When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 497

Chapter 497

When she saw me, Emery chuckled and gave me one of the bags of pastries. “You’re always dressedso frumpily. We’re out to shop and have fun, all the more we should dress up and look pretty. With yourlooks, 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 gottenunwanted attention a few times because of that. I would definitely stand out more if I cleaned myselfup, but that was the last 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 noisestressed 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 favoritethings.

People said that only those with similar personalities could become friends. But Macy and I had knowneach other since childhood, so we still bonded despite our different personalities.

What I did replace 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 anecklace? What are you thinking about?”

I looked at the two necklaces 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 wereso timid and precious. Ashton got you the clothes and accessories 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’tunderstand 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 hasreally spoiled you. But as a woman who doesn’t like shopping or eating, what do you do in your freetime?”

“I read at home!’ I exclaimed. And that was the truth. When I stayed with Macy, I spent weekends goingout to eat with her. This all changed when she left because I had no other friends to hang out withduring the weekends.

She slapped her forehead and sighed. “I knew it. The only reason someone like Ashton fell for you wasbecause of your looks.”

Then she returned to look at the necklaces in her hand, seemingly deep in thought. “Oh, forget it. I’ll getboth. They add up to forty thousand but so be it. I’m the one wearing them anyway.”

Hearing the price of the necklaces threw me off. Once I returned to my senses, I asked, “Wait… Howmuch 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 theproperty prices in K City ballooned to ten thousand per square foot, that still wouldn’t have seemed asexpensive. But a mere necklace for forty thousand? That was outrageous.

Emery hesitated as she glanced at the bracelet on my wrist. “You were the one who suggested buyingboth necklaces, but now you think they’re too expensive? This necklace was handcrafted by a famousdesigner 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 necklace with a price tag in the tens of thousandsstill 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. Howextravagant.”

Ignoring me, Emery paid for her necklaces 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 thesame price, you could get a villa in K City?”

I was taken aback by that and slowly shifted my gaze to my bracelet. This bracelet was given to me byLouis four years ago when he added me to the Stovall family register. I hardly wear it and had almostforgotten 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 howpretty 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 fewhundred million? That can’t be possible!”

No matter how valuable it was, it was still just an inanimate object. If it really was worth a few hundredmillion, 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 lotof 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 Stovallloved his wife so much that he gifted it to her instead. As time went by, this bracelet was supposed tobe added to the museum collection. However, due to the contributions the Stovall family had madetoward nation-building, they were allowed to keep it. From then on, the bracelet had been passed downin 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-in-law. But I suppose Louis felt generous and gave it to you instead.”