Chapter 53


    Lucas and Rachel were discussing what clothes they should buy for Mendes.


    When the saleswoman was wondering when it would be an appropriate time to give them her


    opinion, the boy suddenly saw the toy behind the two shelves.


    Mendes was so delighted by what he saw that he ran to it without hesitation.


    Rachel was squatting down to help Lucas choose the articles carefully. She didn''t notice that


    Mendes had run away.


    Lucas didn''t notice it either. He had already told Mendes to behave well, and he thought Mendes


    would obey him.


    Rachel and Lucas were feeling rather indecisive. They couldn''t decide which one to pick, so they


    thought they''d better let Mendes choose. However, they didn''t find him when they turned around.


    Rachel was so shocked that she stood up immediately, looked around the shelves, and shouted,


    "Mendes? Mendes?"


    Lucas stood up too. He frowned and said helplessly, "Where did he go?"


    The saleswoman was startled by Rachel''s sudden outcry, but she had plenty of experience with


    naughty kids. ■3


    She was about to say something when she heard two screams from the shelf not far away.


    Two saleswomen on the second floor exchanged nces with each other and ran towards the


    beddings shelf. The one who was escorting Rachel also ran there.


    Rachel turned her head back to Lucas, who was also confused. There was a hint of doubt in his


    eyes. He stepped forward and said, "Let''s go and have a look."


    It seemed that something was happening behind the goods shelf. Rachel followed him and they


    were almost there when a shrill female voice rang out.


    "Whose child is that? If you don''t want me to kill him, hurry up and pull me away from him!"


    That domineering voice was familiar to Rachel. She had definitely heard it before.


    Lucas, meanwhile, was worried about something else. When he and Rachel reached that spot and


    saw the scene, their hearts skipped a beat.


    Rachel didn''t expect Ninwell City to be so small. A few dayster, she ran into Jack''s sweetheart,


    Celine.


    Celine wiped her skirt with one hand, and held a toy with the other. She was really pissed off, and


    Rona, who stood next to her, also looked terribly angry.


    It seemed that something dirty had been sprayed on the hem of Celine''s dress. ■3


    She was ring at the boy in front of her furiously. Pointing at him, Rona turned around and


    comined sharply, "Whose child is this? What is this child doing here, like a wild monkey that


    escaped from a zoo? Call his family over! Give us..."


    She suddenly stopped when she saw Rachel. She nudged Celine, and thetter said in irritation,


    "What are you doing?"


    Without noticing Rachel, Celine put the toy into Rona''s arms, looked at the little boy and shouted


    with anger, "Call your parents! Ask them to pay for my dress!"


    When Lucas saw that the boy was not Mendes, he breathed a sigh of relief. But when he saw that


    the woman was being so fierce to a child, he frowned again.


    Rachel had no desire for an encounter with Celine, so she pulled Lucas away.


    However, Lucas shook her head, took her hand off his arm, and walked to Celine.


    "Excuse me, what''s going on?" Celine looked at Lucas up and down, and pointed angrily at the thin


    boy, "Is this your child? Look at what he did to my dress! Haven''t you taught your child how to


    behave?"


    When the saleswoman saw Lucase out and the other customer snap at him, she was anxious.


    She pushed another saleswoman away and told her to bring their manager.


    The boy was at a loss, holding a toy gun and squinting beside the shelf. He looked scared of the


    woman who was throwing a tantrum. ■3


    Tears were welling up in his eyes. He looked at the saleswoman nearby and whispered, "Auntie..."


    But the saleswoman ignored him and approached the angry customer.


    Unfortunately, Celine paid no attention the saleswoman''s efforts to calm her down.


    Celine just wanted to vent her anger on Lucas, the man in front of her, without looking at anyone.


    Rona pulled her hand several times, but Celine pushed her hand away. At this moment, a woman


    with short hair hurried over to her.


    Lucas stood firmly in front of her but said nothing, while trying to pull the boy over.


    But the boy dodged away from his hand. The boy was obviously scared, and Lucas knitted his


    eyebrows tightly.


    Finally, when the woman came, the boy suddenly rushed into her arms. He threw the toy gun in his


    hand onto the floor and cried loudly.


    Celine was still very angry. She looked at the woman up and down indignantly, snorted and turned


    to look at Lucas. "Tell me, how do you want topensate for my dress?"


