The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 159: Chapter 159: The Deepest Path Walked is Amadeus’ Scheme_1

Nathalie Quinlan thought that Amadeus Yancey would leave after setting down the juice, so she stood there waiting, but to her surprise, he didn’t go. After placing the cup down, he suddenly turned back to her and blurted out a sentence.

”By the way, about that ’good friend’ thing we talked about last time...”

The ’good friend’ thing?

Nathalie’s mind didn’t catch on at first, but when she remembered, she immediately realized what he was talking about.

Last time at the Waterfront Pavilion, he suddenly said she shouldn’t call him brother, and although she wasn’t offended, she originally wanted to hit back at him. Who knew that in the end, it turned into her making a fool of herself.

Bringing it up made Nathalie feel uncomfortable all over. She had never been made to look so embarrassing by anyone else. That time, she really felt awkward and wished she could find a crack in the ground to hide herself away.

Amadeus Yancey’s thin lips curved up, seeing the girl looking suddenly at a loss and her earlobes turning red, her eyes not daring to meet his, he knew she remembered.

He took out the thing he had prepared earlier from his bag, and spoke languidly: ”I thought about it, and since we are ’good friends’, you gave me a gift, I should naturally return a favor, otherwise, I would be taking advantage of you for nothing.”

The words ’good friends’ he uttered were particularly clear.

Nathalie always felt like she was being flirted with by him again!

The man with the upright posture had already opened the box in his hand, and inside the black brocade box, a six-pointed star diamond necklace lay quietly.

The diamonds on the necklace were not large, and the design was very intricate.

It seemed like it wasn’t expensive.

It was just right as a reciprocal gift.

But she recognized at a glance that it was a necklace from Seven, different from the bracelet that Ghania Quinlan previously wore to show off. The necklace he gave was called Starry Sky, part of Seven’s high-end series; if you looked closely, you could find a signature as tiny as a mosquito’s leg on the pendant below the clasp.

S.

Silvania Ingram had shown her the necklace before; there was only one produced in the whole world.

The price? Well.

Of course, it matched its rarity and value.

Having her own designed necklace bought and given back to her as a gift... Nathalie’s lips twitched bitterly, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

Amadeus Yancey, unaware of her relationship with the Pinecone Group, took the necklace out of the box with his long hands. His voice, low and magnetic as a harp, said: ”I picked out this necklace for you with Edric at the mall, the price isn’t high, but the design is quite good; you can wear it casually.”

If Nathalie didn’t recognize her own design, she might have believed his ’not expensive’ nonsense.

Seven figures, indeed not expensive.

Almost enough to buy a house.

”No need.” The things she bought for them didn’t add up to the price of this necklace; she didn’t like owing favors: ”That day I just happened to go shopping, saw those things, felt they were suitable, and bought them. There was no other meaning, you don’t have to specially return the favor with a gift.”

Amadeus Yancey knew she wouldn’t easily accept it; he was confident: ”I only paid half for this necklace, the rest Edric paid with his own pocket money. You don’t like it?”

His eyebrows furrowed, seemingly helpless: ”...That store seems to have a no-return policy.”

”Edric specifically chose it, thinking you would like this kind of simple design.”

Thinking of the little guy’s disappointed face, Nathalie felt a throbbing at her temples. Just as he was about to put the item back, biting her lip, she extended her hand: ”Never mind, I didn’t say I didn’t like it; I just think you don’t have to return a gift.”

”Give it to me.”

If it came to it, she would just have to find a time to help them look for something suitable for them to bridge the gap in the price difference.

Like a men’s watch or... Nathalie looked up at the clothes he was wearing. Don’t say it, but wearing them, he exuded an air of luxury, as if a male model.

She thought to herself that she would go back to that store next time to look for other clothes in a similar style and buy him a couple of pieces.