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Mia took the magnifying glass and scanned the broken bracelet. There was no marking.
The middle¨Caged woman was bewildered while the man accused, “Why must we believe you? What if you
Mia looked at the broken bracelet. “Do imitations cost thousands nowadays?”
The middle¨Caged woman huffed. “What are you calling an imitation? This is my wedding anniversary gift from my husband. He bought it from Martian. No way it’s an imitation!”
Martiana? What were the odds? That was actually Mia’s brand.
Mia actually didn’t want to give a tig about the married couple, but her brand would suffer a loss if word about her brand selling imitations got out.
She questioned, “Martiana’s products come with an authenticity certification. Are you sure your husband bought it from the store itself?”
The middle¨Caged man’s eyes wavered for a brief second before claiming. “Yes. I have the authenticity certificate too. This is the real one. It can’t be an imitation!”
“Hubby, show them the certificate. Prove it that we didn’t buy imitations.”
His fingers scrolled through his phone for the e¨Ccertificate.
Mia took a glimpse and memorized the certificate code to share it with her butler to look into the issue.
The middle¨Caged woman held her nose high at Mia. “How’s that? Are you convinced? Compensate us for the bracelet!”
Sneering. Mia responded, “There is a certain way to verify Martiana’s product authenticity. The jewelers. will leave a special mark on the internal surface. You can see it with a magnifying glass.”
“Have it your way. I’m not afraid,” said the middle¨Caged woman confidently..
But her husband appeared relatively unsure. “We don’t have a magnifying glass, though. The authenticity certificate will do.”
At that moment, an old man stepped out. “I have one. I can lend it to you.”
The adorable Ginger thanked politely. “Thank you, sir.”
The old man chuckled, “Not a problem, dear. Happy to be of help.”
Mia took the magnifying glass and scanned the broken bracelet. There was no marking.
The middle¨Caged woman was bewildered while the man accused, “Why must we believe you? What if you were spouting nonsense?” “
Mia faced the crowd. “Is anyone wearing a Martiana bracelet? Could you lend it to us for a moment?”
“I’m wearing one.” A lady offered her bracelet.
Mia did the same thing to the bracelet. As she had expected, there was a mark on
Everyone was surprised.
She returned the bracelet to the owner. “This is the mark I was talking about. It should be the last three numbers of the authenticity code.”
“Yes, you’re right.”
Mia returned her attention to the married couple. “Now, do you have anything else to say?”
The middle¨Caged woman st buy it?”
couldn’t believe her eyes. “Hubby, did you buy an imitation? Where did you.
“I bought it from a Martiana store! I have the authenticity certificate too! How could it be fake? The barcode on the certificate worked. This is the real thing!” The middle¨Caged man attempted to save his stance.
The middle¨Caged woman saw the result of scanning the barcode. “Martiana is selling fake products!”
“No. Martiana will never sell fake products.” Mia gazed at him confidently. “As to why this bracelet is a sham, you should ask your husband about it. He must’ve switched the products. To whom did he gift the real bracelet?”
He raised his voice. “Impossible! I wouldn’t switch it! Honey, I swear I didn’t switch it. Are you going to believe an outsider instead of me?”
Mia happened to receive surveillance footage of his purchase from her butler.
She smiled. “Would you like to take a look at the footage of you buying the bracelet?”
Mia showed her phone to the married couple.
The wife obviously realized something and the man charged forward to snatch the phone away.
Mia managed to dodge his advance by moving her phone away. “What’s with the sudden aggressiveness? I’m showing this to your wife.”
The humiliation morphed into a ball of fury. Pointing at Mia’s nose, he barked, “Stop driving a wedge between us or you’ll never get away with this!”
Timothy pulled the man’s finger backward, making him cry for help. “Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! It hurts! Let me go!”
In the meantime, Mia played the footage for the middle¨Caged woman. “Here’s the truth.”
From the footage, she could see her husband entering the store with another lady holding hands to purchase a bracelet.
It was the exact same design as hers!
Mia recounted. “Your husband bought it from Martiana, but he gifted it to the mistress. Since you might smell the rat from his large expenses, he gave you a fake one to cover his deeds.”
Realizing the truth, the middle¨Caged woman began throwing punches at her husband. “Explain to me this instant! Who’s that vixen in the footage!”
“Stop hitting me, you feisty bitch! You’re too dominating! That’s why I looked for another person!”
“I’m gonna send you to hell, jerk!”
A scene broke out.
Their chubby son said anxiously, “I want the prize!”
To his dismay, neither the adults were in the state of mind to bother him, so he confronted Ginger head- on. “Give me that or I’ll punch you in the face!”
Frightened, she retreated instinctively. “This is mine!”
“You only have a mother. You don’t have a father! You don’t deserve to be the first place!”
Her eyes reddened at that and the prize slipped through her arms.
Timothy picked up the item from the ground, dusting it off. His cold eyes fixed on the chubby boy. “Who says she doesn’t have a father?”
Ginger’s eyes lit as she quickly called, “Daddy!”
That completely caught him off¨Cguard. His widened eyes looked at her.
In fact, he didn’t mean it that way since Caleb was there too. He didn’t expect Ginger to call him Daddy!
Still stunned by that, he gulped down his saliva. It seemed like he didn’t dislike it either. After collecting himself, he crouched to return the prize to her.
Meanwhile, Mia straight¨Cup went to the boy and said in an undertone. “Soon, you’ll become a parentless. child too. Your father will abandon you to have children with his mistress.”
He bawled his eyes out almost instantly.
She didn’t think that she crossed the line. The boy was obviously spoiled.
He deserved this for what he had said to Ginger!
After teaching the boy a lesson, Mia turned around only to see Timothy crouching in front of a smiling
Ginger.
Mixed feelings churned in her stomach.
The sheer thought of Ginger coming to Xanier Island without her knowledge broke Mia’s heart.
Although Ginger grew up with all the love she could get from her six uncles back at home, Mia forgot about Ginger’s yearning for paternal love.
After all, her friends had a father but not her.
Maybe it was time for Mia to talk to Ginger about this issue.
Mia strode to Ginger’s side. Ginger won so many prizes that they couldn’t fit in her bag. Mia sighed, “Do you like them that much?”
It wasn’t like Ginger didn’t have toys at home.
“Yeah! I can only have this by joining the event!” Ginger shook a box.
It piqued Mia’s curiosity. “What’s in there?”
“A smartwatch!”
The mention of the gadget reminded Mia of something. She gave Ginger a solemn look. “Why didn’t you pick up the call? I called you. You even turned off your watch after that. Do you know how worried I was?”
Ginger dipped her head low. “It fell in the water. Mr. Bodyguard said that it’ll work only when it’s dry again.
Timothy asked, “Is the prize a smartwatch?”
“Bingo!” Her hands quickly fiddled open the box and she proffered it to him. “This is for you. You’re nice!”