Chapter 14
anekooper, Elska cab to the mill. Honestly, I didn’t even know what I was doing <b>there</b>, but anything was better
gyi mane tune to breathe without feeling like I was under a microscope.
ng on a man food memabon (baday realised <b>how </b>much I was starving unitte ice <b>cream</b>, then ramen -ollowed by po web we that would love me bagging the toilet, but it wasn’t <b>like </b>Alessio was there to smell it <b>anyway</b>
and wat bike hast night, those two would most likely eat dinner at the children stabile<b>. </b><b>As </b>long as she wouldn’t take <b>over</b>
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hombong my photos in the world was I going to manage my meals moving forward? I couldn’t just <b>keep </b>eating junk for
beth, shaking my head there I was right in the center of <b>a </b>usaba crisis<b>, </b>yet I was listed on food. Go figure.
Some rometer, I was touched eating and walkest and on the mall “believable, Intered to myself, watching how different people <b>walked</b>
wes with maluple boxes.
Those bags were probably months word of rent and they could afford it, just like Alessio could I wasn’t julging them by any means. If anything. I
hout worrying about BIORITY.
ce that I had even took off the fake engagement ring because it felt too <b>heavy </b>around my finger.
Lescaped from my thoughts when a beautiful <b>whe </b>children’s dress in the window caught <b>my </b>eye I had bought Naty linte things, but I had never bought her something expensive,
scanned over the price tag with the ridiculous amount of zeros. 1200 dors for a dress was insane, overpriced, something I couldn’t afford -but then I remembered Alessio’s cand burung a hole in my pocket.
Maybe just maybe..
I grabbed the cand and looked at it. I told myself I wasn’t going to use his money, but it wasn’t like he was going to miss it
He gave me the card, and knowing how he got ticked off over the smallest things, he probably <b>expected </b>me to use it.
I did say I wasn’t going to buy anything for myself, but I never said anything about Naty
Having made my decision<b>. </b>I walked into the boutique. It felt <b>like </b>I was stepping onto an alien, and one could tell that I did not fit in. The customers wearing their fancy coats, heels <b>and </b>designer sunsses, shidi’t hesitate for a second before they nced at me.
Then cause the store employee who somehome teleported in front of me. The woman with her hair in a neat bain, looked me up and down with fear in her eyes as if I had just announced I was here to robilie ce,
“Yes” she lifted her brow,
I tried keeping my cool 1-4 would like to buy the dress in the winslow. A size S, please”
The employee’s face turned snobby. “There’s a store more within your range down the hall,” she said in the most unkind tone, loud enough so the entire store could hear.
I
I felt my checks heat up “I have money,” I almost whispered, half embarrassed. “And I want that dress”
“Okay” she replied, her attitude bigger than the store itself.
I had always told myself that if I would somehow win the lottery and this were to happen to me, I would just walk out and <b>give </b>my money to someone worthy–but now that I had experienced it first–hand, my initial thoughts hail changed.
Now I had no choice but to look at those rich people staring at me like a puzzle piece that that fit, but I did it for the joy of gifting something special to my daughter. For her, I could endure a few <b>raised </b>eyebrows.
As I approached the counter, the same cold employee eyes me suspiciously while she packed the dress. “Cash or card?”All content is ? N0velDrama.Org.
“Cand please, I whipped out the card Alessio gave me
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The moment she noticed the card, the woman’s eyes widened in surprise. “You’re connected to the Fanis?” she asked, her <b>tone </b>shifting from dismay <b>to </b>curiosity<b>.</b>
<b>“</b><b>I </b>am.” I kept it short.
“Cousin, distance family? She asked. “Giulia Fani is one of our regrs, that’s why I’m asking
That name made several heads turn in our direction, and the atmosphere in the store had changed, filled with awe and spection.
I could tell that woman wasn’t going to leave without an answer, so after some hesitation I decided to give her something. her sons<b>,</b><b>” </b>I avoided mentioning <b>Alessio’s </b>name at all costs.
Tm
the fiancee of
Fone of
In this city, mentioning the Fani family, especially Domenico <b>or </b>one of the brothers was a gamble. People either adored them or despised them, with no in between and people had <b>already </b>heard too much.
Not to forget, I had no idea how far the news of his failed engagement had traveled.
The woman’s behavior transformed instantly. “Oh, the dress is on the house then,” she <b>said</b>, her voice changing to a higher tone.
my money anyway, so I didn’t care. A thousand dor
“No, it’s okay. I’ll pay,” I spoke, slightly amused by the sudden change in her attitude. It wasn’t my m to the Fanis would be worth like one dor to a regr person.
She tried to refuse again, “No, <b>really</b>, I insist.”
“No, I insist
discount.
I held her back. After a few more times of going back and forth, she eventually agreed to let me pay for the dress–but not without a
“Have a nice day, <b>I </b>greeted, <b>leaving </b>the store <b>with </b>the bag in my hands as I tried to shrug off the stares.