Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Can You Attend the Engagement Banquet?

Chloe Alden glared at Cecilia Vaughn and Mona Summers with eyes full of fury, nearly about to spit out three liters of blood!

The dress she spent a hundred and thirty thousand on was already a bitter purchase, and now finding out it was originally meant for a seventy or eighty-year-old woman made her want to kill Cecilia Vaughn!

If the money hadn’t already been spent, she’d have loved to slap the dress right across Cecilia Vaughn’s face!

"Cecilia Vaughn, did you plan this all along?!"

Recalling Cecilia Vaughn’s strange and astonished look from before, the more Chloe Alden thought about it, the more something felt off.

Although she wasn’t as scheming as Fiona Vaughn, she certainly wasn’t so naive.

...

Chloe Alden clenched the garment bag tightly, her molars nearly ground to bits!

"Cecilia Vaughn, you really set me up like this?"

"If it weren’t for you goading me into buying this dress, who the hell would want a dress meant for an old lady!"

Though she is the mayor’s daughter, and has her share of wealth, a dress costing a hundred and thirty thousand still needed consideration, after all, it’s not just thirteen thousand!

Even though it was painful, at least she could comfort herself with the thought of having outdone Cecilia Vaughn; it was satisfying to see Cecilia lose face.

But now, what’s the deal?!

She spent so much money and ended up with a dress no young girl would want; how stupid could she be!

...

Compared to Chloe Alden’s terrifying appearance, with veins almost popping out, Cecilia Vaughn appeared calm and graceful.

She had a faint smile on her lips.

"Eldest Miss Alden, don’t frame it so oddly; I didn’t force you to buy this dress."

"If I’m not mistaken, I was the one interested in the dress first, but you insisted on snatching it from me, claiming your taste had changed. I tried persuading you to let it go to me, but you were determined to have it your way."

"Now that you’ve voluntarily bought the dress, you might as well keep it. I’m not interested in taking what belongs to others; I took a step back, but that doesn’t mean you can bully me with impunity!"

"If people do not offend me, I will not offend them; this is Cecilia Vaughn’s basic life principle."

But if people do offend me, I will surely retaliate doubly!

...

Chloe Alden’s expression changed drastically, glaring at Cecilia Vaughn with extreme hatred, forcing a few words through clenched teeth.

"Cecilia Vaughn, just you wait!"

"Don’t think siding with an old man allows you to have your way in Stellerton!"

Cecilia Vaughn’s demeanor turned cold.

"Nothing but lies from your filthy mouth, if you continue to falsely accuse me of having unsavory ties with others, I’m sorry, but we’ll meet at the police station!"

"I am the mayor’s daughter! Who would be afraid of you!"

Chloe Alden couldn’t contain her inner anger, shouting harshly like a shrew.

The nearby clerk was instantly frightened, but quickly turned to astonishment!

So Chloe Alden was Mayor Alden’s biological daughter!

But looking at her, such a prestigious daughter of the mayor using her identity to threaten, she didn’t possess an ounce of the elegance befitting a noble socialite.

On the contrary, the young lady who had the dress snatched from her remained poised and composed throughout.

...

The clerk was an honest person, fearing that Chloe Alden’s wrath might lead to a large calamity, if it really brought the police, what would become of their store’s business, and could they continue to operate!

The clerk wiped the sweat from her forehead and cautiously suggested.

"Miss Alden, this is a public place, could you refrain from shouting?"

"Who do you think you are! Daring to question me?!"

Chloe Alden, having never suffered such a hidden loss, was furious, immediately tossing the packaged hundred twenty-three thousand dress in front of the clerk.

"I want a refund! Your store is clearly a black shop, forcing sales! Colluding with Cecilia Vaughn to trick me!"

...

The saleswoman’s face was drenched in cold sweat, her previous joy of receiving a big commission vanished instantly.

How could she have known that this young lady was so unruly and unreasonable!

"This... Miss Alden, there’s a sign at the entrance with our store policy; for items without quality issues, once sold, we do not accept returns or exchanges."

Chloe Alden let out a cold snort, her anger had reached its peak, she wasn’t concerned with any rules.

"I don’t care! I want a refund! Do you know who I am?"

"My dad is Stellerton’s mayor, you teamed up with Cecilia Vaughn to bully me today, I’ll have my dad tear down your store!"

...

Daring to abuse power right in public!

Cecilia Vaughn’s delicate brows creased, and she stood up at once, shielding the saleswoman.

"Eldest Miss Alden, your unreasonable behavior is too much, isn’t it?"

Chloe Alden glared viciously at Cecilia Vaughn, her eyes bloodshot.

"What are you pretending for, Cecilia Vaughn, you definitely know this store clerk, I will go and report you!"

She said this as she lunged forward like a shrew, trying to attack Cecilia Vaughn, but how could she be a match for Cecilia?

Cecilia Vaughn, having survived in the nightmarish conditions of prison for three years, instinctively dodged.

"You dare to dodge! Today, I’m going to scratch your pretty face, you slut!"

...

The nearby onlookers had been drawn to the commotion in the store for quite some time.

Many recognized Chloe Alden as the mayor’s daughter, and soon someone took out a phone to record, the discussions unending.

"And she calls herself the mayor’s daughter, this woman’s heart is too black!"

"Exactly, she took the dress someone else wanted, has the nerve to claim she was schemed against, and now she even dares to hit someone!"

"For Stellerton’s mayor to have such a daughter, it’s truly shameful, post it on Weibo!"

Chloe Alden, hearing the people’s discussion, looked as if her eyes would pop out of her sockets.

She was dying to tear these people’s mouths apart.

However, upon hearing them mention posting on Weibo, she snapped back to reality, not even caring about hitting Cecilia Vaughn anymore.

She darted towards the crowd!

"Don’t post! I’m the mayor’s daughter, who dares to bully me!"

The crowd instantly scattered like birds and beasts.

Those recording with phones were plenty, she could catch one but not the other, and she ran around in anger, nearly driven crazy.

...

Cecilia Vaughn and Mona Summers shook their heads at the farce, not having the time to care for the mess Chloe Alden left behind, immediately heading out of the store.

Watching from the sidelines all along, Fiona Vaughn finally bit her lip as she stopped Cecilia from leaving.

"Sister, what you did just now was too much, how could you trick Chloe out of so much money... "

"I’m too much? Did that hundred and thirty thousand go to me?"

Cecilia Vaughn glanced at Fiona Vaughn with a half-smile.

Yet again that extremely icy gaze!

Fiona Vaughn shuddered internally, eventually giving an awkward smile.

"Sister, let’s not talk about this anymore, Tyson and I are engaged, we’re planning the engagement banquet for the month after next, you will come to attend, won’t you?"

"Sister, I really want you to give us your blessing."

As she spoke, Fiona Vaughn seemingly intentionally, unintentionally, brushed her hair aside.

Conveniently revealing that exaggerated diamond ring on her hand, nearly blinding anyone who saw it!