Chapter 389

"Sorry, but the terms of our membership cards are entirely at our discretion. We're simply reclaiming Mr. Lloyd's card-nothing out of the ordinary."

"What? You have to give me a reason!"

Suzan was already fuming from not being able to buy anything, and now she felt her chest about to burst with anger.

"A reason? Do you really want one?" The clerk glanced at Suzan, then shifted her gaze toward Mitchell.

Suzan nodded, jaw clenched. "Of course I do."

The clerk smirked. "Let's put it this way-Mrs. McKenzie doesn't care for people who can't make up their minds. Especially the type who flits from one lover to the next, leaving a trail of broken hearts."

She paused, the corner of her mouth curling as she looked Suzan up and down. "Does that explanation satisfy you two?"

She didn't spell it out, but her meaning was clear enough. Whether it was Mitchell or anyone else nearby, everyone could read between the lines.

Murmurs rippled through the onlookers-rumors swirling that Mitchell had cheated, and Suzan was the other woman.

was watching her from the shadows. She spun around, quick and sharp, and caught

strides, Suzan crossed the room, charging

pregnancy, no one dared lay a hand on her. To everyone's surprise, she managed to slip past them and

"Effie! You little="

lips. Instead of Effie, there was

flicked desperately past Mrs.

she

kind of person would stoop to stealing another woman's husband. Now see-it's someone with no

I didn't mean to—"

Now." Mrs. McKenzie waved her away with clear

came over,

store's rules We've been in business for years, and this is the first

"..."

throat. She could have sworn she'd seen Effie, but... had she been

said at her side, his voice low and impatient. He shot her

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