Chapter 276: Waiting to Climb the Ranks Angelicaâs identity?
She was the eldest daughter of the Morris Familyâdarling of the Morris chairman, beloved sister of the young master.
To cross her was to cross the entire Morris Family.
Angelica put on a gentle act, but her words carried a hidden threat. "Selina, itâs rare for Mom to like something. If you give it to her, thatâs just being a dutiful daughter. You can always pick out another one."
Luke immediately flared up. So being the Morris heiress gave her the right to twist facts and bully others?
Selina casually tucked her hair behind her ear. "Sorry, I donât do filial piety for mistresses. Luke, take the ringsâweâre leaving."
Katieâs face froze. Luke was beyond satisfied.
Exactlyâfilial to a mistress? What a joke. Where did that kind of shamelessness even come from?
Angelica gritted her teeth. "Selina, donât be so stubbornâ"
"Whatâs all the noise about?"
Before Selina could walk out, a group of people blocked the entrance. A middle-aged man, about fifty, walked down from the second floor. His eyes swept the room, then lit up.
"Why, if it isnât Miss Angelica! Seen anything you like?"
He was the store manager of this jewelry branch. Knowing Angelicaâs status, he wasnât about to miss an opportunity to curry favor.
Angelica exchanged a look with Katie, then let out a dramatic sigh.
"Mom and I did see two rings we really liked, but Selina took them. We were just thinking of checking out another store."
The manager, afraid of losing such a valuable sale, rushed over and started barking at his staff.
"Useless fools! How could you let someone else buy what Miss Angelica wanted?! Some people have no status, no resourcesâhow dare they compete with Miss Angelica?!"
Even a deaf person could tell who that was aimed at.
Selina blinked and looked at Luke, silently asking: Arenât you the president of this jewelry chain? Why doesnât anyone recognize you?
Lukeâs brows furrowed deeply.
Maybe he wasnât obnoxious enough yet. His own employees didnât know him, and even the store managerâwho should know this store was under his nameâdidnât recognize him. Was his reputation that nonexistent?
The manager glanced at Selina with disdain. A country nobody. So what if she was Mrs. Reid for now? That title wouldnât last.
But Angelica? She was a Morris. With a marriage pact to Logan. A threat from any angle.
With that thought, he scoffed, "Miss Clark, please pick something else. Iâve decided to give those two rings to Miss Angelica."
Katieâs smugness practically oozed off her face, just waiting for Selina to crack.
Luke was about to explode. "This is how you run a business?! The designs for those rings are still on Selinaâs phone! Are you blind and deaf?! Go to the hospital already!"
Angelica spoke sweetly, "Manager, if youâre willing to sell the rings to us, Iâm happy to pay double."
The manager had run out of patience. "Selina, this is business. Miss Angelica is offering twice the priceâso what if you custom-designed them? Iâll sell to whoever I want. If you donât like it, outbid her."
Luke was stunned.
Are these seriously my employees? Am I really that useless, I canât even manage one jewelry store?
The manager sneered, "Nothing to say? Then hand over the ringsâdonât keep Miss Angelica waiting."
Angelica pursed her lips, pretending to be helpless. "Selina, I donât want to escalate things. Just give them up. You wonât pay more but insist on keeping them. Honestly... I hate admitting someone like you is my sister."
Selina held the rings in her palm and twirled them slowly before breaking into a calm smile.
"Do you even know what the design on these two rings symbolizes?"
Everyone froze for a beat, and before Angelica could respond, Selina spoke upâ
"It symbolizes pure, untainted love."
Then, one word at a time, she asked, "Which part of âpureâ and âuntaintedâ has anything to do with either of you?"
Silence fell over the room.
Luke chimed in with biting sarcasm, mastering the art of passive-aggressive mockery.
"Right? Everyone knows Mrs. Bryant clawed her way up from being the mistress. How does someone like that even say âpure and untaintedâ with a straight face? Youâre not just shamelessâyouâre seasoned."
"Even if we backtrack and pretend these rings were meant for Angelicaâhas she even gotten married yet? Snatching someone elseâs wedding rings before youâre even a bride? What is this, generational side-chick legacy?"
The atmosphere turned frigid. No one dared breathe too loudâstaff kept their heads down, pretending not to exist.
Katieâs face turned a deep, splotchy red. "You think Mr. Reid would actually want youâ"
But Luke beat her to it, stepping protectively in front of Selina with wide-eyed faux confusion.
"If Logan isnât into Selina, you think heâd be into your daughter? No matter what, Selina is his legitimate wifeâyour daughterâs still waiting in line, so step aside."
He drew out the words âlegitimate wifeâ with special emphasis and let out a dramatic sigh.
"Right, I forgotâwhy am I talking sense to someone whoâs been the other woman for over twenty years? You probably think being a mistress is something to brag about. And not just thatânow youâre training your daughter to follow in your footsteps. Damn, yâall really are out here tarnishing the family name."
Selina: "..."
Honestly, she didnât even need to say anything. Luke was a one-man demolition squad, wrecking people left and right with just his mouth.
Katie was fuming. "You! Who do you think you are? Somebody get them out of here!"
The store manager started to step forwardâ
But Luke let out a cold laugh, fully leaning into his rich-kid arrogance.
"Oh? You donât know who I am now, huh? Iâve been gone for two days and youâve already forgotten?"
"Taylor Store Manager. Manager Wilson. I hired you clowns to make my life easier, not give me a migraine."
He whipped out his phone, dialing without hesitation.
"Hello? HR? Fire the branch manager at the DY location. Guy doesnât even recognize me."
Even Taylor Store Manager, as dense as he was, now fully realized what was happening.
He hadnât recognized Luke at first, but heâd been in the company long enough to know exactly who the big boss was.
And now... disaster.
Selina had come to pick up her custom rings. Luke, the real owner, had accompanied her. And what had Taylor Store Manager done? Heâd tried to force her to hand over the rings to Angelica.
Luke smiled coldly. "Taylor Store Manager, you still planning to âgiftâ these rings to someone else?"
Taylor Store Manager practically dropped to his knees. "N-no, Young Master, I swear, I didnât know it was youâI didnât know..."
Katie nearly passed out. That man was Lukeâthe owner of the jewelry store! That meant the rings were going back to Selina, and she couldnât stand it.
Angelica was just as unwilling. Rings in her hand, engagement within reachâhow could she give it all up to Selina?
Lowering her eyes, she put on a pitiful act.
"Selina, I wanted to spare you the embarrassment, but I canât stay silent anymore."
"These two rings... Logan originally had them made for me. I was the one who turned them down, and thatâs the only reason you have them now..."
...
Meanwhile, outside in a quiet cornerâ
Joe frowned as he watched Angelica, lost in thought.
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You sure you want to keep going?"