Chapter 157 Can They Be Contacted
“This one.” Gale looked around and pointed at the largest diamond in the middle. “This one will do.”
Just by looking at the eyes of the onlooking salesgirls, one could tell that the value of that diamond was astronomical. The store manager had been working in the shop for a long time. Thus, she managed to remain calm as she asked, “Do you have any specific requirements? Or, if you’ve prepared a design, you can hand it to us.”
“I don’t have many requirements. I only need it to be unique, and it needs to suit her temperament.”
“What kind of temperament does she have?” A salesgirl asked tentatively.
Closing his eyes, he pondered over it for a moment before blurting out, “Hot and spicy.”
The corner of the salesgirl’s mouth twitched slightly. Then, she turned to Alexander with a pleading look. Alexander frowned and shifted his gaze away with a cold expression. “I don’t know him.”
Gale acted like he didn’t hear anything as he said to the store manager, “I can give you several of her pictures. You can ask your designer to create a few designs based on her pictures until I’m satisfied with one of the designs.”
“Alright.” The store manager breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there’s a reference. She was most afraid of customers making vague requests. How am I supposed to describe what the customer wants to the designer? “Is there anything else I can help you with?”
Gale glanced at Alexander. “I’m done. Don’t you have something you want to do?”
“Yes.” Alexander handed a photo to the store manager. “Can you make a necklace with this design?”
It was a photo of a pendant inlaid with an exquisite jade on a twisted silver necklace. The necklace sparkled brilliantly.
“This design?” The store manager was slightly taken aback.
“Isn’t this the necklace you were preparing to give to Mikayla six years ago?” Gale craned his neck to take a look at the picture and exclaimed in surprise. “Wasn’t it lost? Are you making a new one? For whom?”
Alexander glared at him firmly.
In response, Gale closed his mouth abruptly. “I talked too much. I should have known.” Who doesn’t know that Alexander is joined at the hip with Courtney? Who else would it be for, if not for her? “But, Alex, aren’t you a bit of a bully?” He couldn’t resist saying after mulling over it for a bit. “To give the same necklace to two different people… Even if you didn’t manage to give away that first necklace, I don’t think this is a good idea.”
Before Alexander could reply, the store manager quickly said, “I’ve seen this necklace before.”
Alexander looked up. “I ordered the exact same necklace from this shop six years ago. It’s not strange to have seen it before.”
“No, not six years ago.” The store manager had a conflicted look on her face. “It was around two months ago. A woman came in with this necklace and asked if we could find out who ordered that necklace to be made.”
He frowned deeply and asked, “Can they still be contacted?” That necklace vanished without a trace six years ago, and I couldn’t find it even after searching for so many years. It looks like it was picked up by somebody.
Looking at Alexander’s expression, the store manager understood how important that necklace was. Thus, she hurriedly said, “That woman left us a phone number. I’ll go and get it right now.”
Gale watched the store manager hurrying away. Then, he looked at Alexander in confusion. “Is that necklace so important to you?”
Alexander looked at him expressionlessly. “That was my grandmother’s necklace.”
“There’s nobody else here. Why are you still using that excuse on me?” Gale crossed his leg over his knee and confidently continued, “Yes, that’s your grandmother’s necklace. But, didn’t you take it out and customize it for Mikayla? When it comes down to it, you still can’t forget about Mikayla, can you?”
Alexander was not in the mood, so he perfunctorily said, “Think whatever you want to think.”
However, Gale became excited. “Mikayla contacted me last month. She said her divorce procedures in France are almost completed. She should be returning to the country this month. It seemed like she has been rather unhappy in the past few years. If you still can’t get over her, this is a great opportunity.”
“I don’t have as many attachments to the past as you do.”
“Forget I said anything,” he said. He had embarrassed himself. Hence, he leaned back against the sofa and said out of sheer boredom, “I suggest you tell Courtney about this. Besides, it’s not like you can avoid Mikayla forever once she returns to the country. Based on my previous experience, you should let Courtney know about this before she learns about it on her own.”
“No need.”
Alexander coldly and calmly said those words, making Gale feel rather speechless. “A good-natured girlfriend sure is different. What did I do to myself? Why did I fall for the hot-tempered Cameron? Her temper is as spicy as chili!”
“More like ghost pepper,” Alexander corrected expressionlessly.
While they were conversing, the store manager brought the contact information over to them.
“It’s a local number.” Gale glanced at it. “That will make her easier to find. As long as the call connects, we can locate them just by contacting the telco company.”
While speaking, he dialed the number on the spot before Alexander could stop him. “Sorry, the number you have dialed does not exist—” A sweet female voice with a slightly robotic tone came from his phone, and he looked embarrassed.
Meanwhile, Alexander’s expression remained as indifferent as ever. All of a sudden, his phone rang. Glancing at the caller ID, he immediately answered the call right in front of Gale. “At the mall with Gale… Okay.”
After hanging up, he put his phone away and glanced at the store manager. “If the woman asking about this necklace comes back again, call my assistant immediately.”
In response, the store manager nodded quickly. After that, he got up and said to Gale, “I have something else going on. Bye.”
“Hey, wait up!” Gale ran out of the jewelry store and grabbed Alexander’s arm. “Where are you going?”
Alexander lowered his head and stared at Gale’s arm. Then, Gale hurriedly let go of Alexander’s arm while smiling brightly. “I heard it all. Courtney invited you over for dinner. Bring me along.”
“She didn’t ask me to bring you along. I don’t think Cameron wants to see you.”
“How could my fiancée not want to see me?” Gale scowled. “How nonsensical! I just want to get a free ride there. Are you bringing me along or not?”
“No.”
“Fine. I’ll call Courtney right now and tell her all about you and Mikayla.”
Upon hearing those words, Alexander’s expression darkened considerably. “Gale.”
When Gale heard that icy voice, his face paled slightly. “I-I was just joking. I won’t tell her.”
Then, Alexander withdrew his hostility. Turning around, he strode toward the entrance of the mall and said, “You better watch your mouth when you’re there.”
Gale reacted rather belatedly. Rushing after Alexander, he patted his chest reassuringly. “I won’t say anything at all. I don’t know anything. Are we eating at Courtney’s house? What are we eating?”
“Hotpot.”
“Hotpot in such hot weather?!”
“You don’t need to go if you don’t want to.”
“Hotpot is great! Hotpot is good for increasing perspiration. Alex, why don’t we buy some ingredients along the way?”
“Did you think that you won’t be chased away if you brought something there?”
“You don’t need to point out the obvious. We’ve been friends for so long; you should leave some dignity for me.”
“Have you ever had dignity?”
Alexander said those words in a meaningful manner. However, Gale was oblivious to it. He simply regarded those words as something Alexander had thrown back at him during their bickering. Besides, he was immersed in the great joy of preparing for a romantic and surprise proposal for Cameron. Thus, he failed to realize just how terrible a situation he was currently in until he arrived at Courtney’s house and saw the familiar figure as soon as the door opened.
