Chapter 498


    Chapter 498 Weston remained silent.


    He stared at her for a long while before gathering her in his arms. He nted a kiss on her forehead


    and said, “I know that you’re thinking about our one-year timeline. Ste, please y your part as best


    you can. Don’t let me catch you trying to leave me.” Ste’s eyshes trembled as she shut her eyes.


    She leaned in his embrace and heard his heartbeat through his chest.


    After a long while, she said, “All right.”


    Weston lifted her chin and looked into her eyes, “Be more professional in your acting. Do you know


    what a woman who wants to stay with me looks like?”


    “How does she look like?”


    “She will want to spend my money.” Weston fished out a card and ced it in her hand. Ste refused


    to take it, but Weston pushed it into her palm and closed her fingers over it. “Just use this if you want to


    buy anything.” Ste stared at the ck card in her palm, but she declined to nod in acknowledgment.


    Weston said empathically, “I don’t want you splitting things so clearly between us.” A storm raged in


    Ste’s heart. She did not want money to be involved in her rtionship with Weston.


    Their marriage in the past arose precisely because she needed his help to settle Roger’s medical fees.


    That was the reason she always felt inferior before him and in a position that demanded her to look up


    to him.


    Although they were husband and wife, she could only hide her admiration for him in her heart, quietly


    expressing her love for him over the years each day, never proiming it out loud, and neither seeking


    reciprocity. Having gotten used to giving and not receiving, she was uncustomed to feeling indebted to


    him.


    Ste held the ck card in her hand.


    After a long while, she finally nodded.


    She should learn how to think more for herself.


    In the jewelry store.


    Ste looked at the empty store and asked doubtfully, “Are you sure you didn’t block off the entire


    ce?”


    The moment she asked, a couple walked past them, clearly looking like they were here on a shopping


    trip. Weston looked at her. “Do you believe me now?”


    Knowing that Ste disliked such special treatment, he decided it wasn’t something he would do.


    Although the thought did cross his mind, he would’ve rather done something in line with what Ste


    truly wanted.


    Soon, the two walked into a jewelry store.


    Ste recognized the brand-it had been aggressively advertising itself online-it was apparently a


    century-old brand that had recently be more essible to the masses… to a certain extent.


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    Despite working with Ford Corporation to promote their brand to the masses, not everyone could afford


    their extravagant prices. A promotional slogan spread like wildfire on the web: Craft a ring that belongs


    to the one you love.


    Every single salesperson in the store had gone through rigorous selection. Dressed smartly in


    uniforms, even their smiles seemed exquisitely etched onto their faces, deliberately friendly and


    presentable.


    The moment anyone entered their doors, they woulde forward and greet them enthusiastically.


    “Wee, sir and madam! Do you want to look around, or do you need any assistance?” “Can we take


    a look around by ourselves first?” Ste replied. “Of course, you can! All our best-selling ssics are


    disyed here. These are new items released this year…” The saleswoman brought them to a ss


    disy. Although Ste said she’d look around, the saleswomen began fervently promoting the jewelry


    pieces to them.