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

handed her the bag with a smile. “Why don’t you check

frantically searched through it, pulling out everything inside. Despite several attempts,

was nothing. How could

panic, Nyla’s smile deepened. “Ms.

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with rage. “You must have hidden it somewhere else! Where did you hide it? Give

tracker and that the signal was coming from my bag. Now that you can’t find it, you think it must

she

people around them quickly understood what had happened: Jacqueline had planted her necklace in Nyla’s bag to frame

She was getting exactly what she

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

“Shut up! I’m

until now,

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

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

respond, Nyla snickered and raised an eyebrow