Chapter 59 How Dare You Touch me!
Mary paused for a moment, then looked at Jessica and said, "Thank you."
Jessica smiled, "You're welcome. Come with me."
Jessica led her upstairs to a particularly large room where she pulled out several dresses from the walk-in closet and said to Mary, "These are new. Pick one."
Mary picked a black one, similar to what she was wearing, "I'll take this one. Let me get your contact information. I'll return it to you clean or buy you a new one."
Jessica chuckled, "Never mind, it's only a dress. You go ahead and change. I'll wait outside."
Mary nodded, "Okay."
The closet door closed.
Mary looked at the dress that was almost identical to what she was wearing, with her eyes flickered.
A moment later, she opened the closet door and said with a smile, "This dress fits perfectly, thank you."
Jessica nodded, "As long as you're comfortable. I think Matthew is looking for you."
"Is he? I'll go check." Mary said immediately and then went downstairs.
However, just as she reached downstairs, the music in the entire villa hall went silent.
"What's going on?"
"What's happening?"
People looked puzzled, and at that moment, a butler emerged with a straight face and said, "No panic, please. Our young lady has lost her pearl earring, which was a memento from her late mother, and she treasures it dearly. We need to find it ASAP. My apology for the disturbance."
"What does this mean? Are we going to be searched one by one?" someone asked.
The butler replied, "Of course not. I've just reviewed the surveillance footage. Several ladies went upstairs to the young lady's room earlier, and I kindly ask these ladies to cooperate with our inquiries."
The crowd exchanged looks.
Soon, a few girls came forward. One of them said, "I went upstairs, but I didn't enter Ms. Johnson's room."
"I went up too, but I came out with Ms. Johnson."
"I went up with a friend, chatted with Ms. Johnson for a bit, and then left."
The butler nodded at the girls and then turned to elsewhere. "Anyone else?"
No response.
Furrowing his brow, the butler said, "There is one lady left. If you don't come out to cooperate, I have reason to suspect that you may have stolen the pearl earring."
Everyone looked around, searching for the woman.
But as the butler's words fell, no one came forward. His expression darkened, and he suddenly pointed at Mary. "Lady, please cooperate with us."
Everyone immediately turned to her.
Mary suddenly became the target of suspicion.
Not far away, Matthew witnessed the scene, his brow furrowing immediately. He put down his glass and walked directly towards Mary.
Mary said calmly, "My clothes got wet, and Ms. Johnson kindly lent me a dress. That's all."
The butler said, "But you were the last to leave the room, and after that, the pearl earrings went missing. Ma'am, we need to pat you down now. Please cooperate!"
With a wave of his hand, several servants hurried towards Mary, ready to search her!
Treating Mary like this was no different from stripping her in public.
Mary's expression turned cold, "How Dare You Touch me!"
