Free Web NovelChapter 28: Chapter 28: Plot
Chloe lowered her head, looking at the small, exquisite black box in Nina’s hand.
"What’s this?"
Hearing this, Nina quickly explained, "It’s a custom-made watch from a master watchmaker in Meridia. You know the guests at the party are all prominent figures. If the gift you give Dad looks cheap, wouldn’t his business partners laugh at him?"
With that, she smiled and handed the small box to Chloe. "Give this watch to Dad at the party. He’ll be thrilled."
Chloe kept her head down and opened the small black box. "This must have cost you a lot, Sis?"
Nina faltered for a moment, a flicker of triumph in her eyes. "It actually wasn’t that expensive, but..."
"Since it wasn’t that expensive, I’ll just consider it a gift from you to me." A smile bloomed on Chloe’s face, making her look quite happy. "Thank you for going to all the trouble of helping me prepare a birthday gift for Dad."
Nina’s expression froze.
She had expected Chloe to burst into tears of gratitude, then press a large sum of money into her hands. Nina would then politely refuse a few times to keep up appearances.
’I can’t believe this little bitch is so shameless!’
This watch had cost her nearly all her savings. Combined with the money she had given her homeroom teacher earlier, she now had next to nothing left. Even her daily expenses were becoming a problem.
Seeing Nina’s pale face, Chloe was secretly delighted, but her own expression was one of pure confusion. "What’s wrong?"
"N-nothing’s wrong."
Nina’s smile was stiff, making it obvious how forced her words were.
"I still have things to do. See yourself out."
Nina was just about to ask Chloe for the millions the watch was worth, but with just a few words, she found herself being pushed toward the door.
SLAM!
Just as she was about to turn her head, the door slammed shut, nearly hitting her in the nose.
Nina knocked, but there was no answer. Rebuffed, she glared at the vermilion door, seething with frustration.
But when she thought about the scene that would unfold at the party, her expression changed, and a contemptuous smirk played on her lips.
’By the time the party is over, every tycoon in Kennet will know the Sinclair family has a good-for-nothing idiot for a daughter.’
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Chloe closed the door, her gaze falling back on the watch.
She had to admit, the watch was quite nice-looking.
The hundred-plus diamonds embedded in it, in particular, gave her the urge to pry them all out.
「An hour later.」
Chloe looked at the disassembled watch and the pile of over one hundred diamonds, letting out a long sigh of relief. freёwebnovel.com
As for why she didn’t just give the watch to her dad?
Because in this life, she wasn’t that stupid.
Who in their right mind would give someone a timepiece as a birthday gift?
But in her past life, she had been exactly that stupid.
On the day of her dad’s birthday, she had only just learned that she was supposed to present a gift at the party. No one had told her beforehand.
Just as she was starting to panic, Nina had given her the gift she’d prepared. Back then, Chloe had been so moved, believing Nina genuinely wanted to help her. She’d even given Nina all of her allowance money in return.
But when she presented the watch to Mr. Sinclair in front of everyone at the party, the entire high-society circle was in an uproar, and she became the laughingstock of them all.
As she finished this trip down memory lane, Chloe placed the diamonds into a drawer.
’In this life,’ she thought, ’not only will I prevent Dad and the Sinclair family from becoming a joke in high society, but I’ll also completely change everyone’s opinion of me.’
"Eight, initiate a new learning mode session."
[Understood.]
With that, Chloe lay down on her bed, closed her eyes, and was greeted by darkness.
