In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Chapter 47 A 180–Million–Dollar Necklace
That night, Grace and Emily met up to collect something she had bought from a luxury store.
When they entered the store, a staff member immediately recognized Grace and got their manager to attend to them.
The manager smiled and said, “One moment, Ms. Lewis. The jewelry you purchased is so valuable that we still have it in the
safe. It will take us some time to collect it.”
He offered, “Why don’t we browse the other items while we wait?”
Grace shook her head. “It’s fine. We can browse them ourselves.”
After walking around the store with Grace, Emily said excitedly, “Babe, there’s not a lot of pretty clothes on the first floor. Let’s go
to the second one.”
She tried to take Grace upstairs, but the manager stopped them with a conflicted face.
“I’m sorry, but the second floor has been cleared out by some ladies. You can’t enter.”
Grace smiled at the manager. “It’s alright. We’ll leave after we get my order.”
The manager thanked her gratefully. It was so rare to see a rich but peaceful customer nowadays.
Grace sat Emily down on the couch and started playing mobile games together, but the sound of their voices traveled upstairs.
So, Susan Ford heard everything.
When she looked down and saw Grace, her expression soured. The rich ladies with her all giggled discreetly, eager to add fuel
to the fire.
“Mrs. Hawkins, I heard your daughter–in–law’s famous online. Is that true?”

“Is your daughter out of jail yet?”
Rich people had always been the type to kick people when they were down. So everyone made fun of Susan when they had the
chance.
Although Susan forced a smile, her grip on her glass tightened. “Nonsense. Our family’s already put out a statement saying that
it’s fake news.
“Besides, Celia cooperated with the investigation. She’s actually studying overseas now.”
To Susan, the laughter from downstairs sounded like nails on a chalkboard. Unable to hold her anger in any longer, she rushed
downstairs.
Then, she declared arrogantly, “I was wondering who it was. It’s you, you jinx.”
“You watch your mouth!” Emily stood up immediately. She was about to argue when Grace
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“Ignore her. We have nothing to say to people like her.”
Grace coolly looked at the manager. “Leave the jewelry. I’ll collect it another day.”
She had stopped caring about the Hawkins family ages ago, so she felt that there was no need
to bother with these clowns.

Meanwhile, the manager checked the time and tried to negotiate with Grace. “Ms. Lewis, your order’s already on the way. Why
don’t you wait another five minutes?”
“Alright.” Grace needed the necklace she had bought for a banquet in a few days‘ time, so she
decided to wait.
Meanwhile, Susan’s insults had missed their mark. When she realized Grace wasn’t going to engage with her, she crossed her
arms and scoffed arrogantly.
“Can you even afford the things here? They’re not cheap, you know. Why don’t I get you a few things as a show of charity?
“Once you have your clothes, get out of here and stop spreading slander about our family mistreating you. Just shut up, alright?”
Emily was so angry, she wanted to fight Susan. “What do you mean by that? Where did you even come from, you
condescending hag?”
However, Grace smiled and raised an eyebrow. “How generous of you, Madam Hawkins. Am I really allowed to pick whatever I
want?”
“Of course.”
Susan lifted her chin as if she really were an important person, then ordered the staff to take
care of Grace.
She had faced many netizens‘ harsh criticisms online for the past few days.

On top of that, she had just suffered all that mockery from the rich ladies. She needed a win to
regain her dignity.
The clothes in this store were expensive, sure, but Susan had enough savings to handle them. If Grace wanted to go crazy and
buy everything in the store, then so be it.
Grace looked around, then replied casually. “I don’t want the clothes here.”
In response, Susan crossed her arms and scoffed. “I knew you wouldn’t be able to handle it. Did the price tags scare you?”
At that moment, a white van stopped outside, and two armed security guards got out of it with a silver briefcase.
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When the manager saw it, she hastily said, “Your necklace is here, Ms. Lewis.”
Then, she took the briefcase and put on white gloves before carefully opening the first tier.
Inside, there was a jewelry box lined with blue velvet. When she opened the second tier, everyone saw a gleaming necklace
sitting inside.
Grace spoke up again nonchalantly, “Since Mrs. Hawkins said she wanted to give me a gift, I’ll choose this necklace.”
Then, she turned to the manager. “How much is it?”
“180 million dollars, Ms. Lewis.”
Susan was so shocked that her jaw dropped, as did her glass. 180 million dollars? She didn’t have that much money!