Game Over No Second Chances

The store manager and several sales associates quickly cleared a path for Serena.

All the mocking chatter around them vanished instantly.

Sarah shot up from her seat, furious, her eyes wide with rage.

"What is the meaning of this? She's holding some useless black card, and she gets to take Nebula Design's limited edition? Are you all doing this on purpose to humiliate me?"

A male voice suddenly rang out from outside the store. "Didn't you come here to shop? What's with all the yelling?"

Everyone turned in unison.

Then, a gasp came from the crowd. "Oh! Mr. Cole is here. He must've come to back up his fiancée."

Sarah's lips trembled as she quickly latched onto Cole's arm.

"Cole! Look at this. Nebula Design is completely out of line! They won't accept the gold card you gave me, but they're accepting that black card Serena has, which no one's even seen before. I think Nebula Design just looks down on you!"

even properly served a big client like Serena, yet another

toward Cole and gave a slight nod. "We're simply following store policy. I

policy? You all call him Mr. Cole, but there's not a shred of respect in your actions. If you truly respect him, you should bring

been clinging to Cole's arm, Sarah might've jumped in

manager was clearly

just listening. "There's no need to go to the VIP lounge, and don't bother bringing me

dark green and gold model. Just bring out the strap customization options for me to see. I've got

the couch, glanced at the time, then turned to the tie clips on the wall and raised

you have stock of last fall's gold-and-silver tie clip series, I'll take one each of the gold-thread

voice wasn't loud, Serena's knowledge of

nearby were visibly impressed, even

was clearly a

all felt a bit ashamed. Without a sales associate's

finished speaking, he calmly pulled out his tablet to handle company matters. His expression was

Serena stayed confidently in her own world,

seeing Cole remain silent, eventually ran out