Dear Sweetheart novel

“All right, all right. I’ll stop.” After getting chastised by Rayna, Jefferson dared not utter another word.

When the elevator arrived on the first floor, he led her out.

Standing outside the elevator’s doors was a man who seemed to be waiting to take the elevator. He was tall but

plain-looking, had some wrinkles around his eyes, and appeared to be about fifty years old.

It just so happened that Rayna glanced at the man at the same time he gazed at her. He looked exceedingly

familiar to her.

By the time they stepped out of the elevator, the man had already gotten into it.

Still sensing that something was odd, she could not refrain from turning around to take another look at the man.

However, the doors had already slid shut.

Jefferson noticed her strange behavior and asked, “What’s the matter?”

She withdrew her gaze and responded teasingly, “Oh, it’s nothing. A guy just went into the elevator, right? Well, I

was merely wondering whether you’ll be as robust and dashing as him when you get old.”

Since there was no saying how long he had to live, the words “getting old” did not apply to him.

However, her inadvertent mention of it weighed heavily on his heart, and a thought popped into his mind. I want to

live and spend the rest of my life with her.

Struck with the belated realization of what she had just said, Rayna paled and held his hand tightly. “Will you look at

what nonsense I’m saying? You’re far more handsome than that guy, so in the future…”

The more anxious she got, the more confused she was. She did not even know what to say anymore.

“Relax. I know what you mean.” Smiling tenderly, Jefferson brushed the stray strands of hair on her cheek behind

her ear. “No matter how old or wrinkled I become, you’ll never shun me. Am I right?”

She nodded vigorously. “I’ll never shun you. I can even keep a close eye on you every day.”

Taking her hand, he led her outside while saying with a smile, “That won’t do. You’ll be tired of me if you stare at me

so much. Do you feel like having spicy stew? After picking out the ring, let’s go to the supermarket. We’ll have stew

tonight.”

“Really? Why are you suddenly allowing me to eat that?” Indeed, she had not eaten stew in a long time and craved

it badly.

“It has been a while since you got your injections. Having spicy food occasionally should be fine.”

Rayna smiled without saying anything. She held his hand tightly and leaned against him.

Now, this is the life I desire. I want a man who loves me, dotes on me, and only has eyes for me. With a man like

that caring for and protecting me, I won’t have to worry about anything.

The pair headed to the Cartier store by car, and a sales assistant welcomed them when they arrived.

After learning they were looking for a wedding ring, the sales assistant brought out all the best-selling rings over the

past two years and helped Rayna try them on one by one.

However, Jefferson frowned as he stood and watched, clearly dissatisfied.

“This style is all right, but the diamond looks too small and isn’t brilliant enough. Are these all the best ones you

have?” he asked the sales assistant.

Glancing at the ring on her finger, Rayna thought it looked fine. “A one point three-carat diamond has quite a bit of

weight already. This ring looks rather nice. Why don’t we get this one?

Nonetheless, he shook his head.

She rolled her eyes at him. “Didn’t you say I could pick what I wanted? Why are you shaking your head now?”

“It’d be meaningless to buy an ordinary ring. If we’re going to buy one, we should get the best. It’s not like I can’t

afford it,” he replied.

His response left Rayna speechless.

Seeing that none of the rings in the box had caught Jefferson’s eye and that he seemed as though he was about to

leave with Rayna, the sales assistant suddenly thought of something and asked Jefferson in a cautious tone, “If you

don’t have a budget, we do have a pink diamond. Would you like to have a look at it?”

Jefferson looked displeased. “If you still have nicer pieces, why didn’t you bring them out?”

The sales assistant smiled apologetically and hurried off to get the ring, returning less than a minute later with a

ring box.

As soon as the sales assistant gently lifted the lid, Rayna found her gaze instantly drawn to the pink diamond lying

on the black velvet.

Real pink diamonds had a soft hue with relatively higher clarity.

