My father’s question hit like a hammer to Brian’s chest.His lips trembled, but not a single word came out.Luna tried to hold on, clutching his arm as she cried, “Brian, this… this is the one you gave me! Tell Mr. Shaw, tell him!”But Brian recoiled as if she were something contagious, shaking her off immediately.“Don’t talk nonsense!”Right now, all he wanted was to distance himself from her.My father let out a cold laugh, his gaze shifting to Brian.“Brian, if I remember correctly, your father, Andrew Cook, is a vice president at one of my subsidiaries, isn’t he?”Brian lowered his head even further, his voice barely audible. “Y-Yes, Mr. Shaw.”“Good.” My father nodded. “Then tell me, based on your father’s salary, plus whatever allowance you get, could you afford that watch?”He pointed at the watch in Luna’s hand, his voice rising sharply.“That Patek Philippe Celestial… It was something I purchased at a Geneva auction last year for two million for my daughter Risa’s eighteenth
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