The crowd of onlookers instantly sided with Joan Shaw. The general sentiment was, 'She has such a priceless diamond ring, why would she be interested in yours?'
"Miss Thorne, you just said your ring was worth over ten thousand, right?" Joan Shaw added.
Abby Thorne's face burned with humiliation. She had already heard the crowd's murmurs and knew the diamond ring on Joan Shaw's hand was priceless.
"If you didn't take it, then it must be somewhere else. I'll go look..." At this point, she had no choice but to back down.
She wished the ground would swallow her whole, but fate denied her even that escape.
An unyielding arm blocked her path. She looked up and was startled to meet the icy gaze of Miles Xavier.
"You think you can just walk away after slandering someone?" Miles Xavier's frigid voice cut into Abby Thorne, making her whole body ache.
She had seen his handsome face countless times in newspapers and on TV, always fantasizing about how blissful it would be to be his wife.
