The Revenge of the Mute Wife by Melanie Paulson
Chapter 179

Chapter 179

""Your card?"

Sophia grimaced and handed it over.

Roger took the card and entered the details into the system. "I can offer you 1,500."

"What? Why? That necklace is worth at least 5,000! Or don't you know how to tell a genuine diamond?"

"Of course I do, but in its current state, the diamonds look dull due to wear, sweat, and makeup residue," he explained, showing her the flaws he mentioned. "And here, you can see where the metal has been scratched by other pawn shops, so this piece is already damaged and won't fetch much in resale. Plus. your history shows you've never reclaimed any of your pawned items."

Sophia gritted her teeth, feeling humiliated as she noticed the other employees snickering at Roger's words. "Are you trying to get revenge on me?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just telling you what the system says."

"Liar.

"I'm not, but don't think I don't want to get back at you for stealing and scamming me out of a lot of money. Now that I think about it... with everything you took, why are you getting rid of the jewelry I gave you?" "That's because the amount you gave me was so little it didn't last long."

"Hm.... whatever. Do you want the money or not?"

"Obviously not! I'm not leaving my valuable jewelry in this trashy place!" she snapped, grabbing her things and storming out, slamming the door behind her.

"God, she's nuts," Roger's coworker commented.

"Sadly, she's not the only one like this," the manager added. "We have plenty of clients like her who think they're royalty but always argue over the price of their jewelry, and sometimes it's just costume jewelry." "So #t

they're just lying women." Roger's co-worker chimed in.

"The worst kind, really. They're gold diggers who latch onto rich men to live off them, usually destroying marriages in the process," the manager explained. "The sad part is that the man always ends up the loser because society always sides with the wife. When a divorce happens, the mistress robs him blind before leaving to replace her next victim."

"Yeah I know," Roger said bitterly.

More customers came in, and Roger and his coworkers returned to work.

Roger reflected on his bad luck. He truly had been a fool, losing everything because he believed in Sophia's supposed love. Now he could see that he had also been deceived by his own mother's prejudices, which ruined not just his marriage but his family life as well. That's why he no longer spoke to her and ignored her every time she tried to contact him

As for Sophia, she was seething. She had no money left, and to top it off, Roger worked at that cursed

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place so she couldn't pawn anything there.

Then she noticed the news playing on the TVs in the store across the street.

"And in other news, here we see the couple of the moment, aw... they look so cute together," the anchors commented, showing a picture of Jayden and Deborah at a baby store. "Our photographer spotted them on an outing, and it seems they're getting ready for the arrival of their little one."

"Jayden is such a man, aw... she's a lucky woman."

"And not just that, I also heard she's now reclaimed everything those thieves stole from her."

"Right, I heard there was a strong rumor that she's preparing to revive her family's business."

"Damn it... Sophia thought, grinding her teeth. 'She has everything, and I have nothing... that's not fair. I should be the one swimming in jewels and riches, but no....

And all because she rejected her family's fortune and refused to associate herself with them. She wanted to be famous and left her family to achieve her glorious future.

then in his

Sophia managed to climb her way up until she found Roger... 'But that mute idiot had to complain and ruin everything I had worked for. Now, that man is useless to me because he had been cast out of his family with no money to his name."

To top it off, her siblings no longer supported her and didn't want to see her.

'No... I should be the one at the top of society, adored by everyone... not Deborah. That idiot should go back to being the despised and forgotten mute maid she was... yes... that's what needs to happen to set things right."