Chasing the Unexpected (Nyla)

Chapter 137

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Chapter 137

“Nyla, am I not giving you enough money? Why would you do something. like this?!” Clark demanded.

Nyla glanced at him, noting the unfamiliar fury in his eyes. She even suspected that if they weren’t in a public setting, he might have grabbed her by the neck and demanded answers.

She smiled. “Clark, you’ve really changed.”

He used to trust her completely, but now he seemed to think she was capable of stealing from someone else. It appeared that when a person’s heart changed, they also became blind to reality.

Taking the diamond necklace out of her bag, Nyla held it up for Jacqueline to see. “Ms. Rainford, take a good look. Is this your necklace? If I remember correctly, Ms. Hulle described your necklace’s pendant as a swan encrusted with diamonds.”

Under the light, the necklace Nyla held was a delicate heart–shaped pink diamond, clearly different from Erin’s description. This was the

necklace Nyla had worn to the event.

disbelief. “Impossible! My necklace must still be in

her the bag with a

pulling out everything inside. Despite several attempts, she still couldn’t find

nothing. How could there

panic, Nyla’s smile deepened. “Ms. Rainford, have you found

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must have hidden it somewhere else!

confidently claimed your necklace had a tracker and that the signal was coming from my bag. Now that you can’t find it, you think it must be hidden elsewhere?” Nyla asked.

she tightened her grip on

them quickly understood what had happened: Jacqueline had planted her necklace in Nyla’s bag to frame her, but Nyla had caught on and turned

Jacqueline grew disdainful. She was getting exactly what she deserved for trying to frame Nyla with such despicable

asked, “Ms. Rainford, you promised that if your necklace wasn’t in my bag, you would kneel and apologize,

“Shut up! I’m not kneeling to

until now, spoke up sternly.

scheme, Tom–who had grown up with her as a childhood sweetheart and his first love–couldn’t bear to see her humiliated in

said, “Mr. Sumner, this is Jacqueline’s fault. I apologize on her behalf. Whatever compensation Mrs.

Nyla snickered and raised