NovelOnlineAston looked at Jennifer, and the latter smiled without hinting at him or changing her expression.
Then he stared at Ivan and asked, “Remember Stella Maris? The biggest diamond in the world.” “You defeated me and bought it at the auction back then. Of course, | still remember it.” A smile touched Ivan’s lips. He felt slightly sorry.
“You don't have to.” Aston’s gaze fell on Jennifer. He chuckled, “You can ask Jennie to show you some other day.” Jennifer burst into laughter.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIvan was taken aback. His gaze swept between the man opposite and his wife. “Is Stella Maris in your hands?" Jennifer sipped the coffee and looked into his shocked eyes. “Right. Aston bought it on my behalf. | didn’t expect that you also wished to buy it. However, | wouldn't have let you buy it upon our relationship then, even if | had known it.” Ivan seemed to be enlightened. He sipped the coffee and said to Aston, “You value women more than friendship.” If Jennifer weren't close to Aston, the latter wouldn't have bought the diamond on her behalf.
Instead, Aston would have kept it himself.
“Stop making wild guesses.” Aston smiled warmly. “Let me show you guys something.” He put a box on the coffee table and pushed it to them. “Open it and check.” The Marsh couple were surprised as it was a shabby box. A man like Aston shouldn't have such a box.
Jennifer put her coffee mug down and opened the box. Seeing the bracelet and the ring, she gaped.
“Why are they here?” Without touching or studying them, Jennifer recognized they were hers with a single glimpse as she had watched them be produced.
“Do you know Mya Saunders?” asked Aston, sipping his mocha.
Ivan took the box from Jennifer's hand. “What does it have to do with her?” “She sold it to me,” Aston said.
Ivan and Jennifer exchanged a glance in disbelief and thought for a short while.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Impossible,” Jennifer denied, “Mya isn’t such a kind of woman. Besides, she has no chance to get close to the jewelry.” Ivan asked, “Do you have the seller's photo?” Aston’s assistant walked to them with a printed photo.
When the Marsh couple saw the woman on it, they quieted down.
The assistant took the photo away and said, “Mr. Marsh, we've sent a man to keep an eye on her 24 hours. She's planning to escape town tomorrow morning.” Ivan didn’t expect Linda Chambers to be THAT bold.
Jennifer explained, “Aston, this woman isn’t Mya Saunders. Her name is Linda Chambers, Catherine Collin’s former assistant.
We've fired her recently.” “I'm curious to know how she managed to do it... or to steal it exactly,” Aston said with interest. “Haven't you found it at all?” “It's been replaced, definitely,” Ivan remarked. “The only possibility should be while filming the promo.” “Thank you so much, Aston,” Jennifer expressed her gratitude with a lingering fear. “If you didn't tell us, or they fell into another person's hands, the Marsh Group would be in big trouble in the release conference.” If this was planned by someone with evil intentions, the manipulator would definitely disclose the Marsh Group sold fake jewelry on such a momentous occasion. Besides, after the promo had been filmed, the jewelry wouldn't be taken out before the release conference.
Aston reminded them, “She only sold two pieces to me. As we all know, you'll have four pieces to launch in the market. What about the other two?” Ivan pulled out his phone, dialed a number to the jewelry store, and asked in a low voice, “Check the flour-leave-clover set. The ring and the bracelet have been replaced by fake ones. What about the earrings and necklace?”
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