When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel)

Chapter 2076

Miranda spoke as though the universe had appointed her judge, jury, and executioner. Whatever left her lips became law.

Around her, the sales team bristled in silent revolt, their frustration coiling behind polite smiles they dared not let slip.

"Uh..." one assistant began, the syllable wobbling in mid-air before she swallowed the rest of the sentence.

None of them had the stomach to yank a mask off one child just to appease another spoiled brat.

Seeing their hesitation, Miranda advanced, heels clicking like a metronome of doom.

"If you're too scared, I'll do it myself."

Whatever veneer of high-society elegance she once flaunted shattered in that moment. She was about to wrestle a monkey mask from a child whose parents weren't even in sight.

Beneath the monkey mask, Jonathan's small face had turned to ice.

He readied himself. The second Miranda grabbed for him, he planned to sink his little teeth into her wrist.

Just then, the junior assistant who had gone to fetch clothes for Jonathan re- emerged, arms buried under a tower of luxury garments.

"Young sir, would you mind seeing whether any of these might suit the grown-ups at home?"

Heads pivoted toward her in symphonic unison.

is everyone gathered here?"

murmured so softly the words almost broke. "Ivy,


held the clothes like a

a rookie deserved no favors and fell conspicuously silent.

Jonathan,

have a look. Perhaps one of these would make a fine gift for your

caught flat-footed by the

the store barely two months and had

eyes fall out, or are you ignoring

blinked, more puzzled than

you speak politely

frosty crescent. "You shuffle around this place in the lowest rung of retail and still expect me to show respect.

even

say something số

s


cheeks in a furious, embarrassed rush. "How can

I won't repeat myself. Test me again

so badly she nearly crashed onto the mirror-bright

even as the shock

drew herself upright She needed the commission, certainly

never let

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