Chapter 60
Leaving in Defeat
The two of them had just seen the store manager practically groveling a moment ago, and now she was turning on them and pretending not to know them at all. The speed of her face-changing was worthy of Sichuan opera. They were completely stunned.
In truth, the store manager had no choice. She had accidentally offended a VIP just now.
Now, only by satisfying that VIP could she make up for her mistake. She was going all in at this point.
Luna Brooks and Meng Lifen looked at Naomi Pierce like they were begging for help.
Naomi Pierce frowned tightly. She lifted her eyes to look at the store manager and said, "What is wrong with you? Didn't you just say you were waiving the bill for us?"
When she heard the store manager offer to waive the bill earlier, she hadn't spoken up.
After all, it wasn't her own money being used, and she could show off her influence in front of Luna Brooks and Meng Lifen, making the two of them admire her even more. Why not?
The store manager also didn't know what to do.
Naomi Pierce was Ethan Sterling's fiancée. They couldn't afford to offend her either, could they?
The store manager ran over to Vivian Yu and reminded her, "Boss, this lady is Ethan Sterling's fiancée. Ethan Sterling is with Sterling Group..."
Hearing the store manager bring up her identity, Naomi Pierce looked full of smug satisfaction.
She was just waiting for this owner to realize her mistake.
Beside her, Luna Brooks and Meng Lifen also straightened up a little, thinking the owner probably hadn't known Naomi Pierce's identity just now, which was why she had sided with Claire Bennett.
"Assistant Song, this owner actually dared treat you like this. Later, you really need to have a good talk with Manager Lu about it."
"That's right. She's unbelievably rude."
Naomi Pierce let out a light laugh and said with feigned magnanimity, "She just didn't know who I was earlier. I'm not that petty."
The moment she finished speaking, Vivian Yu looked at her with obvious impatience and gave a cold snort. "So what if you're Ethan Sterling's fiancée? Even if the King of Heaven himself showed up today, it wouldn't matter!"
No matter how impressive anyone else was, who could compare to Ruby Sterling?
She was the genuine young heiress of the Sterling family. You could offend anyone, but not her!
And the one beside Ruby Sterling, according to the gossip she'd heard, was the future Mrs. Sterling Group president, Julian Sterling's wife!
How could she possibly ignore these two living Buddhas she should be currying favor with, and instead go flatter some random woman who wasn't even married into the family yet?
When Naomi Pierce heard Vivian Yu's words, her face went deathly pale in an instant.
She had no idea why Vivian Yu was listening to Ruby Sterling and completely refusing to take her seriously.
Even after hearing her identity, she still looked at her with utter disdain.
Vivian Yu glanced at the store manager and said, "Why aren't you hurrying up and collecting the money? If you don't get the money back, you can cover it yourself."
The store manager's face looked awful. There was no way she had that much money to cover it.
She immediately walked over to Luna Brooks and Meng Lifen, her face turning cold at once as she said sternly, "Are you planning to skip out on the bill? If you don't pay, then I'll have to call the police!"
The two of them hadn't expected that even after learning Naomi Pierce's identity, they would still have to pay for it themselves.
They both froze on the spot.
They muttered, "Th-then we don't want them anymore..."
The store manager smiled and said, "That's fine, but you'll still need to pay today's rental fee."
"What!" The two of them screamed again. "We haven't even gone out in them, so it doesn't count as renting them! This is robbery!"
"The rental contract took effect the moment it was signed. Returning the items early is still subject to charges. It's the same principle as using a credit card installment plan," the store manager said slowly.
She knew whose side she should be on now, and she showed the two of them absolutely no mercy.
In the end, when the store manager was about to take out her phone, they could only pull long faces and take out their credit cards to pay.
Since they were going to have to pay anyway, they might as well grit their teeth and rent them after all. Maybe at Naomi Pierce's engagement party, they really could find their Prince Charming, and then they could make their money back.
Naomi Pierce's face looked awful. She felt like she had completely lost face.
She couldn't stay there another second and angrily turned and left at once.