"Do you think we should call the police? We'll definitely handle it properly here." The store manager had a fawning smile on his face the entire time. All the store staff were lined up in a row and stood respectfully at the side.
Laurie wanted to calm things down, but Claude said calmly, "This is your store's business. It has nothing to do with me."
He picked up the carrier bags in Laurie's hand. "But if you don't punish them severely this time, it won't be good if it affects other customers in the future."
After saying this, he pulled Laurie away without looking back.
The two store staff members also followed respectfully behind them with the remaining carrier bags.
It was not until they got into the car that Laurie asked, "Will they really call the police?"
She didn't want to forgive Della, and she knew that Della came to her this time because she wanted to resolve what happened last time.
However, she didn't expect that Della was still as stubborn as before and didn't care about the consequences.
Claude chuckled softly. "Since she provoked my wife, she won't end up well. Don't worry."
When she heard his words, Laurie felt a little helpless. How could she not worry?
"There were the charges of robbery and slander from the last meeting. Coupled with the robbery at the luxury store this time, she has chalked up another crime. The mall will also definitely not let her off." Claude said through gritted teeth, "She must be made to pay the price."
Although he and Laurie were only masquerading as a couple in name, he had no reason to let others bully Laurie like this.
In particular, when he thought of what Laurie said just now, he could imagine how hard it was for a single mother to raise two daughters. Laurie must have suffered a lot when she was young. Otherwise, how could a weak little girl like her have such a determined character?
Laurie could sense Claude's anger and was a little baffled. However, she was also very grateful for everything he had done for her.
She was clearly the one who was slandered, yet Claude was even more furious than her.
The two of them had just returned to the neighborhood district when Laurie saw the girl who had appeared at the banquet with Claude last time.
Claude frowned when he saw Michelle. He didn't want Michelle to know that he was already married.
Michelle was the fiancee that his father had chosen for him. The two families had long had the idea of a marriage alliance, but he had always treated Michelle as his younger sister and had no romantic feelings for her.
With Michelle's personality, if she found out that he was married, she might cause a huge ruckus. If his father intervened at that point, things would be even harder to deal with.
He looked at Laurie with a troubled expression. He wanted to explain, but to his surprise, Laurie was very sensible.
"Let me get off first. She can't see from here." Laurie had already adjusted her mentality. Since the two of them said that they were in a collaborative relationship, she naturally shouldn't ask about Claude's private matters.
Claude nodded and stopped the car.
As she watched Claude's car move off, Laurie helplessly took out her cell phone and called her elder sister. "Elder Sis, is it convenient for me to stay at your place for the night?"
When she heard that Laurie was coming, her elder sister Gina was very happy. "Sure. Your brother-in-law is on a business trip now. Come and keep me company. Shall we have hotpot tonight?"
Laurie took a cab directly to her elder sister's place. She wanted to inform Claude, but when she thought he must be acting all lovey-dovey with his little girlfriend right now, she felt it was really inappropriate to contact him at this time. Thus, she gave up the idea.
At this moment, Claude was caught in an entanglement with Michelle, who was already a little drunk.
"Why didn't you answer my call? Do you have another woman?" Michelle leaned closer to Claude and sniffed hard, but she couldn't smell anything since she was drunk.
"You drank too much. I'll get someone to pick you up." Claude helped her sit next to the flower bed in the neighborhood district. Then he called Jason to pick Michelle up.
However, Michelle refused to let Claude off. "Why are you staying here? Such a shabby place too? We're about to get engaged. Can't I even know where you live?"
"Sob, sob, sob! Do you not like me anymore? I heard that you didn't agree to the engagement!"
Michelle, Claude, and Jason had grown up together. She had liked to follow Claude around since she was young, and she had always wanted to marry him.
She had thought that the engagement between the two of them would come naturally, but today, she heard from her mother that Claude did not agree to the engagement and even fell out with his family because of this matter.
It was only then that she learned about Claude's residence from Jason, but she did not expect Claude to still treat her so coldly.
It was not easy for Claude to wait until Jason took Michelle away. Claude then hurried back to the place where he had dropped Laurie off, but he could not find her.
No matter how many times he called her, no one answered his calls. That was when Claude panicked.
He picked up the phone and called his colleagues in the army. "Quick! Help me locate the exact location of this phone number. Be quick!"