Female Novel
Chapter 1067
Chapter 1067
"Gold retains value.I got an appraisal last year for the wedding ring you bought me, and they estimatedthat it cost a little more than one million dollars, but we bought that ring at three million.That's too greatof a difference.However, the price of the gold bracelet you bought me increased by nearly ten thousanddollars this year! That's why gold is much better than diamond.If you were ever to go bankrupt in thefuture, we could sell the gold rings and support ourselves for a while."
Keegan was speechless.
‘That's my girl" he thought.
Keegan had expected the rings to hold a special meaning, but after all that, Stella only considered theirdevaluation.
‘I guess money is and always will be her number one priority"
"How did you know where to find this store?"
Keegan grabbed Stella's hand and asked as they continued to walk.
The location of the store was a little hard to find.
Yet, Stella located it perfectly.
‘This must not be her first time at that store, Keegan thought.
"Back in our school days, Felicity wanted to buy a gift for her mom on Mother's Day.She said the pricesin branded jewelry stores were ridiculous, so she took me all over the place, trying to find a local shopselling jewelry.In the end, she picked out a pair of earrings from that store."
"At that time, I fell in love with one of their trace chain necklaces.It was so shiny and beautiful.I wantedto gift it to my mom, but I didn't have that much money. novelebook.com And, I couldn't have asked mydad— I mean Albert, for the money.He wouldn't have given it to me even if I did ask for it.I would haveprobably gotten a tongue-lashing instead."
"After all, he was already upset that he had to pay my mom's medical bills.There was no chance thathe would let me buy her a gift.I didn't have enough money, so the only way I could buy that necklacewas to take on part-time jobs.During those years, commercial models earn 500 dollars a day, and carshow models earn around 1000 to 1500 dollars a day.I was lucky enough to be selected as one of thecar show models and worked for a total of six days.
"That meant I could've gotten around 8000 dollars.But I got into a fight with someone on the last day ofthe auto show, and that person got injured.The other party caused a commotion, and the police arrivedat the scene.They contacted my guardian, which was Albert, and we had to pay the person 5000dollars as compensation.
"I tried to go to the head of the auto show to claim my pay, but Albert stopped me and said that I was adisgrace.
"In his opinion, I should be ashamed of myself for being harassed by a man.He said being a car showmodel meant she picked out a pair of earrings from that store."
"At that time, I fell in love with one of their trace chain necklaces.It was so shiny and beautiful.I wantedto gift it to my mom, but I didn't have that much money.And, I couldn't have asked my dad— I meanAlbert, for the money.He wouldn't have given it to me even if I did ask for it.I would have probablygotten a tongue-lashing instead."
"After all, he was already upset that he had to pay my mom's medical bills.There was no chance thathe would let me buy her a gift.
I didn't have enough money, so the only way I could buy that necklace was to take on part-time jobs.
During those years, commercial models earn 500 dollars a day, and car show models earn around1000 to 1500 dollars a day.
I was lucky enough to be selected as one of the car show models and worked for a total of six days.
"That meant I could've gotten around 8000 dollars.But I got into a fight with someone on the last day ofthe auto show, and that person got injured.The other party caused a commotion, and the police arrivedat the scene.They contacted my guardian, which was Albert, and we had to pay the person 5000dollars as compensation.
"I tried to go to the head of the auto show to claim my pay, but Albert stopped me and said that I was adisgrace.
"In his opinion, I should be ashamed of myself for being harassed by a man.He said being a car showmodel meant that I had no self-respect.I once thought that beauty was a sin because of him.I didn'teven dare to wear nice dresses anymore.But didn't all of us come into this world naked? Aren't theharassers who are the ones at fault here?" Stella said in a calm and collected tone.
It was as if she was not telling her own story.
Keegan's heart ached for her at that moment.
"After that, the senior who pushed me into taking the job as a car show model contacted me, telling methat one of the people in charge of the auto show had come forward to talk to the head.They discussedthe situation and decided to pay me 6000 dollars.When I returned to the shop with the money, I foundout that someone had already purchased the necklace, and Mother's Day was also over at that point."
Keegan started to choke up.He knew about the harassment that occurred, but he did not know thatStella was the victim.
Keegan was at the auto show that year as a VIP.He was invited by the organizer and was having drinkswith the people upstairs when the exhibition was going on.He had not witnessed the incident when ithappened.
But there was already a commotion downstairs when he found out about it.novelbin
The people at the convention center were afraid that the incident would negatively impact their brandimage, so they quickly called the people involved in the conflict to go into a room and discuss thematter.
Keegan had a successful business meeting and was about to leave when he saw a girl crying at thestairwell.