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“Become his real wife.” Mireya threw her a coquettish glance. “You know what I mean.”
Cate was taken aback. Her face started to burn as she imagined the scene.
“He might kick me out of the bed at once.”
“You can make him helpless drunk. Men lose their self-control once they’re drunk. Things will become even better if you’re pregnant with his child. Your position as the queen of the household will be secured without you having to keep fighting. Oh right, you must plan this around the days after your menstruation as you’ll be at your most fertile then.”
Cate’s mind was tangled with a whole lot of different thoughts. She was already planning to conceive before going into a relationship.
“But he doesn’t love me. A family like that isn’t the best environment for the child…”
“You must’ve prepared yourself for this when you decided to marry him spontaneously,” Mireya cut her off, “Besides, you want to seek revenge, don’t you? This is the best way to integrate into the Lowe family and create trouble for them using your position as Shaun Lyons’s wife. Imagine how satisfying that would be! And they can’t insult you back because you’ll be ranked higher than them in the family hierarchy.”
“Good point.” Her mind was overtaken by the surge of passion. “But why do you know so much about this? Have you done it with Patrick…”
“Pfft. We’ve just kissed and that’s all.”
“How nice.” She had not even kissed Shaun just yet. What a failure.
Half an hour later, the two of them arrived at one of Melbourne’s most luxurious shopping malls.
Cate did not stop grumbling since the minute she set foot into the store.
“Why did you bring me here? Their clothes are in the high-end range. Shaun is a low-key and frugal man. He drives a Lexus.
The clothes he wears normally are of good quality but are from brands I’ve not heard before.”
“But a successful businessman should wear something more decent. Look, what about that style?” Mireya dragged her into a luxurious male clothing store and pointed at the suit worn by the mannequin.
Cate glanced at it quickly. “The suit is nice, but the mannequin’s figure is not toned as Shaun’s.”
“Alright, alright, I know your husband is super fit,” Mireya teased.
Super fit?
Cate thought Shaun deserved this compliment. His body was the nicest of all the men she had seen before, even without clothes on…
“What dirty thoughts are you entertaining in your mind? Your cheeks are red as tomatoes.” Mireya smirked.
“Cough, forget it. Let’s go. It’s too expensive here.” Embarrassed, Cate started dragging her friend toward the door.
The salesperson approached them. “This set is our latest design. There are only two suits like this in the entire country.” “Hah, you can save your breath. Poor people like her will not be able to afford it.” The mocking comment rang in the air.
Then, Janet and Cindy entered their sight.
“Miss Campbell, Miss Turner…” The salesperson’s eyes sparkled as she immediately rushed forward to greet them.
Janet threw a sideways glance at Cate. “So you found yourself a new boyfriend? But he’s just a small nobody.”
That man was only a lawyer. No matter how successful he was in his career, he would still be working for rich people like them.
Mireya scoffed out of anger. “Seriously? Do you know that her boyfriend…”
Cate grabbed her friend’s wrist and shook her head.
Her marriage to Shaun was a secret. She wondered which man Janet had mistaken to be her boyfriend.
A hint of delight flashed across Cindy’s face. She remembered how she used to trail behind them because their family background was more superior. “Cate, you should probably shop elsewhere. As far as I know, there are only a few thousand dollars in your card now.”
“Cindy, don’t cross the line.” Mireya was infuriated. Before they had fallen out, she had told her about Cate’s difficult situation, without expecting the woman would turn around and betray them without hesitation.
As expected, the salesperson showed impatience upon hearing they were poor.
“Please leave if you can’t afford this. We’re short of staff and we can’t service everyone.”
“I can certainly afford this.” Mireya pulled out her credit card.
Janet ridiculed, “Cindy, it’s a good thing that you’ve stopped hanging out with them. Friends like that will only bring you down.”
“Exactly, she has to borrow money from friends to buy clothes.” Cate, who was normally incredibly patient, could not give in to the mocking anymore.
‘I can definitely afford this. It’s just a basic limited edition.”
She pulled out the card given by Shaun and handed it over to the salesperson. “Didn’t you say you have two sets of that? I want them both. I’ll not allow anyone else to wear the same clothes as my man.”
This took the salesperson by surprise, but who would turn down money? “Sure, two sets of this will come to the total of one million dollars.”
Cate felt her legs going weak. She felt like slapping herself hard across the face for saying stupid things like that.
Oh no, what if it exceeded the card limit?
She stole a glance at Janet and Cindy’s look of disbelief before forcing herself to hand over the card. ‘Let there be enough money,’ she thought to herself repeatedly.
“Oh, I have to remind you that we don’t accept returns on limited edition items,” the salesperson said out of the blue.
Cate felt her brain freezing. ‘Xx&&#&x,’ she cursed internally.
Good God, she had planned to return the items later.
Cindy covered her mouth in mock surprise. “Cate, I hope you weren’t planning on returning the clothes later.”
“Pfft.” Cate scoffed as if she heard a funny joke. ‘I’ll not do something as lowly as that. Also, stop calling me Cate. Hearing you say that hurts my ears.”
She turned to look at the salesperson. “Hurry and pack it up for me. I don’t want to keep hearing the crazy dogs bark.”
“You…”
A flurry of emotions chased across Cindy’s face.
Janet held her back. “Let her be. Let’s go check out the Burberry store. To be honest, I think the clothes here are still too cheap.
My brother probably won’t like them.”
“True.” Cindy understood her meaning instantly. She felt especially satisfied upon imagining the embarrassed look on Cate’s face later when the card was declined.
Cate rolled her eyes at them and acted arrogantly as if she was the richest person in the world.
The card was accepted without any problem. The salesperson handed over the shopping bag. “Here are the clothes and receipt, Miss.”
Cate suddenly felt touched at this moment. She did not expect Shaun to give her a credit card with a limit of over a million dollars.
“Boring. Let’s go!”
Janet, who failed to see Cate being humiliated, linked her arms with Cindy and walked away feeling frustrated.
Mireya nudged Cate by the elbow. “Not bad. President Lyons is pretty generous with you.”
Cate could not bring herself to smile. She felt a heavy burden weighing down her chest. Her legs turned to jelly as she walked out of the store with clothes worth a million dollars.
“Oh no, he must think I’m being wasteful. I feel that I’m getting further away from my goal.” “Stop exaggerating. Shaun Lyons is worth tens of billions of dollars. This amount is peanuts to him.”
“You don’t understand. He’s a frugal man. With all that wealth in his pocket, he lives in a house slightly over 100 square meters, drives a car worth about 300,000 dollars, and only uses free tissue paper given out by the gas station. The watch on his wrist is also of a random small brand.”
“Well, he… He’s pretty good with his money, then.” Mireya did not know any other rich men who lived frugally like him. “I can lend you a million dollars.”
“Okay. I’ll see how he reacts first. Worst comes to worst, I’ll return him the million dollars. I’ll pay you back slowly.”
Cate lost the mood to continue shopping after that. She did not want to bump into those two mean women again.