My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 53

Lucas and Rachel were discussing what clothes they should buy for Mendes.

When the saleswoman was wondering when it would be an appropriate time to give them her opinion, the boy suddenly saw the toy behind the two shelves.

Mendes was so delighted by what he saw that he ran to it without hesitation.

Rachel was squatting down to help Lucas choose the articles carefully. She didn't notice that Mendes had run away.

Lucas didn't notice it either. He had already told Mendes to behave well, and he thought Mendes would obey him.

Rachel and Lucas were feeling rather indecisive. They couldn't decide which one to pick, so they thought they'd better let Mendes choose. However, they didn't find him when they turned around.

Rachel was so shocked that she stood up immediately, looked around the shelves, and shouted, "Mendes? Mendes?"

Lucas stood up too. He frowned and said helplessly, "Where did he go?"

The saleswoman was startled by Rachel's sudden outcry, but she had plenty of experience with naughty kids. ■3

She was about to say something when she heard two screams from the shelf not far away.

Two saleswomen on the second floor exchanged glances with each other and ran towards the beddings shelf. The one who was escorting Rachel also ran there.

Rachel turned her head back to Lucas, who was also confused. There was a hint of doubt in his eyes. He stepped forward and said, "Let's go and have a look."

It seemed that something was happening behind the goods shelf. Rachel followed him and they were almost there when a shrill female voice rang out.

"Whose child is that? If you don't want me to kill him, hurry up and pull me away from him!"

That domineering voice was familiar to Rachel. She had definitely heard it before.

Lucas, meanwhile, was worried about something else. When he and Rachel reached that spot and saw the scene, their hearts skipped a beat.

Rachel didn't expect Ninwell City to be so small. A few days later, she ran into Jack's sweetheart, Celine.

Celine wiped her skirt with one hand, and held a toy with the other. She was really pissed off, and Rona, who stood next to her, also looked terribly angry.

It seemed that something dirty had been sprayed on the hem of Celine's dress. ■3

She was glaring at the boy in front of her furiously. Pointing at him, Rona turned around and complained sharply, "Whose child is this? What is this child doing here, like a wild monkey that escaped from a zoo? Call his family over! Give us..."

She suddenly stopped when she saw Rachel. She nudged Celine, and the latter said in irritation, "What are you doing?"

Without noticing Rachel, Celine put the toy into Rona's arms, looked at the little boy and shouted with anger, "Call your parents! Ask them to pay for my dress!"

When Lucas saw that the boy was not Mendes, he breathed a sigh of relief. But when he saw that the woman was being so fierce to a child, he frowned again.

Rachel had no desire for an encounter with Celine, so she pulled Lucas away.

However, Lucas shook her head, took her hand off his arm, and walked to Celine.

"Excuse me, what's going on?" Celine looked at Lucas up and down, and pointed angrily at the thin boy, "Is this your child? Look at what he did to my dress! Haven't you taught your child how to behave?"

When the saleswoman saw Lucas come out and the other customer snap at him, she was anxious. She pushed another saleswoman away and told her to bring their manager.

The boy was at a loss, holding a toy gun and squinting beside the shelf. He looked scared of the woman who was throwing a tantrum. ■3

Tears were welling up in his eyes. He looked at the saleswoman nearby and whispered, "Auntie..."

But the saleswoman ignored him and approached the angry customer.

Unfortunately, Celine paid no attention the saleswoman's efforts to calm her down.

Celine just wanted to vent her anger on Lucas, the man in front of her, without looking at anyone.

Rona pulled her hand several times, but Celine pushed her hand away. At this moment, a woman with short hair hurried over to her.

Lucas stood firmly in front of her but said nothing, while trying to pull the boy over.

But the boy dodged away from his hand. The boy was obviously scared, and Lucas knitted his eyebrows tightly.

Finally, when the woman came, the boy suddenly rushed into her arms. He threw the toy gun in his hand onto the floor and cried loudly.

Celine was still very angry. She looked at the woman up and down indignantly, snorted and turned to look at Lucas. "Tell me, how do you want to compensate for my dress?"

