Chapter 123 A Poor Imitation
The car window rolled down, revealing Kelsey's face.
"Isabella, what a coincidence! Shopping alone?"
Isabella shook her head. "I'm here with Matthew. What about you?"
"I'm here with Andy to pick out a gift," Kelsey said, opening the car door. "If you don't have other plans, join me. After we're done with Andy's errand, I'll treat you to afternoon tea."
Isabella didn't have many friends, but she got along well with Kelsey.
So, Isabella didn't decline and got into her car.
After helping Andy pick out a gift, they stepped out and ran into Jack and Nancy.
The two seemed to have just finished shopping. Jack carried several bags, all from high-end brands judging by the logos.
Running into them wasn't particularly awkward.
The awkward part was the dress Nancy was wearing.
It was identical to the one Kelsey was wearing today.
The color and the style were exactly the same; Isabella even suspected the size was the same.
But Isabella remembered that when she saw her with Jack previously, she was wearing a different dress.
At that moment, Isabella thought, 'It's not the matching outfits that are awkward, but who looks worse in them.'
Nancy wasn't unattractive, but she always exuded a certain dowdiness. Isabella thought she was better suited to a more casual and simple style.
Kelsey's usual style leaned towards the ladylike. She had been the apple of her family's eye since childhood. It wasn't an exaggeration to say she was treated like a princess in Jose family.
Kelsey's style of clothing looked quite out of place on Nancy.
It wasn't that Nancy looked terrible in it. After all, it was a high-end dress with top-notch tailoring and design. But Nancy wearing it made it seem like she was deliberately imitating Kelsey.
As soon as Kelsey saw Nancy dressed like that, she laughed and said, "Well, Jack. How do you have the time to take your copycat fiancée out shopping for new clothes?"
Kelsey was openly mocking Nancy as an imitator.
Jack's face gradually darkened.
Nancy, however, laughed mockingly, glaring at Kelsey, and retorted, "Ms. Jose, you come from a wealthy family, but why are you so sharp-tongued? This dress isn't designed exclusively for you. Do you think you're the only one allowed to wear it?"
"This dress isn't designed for me, but do you believe that I can make sure you never wear it again?"
Nancy clearly didn't believe her. "Ms. Jose, such big talk. I'd like to see how you can make me take off this dress and never wear it again."
Kelsey smiled and wasted no words on her, turning her gaze to Jack. "Jack, did you hear that?"
Jack looked at her, frowning the entire time. "Ms. Jose, there's no need to make things difficult for my fiancée over a dress?"
"Jack, you're exaggerating. It was your fiancée who provoked me first," Kelsey said with a faint smile. "I hate it when people wear the same thing as me, especially people I dislike. Jack, you know what to do, right?"
Jack pressed his lips together and said nothing.
Behind Kelsey, there was not only the Jose family but also Zaire.
Even Seb, when it came down to it, would undoubtedly choose Kelsey.
Jack was nothing in comparison.
Nancy tugged at his hand and said, "Jack, we don't need to be afraid of her." Jack was silent for a moment, then turned to her and said, "Nancy, this dress doesn't suit you. I'll buy you a new one."
With that, he took Nancy's hand and led her into a nearby store.
"Jack!" Nancy pulled away from his hold. "Jack, are you really that afraid of her? We haven't done anything wrong. This dress doesn't belong to her. I like it, and I want to wear it!"
Jack's brow furrowed, his tone deepening. "Nancy, listen to me!"
"No!" Nancy was determined to stand her ground against Kelsey.
Seeing the situation escalating, Jack took out his phone. After a few moments, he said, "I've booked tickets for tonight."
Nancy was taken aback. "To where?"
"Back home."
Nancy's eyes widened in disbelief. She immediately refused, "I don't want to go back home!"
'No way! I've only just made it out of the backwoods, and I've only just stepped into a new world; I can't just go back like this,' Nancy thought.
Jack pressed his lips together. "Either we go home, or you change out of that dress."
Tears welled up in Nancy's eyes. "Jack."
Jack said nothing more and went into the store. He quickly bought a new dress and handed it to Nancy. "Change into this. I'll wait outside."
Nancy took the dress, feeling her face burn as if she had been slapped.
She looked up at Kelsey, who was watching her.
Kelsey didn't mock her; her gaze was indifferent.
As if Kelsey were watching the circus indifferently.
"Fine, I'll change!" Nancy gritted her teeth and went to change.
Jack looked at Kelsey. "Ms. Jose, is this enough?"
Kelsey raised an eyebrow, didn't answer Jack's question, but took Isabella's hand and walked away.
Not long after they left, Nancy came out.
She had changed into the new dress with the one she had taken off in her hand.
"Nancy." Jack walked over.
Just as he was about to take her hand, Nancy threw the dress at him.
Jack was stunned.
Nancy, with red-rimmed eyes, looked at him and said, "Jack, no matter what happened before, you always stood by me, helped me and protected me. But now, I've just arrived at this place and have already been humiliated by Kelsey several times. It's bad enough that I'm humiliated, and you didn't even stand up for me!"
"Nancy..." Jack tried to explain.
But Nancy didn't give him a chance, cutting him off, "From now on, I don't want to have anything to do with you!"
With that, Nancy ran off.
For the next two days, Isabella went to the Landon family as usual to comfort Matthew.
In fact, she didn't need to comfort Matthew much. The Landon family servants always said, "As long as Ms. Miller is here, Mr. Landon is happy."
As her pregnancy progressed, Isabella's nausea had subsided. However, she was now plagued by inexplicable fatigue, which had become increasingly severe in recent days.
She had only been sitting on the sofa for a short while before she fell asleep.
In a daze, Isabella felt as if someone was watching her.
But when she opened her eyes, everything seemed normal.
Rubbing her temples, Isabella slowly got up and realized that her surroundings had changed.
She had fallen asleep on the sofa in the side room, but now she woke up in Matthew's bedroom.
A faint scent lingered in the air, like the smell of lilacs, which was quite soothing. Yet, for some reason, despite that she had just woken up, Isabella still felt incredibly fatigued.
