Chapter 192


    Sophia went on a trip in the mall out of boredom despite not having anything in mind that she wanted to


    buy, as she merely wanted to be in a crowd.


    There weren’t a lot of people in the mall since it was office hours, which meant a lot of people were at


    work. She headed to a jewelry shop after some thought, as she figured she needed a ring around her


    finger.


    There were even lesser people in the shop when Sophia made her way into it. She told the attendant


    who came up to her with much enthusiasm in a blunt manner that she needed a ring, so the attendant


    motioned for her to follow her into the shop. “Over here please, Madam.”


    They just arrived at the disy counter for rings when her phone rang with a call from Ian, which she


    picked up immediately. “Aren’t you busy? Why’d you have time for me?”


    “It’s almost noon now, so I’d like to know where you are, and if you would like to have lunch with me.”


    Ian was chuckling over the call.


    When Sophia checked the time, it was exactly like what he said, for it was indeed noon time, so she


    grunted in assent before telling him her location. “I seem to be around where your office is, so do you


    want toe over here?”


    What she said was true, so Ian agreed to it while telling her to wait for him. She checked out the ring


    she had after hanging up, only to decide that she would prefer a in one rather than a mboyant one


    since she needed to do her own cooking and cleaning.


    After that, she tried out a few rings, but she still had a hard timeing to a final decision, as the more


    she looked, the more indecisive she was getting. It was fortunate for her that the shop attendant was


    extremely patient as she allowed her to try on almost every single ring in the shop.


    Ian arrived before she could decide on one. Upon pushing the door open, he scanned his surroundings


    to see Sophia at the innermost section of the shop, then he approached her while asking, “Are you


    nning to buy some jewelry?”


    Sophia nodded after ncing at him. “Yeah, as someone noted that I wasn’t wearing a ring a few days


    ago, so I figured I needed one.”


    Being privy of her situation, Ian understood why she would need to do so. He nced at the counter


    while asking, “Did you not see one that you like?”


    A sigh escaped her. “There are a lot that I like, so I’m getting indecisive.”


    “How about we give this a try?” He wore a smile as he nced at the rings disyed in the counter


    before pointing at one of them. As if turned out, she had already tried that on, which sported a


    moderate design that was not too in nor mboyant, with a surface covered in tiny diamonds.


    She tried it on again before lifting her hand to check on it. “It does look pretty, and the size is just right.


    What do you think?” She looked at Ian.


    “It looks great.” Ian gave her a nod before fishing for his wallet to retrieve a card from within that he


    handed to the attendant. “We’ll have this one. This looks great at first nce.”


    “Hold on, I can buy it myself!” The suddenness of his gesture shocked her as she quickly took out her


    own card from her wallet.


    Regardless of her request, Ian handed his card to the attendant before turning to meet Sophia’s gaze.


    “Nobody buys rings for themselves. Take this as a token of my appreciation for helping me out at my


    family’spany. Thanks to you, nobody had the guts to talk behind my back during the past few


    days.”


    Something felt off nheless when Sophia observed the ring on her finger. “We’re friends, so it’s


    normal that I helped you, but buying me a ring isn’t.”


    Ian disregarded her concern while telling the attendant to pay using that card, and that Sophia would


    be wearing the ring right away. The attendant seemed to have misunderstood their rtionship as she


    took his card before she headed to the register.


    “Ian, I don’t think this is right. You can always buy me a meal if you would like to thank me,” Sophia


    said with pursed lips.


    “It’s nothing. Just take it as a thank you gift. It won’t amount to anything if we don’t feed it thoughts.”


    While Ian seemed rxed, he noticed the frown Sophia wore, thus he gave her a pat on the shoulder.


    “I presented it as a gift to someone else as well, so it’s not a problem. I think nothing of it, so it would be


    best if you would think the same.”


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    While lowering her gaze to observe the ring once again, she said hesitantly, “Let me buy you a meal


    later if that’s the case.”


    However, she knew a meal would neverpare to a diamond ring. What Ian did was unexpected,


    which made her wonder if people of the upper ss society never cared about things like that, or if a


    ring was just anothermonmodity to them.


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