Chapter 68 Happy Lesson for an Extra-marital Affair
Following the information from the deducted payment in the text message, Gabriel quickly found the store and thus determined Jessica's location.
Just as he was about to go find Jessica, Oscar Murdock entered and urgently reported something.
After listening, Gabriel frowned and ordered, "Gather the board of directors for a meeting immediately."
"Yes, Timothy Walton."
So, the matter of finding Jessica was postponed for a while.
Jessica and Grace continued strolling. They had already visited all the shops except for the jewelry counter on the first floor.
Originally, Jessica wasn't very interested in jewelry.
She held Grace's arm and looked troubled, saying, "Grace, I don't want to go there."
"Why don't you gonot?"
"Well, those jewels are very expensive, I feel bad spending his money like that."
Jessica has always been frugal since she was young. Even after marrying into The Walton Family, she never developed extravagant habits.
"You're spending his money?" Grace looked at Jessica in surprise and tugged her earlobe. "Miss Jessica Miss, what are you thinking? If this little amount of money is considered excessive spending forto you and your Hubby, then you really think too poorly of him."
"This little amount of money is not even enough to cover the gap in The Walton Family's teeth."
Jessica blinked her eyes and playfully rotated her pupils. "Does he earn that much money?"
Although she knew that The Walton Family was powerful and incredibly wealthy, Jessica always felt there was some exaggeration involved. Furthermore, she had never investigated it herself, so she genuinely had no idea how much money The Walton Family could make.
"Let me ask you, Miss Jessica, do you think I earn a lot of money?"
Jessica immediately nodded. "Of course you do."
"Okay then, Gabriel earns hundreds, thousands of times more money than me. Do you think he earns a lot?"
As soon as Jessica heard this, she began to count on her fingers and calculate.
But by the end, her head was spinning.
Grace grabbed her hand. "Alright, stop counting. Just know one thing, your Hubby is very rich, extremely, extremely rich. Not just rich, but ridiculously wealthy. So, you can spend freely."
"I'm telling you, today you won't do justice to his economic power without spending tens of millions."
Grace's words instantly made Jessica laugh.
Moreover, she thought Grace made a lot of sense.
"Alright then, let's go. I'll foot the bill for all the jewelry you fancy today." Jessica patted her chest.
Grace smirked. "Aren't you afraid I'll extort you?"
"Don't Didn't you say Gabriel earns a lot? When there's too much money, it's just a string of numbers. I'll make that number change today."
"Good, I shall obey your command."
Immediately, the two of them walked happily into the jewelry store, arm in arm.
Under the enthusiastic recommendations of the salesperson, they both became interested in a pearl necklace.
Although compared to other diamonds, the pearl necklace was not very eye-catching as it consisted of white pearls.
However, the pearls on that necklace were perfectly round and had a bright luster. They looked very pleasant at first glance.
The color of those pearls, both of them fell in love with it at first sight.
Furthermore, when the pearl necklace was worn around their necks, it made their necks appear slender, and long., and tTheir skin was soft and fair,. as suchSo, both of them liked it very much.
"Just choose this one, buy twoWe’ll take it. Make it two." Jessica said, handing her card directly to the salesperson.
"Okay," at that moment, she seemed to enjoy a sense of satisfaction and excitement that only rich people could experience.
It turns out that the feeling of spending money is indeed different.
Grace handed her card with a smile, "Separate checks, please."
Jessica pouted unhappily, looking at her, "We agreed that I would pay, and now you're changing your mind? What about the gift I was going to give you?"
"Forget it, if I spend Gabriel's money, I'll always have to speak for him or leak information about him. How would it that make you feel, Jessica?" Grace replied.
"So, I'd better not let him have the chance to buy me off."
Hearing her say this, Jessica no longer insisted.
She understood Grace's personality well - once she had made a decision, it was difficult to change her mind.
The two of them made their payments and put on necklaces for each other.
Just as they were about to leave the store, suddenly, they saw two familiar figures.
One of them was someone Jessica didn't want to see, but to her surprise, a couple appeared.
Jessica held onto Grace's arm, trying to bypass them.
It wasn't that she was afraid of them, she just didn't want to waste her time and energy on people like them. It was meaningless.
However, Diana stopped her with a shout, "Jessica, what a coincidence to meet you here."
"Is it? I didn't expect to run into you either," Jessica replied in a cold voice.
At this moment, Rou came over, angrily running up to Jessica and looking up at her, "You're Jessica? You made me suffer so much last time!"
"Before, it was because of Xavier, so everyone let you have your way, and protected you. Now that Xavier is gone, let's see who will protect you," she continued.
Diana immediately realized that there was a story between them, and looked at Rou, asking gently, "Rou, what happened? Miss Jessica is a good person, is there a misunderstanding between you?"
"We don't have a misunderstanding," Rou said firmly.
Then she looked at Diana and said, "Diana, you don't know. It was because of her that Xavier and Gabriel threw me out of The Walton Family. I became a laughingstock."
"Why would she do that?" Diana exclaimed.
Then she looked at Jessica with disbelief, "Jessica, you wouldn't do such a thing, would you? Rou is just a little girl, she doesn't understand anything. If she did something to offend you, I apologize on her behalf."
‘"ThatIsn’t Diana is too proud to apologize on behalf of others? Such a shame.’," Jessica looked at her and said each word with emphasis, "I won't accept the apology."
"Jessica, do you have to be so stubborn? I know you don't like me because of Gabriel, but Rou is Gabriel's sister after all. Even though they are not blood-related, they are the only siblings in The Walton Family for generations. Gabriel may blame Rou, but as siblings, he won't hold a grudge in his heart."
Upon hearing this, Rou immediately agreed, "Yes, Diana is right. Gabriel will always be my brother and I will always be his sister. It's a bond that cannot be erased. But you are different, you were just brought back to The Walton Family as a foster daughter by Xavier. Xavier has passed away and no one will acknowledge your identity. You are now someone nobody wants, you are nothing. You can't harm anyone anymore."
Rou's words were extremely harsh.
However, Jessica did not get angry.
If she got angry over such words, how could she fulfill Xavier's requests as his daughter-in-law in The Walton Family? How could she support The Walton Family in the future?
Jessica smiled warmly at Rou. "You're right, I would never want to harm anyone."
"People can be immature sometimes. Just because she hurt me once, does that mean I should hurt her in return?" Jessica responded calmlyJessica smiled and looked at Rou gently, "You're right, I definitely won't harm anyone."
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"People are inevitably immature. She harmed me once, should I harm her back?" Jessica scolded Rou calmly.
Rou became so angry that she rushed towardstoward Jessica and raised her hand to slap her.
