Couple Jewels

Taking Ivan's hand in hers. "Alright! Then let's spend your money on something that we can use right now. How about that?"

Ivan nodded his head without saying anything. He feels much better after hearing that Vivian is going to use his money to buy something that both of them are going to use now.

Vivian then turned to face the store manager. "Can you bring us white gold couples rings, bracelets, watches, necklaces, etc…"

With a smiling face. "Right away madam." She then turned to leave the vip room.

The store manager was shocked to hear that the young woman had spent her own money instead of her husband's money.

The truth is, at first, she thought that Vivian was just some rich man mistress who bought things using the rich man's money. Because she looks too young to be the man who came with her lover.

But when she heard Ivan complaining to her for not using his money when buying things, she was surprised. She never thought that Vivian was not someone's mistress and didn't spend the money that he gave her but used her own money instead.

Because ninety-nine percent of the young women who came to buy jewels from this store were rich men's mistresses. And most of them are arrogant.

Not long after, the store manager came back with many different things that Vivian had wanted.

Placing them on the table. "Please let me know if there's anything else that you want madam."

"I will."

There's a pair of rings that catch Vivian's eyes. She picked them up then turned to look at Ivan. "What do you think? Is this cute?"

Ivan frowned after seeing what Vivian showed him. Without answering Vivian, he looked up at the store manager with an unhappy look on his face. "Is this all you guys have? Something cheap?"

The looks on Ivan's face made the store manager's heart start racing in fear as could sweat start rolling down her forehead. She knew that one wrong answer would make her lose her job.

"Sir, I…."

Before the store manager could speak. Vivian cut her off. "Relax. Why are you getting mad at her for no reason? She just did her job and brought what I wanted."

"But…"

"Hey! I'm choosing our couple rings right now. Are you really going to make things difficult? If you're not happy with what I choose, you can just say it. There's no need to take your anger out on someone else."

"I'm not unhappy with you. The rings she brought out are too cheap. I just want to buy you something more expensive."

Putting the rings in her hand down back on the table. With a smiling face. "Ok. Since you only care about the expensive things, why don't you buy every single piece of the jewels in the store?"

Ivan could feel the air around them start dropping.

'Did I say something wrong? I shouldn't have opened my mouth. But, I just want to buy the best things for her.'

Looking at Vivian, she was smiling. But Ivan feels like something is not right. Because, even though Vivian was smiling, the air around her keep turning cold.

"Let's buy the one that you just showed me earlier. It doesn't look bad."

"Are you sure? Because the one that I showed you is not that expensive."

'Oh God! She's mad. She really is."

Nodding his head. "Yes. That one looks unique and cute."

"You should have said that earlier."

The air in the room started turning back to normal in a blink of an eye.

Picking up the rings once again. "It's simple and cute. We can wear it everyday."

Taking a quiet deep breath. "I'm glad you like it."

Smiling happily. "Of course I like it. I don't want to wear something expensive that stands out when I go to work. If I wear something big and expensive to work, people will notice it and It'll be bothersome."

"I see."

"Isn't it nice to have something comfortable instead of

something big, shiny, and expensive on your finger?"

"Yes. Totally agree with you."

"Great!" Vivian then turned to the store manager. "Pack the rest up and send them to my place. He's paying."

"Yes madam."

The store manager was glad that everything went smoothly. She can see that the young woman had the upper hand in her relationship.

She had the employee wrapped everything up and made them send everything right away.

Since the delivery man from earlier has already left, she has to ask another person to deliver the things that Vivian and Ivan just bought.

She then put a professional smile on her face. "Madam, there's still a pair of couple bracelets that you might like. Do you want to have a look?"

"Yes."

"I'll go get it then."

The store manager left the vip room to go get the bracelet.

Since Ivan didn't appear in public much, of course the store manager didn't know who he was.

All she knew was a big shot clearing out the entire store so that his lover could shop in peace.

That's why she thought that Vivian was Ivan's mistress earlier. But after witnessing the way Vivian treated Ivan, she could feel that Vivian was not his mistress and she's the rich one herself.

The store manager felt like she judged Vivian without knowing anything about her and she regretted that she judged a book by its cover.

Vivian turned to look at Ivan. "Are you sure you like this pair of rings? You know, you can just say it if you don't."

Vivian could see that Ivan was not happy with buying this pair of rings. For him, it's too cheap. But, for her, it's perfect.

She's not the type of woman who loves big diamonds or shiny things.

Smiling. "I'm sure."

"You know, once you put this ring on, you cannot take it off."

Ivan looks at Vivian in confusion. "What's going to happen if I end up taking it off?"

With a serious face. "I'll chop your finger off."

Vivian then takes a ring out of the ring box and slides it on Ivan's ring finger.

Hearing Vivian words, Ivan couldn't help but let out a little laugh. "Then I'll have to wear it everyday since I don't want to lose any of my fingers."

"Yep." Vivian answered as she took out the other ring out of the ring box. She then handed it to Ivan. "Your turn to put it on my finger."

Ivan put the ring on Vivian's ring finger but it was loose since her fingers are small. And the ring ended up on her middle finger instead.

"Shouldn't we have them resized the ring to make it fit better on your ring finger?"

"There's no need. We need the ring today since you can't wait to go get the marriage certificate."

Resizing the ring will take a while. If they want to get a marriage certificate today, there's no need to waste any more time.

Ivan wants to make the ring to Vivian's ring finger size but he can't take the risk to reschedule to get a certificate another day because he's scared that Vivian might change her mind and find excuses later.

Not long after, the store manager came back with a pair of bracelets and Ivan paid for them right away.

He didn't check if the bracelet was good or not. He put one on Vivian's wrist and one on his wrist.

Vivian was not sure why Ivan suddenly became impatient. He was relaxing a few seconds ago but after he looked down on his watch, he began to look worried.

"Is everything ok?" Vivian asked in concern.

"No. We have to leave now or the county office will be closed."

Vivian rolled her eyes after hearing Ivan's words. Now she understood why he was hurriedly trying to pay for the bills as soon as the store manager came back.

Ivan doesn't want to waste any more time staying in the store. The sooner they leave to go get a marriage certificate, the better. And that'll make him feel less worried.

He can feel that Vivian was trying to make excuses earlier because she doesn't want to go with him to the county office.

"Alright. Let's leave now then."

After leaving the shopping mall, Ivan drove straight to the county office as fast as he could.

"Sigh! Slow down. Why are you so eager?"

Just as Vivian wanted, Ivan slowed down a little. "I'm just too excited to become your husband. Just thinking about it makes me lost in my thoughts and forget that I was driving."

Vivian shakes her head lightly. "Stop joking around and focus on the road."

Smiling ear to ear. His eyes are filled with love and gentleness. "Yes my love. Anything you want."

Ivan's words made Vivian's face blush slightly. Without saying anything, she turned her head to the side of the window to hide her face.

One hand held the steering wheel while his other hand took Vivian's hand in his.