest.

She became nervous and tightened her collar in response–could he be some pervert?

Frank turned when he heard the old man’s voice, and frowned when he saw what the old man was doing.

Kurt hurried back to the old man right then. “Is there a problem, Mr. Looman?”

Iker Looman was actually a famous jeweler based in Riverton. It would be bad if word got out, what with the way Iker was staring at Winter.

Iker, however, ignored Kurt and hurried to Winter’s side. “Miss, may I ask where you got that pendant from?” Winter lowered her eyes in turn to glance at the pendant before her chest.

“Mr. Lawrence gave it to me for my birthday,” she said, turning toward Frank.

Kurt then introduced Iker. “Mr. Lawrence, this is Iker Looman, the second eldest son of Riverton’s Loomer family. He’s a famous jeweler in this region.” In fact, he was just taking shop with Iker, only to be surprised by the geezer’s… tastes.

Frank Lawrence, a healer working here in Riverton,” Kurt then said, hesitating for a while since he had

Larkin -my father owns Zeb Trust, and it’s a great honor to meet you…” Iker, however, had turned around and ran up to Frank, leaving Zeb standing there awkwardly. “Sir, may I ask where you procured that emerald

willing to sell it to me?”

the old man, he hesitated for a while and said, “I bought it, of course. However, I also gave it off as a gift–if you want to buy it, you shouldn’t be asking me.” In the

turned back to

pay you…” He trailed off for a moment as he thought of a number. “Thirty million dollars.” The pendant was

r was still brushing her fingers over the pendant,

old man really just offer her thirty million

worth that much? Was Blondie not insisting

million dollars?!” 2/2 Around her, the other

Winter’s good looks and perfect grades, and

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