The hem of her creamy white dress was marred by an obvious pink stain.

Before Lucas could say anything in reply, the saleswoman finally made an apology. "I'm so sorry. It's my fault. I'm so sorry for what happened to you, but this gentleman is not this kid's father. You shouldn't blame him."

Celine was confused, looking at Lucas and then ■3

the woman holding the boy.

Wearing the working uniform of the shop, the woman was at a loss. She cautiously apologized, saying, "I'm sorry! My son's foolishness has caused you trouble!"

Celine glanced at her from head to toe and sneered, "Humph!" Then she fell silent.

Celine's attitude was so arrogant that Rachel couldn't hear it anymore. When did this woman become so arrogant?

The boy's mother kept apologizing to Celine, while the latter maintained an arrogant silence. "I'm really sorry! I can wash the dress for you or send it to the laundry."

"You want to wash my dress? You must be joking! I just bought this dress from Paris, and it's my first time to wear it! Do you think you're able to wash it off?"

Lucas stretched out his hand and stopped Celine. He said to her coldly, "I'll pay you the money."

"Hmm?" Celine's gave him a dismissive snort in response.

"Compensation? It's none of your business."

Lucas furrowed his brows and bit his lower jaw. Everyone else at that scene felt annoyed, too.

Facing such an arrogant customer, the saleswomen didn't know what to say or do.

They knew it was their colleague's fault, and now they only hoped that this customer could calm down and forgive her. ■3

This angry and difficult customer was more than they could deal with, and they couldn't blame the kid either.

A smart saleswoman had quietly sneaked away to find the shop manager, while the saleswoman holding the boy was very worried.

Celine glanced disdainfully at these employees, and said with a cold face, "Just figure out how you can pay for it."

Rachel couldn't stand it anymore. She didn't want to show herself if Lucas could solve the problem.

But now it seemed that she had to deal with Celine herself. When Rachel walked out slowly from behind, Celine swept her eyes over her, and she was so shocked!

The look on Celine's face changed dramatically. She turned her eyes and pretended not to see Rachel, but Rona reacted more strongly than her.

Rona tugged nervously at Celine's sleeve, but the latter pushed her away calmly.

However, the others didn't notice these little details. Lucas wanted to say something to help out the mother and son.

Before he could speak, the mother of the child took the initiative to say timidly, "Sorry. I'm sorry! How would you like me to pay you back for this? I would be glad to compensate you!"

At first, Celine wanted to tell her that this dress was custom-made and that it was worth more than ten thousand. ■3

But when she saw Rachel was there, she couldn't say it. She felt that her enemy's presence might throw her off course.

Rachel looked at the mother of that child. She said in a nonchalant tone, "It's just a scrap of rags. There's no need to give compensation."

Her words took everyone's breath away. Lucas looked back and was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything. Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

He stepped back a little bit, while Rachel came forward.

When Rachel said that, Celine held back her anger, and didn't make such a sharp retort as when she was talking to Lucas or the child's mother.

The girl next to Celine looked at Rachel with an ambiguous look in her eyes. Lucas thought they might know each other.

Rachel's eyes fell on the hem of Celine's dress. Indeed, there was a mark, but it was fairly minor.

Rachel curled her lips and sneered, "Has Jack gone bankrupt? Or has he dumped you? Why do you have to pick on others for such a dress?"

Celine blushed; she was embarrassed that Rachel had witnessed the scene that had just happened.

She was not in a good mood. In fact, the dress was not very dirty, but she was in a very rotten mood.

She had only been venting her anger.

Even if that woman really wanted to compensate her, she didn't want it! ■3

Rachel's intrusion was completely unexpected. If Celine had to name the person in the whole world whom she hated the most, it would be Rachel.

Lucas frowned. He deduced that there was some bad history between them, and that it might have something to do with Jack.

Celine was like a hedgehog with sharp spines all over her body to guard against an attack by her enemy. She straightened up her chest to appear confident, raised her slender eyebrows, and taunted, "Don't worry about us. We are fine. Let me ask you, when was the last time you saw him?"