Son-in-law From Rags to Riches

Chapter 23

Chapter 23 A Bet

Everyone was surprised at her words.

Giselle frowned and asked, “Who is Reuben?”

Heidy finally got the chance to hold her head up high again. She replied with a proud expression, “He is Reuben Morton. His family owns the Morton Group. He came to propose to Pamela with gifts yesterday.”

All those present were dumbfounded.

The Morton Group was worth nearly 160 million dollars. It was much richer than the Millard family.

They couldn’t help feeling suspicious of Heidy’s words.

Lamont curled his lips and said, “Don’t be ridiculous. Reuben is prominent and wealthy. It’s impossible that he would propose to Pamela. Well, don’t get me wrong. Pamela is a good woman, but she is married.”

Giselle said, “That’s right. By the way, you mentioned gifts, right? Where are the gifts?”

“Well…”

All of a sudden, Heidy recalled that all the gifts sent by Reuben had been destroyed by Joshua. She didn’t know how to reply for a while.

She regretted not taking a photo of the gifts.

Since Heidy remained silent, the others confirmed that she lied.

Mary scolded in a deep voice, “What are you doing? Shut up!” Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

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Heidy was so scared that she shrank back.

She felt extremely wronged. She wondered, I didn’t lie at all. Why don’t they believe me?

It’s all Joshua’s fault.

She felt upset and muttered, “Believe it or not, the necklace isn’t worth 300 thousand dollars. I have seen it before. It only costs 160 thousand dollars.”

A hint of panic flashed across Kermit’s eyes. In his hurry, he explained to Giselle,

“Giselle, she is talking nonsense. I asked a friend to help me buy the diamond necklace from abroad. I didn’t lie to you.”

“Take it easy. I believe you,” Giselle said with a look of worship.

Kermit heaved a sigh of relief.

Giselle put on the diamond necklace and said proudly, “Pamela, are you envious of me? My boyfriend can give me a luxurious gist. What about your husband? You have been married for three years. Did he give you any gifts? I’m afraid he can’t afford a gift of 30 dollars, not to mention 300 thousand dollars.”

Marsh gave a mocking smile. “Giselle, you indeed estimated Joshua. Of course, he won’t buy a gift.”

Pamela had been controlling herself not to lose her temper ever since she entered the villa.

To her surprise, the others went too far and kept taunting her.

She failed to calm herself and said, “Joshua often buys me gifts.”

Giselle pretended to be excited and said, “That’s great. I’m happy for you. Can I take a look at the so- called gifts? Where did he get those gifts? Did he pick them up for you?”

Pamela took out a necklace from her pocket and put it on the table hard.

“It’s a gift from Joshua. Aren’t you curious about it?”

Pamela had a lump in her throat.

She knew clearly that others would laugh at her after seeing the necklace, but she took it out for some reason.

In her mind, it was a special necklace. It was the first time Joshua bought a gift for her.

Seeing the necklace, Heidy changed her expression slightly. She couldn’t help but say.. “Pamela, put the necklace right away! I’m afraid that it only took Joshua a dollar to buy the necklace. Didn’t I throw it into the trash can? Why did you take it out to embarrass yourself?

She reached out and wanted to take the necklace.

However, Giselle snatched it away from her. “What a big diamond! What a delicate necklace! Unfortunately, it’s false. It can’t compare with mine at all.”

Pamela frowned. “Give me back the necklace. It is from Joshua.”

“It’s just a false necklace. Why are you so anxious?” Giselle had an arrogant look on her face. It seemed that she didn’t plan to return it to Pamela.

“You’d better be careful. You can’t afford it.”

Suddenly, Joshua’s voice sounded!

Joshua did not expect Pamela to carry the diamond necklace with her.

He was touched by what Pamela had said. The latter admitted that the necklace was a gift from him without hesitation.

Joshua felt warm.

He didn’t allow anyone else to insult his gist to Pamela.

He could no longer keep silent.

Giselle stared at Joshua as if he was a fool, “What did you say? Did you say I can’t afford it?”

Joshua nodded seriously.

Giselle found it unbelievable.

She burst out in a laugh. “What’s wrong with you? Didn’t you see the necklace my boyfriend gave me? How dare you say that I can’t afford your necklace? You are ridiculous.”

There were murmurs from the others around them, “Well, Joshua is paid a few dollars a month. It makes sense that he thinks highly of the necklace he gave Pamela.”

“You are right. It is understandable. We have to make it clear if he lies or not by ourselves. I’m afraid that he will tell us that he earns a fortune one day.”

With a short, Mary said, “What a useless man!”

Joshua didn’t take their ironic remarks seriously. He stared at Giselle, “If you don’t believe me, we can make a bet.”

Giselle felt amused and asked, “OK. What’ll you bet?”

“It’s simple. If you lose, apologize to Pamela in front of everyone and slap yourself three times.”

“All right.”

Giselle agreed without hesitation. She thought that Joshua was just putting on airs and was sure that she would win.

She said to Joshua coldly, “If you lose, you have to kneel before me and say sorry to me in front of everyone. What do you think?”

Giselle intended to insulate Joshua.

In her mind, it was the same to insult Pamela.

Pamela said to Joshua hurriedly, “Don’t listen to her. Don’t be with her.”

Joshua gave Pamela a confident look to calm her down.

He then said to Giselle, “OK. It’s a deal.”

“OK. You idiot. I’m waiting for your apology.” Giselle was excited.

Pamela bit her lips, and her heart was filled with disappointment.

She thought, although Joshua used to be a coward, he had self-knowledge and was not vain.

What happened to him? He has changed a lot.

My mom is probably right. It is time to divorce him…

Giselle puy Joshua’s necklace on the table and said, “I have a friend in the jewelry industry. She can tell whether the necklace is real or not and how much it is at a glance.”

She took a photo of the necklace and sent it to her friend through Line. She asked her friend to verify the necklace’s value for her.

Her friend replied with a voice message in less than a minute.

Giselle wanted everyone to witness Joshua’s failure, so she turned up the volume of her phone and clicked open the voice message.

An excited and envious voice reverberated around the dining room, “Giselle, where did you get the diamond necklace? It’s awesome. I’m so envious of you.”

Giselle was stunned. She sent a voice message as well, “Are you mistaken? Isn’t it a false necklace? It’s cheap.”

Soon, her friend replied, “Giselle, it’s not April Fool’s Day today. Don’t make fun of me! I saw the necklace with my own eyes last week. Its name is Eternal Love. It’s worth more than 800 thousand dollars.”

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Giselle’s mind went blank.

She wondered, Eternal Love?

More than 800 thousand dollars?

How is this possible?