Chapter 24
The transparent glass doors opened to a jewellery store.
“Gabriel, why’re we here?” I asked him in a murmur, following higvinside nonetheless. All the employees in the shop stood up upon seeing us enter, all eyes on my husband, and a man who looked like the manager of the store stepped in front..
“Mr. Whitlock? Welcome back. We weren’t expecting you. Is this about the necklace you had your eyes on?”
I battled my eyelashes. A necklace? For who?
“No.” Gabriel seemed to have stiffen up upon hearing the question. “Ralph, this is my wife Sophia. Sophia, this is Ralph, the
store manager.”
“Mrs. Whitlock, it is such a pleasure to meet you,” The man with blonde hair who appeared to be in his mid forties stepped ahead and shook my hand, and I gave him a polite smile and a nod, too surprised to speak.
“How can I help the two of you today?”
My husband cleared his throat. “We’re going to be looking at rings, Engagement rings and wedding bands, both
“What is the budget, Mr. Whitlock?”
A smug smile settled on his lips. “When have I ever given you a budget, Ralphe?”
“Touche. This way please. Ralph chortles lightly, leading us into separate room, smaller than the original, dark wallpapers with a red leather couch and a marble table to display jewellery, While he pulled out rings to show us, I tugged at Gabriel’s
“Why are we here?” I asked him in a hushed whisper
“To select a ring you like, of course”
“But why?”
“Since you
the one that you were made to wear in the wedding, which is why
eyebrows knit in utter confusion and then my eyes followed his gaze onto my hare ring
absent.
wear our wedding band from time to time.
much
told him
his face. “We cannot have you forget your rings and
the next five
His eyes darkened.
add. “You
“What?”
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band. You don’t wear
Since
going home. I like
assortment of differing rings, from small with a single diamond to large ones with multiple diamonds, different shapes and sizes, some dainty,
catering to you, Mrs. Whitlock, and didn’t know about your preference. So I pulled all of my best pieces. He said, and I had to force my eyes away from the pretty rings to my husband,
him softly “Are you going to tell Ralph what we
a smile in
urge to roll my eyes as I turned to the store manager, “Actually,
don’t
be like that. Freckles. I have just one wife, let me
have wasted
commented, a toothy grin on his lips. “I had read it in articles, but
better.
smile. “You said these are some of your
They are, Sir.”
Pack all of
bulge out of my socket. “These are thirty rings, Gabriel!” If I wasn’t in such a state of shock. I was pretty sure
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