Buying a ring

Alice’s heart skipped a beat when she heard Zayden say the word “Insignificant passerby.” She realized that she had been “an insignificant passer-by” to him just a few months before. Also, six years earlier, Max had been “an insignificant passer-by” to him. So, maybe for Zayden, it did not make a difference whether they were around him or not. Alice couldn’t help but feel a chill down her spine and an uncontrollable shiver running down her spine at the thought. The following day, just as Alice arrived at the hotel door, the receptionist said to him, “Miss Brown, a gentleman came here to see you.” Alice then saw a familiar figure in the public lounge area in the lobby. She nodded at the receptionist to thank her and then walked over to him. The man was Jones, the butler of the Collins family. Jones was dressed in a nice suit. Although he was in his sixties, he still looked energetic, just like Sean. “Jones, hell. What brings you here?” Seeing Alice, Jones smiled and said, “Hello, Madam.