After laying eyes on it, Rayna finally realized how gorgeous a diamond could look with just a difference in color.

“This pink diamond weighs one point six carats and is uncut. The petal-like pattern is completely natural. Do you like

it?” the sales assistant asked while slipping the ring onto Rayna’s finger.

Rayna nodded. “It feels a little heavy on my finger, but it’s truly stunning. I felt the urge to buy it the second you

brought it out.”

I can finally understand why women are so obsessed with jewelry.

She held up her hand with the ring in front of Jefferson and tilted it this way and that. “What do you think? It’s a

veritable treasure. An absolute beauty, isn’t it?”

He chuckled in amusement.

Grabbing her hand, he held it close to his lips and kissed it. In a satisfied tone, he responded, “An absolute beauty.

Let’s buy it.”

Seeing that she had closed a big sale, the sales assistant beamed. “Your husband treats you so well! Please come

this way to our VIP room. The paperwork for buying this pink diamond is a little complicated.”

Hence, the couple followed her to the VIP room.

The sales assistant registered Rayna’s details and was about to charge the purchase to the credit card when the

door to the VIP room opened. A woman in uniform who looked capable and experienced walked in. She had a tag

on her chest that indicated she was the manager.

“I’m sorry for interrupting,” she said, shooting Rayna and Jefferson an apologetic smile while approaching the sales

assistant. Once she was standing behind the sales assistant, she hissed angrily, “What do you think you’re doing?

Someone has already reserved that pink diamond!”

“Huh?” Panicking, the sales assistant lowered her voice and said to the manager, “I didn’t know that. I thought the

central store sent it over. What shall we do now? They’ve already signed the agreement.”

“The person who reserved it is Mr. Faymon. What do you think we can do?”

“M-Mr. Faymon from Faymon Group?” The sales assistant was dumbfounded.

If I’d known that a bigshot like him has reserved it, I wouldn’t have dared to sell it even if it meant tens of thousands

in my sales performance!

“Couldn’t you have asked me before bringing out the pink diamond?” the manager demanded, glaring at her.

When the manager raised her head a moment later, she was all smiles as she turned to Rayna and Jefferson.

“My apologies, sir. My staff is new, so she wasn’t aware that someone had already reserved this pink diamond. We’ll

take down your information and contact you as soon as there’s another one available.”

Jefferson was annoyed when he heard that.

Finding pink diamonds with such high clarity during mining is scarce, so there’s no saying when we’ll come across

another one. Even if we end up waiting for a year and a half, that’d be considered quick. However, Rayna and I are

getting married soon.

Although Rayna also felt disappointed, she said nothing and moved to take the ring off.

I like this pink diamond quite a lot, but someone has already reserved it, so there’s nothing I can do about it.

Besides, it’s rather heavy. And if I lose it at a party or something, I’ll be devastated.

“Keep it on,” Jefferson told her, placing a hand over hers. Then, he turned to the manager and said, “Then, he

turned to the manager and said, “Give that customer a call. Tell him that if he lets me have this pink diamond, I’ll

give him double the price of this ring.”

The manager looked troubled. “That… The customer is incredibly wealthy and not short on money.”

“Give it a shot. After all, no one will say ‘no’ to money. If the customer refuses to let us have it, we’ll take off the

ring,” Jefferson replied calmly.

Here, Rayna moved closer to him and said softly, “Never mind. Let’s go check out another store.”

Stroking the pink diamond ring on her finger, he responded gently, “Wait just a little longer. It’s not every day that

you find something you like so much. I’ll look like an incompetent id*ot if I don’t buy it for you.”

The manager was silent.

Seeing how willful Jefferson was acting, the woman had no choice but to bite the bullet and call Curtis.

Once the call went through, she heard a deep male voice on the other end of the line. “Hello.”

“Mr. Faymon, I’m Ms. Zablinsky from the Cartier store,” she said, giving her name. In a cautious tone, she

continued, “Do you still remember the pink diamond ring you ordered from us?”