<b>Chapter </b><b>43 </b>
Reba and Debra pulled into the parking garage beneath the Imperial Mall and headed inside.
Two nannies pushed baby strollers behind them, with Lily and Kev lying inside, observing the beautiful mall with their mom and grandma.
Reba and Debra browsed the mall from the outside in, checking out high–quality stores<b>. </b>If they found something they liked, they’d try it on, and they’d buy it if it fit.
At first, Reba thought it was excessive to buy so many clothes, but her mom’s credit card was on fire, and there was no stopping her. They just packed everything up!
The maid followed behind them, taking the purchased items from her mom and skillfully carrying all the bags as if she’d been doing it her whole life.
The grown–up stuff was easy enough, but it was the baby gear that really mattered. In the baby store, Debra went wild, grabbing every adorable thing in sight, whether Lilian and Kev needed it or not.
Reba couldn’t help but shake her head. Still, it was heartwarming to see how much her dad spoiled her mom. It was clear he really loved Debra, and her mom must be living the dream. This whole thing must be the reason her mom could buy anything she wanted.
Since the Carter family’s fortune could handle it, Reba didn’t say anything. As long as her mom was happy, that was all that mattered!
After hours of shopping, they finally reached mour Closet.
The sight of the sign made both Debra and Reba pause, and a grin spread across their face.
Patrick had personally gotten them a gold card for mour Closet, so the clothes there must be good, right?
“Let’s check it out,” Debra smiled.
Reba nodded, excited. “Okay!”
But they didn’t expect to see a familiar face as soon as they walked in – Lesley!
Lesley wasn’t alone. Some other woman was with her, probably a friend..
She was also taken aback when she turned around and saw Reba.
Reba and Lesley looked at each other, neither making a move to greet the other..
Although they couldn’t show their discord during filming, Lesley’s sly remarks at the end of the show had really
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Reba quickly looked away and turned to the clothes in the mour Closet store.
“Bring out yourtest collection, please.” Debra suddenly <b>spoke </b>up. Like she was in other stores, she always shopped with an open wallet, always demanding the newest designs.
Hearing this, Lesley panicked and quickly <b>said</b>, “Hey! I saw those clothes first. You can’t buy them!”
Reba and Debra turned to stare at Lesley, along with the store staff.
Debra rolled her eyes. “Are you crazy?”
“Excuse me,dies, which piece are you interested in?” the salesperson quickly approached, warmly asking Reba and Debra.
Debra said calmly. “We’d like to see thetest collection.”
“You can’t buy the better one!” Lesley was anxious, her face full of worry and nervousness.
The reality show shoot had just ended, and as soon as they got back to the car, her agent had scolded her severely for not helping J at all and almost making her a fool.
Her agent urged her to send a gift to J and apologize to her, or else she should be prepared to be frozen out by thepany.
She had a ten–year contract, and getting benched wasn’t an option, or her career would be over!Belongs ? to N?velDrama.Org.
The agent mentioned that mour Closet’s contract was up for grabs, and thepany was pushing J for it. If she gifted J something from theirtest line, it could help her snag the endorsement and maybe even smooth things over after the variety show fiasco.
This time, she bit the bullet, spending her living expenses for the next six months to buy a piece of thetest collection!
Even so, she didn’t buy the best one because it was too expensive, costing hundreds of thousands of dors, even close to a million. She couldn’t afford it, nor was she willing to spend that much.
Spending that much on someone else felt like a punch to the gut.
She had bought a second–tier dress. Though not the best, it was still expensive, costing over a hundred thousand
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Originally, she just needed to deliver the dress to J, and everything would be fine. But who would have thought she’d run into Becky there?
Outsiders wouldn’t know about Becky and J’s rtionship, but everyone on the show knew. Becky <b>was </b>very likely Theodore’s legitimate wife. But what about J?
J was probably just a mistress trying to be thedy of the <b>house</b><b>! </b>
If she gave the second–tier mour Closet dress to J and then J saw Becky wearing a top–tier mour Closet dress from thetest collection, Lesley was sure she’d be in big trouble!
She was making things worse, not better, and all her money would be wasted!
“Becky… About what happened on the show, it was my fault. Could you please…listen to me this time?
“I’ve already bought the mour Closet dress. I’m sure you wouldn’t want to wear the same dress as someone else, right?
“With your status… You can afford something way better, am I right?”
With that in mind, Lesley carefully tried to tter Reba.
The salesperson was speechless. They quickly stepped forward to exin, “Ms. Bretherton, our brand offers a wide range of styles, even within ourtest collection. Thesedies can easily find something different to avoid any ovep!”
Several assistants came out, each holding a different design from the <b>new </b>collection. They turned to Reba and Debra, cautiously asking, “Would you like to try these on,dies?”
Another assistant added, “We can also have our models show you the clothes if you’d prefer.”
When Debra and Reba walked in, the sales assistants recognized that thesedies were truly distinguished and were determined to provide impable service.
The head salesperson even brought over two chairs, gesturing for them to sit.
Not only did Debra and Reba getfortable on the seat, but the waiter also brought out desserts and drinks, treating them like the queens.
The next moment, the salesperson took the clothes backstage.
A few minutester, the store’s lights dimmed, and the runway lights came on. Models wearing thetest mour Closet outfits walked onto the central runway, showcasing them to Reba and Debra.