Chapter 540 Jean’s Confession
“A premium knock-off?” Toby repeated grimly, the air around him growing cold.
Tom’s lips twitched, and he was rendered speechless as he thought, A premium knock-off of the Ocean’s Heart? What a ridiculous lie!
Not knowing that Toby and Tom had already caught her in her lie, Jean thought she had them fooled. Nodding frantically, she said, “Yes, a premium knock-off. I specifically went to the mall to get it, and it cost me thousands!”
“Mom, do you seriously think the Ocean’s Heart would have a knock-off in the market?” Toby demanded as he stared at her impassively.
Upon hearing this, Jean felt the sirens going off in her head, and a wave of uneasiness crashed over her as she stammered, “W-What do you mean?”
“What I meant was that the Ocean’s Heart was auctioned off as soon as it was made, and no photos of it had ever been made public. The rest of the world only knew the Ocean’s Heart as an extremely valuable piece of jewelry, but they never saw what it looked like. As for that shop that you supposedly went to, why don’t you tell me where they came across the real Ocean’s Heart and thereafter produce a counterfeit like that?” he asked icily and pressed his lips into a thin line.
She blanched and began to stammer, “I-I…” She was at a loss for words, having reached the peak of embarrassment now that her bluff had been called.
Rubbing the space between his brows, he asked, “So, are you ready to tell me how the Ocean’s Heart came to be in your possession?”
her collarbone and forced herself to meet Toby’s piercing gaze. Understanding that she could not lie any
countered
hospitalized when she came over to look for you. I was the one who greeted her at the door, and she handed the necklace to me so I could pass
it was the Ocean’s Heart, is that it?”
looked down in shame as though to confess in
reached a hand toward
in protest when she heard this and tightened her grip on the Ocean’s Heart. She shook her head vehemently, her unwillingness showing on her face. “You were the one who bought the Ocean’s Heart in the first
expression grew
toward Sonia at the moment, Jean realized that she had said something wrong. She opened and closed her mouth, then tried to cover up her mistake as she argued, “What I meant to say was, Sonia was the
teeth, then reached out to
to persuade him
budge as he hissed, “Give
voice and thought better than to push his limits. She quickly
taken one end of the necklace, Toby made to pull it in, only to find that it would not budge in mid-air. Frowning, he looked up to
He sighed wearily. “Tom.”
sir,” Tom replied
set of jewelry made for Madam
answered
out tomorrow to have an expensive set of jewelry made
Ocean’s Heart out of her hands by force. Otherwise,
at all interested in or overjoyed at the prospect of owning new jewelry. She knew that no jewelry could come close to being as valuable as the Ocean’s Heart, and naturally, she would not
her plump face as she desperately argued, “Sonia has already returned
she returned it because she didn’t want it anymore, I would still keep it for her. As far as I’m
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