    The hem of her creamy white dress was marred by an obvious pink stain.


    Before Lucas could say anything in reply, the saleswoman finally made an apology. "I''m so sorry. It''s


    my fault. I''m so sorry for what happened to you, but this gentleman is not this kid''s father. You


    shouldn''t me him."


    Celine was confused, looking at Lucas and then ■3


    the woman holding the boy.


    Wearing the working uniform of the shop, the woman was at a loss. She cautiously apologized,


    saying, "I''m sorry! My son''s foolishness has caused you trouble!"


    Celine nced at her from head to toe and sneered, "Humph!" Then she fell silent.


    Celine''s attitude was so arrogant that Rachel couldn''t hear it anymore. When did this woman


    be so arrogant?


    The boy''s mother kept apologizing to Celine, while thetter maintained an arrogant silence. "I''m


    really sorry! I can wash the dress for you or send it to theundry."


    "You want to wash my dress? You must be joking! I just bought this dress from Paris, and it''s my


    first time to wear it! Do you think you''re able to wash it off?"


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    Lucas stretched out his hand and stopped Celine. He said to her coldly, "I''ll pay you the money."


    "Hmm?" Celine''s gave him a dismissive snort in response.


    "Compensation? It''s none of your business."


    Lucas furrowed his brows and bit his lower jaw. Everyone else at that scene felt annoyed, too.


    Facing such an arrogant customer, the saleswomen didn''t know what to say or do.


    They knew it was their colleague''s fault, and now they only hoped that this customer could calm


    down and forgive her. ■3


    This angry and difficult customer was more than they could deal with, and they couldn''t me the


    kid either.


    A smart saleswoman had quietly sneaked away to find the shop manager, while the saleswoman


    holding the boy was very worried.


    Celine nced disdainfully at these employees, and said with a cold face, "Just figure out how you


    can pay for it."


    Rachel couldn''t stand it anymore. She didn''t want to show herself if Lucas could solve the problem.


    But now it seemed that she had to deal with Celine herself. When Rachel walked out slowly from


    behind, Celine swept her eyes over her, and she was so shocked!


    The look on Celine''s face changed dramatically. She turned her eyes and pretended not to see


    Rachel, but Rona reacted more strongly than her.


    Rona tugged nervously at Celine''s sleeve, but thetter pushed her away calmly.


    However, the others didn''t notice these little details. Lucas wanted to say something to help out the


    mother and son.


    Before he could speak, the mother of the child took the initiative to say timidly, "Sorry. I''m sorry!


    How would you like me to pay you back for this? I would be d topensate you!"


    At first, Celine wanted to tell her that this dress was custom-made and that it was worth more than


    ten thousand. ■3


    But when she saw Rachel was there, she couldn''t say it. She felt that her enemy''s presence might


    throw her off course.


    Rachel looked at the mother of that child. She said in a nonchnt tone, "It''s just a scrap of rags.


    There''s no need to givepensation."


    Her words took everyone''s breath away. Lucas looked back and was a little surprised, but he didn''t


    say anything.


    He stepped back a little bit, while Rachel came forward.


    When Rachel said that, Celine held back her anger, and didn''t make such a sharp retort as when


    she was talking to Lucas or the child''s mother.


    The girl next to Celine looked at Rachel with an ambiguous look in her eyes. Lucas thought they


    might know each other.


    Rachel''s eyes fell on the hem of Celine''s dress. Indeed, there was a mark, but it was fairly minor.


    Rachel curled her lips and sneered, "Has Jack gone bankrupt? Or has he dumped you? Why do


    you have to pick on others for such a dress?"


    Celine blushed; she was embarrassed that Rachel had witnessed the scene that had just


    happened.


    She was not in a good mood. In fact, the dress was not very dirty, but she was in a very rotten


    mood.


    She had only been venting her anger.


    Even if that woman really wanted topensate her, she didn''t want it! ■3


    Rachel''s intrusion waspletely unexpected. If Celine had to name the person in the whole world


    whom she hated the most, it would be Rachel.


    Lucas frowned. He deduced that there was some bad history between them, and that it might have


    something to do with Jack.


    Celine was like a hedgehog with sharp spines all over her body to guard against an attack by her


    enemy. She straightened up her chest to appear confident, raised her slender eyebrows, and


    taunted, "Don''t worry about us. We are fine. Let me ask you, when was thest time you saw him?"