As soon as the woman entered the shop, she took out some jewelry from her handbag. It was quite apparent that the woman had come to the shop with the intention of selling something. She was such a nervous wreck that she clumsily let some of the jewelry fall to the ground. The crisp clang of the metal against the floor echoed around the place. The woman rushed to pick the item up and placed it on the counter, together with another pearl bracelet she had just taken out of her bag as well.

“Is that an acquaintance of yours?” Ethan asked when he saw Janet freeze on the spot. He looked in the direction of her gaze and saw the woman.

Janet couldn’t be certain. She kept looking at her where she stood by the counter and said, “Her figure is reminiscent of that my foster mother.”

The shop assistant examined the jewelry and gave the woman a price. “About one hundred thousand dollars.”

Finally, the woman opened her mouth to speak. She picked up one of the items on the counter and bargained in an exasperated tone, “It can’t be only worth one hundred thousand. These things are all real treasures.”

Janet’s expression froze when she recognized that the woman was none other than Fiona.

took off her sunglasses and looked to see who it was. She then saw that it was

locked eyes with each other across the counter without saying a word.

on Janet’s face, she guessed that Janet

bitterly regretted coming

had recently found themselves in a precarious set of circumstances. Although Jocelyn had gained some

was a lost cause. Every time Jocelyn asked him to invest,

bankrupt. She had no choice but to sell her personal belongings to fill in

she became the wife to the wealthy Mr. Lind, a barrage of women were green with

being discovered to be struggling to make ends meet intensified tenfold because she had an appearance to keep up. That was why she disguised herself every time she came to pawn

the brim of her hat to hide herself. She felt so awkward and didn’t know where to put herself. At the same time, she couldn’t

good time recently. Even she looked a little confused

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