When There Is Nothing Left But Love Chapter 497


    When she saw me, Emery chuckled and gave me one of the bags of pastries. “You’re always dressed


    so frumpily. We’re out to shop and have fun, all the more we should dress up and look pretty. With your


    looks, everyone’s jaws would drop when they see you.”


    I smiled faintly. “I don’t want to attract any unnecessary attention.” It was true. Nancy had gotten


    unwanted attention a few times because of that. I would definitely stand out more if I cleaned myself


    up, but that was thest thing I needed.


    Emery nodded in agreement and didn’t probe further.


    The mall was bustling with activity. However, I had gotten used to being alone, that the crowd and noise


    stressed me out, so I didn’t like it at all.


    Emery, on the other hand, was an extrovert. She made sure to browse each jewelry store we came to.


    Whenever she bought something she liked, she’d be like a kid in a candy store.


    Like Macy, she’d get so incredibly excited whenever she got to eat delicious foods or buy her favorite


    things.


    People said that only those with simr personalities could be friends. But Macy and I had known


    each other since childhood, so we still bonded despite our different personalities.


    What I did find weird, though, was how Emery and I became friends.


    When she saw that I was in a daze, Emery elbowed me and asked, “Is it so hard for you to pick a


    ne? What are you thinking about?”


    I looked at the two nes in her hand and remarked, “Both of them look good. Just get both.”


    “Damn, Scarlett. This is the first time you’re behaving like a rich woman. I’ve always thought you were


    so timid and precious. Ashton got you the clothes and essories you have on you now, didn’t he?”


    I nodded. “Ashton gets Joseph to buy me new clothes every season. I rarely shop, and I don’t


    understand much about fashion. So, I wear whatever I have at home.”


    Hearing that, she gave me a thumbs-up as she curled her lips. “Spoken like a rich woman. Ashton has


    really spoiled you. But as a woman who doesn’t like shopping or eating, what do you do in your free


    time?”


    “I read at home!’ I eximed. And that was the truth. When I stayed with Macy, I spent weekends going


    out to eat with her. This all changed when she left because I had no other friends to hang out with


    during the weekends.


    She pped her forehead and sighed. “I knew it. The only reason someone like Ashton fell for you was


    because of your looks.”


    Then she returned to look at the nes in her hand, seemingly deep in thought. “Oh, forget it. I’ll get


    both. They add up to forty thousand but so be it. I’m the one wearing them anyway.”


    Hearing the price of the nes threw me off. Once I returned to my senses, I asked, “Wait… How


    much are these?”


    She raised her eyebrows. “Forty thousand.”


    “Even if they’re made of gold, do they have to be that expensive?” I was dumbfounded. Even if the


    property prices in K City ballooned to ten thousand per square foot, that still wouldn’t have seemed as


    expensive. But a mere ne for forty thousand? That was outrageous.


    Emery hesitated as she nced at the bracelet on my wrist. “You were the one who suggested buying


    both nes, but now you think they’re too expensive? This ne was handcrafted by a famous


    designer in Ustrana and even has a diamond in the pendant. So it’s definitely worth the price!”


    Regardless of the design and the material used, a ne with a price tag in the tens of thousands


    still seemed too much of an extravagance.


    I couldn’t help but sigh. “For the same price, you could get a two-bedroom in the smaller cities. How


    extravagant.”


    Ignoring me, Emery paid for her nes and looked at me with annoyance. “What’s wrong with you,


    Scarlett? The bracelet you’re wearing is worth a few hundred million. So, why don’t you say that for the


    same price, you could get a vi in K City?”


    I was taken aback by that and slowly shifted my gaze to my bracelet. This bracelet was given to me by


    Louis four years ago when he added me to the Stovall family register. I hardly wear it and had almost


    forgotten about it until I saw it a few days ago. To be honest, I wore it only because it looked pretty.


    After all, I knew nothing about jewelry. I could only determine if I liked something or not based on how


    pretty it looked. Hence, I definitely wouldn’t be able to tell the good from the bad.


    Now that Emery had told me about the bracelet, I felt even more pressure. “A bracelet worth a few


    hundred million? That can’t be possible!”


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    No matter how valuable it was, it was still just an inanimate object. If it really was worth a few hundred


    million, wouldn’t that make it an antique?


    Emery rolled her eyes before pulling me away to give me a history lesson. “Your bracelet has quite a lot


    of history behind it. A hundred years ago after the civil wars had ended, one of the royal family


    members bought this bracelet and kept it with General Stovall for safekeeping. But General Stovall


    loved his wife so much that he gifted it to her instead. As time went by, this bracelet was supposed to


    be added to the museum collection. However, due to the contributions the Stovall family had made


    toward nation-building, they were allowed to keep it. From then on, the bracelet had been passed down


    in the Stovall family from one generation to the next.”


    After a pause, she continued, “This bracelet was originally meant for the next Stovall family’s daughter-


    inw. But I suppose Louis felt generous and gave it to you instead.”