The Heir

Maximilian glanced in the direction of the door when it opened. The store manager came in carrying a velvet box, followed by a male sales assistant who carried the attaché case Wilfred brought earlier. The employees put them down on the coffee table between their seats and exited the office. He eyed them for a moment and looked at the store owner, who was now smiling widely at him.

“I really feel bad about what happened, and this is the only thing I know to somehow make it up to you. Please accept the necklace as a token of my apology and take your money back, Mr. Lee.”

“O-oh…” Maximilian did not know how to react. It was the first time someone did that to him. And the price of the necklace was no joke. He turned to the butler. “What do you think, Wilfred?”

“Well, in my opinion, why not?”

Olivia nodded at him. “Take it, Mr. Lee.”

He picked the velvet box and opened it. A smile curved on his lips as he imagined the necklace around his wife’s neck.

“Thank you, Olivia,” he said as he closed the velvet box again. “I will bring my wife here next time and buy your jewelry… for real.”

app appeared on his newsfeed. And the incident was familiar to him because it was the same scene that happened at the jewelry store. The uploader took his side profile, and their distance was a bit far, so it was still hard to see his face on the video. His lips twitched as he read the comment threads on the post. Most of the commenters were on his side, and they were discussing how wealthy he was to pay for a twenty-million-dollar necklace in cold cash. Some

“Young Master.”

direction when he heard him called. “Oh,

so occupied into?” Wilfred asked nonchalantly and

him the video on

of you.” The butler

His brows

course.” Wilfred sighed. “Young Master, little by little, you are getting the public’s attention. Sooner or later, the intrigue will drive everyone to dig into your real identity. So, I am wondering when you will reveal that

him to stop talking. “Wilfred, I will reveal my identity when I feel that it is the right time

Wilfred handed him the attaché case

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