Chapter 41

"You don't look happy. But don't worry, she won't threaten you again so long as I'm around." Vernon patted himself on the chest as he spoke, only to be met with a faint chuckle from Natasha. "It's fine. I'm not exactly a part of them anyway." Now that she had already given her gift, she had no reason to stay around for the banquet. But Vernon was not planning to let her go just yet. "You're not in the jewelry business, are you? So how could you tell that the necklace was a fake just by looking at it?" Natasha found him rather loud, but she hadn't expected him to believe her. He continued, "I don't believe you. I just believe my own eyes." The smug look on his face immediately wiped out any good impression he had left on Natasha. She just felt that he was both loud and narcissistic. After that, they ended up chatting about jewelry in general for some time. Natasha did not expect to have a decent conversation with Vernon. "Mr. Foster, are we really not going over to her?" Juli