However, Joel remembered this sentence and took it to heart.
Therefore, he took Lucy to the mall to pick a ring as soon as the meal was over.
He initially wanted to order a pair of customized rings.
However, it would be a long process. Moreover, Lucy normally had to attend various events. Thus, there were very few opportunities where she could wear a wedding ring.
In the end, the two finally decided to go and pick a pair of rings that they liked in the mall after they had thought about it.
It was just a symbolization anyway.
Nonetheless, they never thought that they would meet an uninvited guest.
It was such a small world here.
Jada was shopping in the mall with a few of her friends. They were planning to shop for some jewelry and suddenly bumped into Joel and Lucy.
Jada’s expression suddenly changed.
Joel and Lucy still had not seen her yet at that point. They were standing in front of a counter intently looking at the ring.
“Can you take this out for me to have a look?”
Lucy picked a heart-shaped diamond ring. Just when the shop assistant was taking it out, a voice full of sarcasm sounded from nearby.
“Oh, I thought who was it! So, it’s you.”
Both Joel and Lucy frowned when they looked up and saw Jada.
Lucy did not want to get in trouble with people like Jada. She gently pulled Joel and whispered. “Let’s go over there and have a look.”
Joel also thought that it was meaningless to argue with a woman.
It was not honorable to win, and even worse to lose.
Therefore, he ignored Jada and nodded. He then took Lucy’s hand and prepared to leave.
However, Jada became even angrier when she saw Joel’s attitude.
Although Joel hated her in the past, he had not treated her like this. He did not even want to talk to her now.
She suddenly felt upset and quickly stepped forward to block their way.
“Stop!”
Joel’s face darkened.
“Get out of the way!”
Although she was afraid of Joel, she still held back the fear in her heart and looked straight at him. She never thought that Joel would just kick her away easily after she had loved him for so long.
“No! Joel, do you know what kind of woman she is? She’s a woman who can betray you for money. Does she deserve to be with you?”
Joel’s eyes instantly became cold.
Just when Joel was about to get angry, Lucy squeezed his fingers gently, motioning him not to speak.
Only then did he suppress the anger and did not speak anymore.
Lucy looked at Jada and slightly smiled. “Miss Swanson, you have provoked me again and again, and always trying to drive a wedge between Joel and I. I’m curious too. Let’s not talk about what kind of woman I am or whether I am worthy of Joel. This is none of your business. Furthermore, you have no right to question me.”
Jada was dumbfounded.
She did not expect Lucy to say that.
Indeed, she had no right to question Lucy.
Even though she had been with Joel before, their relationship was just one-sided.
Joel had never really acknowledged her as his girlfriend.
Therefore, she had no right to question Lucy even if she was very angry.
Jada felt complacent when she saw everyone despising Lucy.
‘Lucy, you deserved it!’
‘I’ll see whether you can still be happy when you become infamous due to your bad reputation!’
However, her wishful thinking came to nothing in the next second.
Joel raised his hand, and Mike who was behind him immediately understood.
He took out a cheque from the bag.
“Is this the cheque that you mentioned just now, Miss Swanson?”
Jada was stunned.
She immediately took the cheque and looked at it.
Her face darkened.
She recognized the cheque with her signature on it.
It was indeed the one that she gave to Lucy.
However, why was this cheque in Joel’s hands? Lucy was the one who took it from her.
Could it be that Lucy had told him about it long ago?
She looked at the two people in disbelief.
Joel held Lucy’s hand and said, “I’m so sorry. My wife was astonished by the fact that there was a woman who was willing to spend so much money to let her leave me. She initially thought that it was funny and wanted to make fun out of it, so she accepted it. But then, she handed the cheque to me after that.”
“So, Miss Swanson, your worries are not valid. Although your concerns have caused me trouble, I still want to thank you. Because of you, I finally got to know how much my wife loves me.”
“After all, it was difficult to know your own heart if there was no comparison. However, I also hope that Miss Swanson will not do this kind of thing again in the future. We are tired of it, you will also suffer from it, don’t you agree?”
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