The Billionaire's Forbidden Longing

Chapter 298 Buying Gifts

As soon as Allison finished talking, the conference room lit up with excitement. Cleo was over the moon and immediately grabbed Allison, ready to hit the shops. "Alright, Allison, you're covering everything today! Food, drinks, the whole shebang!"

Allison grinned. "No worries, it's all on me! You're heading home for New Year's, right? Let's get you some gifts!"

With New Year's Eve just around the corner and Cleo heading home tonight, Allison had already picked out a few presents.

Their first stop was an antique store. Cleo was fascinated by all the colorful items inside.

Cleo asked, "I heard antiques are pretty pricey, Allison. Are you sure you want to give these as gifts?"

Allison replied, "Your grandpa's never really liked you, right? I picked out a vase for him; he should like it. And a set of gemstone jewelry for your mom! Oh, and this-an international chess set made of gemstones for your brother!"

Cleo didn't know much about these things, but they all looked very expensive.

Cleo asked, "Are you serious? Spending so much on gifts for those people?"

Allison responded, "You don't get it. I'm helping you make a statement. Your mom's never been accepted by the family, right? You need to be her support! And don't forget to send my regards to your mom!"

Cleo sighed and wandered around the antique store again, finally setting her eyes on an old headpiece and insisting on buying it.

Allison asked, "This was worn by brides in the past. Are you sure you want to buy it?"

where Allison planned to buy Cleo some outfits. But Cleo insisted

dresses?

"Nope, I just like them. And so does

Cleo had really grown to love it here. She even boldly declared she wanted to find a man and settle down. While they were trying on clothes, they ran into Shirley, who was

twisted with disdain, and her words dripped with sarcasm. "Running into people like this while shopping-what bad luck! Janice, remember this: in our circle, the most shameless people are those who come from nothing, latch onto old

on clothes, frowned at Shirley's

old

nodded. "Congratulations, you got

wasn't one to take insults lying down. "Coming from nothing? Are all you Novaria people blind? You're the one who's out of your league. You reek of old age and cheap perfume, and you dare call us poor?

silent, sitting on the couch, confident that

retorted, "What nonsense are you spouting? I don't smell old, and I'm wearing Celestria's high-end perfume. It's a luxury brand, and you

called the perfume fake, the girl named Janice Cole tensed

and you have the nerve to talk about high-end perfume? If I showed you the real deal, could you even afford it?" Shirley probably didn't get a word Cleo was saying, but it was

nodded. "Why,

said, "Impossible. The Hernandez family is a renowned noble family in Celestria. They have strict bloodline requirements. How could they

quite a bit. "Don't you know that Prince Sidney's

to cause trouble. Every time she clashed with Allison, she ended up on

why bother talking to these poor people? Look at them, acting like they've never seen the world. These dresses are high-end. How can they try on so many and not buy them?

argument, people started

want to clash with Shirley, considering the Walker family's reputation and not wanting to provoke a mad dog. After