Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica) novel Chapter 114

Oliver brought Jessica to a place that mainly sold antique furniture.

After inquiry, Simon knew that painting tables were available in the shop.

The boss quickly stepped forward. "Sir, Miss, we just got a bright yellow pear-patterned painting table. Please follow me inside to take a look."

Jessica joked, "Boss, don't greet me as 'Miss'. I'm the wife of this handsome man."

Seeing this, the boss smiled and said, "The gentleman is very lucky to have such a beautiful and good-natured wife."

Oliver walked straight ahead expressionlessly.

Simon said on the side, "They are a perfect match."

The boss kept smiling beside Simon.

When she entered the room in the back, Jessica immediately saw the painting table. The lines were simple, and the surface of the table was of the original color of the wood. She leaned over and pretended to sleep on it to try the stability.

Her funny look amused Simon, who was standing behind.

In the past, Jessica had a stiff face all day and looked pensive. It was rare to see such an interesting side of her.

Oliver glanced at Simon, and the latter immediately covered his mouth.

The boss stepped forward and asked, "Madam, what do you think?"

"This one is good. Do you have any other types?"

Perhaps it was a person's nature to make comparisons while shopping.

Jessica knew that men generally didn't like to go shopping with women. Maybe he was no exception, so she said to Oliver, "Are you bored? Why don't you wait outside with Simon first?"

It was she who wanted to shop here. Oliver was not interested in these at all. If it weren't for her, he probably wouldn't have come here for the rest of his life.

Oliver said, "If you're interested in these, you can spend more time here. You can buy anything you like."

Then the boss realized that Oliver was a big buyer today, so he immediately asked the shop assistant to serve him.

Jessica glanced at Oliver and thought to herself, 'Are you stupid? You are also a businessman. Why are you so reckless? It was just a waste of money.'

"You can go out for tea first. I can shop myself. I feel uncomfortable when you're following me all the time."

Oliver glanced at Simon.

Simon said, "Mr. Williams, let's go outside first. Otherwise, Madam won't enjoy her shopping."

Oliver had never gone shopping with a woman. According to Simon, women seemed to have this common habit, so he turned around and went out.

Simon continued, "According to the news that I have seen, many shopping malls have specially arranged a place for men to rest. They call it the husband's depository. There're such places in our group's shopping malls."

Oliver was confused to hear that. It seemed that going shopping with one's wife was never an easy thing. But that was an awful stereotype.

The shop assistant took Oliver into an elegant tea room to drink tea. The place was exclusive to VIP guests.

Jessica chatted with the boss as she looked around. Besides drawing tables, there was a lot of antique furniture inside. She was also fascinated by it as the place was similar to her grandpa's collection room and she found a familiar feeling.

After a while, other guests came in.

Jessica saw a couple of great age differences. The woman held the man's arm and they looked very intimate. Jessica didn't have the nerve to take another look.

She didn't want to delay the boss's business, so she stopped looking around and planned to buy the painting table and leave soon.

"Sir, how much is it?" Jessica pointed to the drawing table and asked.

At this moment, the woman who had just come in walked to Jessica's side, looked up and down, sneered, and said, "Can you afford it?"

Jessica looked around. Then she realized that she was the one whom the woman was talking to.

She looked at the coquettish woman and then said. "Sir, tell me the price."

The boss took out the price tag.

Jessica looked at the zeros behind the price tag and didn't even count them. She realized that it was much too expensive.

As far as she knew, such painting tables were not so expensive. It was too extravagant for her to get such an expensive one.

"I'm sorry. It's too expensive. I can't buy it. I'm sorry. You can serve other guests first."

"I knew you couldn't afford it, Jessica. Did you get dumped by some fat old guy?" Catherine said.

Jessica could not understand what Catherine said at all.

Catherine had seen a man with a luxury car drive Jessica to and from work before.

At that time, when she saw Jessica wearing some high-end clothes, she concluded that she was being kept by an old man.

"Who are you? Do you know me?" Hearing her name, Jessica knew that the person in front of her should be an old acquaintance, but not a friend. It turned out that she had enemies before.

"I'll never forget you for the rest of my life. If it wasn't you, how could I have been fired by the Williams Group?" Catherine was greatly angry. "But I heard that you left the Williams Group too. You didn't get fired, did you? You deserve it."

Jessica didn't know what had happened between them in the past. She just felt that the woman made very uncomfortable, so she didn't want to talk to the woman.

She turned around and wanted to leave.

Catherine grabbed her arm. "Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

"I'm sorry, but I don't know you," Jessica said.

"You don't know me? If I buy you the furniture you want, will you recognize knowing me?"

Catherine remembered that she was rather embarrassed when she was thrown out of the Williams Group building by the security guards.

Because of her disgraceful departure from the Williams Group, it was difficult for her to find a suitable position in a large company.

Therefore, she hooked up with a rich man and started her female gigolo life.

She felt that she was no worse than Jessica at all. Why was she bullied by Jessica? Since she encountered Jessica today, she'd like to teach Jessica a lesson.

"No need. You can keep it for yourself."

When they were arguing, the man with a big belly who came in with Catherine saw them. He walked over and said, "Baby, what happened?"

"Honey, it's her. She used to bully me."

Catherine looked pitiful. Jessica thought that if she was a man, she would probably help Catherine at this time.

"Apologize to Catherine." The pot-bellied man roared.

The boss realized that the situation was going out of control. It was very likely that the sides would get into a fight without shopping here. Therefore, he immediately ran to the tea room to find the two men who had accompanied Jessica just now.

Jessica was indeed frightened by his voice.

"To whom?" A man's cold voice came from the door.

Jessica saw Oliver come in. "It's okay. It's probably a misunderstanding."

When Catherine heard the familiar voice, she felt both timid and nervous.

The pot-bellied man was also shocked by Oliver's cold aura, but he didn't know Oliver.

He was afraid in his heart, but he couldn't lose face in front of women. So he insisted, "Miss, please apologize to Catherine."