Her Precious Baby

Chapter 223

The crowd was surprised and panicked when they saw it was Evander and made way for him to pass through.

On the other hand, Angeline stood still when she saw Evander. She was frozen to the spot as a glimmer of surprise flittered across her eyes.

Why is he here? Why did he have to see this?

Angeline felt overwhelmingly embarrassed.

“Mr. Golding.”

Just then, Zeferino stepped forward and extended his hand to Evander as his gaze flooded with gentleness.

“It’s been a while. What brings you here?”

“Yes, it has been a while.”

Raising his eyes to look at Zeferino, Evander shook the latter’s hand, sounding calm.

“Joan Group and Golding Group have been in collaboration for years. It’s rare for you to hold an event, Mr. Levert, so I naturally have to show my support. Sylas.”

Sylas walked up to them respectfully with a gift in his arms after he heard Evander calling for him.

“Mr. Levert, this is a gift specially selected by Mr. Golding for this event. We hope you’ll like it.”

“Thank you.”

Zeferino gestured for his assistant to take the gift. Then, he turned to Evander and said with a smile, “Your presence alone is already showing me respect and honors me. You didn’t have to waste your money.”

Evander’s gaze fell on Siobhan, and the corners of his lips curled up. He reminded Zeferino meaningfully, “Is that so, Mr. Levert? However, I can’t say that you’ve shown me the same respect.”

Zeferino’s expression turned grim following Evander’s words. He then fell silent for some time.

“Siobhan is indeed immature and crossed the line, but this happened abruptly and was witnessed by many people. I’m thinking of a solution.”

“So, what’s your plan?”

“Perhaps Ms. Sorelle has to go to the police station.”

Evander’s face darkened when he heard that. Before the situation escalated, Angeline piped up, “Mr. Levert, let’s not trouble the police over something so trivial. It would hurt the event if word of this got out.”

Right after she spoke, Siobhan couldn’t sit still anymore and retorted, “Angeline, don’t think you can act as you wish since you have Mr. Golding backing you up. Do you think you can evade responsibility with so many eyes watching you?”

However, Angeline deliberately slowed her tone and enunciated her reply word by word.

“Ms. Yiurk, why are you so angry? I have no bad intentions. I only want to tell you that your diamond necklace is fake.”

The crowd gasped after hearing that.

Siobhan instinctively took a step back, rage filling her eyes.

“Angeline, I can’t believe you’re making up such a lie to avoid taking responsibility for your crime. I’m sure someone like you hasn’t seen a luxury item before. How dare you talk—”

Before she could finish her sentence, a loud smack rang out as Angeline suddenly took out a jadeite necklace from the inner compartment of her bag and placed it on the table.

The jadeite was eye-catching and even more stunning than Eternal Heart.

A man in the crowd recognized the piece and broke the silence.

“My goodness. Isn’t that Heart of the Ocean? There’s only one in the whole world! I heard a young man bought it for one billion not long ago. This piece is beautiful!”

When Angeline heard his words, she felt her eyelids twitch. Flabbergasted, she turned to look at Evander.

She knew that anything Evander gifted was definitely not average in price.

However, she didn’t expect the necklace to be worth a billion. I was carrying a few mansions worth of money on myself. My goodness!

Siobhan’s face instantly became ashen, and she started to retort, “Angeline, stop lying! I can buy what you have there with just tens of thousands.”

“Ms. Yiurk, are you saying I’m reluctant to spend money on my woman, so I bought her a counterfeit instead?”

At that moment, Evander spoke unhurriedly as he sat on a chair at the side, exuding a domineering aura.

“I—” Siobhan was dumbfounded.

Evander’s expression grew cold. “I bought Heart of the Ocean in an auction at Kransbay. If you refuse to believe it, I can ask my assistant to show you the proof.”

“N-No, that’s not necessary.”

At that moment, Siobhan was like a deflated balloon. Her arrogance from earlier had disappeared into thin air.

“Mr. Golding, please excuse Siobhan’s immaturity.”

Zeferino stepped out and shrewdly changed the topic with a smile.

“What do you mean by your earlier words, Ms. Sorelle? How do you know the necklace is a fake?”

Angeline’s face became serious as she looked at Siobhan and said in a deep voice, “Ms. Yiurk, may I borrow your necklace?”

Siobhan pursed her lips and reluctantly handed over the necklace to her.

After taking the diamond necklace, Angeline first looked at the lights on the ceiling and found the brightest one. Then, she raised the necklace high with her hand.

“Everyone, please take a look at this. The luster and color of a diamond can reveal its authenticity. Polished authentic diamonds are brilliantly colorful, while high-refractive imitations appear dull.”

With that, she moved the necklace under the light.

Seeing this, someone finally raised their doubt.

“That’s right. Isn’t Eternal Heart a rare diamond? Why is it not lustrous? Is this fake?”

“That’s impossible.” Siobhan’s face fell as she glared at Angeline. “Stop spewing nonsense!”

Angeline snorted coldly. Not far from her was a little girl drinking water from a water glass, looking at them innocently with big eyes.

Angeline bent down and asked her gently, “Sweetheart, can you lend me your glass of water?”

“Sure!”

The little girl smiled sweetly at Angeline as she was won over by the latter’s friendliness.

Angeline took the water glass. Immediately after, she poured a drop of water onto the surface of the diamond.

Very quickly, the drop of water slid off. It didn’t even last for a second.

Just as I expected!

Angeline returned the glass to the little girl and smiled as she had seen that coming.

Siobhan was bewildered by the crowd’s grave expressions and sounded confused as she demanded, “What does this mean?”

“This is a test to check the authenticity of a diamond called the lipophilic method. We only need to put a drop of water on the diamond. If the water droplet slides off quickly, it’s not a real diamond.”

Zeferino looked at Siobhan and said in a low voice, “Siobhan, your Eternal Heart is a counterfeit.”

The word “counterfeit” rang through her head.