The Established Siblings Of The Pack
Chapter 98

The Established Siblings Of The Pack Chapter 98

Chapter 98

“A delivery?”Everyone at the table froze. They had seen the nametag and the badge with the brandmonogram pinned to Frank’s shirt. He was the manager of Gustav Atelier!They gasped and exclaimed,“Wait, isn’t Gustav Atelier one of the top designer brands in the world? All their clothes come with five-figure price tags!”In the midst of their astonishment, Frank merely waved his hand to beckon theassistants, saying, “Bring the goods in.”The three assistants immediately brought the ornate boxesforward and rested them carefully on the long banquet table. They carried ten each, which meant therewere thirty of these boxes altogether.“I-Is this…” Emory gaped at the boxes with wide eyes, then said indisbelief, “This is the most popular design in one of Gustav’s seasonal collections! It retails for eighty-eight thousand!”“Holy crap!”“Are you serious? Then all these together cost more than an arm and aleg!”Eighty-eight thousand did not mean much to the guests at the table, but what astonished them themost was that someone had ordered thirty of these belts. They were staring at the boxes hungrily, andone of them turned to ask Frank, “A-Are these all for us?”“Yes,” Frank began. “The gentleman overthere—”However, he was cut off mid-sentence by Emory, who stood up excitedly as he said to Nancy,“Wow, Mr. Jovovich was already generous enough to have offered to buy us a meal, but to splurge onthese lucrative gifts for us? Nancy, he’s way too gracious!”Enlightenment descended upon the room atthat moment as everyone leaped to compliment and thank Nancy.“I guess bigshots like Mr. Jovovichare just different, huh? He really does not hold back.”“Thanks for the gift, Nancy! I could never bringmyself to splurge like this. This sure is a special way to commemorate a reunion, am I right?”Nancywas bewildered by everyone’s praises and gratitude. Tyler never mentioned any of this to me, shethought in a daze, but when she saw how impressed her friends were, she felt certain that Tyler wasthe only person who had the money to pull this gesture off.As such, she giggled and said indulgently,“What can I say? Tyler loves me so much that he’s always coming up with ways to make me happy.”She raised a brow as she glanced over at Serena and Kingsley, then drawled haughtily, “I bet the bothof you have never dreamed about owning something as luxurious as this. You can each take a belthome. Think of it as charity on my part.” Paige interjected angirly before Kingsley could even say

anything, “He doesn’t need your charity, you filthy hag. I’ll get one for him as a gift!”“Hah! So at the endof the day, the only way for him to own a designer belt is through a woman’s altruism.” Emory was sojealous that the only way he could feel better was to put Kingsley down, and he went on to teaseviciously, “If you’re so great, why don’t you make your own money and buy it for yourself?”Frank heardthis and pointed out incredulously, “What are you talking about? Mr. Nicholson was the one who boughtthese belts in the first place!”Everyone gaped at him as the news sunk in. They exchanged questioninglooks and asked among themselves, “Who’s Mr, Nicholson? Do we know anyone with that name?”Inthe midst of the confusion, Kingsley put his hand up and addressed Frank, “Thank you for coming allthis way to deliver the belts, Mr. Lowell.”Bowing his head respectfully, Frank replied, “It’s no trouble atall, Mr. Nicholson. We hope to serve you again.” With that, he backed out of the private dining roomand closed the door.For a while, a deathly silence filled the air, and everyone was staring at Kingsleywith such utter shock that it was a wonder their eyes did not bug out of their heads.They could notbelieve that he was the one who had bought these expensive belts.Some of them were so astonishedthat their jaws dropped, and it was as if they could not wrap their heads around this plot twist.No onesaid a word at first, then Nancy snapped out of her reverie and cried belligerently, “No! That’simpossible! There’s no way a bumpkin like him could afford these!”She had taken all the credit earlier,and it was too late for her to get off her high horse now. Even though Frank had clearly said thatKingsley was the one who bought the belts, she refused to believe that that was the truth.“Nancy’sright. Where would an orphan get the money to buy all these anyway? These belts cost over two millionaltogether!” Emory seethed with rage. “I bet he hired that man earlier as part of his act. These beltsmust be counterfeits!”The crowd nodded when they heard this. They were more than willing to acceptthe probability that this was the truth.The only person who remained wordless was Noah, who knew fora fact that Frank was the manager of Gustav Atelier, and that there was no way these belts could becounterfeits.On the other end of the table, all the color drained from Serena’s face as she began to lookdistinctly uneasy. She recalled Kingsley telling her that these belts were high-quality counterfeits, and ifher old friends were to figure this out, then she could never show her face in front of them ever again!