The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband

“How could all of this be worth only twenty thousand? The bag alone is worth more than that!” Natalie was so angry that she felt she was about to explode. It was painfully obvious that the shop assistant was taking advantage of her.

“Any second-hand good is priced at ten percent of its original price.” The shop assistant sneered at Natalie complacently. Then, after punching a couple of numbers into the calculator, she snapped, “Get out if you’re not planning to sell your things. There’s a line behind you.”

“All of these are authentic!” Natalie stubbornly continued to bargain. Twenty thousand dollars barely covered Hannah’s hospitalization. “Surely you can offer me something higher!”

“I don’t care if it’s real or fake. They’re all second hand. Plus, they’re all old models from more than a decade ago. Only this Hermes is worth something. Do you think this is a charity? I can add five thousand for the bag, but that’s the best I can do. If you still think it’s too low, take your things somewhere else.” The shop assistant could tell that Natalie was in urgent need of money and deliberately used this to her advantage.

Feeling helpless, Natalie accepted the money even though she was getting the short end of the stick. Just as she turned around to leave, a woman in her early thirties stopped her. Natalie saw from her name tag that she was the shop manager.

“Miss, why the long face? Were you not able to sell your goods at an ideal price? If you still lack money, perhaps you’d be willing to sell the ring on your finger. We can give you a good price for it!” The shop manager smiled, staring at the emerald ring on Natalie’s finger, her eyes shining greedily.

Trying to seem casual, Natalie asked calmly, “How much?”

Glancing at the other people in the shop, the shop manager leaned closer and whispered in Natalie’s ear, “One million. What do you think?”

This amount was more than enough to cover Hannah’s medical bills.

Natalie was stunned. She looked carefully at the ring on her finger. The emerald nestled in the middle was like a pea that was just freed from its pod. The little gem was round and slightly cold, but its deep green color was dazzling.

She couldn’t believe that the ring Sebastian had given her was that valuable.

“Sorry, this is my wedding ring. I can’t sell it.”

Despite the tempting offer, Natalie couldn’t give in. It was a gift from Sebastian after all, and it was left by his mother. Perhaps it was a family heirloom.

Whatever the case, she couldn’t sell the ring.

After refusing the shop manager, she turned around to leave.

But the shop manager stopped her again. With a big smile plastered on her face, she said, “No rush, Miss. It’s okay if you don’t want to sell it. But it’s clear to me that the ring is a little too big for your finger. We offer free ring sizing. We can alter it to fit you within the day. Do you want to avail of this service? It’ll look even better if it fits you properly.”

“No, thanks. I don’t want to bother you.” Natalie could see that the shop manager was still staring at the ring on her finger greedily, so she politely refused.

“Miss, I know that your ring is valuable. Are you worried that we’ll lose or damage it? Look. We have

in the shop, Natalie hesitantly pulled the ring off of her finger and handed it to the

a string from her pocket to measure the size of Natalie’s finger and said with a friendly smile,

went back to the shop the

manager warmly received her. “Miss, you’re early! Hang on a

“Okay, thank you.”

wooden chest behind her and opened it. “Have a look, Miss. You can check if

held it up in front of her, studying it carefully. Finally, she put it on. “It fits nicely, but why does

dismissively. “Oh, here’s the thing. When our staff saw how old your ring

didn’t think much of it. It just looked shiny and new now.

at the second-hand store, Natalie went to the supermarket to buy some

walked out of his room in flip

didn’t see you all morning.” Yawning lazily, he strode over to help Natalie with her groceries. As he opened the bags and checked the food, he asked, “What’s

while, Natalie opened the fridge and took a bottle of cold water. “I bought a lot of tomatoes.

sentence, Sebastian suddenly

shiny ring on her finger and asked coldly, “Did you

of water in her other hand, she took a sip nonchalantly

looked at him

mood to joke.

the ring. He knew

ring, Natalie muttered

against his temple and picked up the ring to have a closer look. His expression grew even more serious. “The

knew she was short on money, but he didn’t expect her to sell the ring just like

wouldn’t have minded if it were any other ring, but this ring in particular was

this a fake?!” Natalie’s eyes

back from him and inspected it. Sure enough, its inner

frowned deeply. “It’s not a fake—at least, not exactly. The gem and the platinum are real, and the style is similar to the ring I gave you. It’s difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the difference between the two. But this is just a counterfeit, and it was made to copy the original one. The one I gave you is a quite famous antique. It was passed down from my mother’s ancestors.

he had made a few friends in the industry. They told him that some people sold fakes and played

hands and feet went