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Chapter 1067
"Gold retains value. I got an appraisal last year for the wedding ring you bought me, and they estimated that it cost
a little more than one million dollars, but we bought that ring at three million. That's too great of a difference.
However, the price of the gold bracelet you bought me increased by nearly ten thousand dollars this year! That's
why gold is much better than diamond. If you were ever to go bankrupt in the future, we could sell the gold rings
and support ourselves for a while."
Keegan was speechless. 'That's my girl,' he thought.
Keegan had expected the rings to hold a special meaning, but after all that, Stella only considered their
devaluation. 'I guess money is and always will be her number one priority.'
"How did you know where to find this store?" Keegan grabbed Stella's hand and asked as they continued to walk.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe location of the store was a little hard to find. Yet, Stella located it perfectly. 'This must not be her first time at
that store,' Keegan thought.
"Back in our school days, Felicity wanted to buy a gift for her mom on Mother's Day. She said the prices in branded
jewelry stores were ridiculous, so she took me all over the place, trying to find a local shop selling jewelry. In the
end, she picked out a pair of earrings from that store."
"At that time, I fell in love with one of their trace chain necklaces. It was so shiny and beautiful. I wanted to gift it to
my mom, but I didn't have that much money. And, I couldn't have asked my dad- I mean Albert, for the money. He
wouldn't have given it to me even if I did ask for it. I would have probably gotten a tongue-lashing instead."
"After all, he was already upset that he had to pay my mom's medical bills. There was no chance that he would let
me buy her a gift. I didn't have enough money, so the only way I could buy that necklace was to take on part-time
jobs. During those years, commercial models earn 500 dollars a day, and car show models earn around 1000 to
1500 dollars a day. I was lucky enough to be selected as one of the car show models and worked for a total of six
days.
"That meant I could’ve gotten around 8000 dollars. But I got into a fight with someone on the last day of the auto
show, and that person got injured. The other party caused a commotion, and the police arrived at the scene. They
contacted my guardian, which was Albert, and we had to pay the person 5000 dollars as compensation.
"I tried to go to the head of the auto show to claim my pay, but Albert stopped me and said that I was a disgrace.
"In his opinion, I should be ashamed of myself for being harassed by a man. He said being a car show model meant
that I had no self-respect. I once thought that beauty was a sin because of him. I didn't even dare to wear nice
dresses anymore. But didn't all of us come into this world
naked? Arent the harassers who are the ones at fault here?" Stella said in a calm and collected tone. It was as if
she was not telling her own story.
Keegan's heart ached for her at that moment.
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"After that, the senior who pushed me into taking the job as a car show model contacted me, telling me that one of
the people in charge of the auto show had come forward to talk to the head. They discussed the situation and
decided to pay me 6000 dollars. When I returned to the shop with the money, I found out that someone had
already purchased the necklace, and Mother's Day was also over at that point."
Keegan started to choke up. He knew about the harassment that occurred, but he did not know that Stella was the
victim. Keegan was at the auto show that year as a VIP. He was invited by the organizer and was having drinks with
the people upstairs when the exhibition was going on. He had not witnessed the incident when it happened. But
there was already a commotion downstairs when he found out about it.
The people at the convention center were afraid that the incident would negatively impact their brand image, so
they quickly called the people involved in the conflict to go into a room and discuss the matter.
Keegan had a successful business meeting and was about to leave when he saw a girl crying at the stairwell
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