Kiss My Revenge The Heiress Strikes Back

Chapter 172 Miranda touched the bridge of her nose, a hint of a smile playing at her lips. Watching Elian fumble around like that gave her the same kind of joy as teasing a puppy.

She had recognized Elian right away. When people knew someone well enough, no disguise could mask their identity from them. None of that TV drama nonsense where a simple change of clothes made someone unrecognizable.

Everyone in this world was unique, with their own distinctive aura and demeanor. For her, identifying someone by their physical presence was second nature.

Elian shoved the box into Miranda's hands, as if it was nothing, even though it was something he'd bought a whopping fifty million dollars.

"Take it," he said, a hint of impatience in his voice. But underlying it was a clear sense that he'd be even more irritated if she refused.

Miranda looked at the box and chuckled.

"Is this how you give a gift?" she specially drawled in a teasing manner.

Elian, who had never really given anyone a gift before, was momentarily flustered by Miranda's question. He wasn't sure if he'd done anything wrong. Trying to cover his awkwardness with a cool demeanor, he asked, "Well, how should I do it then?"

His icy tone was at odds with the uncertain words he was speaking.

Miranda was momentarily at a loss for words. He seemed to be serious about it, she assumed.

Miranda didn't know how to reply. There was some unfathomable emotion bubbling up from inside that made her want to laugh- not in mockery, but out of genuine amusement.

Seeing Miranda's amusement, Elian paused, and then took the box back, his expression serious. "Alright, let me try again."

as soothing as a gentle stream. "I

voice, he was almost too charming for his

fifty million

I saw you wanted it." To him, fifty million dollars was just a number, part of his personal wealth, separate from the Ashcroft family's assets and

were held back. She had assumed Elian had bid on the gemstone

he

it. She wasn't one to be

I can

to annoy

words were anything but. "If I give you something, I'm not someone stingy to expect

removed the gemstone from its wooden case, holding it in

"Thank you then."

a rush of energy flowed from it into her hand, a refreshing coolness spreading throughout her

sense something was different about it, he

had heard of rare natural stones that contained energy, newly discovered by scientists, but the samples

they'd end up in the pockets of some collectors

the energy containing inside hadn't been extracted yet. Hence, with the function of the energy unraveled, the stones

energy extracting techniques were

about it,