Chapter 23 Swipe Until Declined

“Alright, this one, that one, and that one over there–wrap them all up

Finished

Wherever her finger pointed, it was always the most expensive item in sight. The sales associate, though shocked, was grinning from ear to ear. “Of course, Ms. Dawson! If there’s anything else you’d like, I’ll wrap it all up for you.

The entire store was practically sold out. What a big spender

In just two bhours/bb, /bSte had bspent /ba staggering 2 million and 800 thousand dors–all on jewelry and luxury skincare products. She only stopped when the card was finally declined.

Ethan’s phone rang almost immediately. bThe /bnumber was unfamiliar, but the voice on the other end was unmistakable.

“You’re out shopping?” Ethan asked.

Yeah. Did you freeze the card?”

Ethan clenched his teeth. iIf /iiI /ididn’t, how long would she keep spending?

“Do you even know bhow /bbmuch /byou’ve spent?”

Ste responded casually, “I didn’t buy that much. How much was it?”

Gosh, she genuinely sounded like she had no idea.

Hearing her say she “didn’t buy bmuch/b” made bEthan /bfeel like he bwas /babout to explode.

Not much? She spent 2 million and 800 thousand dors! If this was considered not much, then how much would it be if she really went all out–billions?

Ste continued, “Wow, bEthan/b, yourpensation reallycks sincerityb.” /b

“Compensation?”

“bIsn’t /bit? After everything we’ve been through, I thought you finally grew a conscience and decided topensate me.”

Ethan felt like he was going to pass out from sheer frustration. What did she meanb, /bpensate her after everything we’d been throughly anything, she had been the one making a scene all along!

“Someone like you? Why would 1pensate you? I gave you that card so byou’d /breconsider the wedding.”

Ste scoffed. “Marriage is impossible.”

Ethan fired bback/b, “If it’s bimpossible/b, then why are you spending bmy /bmoney?”

Ste’s tone remained unfazed. “I was byour /bfiancee for two years. This is the first time I’ve actually bspent /byour money. Of bcourse/b, I bhad /bto make up for it”

She bwas /bnot the type to be self–sacrificing and detached from worldly desires. Two years without touching a cent? That was long enough.

She didn’t ask for bmoney/b, but if it was handed to bher/b, she bwasn’t /bbabout /bto hold back. She’d bspend /bbas /bmuch as she could.

Seeing Ethan so furious that he could bbarely /bspeak, Ste casually asked, “So… are you unfreezing the card or bnot/b?”

Ethan remained silentb, /bbhis /bchest felt like it bwas /bgoing to burst!

She had burned through two million eight hundred thousand dors in just btwo /bhours, and she still expected him to unfreeze the cond?

Chapter 23 Swipe Until Declined

myself. I got a little carried away.”

bEthan /bsneered, “Like you’ve ever lived a luxurious life before.”

Acting like she’s used to excess…

“bYou /bgot what you wanted. Now it’s time to think seriously about us–and Ryan”

With that, Ethan hung up abruptly. She got a taste iof /iluxury today–she’d definitely bcave /bjust to get the card unfrozen,

Thinking about it, Ethan figured all he had to do bnow /bwas bwait /b

Finished

Meanwhile, Ste walked into her office, carrying an armful of shopping bags. Momentster, the mall delivered several carts full of her purchases.

Each cart was stacked to the brim…

Kimmy’s eyes nearly popped out of her head. “bBoss/b, did you win the lottery btoday/b?”

Ste casually pushed one of the carts full of luxury skincare products toward her. “Company perks. Distribute them among bthe /bteamb./bb” /b

Kimmy’s jaw practically hit the floor. These aren’t ordinary perks, each set cost thousands of dors! And Ste is just… giving them

away?

“Wait–everyone gets one?”

The entire office fell into stunned silence.

It was just a small studio, yet the employee benefits were this extravagant?

“Thank you, bboss/b!” someone shouted.

Kimmy cheered, but at the same time, she felt a pang of heartache on Ste’s behalf. This must have cost a fortune…And there were over twenty employees in the office!

But Ste’s bexpression /bremained indifferent, as if the amount spent didn’t faze her in bthe /bslightest.

She had barely sculed into her office chair when her phone rang. It was an international number.

There was no name attached, but the moment she saw it, her pupils constricted slightly.

Her breath bhitched/bb, /bband /bfor several seconds, she couldn’t steady herself.

Hands trembling, she finally answered. “Hello.”

“Ms. Dawson.”

The voice on the other end was familiar. Ste’s face stiffened, her emotions suddenly bspiraling /bout of control.

bShe /bstruggled to force out two words. “It’s me.”

“Mr. Abraham is arriving in Rivermount on an 8 PM flight. He hopes you will meet him at bthe /bairport personally.”

Ste’s breath caught in her bthroat/b.

He’s…ing to Rivermount?”

So, in the end, he’sing after all.

1:31 PM

The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In