All Chapters of The Luxury Card Scandal: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

My voice was icy cold, every word sharp and clear.Several guests lounging in the salon lobby immediately fell silent and turned to look at me. The moment they heard the words 'unauthorized card charges,' even the elegantly dressed socialites nearby stiffened, their expressions darkening.The receptionist's look of disdain froze on her face. She stood there completely dumbfounded."N-no, Ms. Pearson, that's not... not what happened..."I stood where I was, phone in hand, not even sparing her a glance as I calmly continued speaking to the police officer on the other end of the call.Just as I was about to give the salon's address, a large hand suddenly reached out from behind me and snatched my phone away.Frowning sharply, I turned around.A woman in a professional skirt suit stood there with a security guard beside her. My phone was already in the guard's hand, casually being tossed around like a toy."Ms. Pearson, I'm Rita Waltz, the manager of Sensilk Beauty Salon. Whatever

Chapter 2

Rita's smug smile instantly disappeared, her expression turning even uglier."Ms. Pearson, we always verify a customer's identity before allowing any charges on their card!"And the woman claiming to be your mother even showed us photos of the two of you together. She swore up and down that she was your mother, so naturally we agreed to--"Ms. Waltz's tone was already dripping with impatience.However, instead of backing down, I stared right back at her."Photos?"What era are we living in now? You think a photo proves anything?"Do you believe I could generate ten thousand photos of us together with AI right now?"Then what? Should I take those photos to a bank, claim I'm your mother, and withdraw all the money from your account?"I'm not asking your store to operate with the same level of security as a bank, but if you're spending money from my card, the bare minimum should be notifying me first!"I pointed casually at the transaction records displayed on the register."I

Chapter 3

After receiving the report, the police arrived quickly.Less than ten minutes after the call ended, two officers pushed open the door and walked in.Ms. Waltz, who had been glaring at me the entire time, instantly lost the aggressive expression she'd been wearing the moment she saw the police. Her face changed immediately into a smile as she hurried over to greet them."Hello, officers. I'm the lobby manager of Sensilk Beauty Salon. This is all just a misunderstanding, really, just a misunderstanding!"Watching her deliberately stall them with pointless chatter was almost laughable.Did she really think the police could not see through such an obvious trick?Sure enough, the next second, the two officers walked straight past her and stopped in front of me."Are you the one who made the report?"I nodded and calmly explained everything that had happened from beginning to end, leaving out nothing and exaggerating nothing."I called the police to protect my legal rights."There

Chapter 4

Once they got the address, the two officers made a quick decision.Everyone involved would go together.At this point, the whole situation was a tangled mess. The only way to figure out what was really going on was to confront everyone face to face.Sitting in the police car, watching the familiar streets pass by outside the window, I started feeling worse and worse.It was not until we stopped in front of a door I had visited more than once before that everything finally clicked into place.My expression darkened instantly.The doorbell rang for more than ten seconds before the door finally opened.An elderly woman with a heavily wrinkled face peeked out.Before I could even speak, Rita hurried forward first, her voice full of urgency."Mrs. Zander! We finally found you!"When you made purchases at our store before, you personally said we should charge your daughter's card!"Now the cardholder, Ms. Pearson, is causing trouble for us. She wouldn't even listen to our explanat

Chapter 5

After a dull thud, the weight pinning me down suddenly disappeared. My whole body went limp and I collapsed onto the floor.Not far away, Felicia had been sent crashing down by a vicious kick. She curled up on the ground clutching her stomach, wailing in pain.The two police officers stopped hesitating immediately. One moved in from the front, the other from behind, twisting Felicia's arms behind her back before snapping handcuffs onto her wrists."Felicia Zander, you are suspected of fraud and illegal possession of another person's property. You're coming with us."The sharp click of the cuffs echoed through the room.Gone was the arrogant, overbearing woman from earlier. She sprawled across the floor, writhing wildly like an oversized grub."I've been wronged! I'm innocent!"Leslie! Leslie, hurry and help me! I'm your aunt! You can't just abandon me!"Leslie was carefully helping me up from the floor. The moment he saw the swollen bruises blooming across my face, pain flashed

Chapter 6

The moment we stepped out of the elevator, a crowd of neighbors had already gathered downstairs to watch the drama unfold.Suddenly, Ashley burst into tears and threw herself at my feet, clutching my leg so tightly I could barely move."Yanne, please... please forgive my mom this once! She's old already!"I had only met Ashley once before. In my memory, she was a quiet, timid girl who barely spoke above a whisper.However, now her face was soaked with tears, her eyes filled with panic."My mom... my mom was just confused for a moment. I promise you... she'll never do this again..."Please... please, Yanne..."My mom had it hard. She raised me all by herself. Please..."Her voice trembled as she cried about all the sacrifices Felicia had made over the years, painting her as some selfless, loving mother.She was trying to wrap Felicia's disgusting behavior in the packaging of maternal love, as if that somehow made it acceptable."It's all my fault! If you want to blame someone,

Chapter 7

After leaving the police station, I ignored Leslie, who had been trailing behind me the entire time, and took a taxi straight home.Two hours later, I got a call from the police.Felicia had completely fallen apart during questioning and quickly confessed to everything.It turned out that after attending my engagement banquet with Leslie, she had already started eyeing me as a target.My father was a businessman and our family was well-off. During the engagement banquet, Leslie's mother had proudly bragged to relatives more than once that once Leslie married me, he would inherit my family's company and rise above everyone else.Naturally, that stirred jealousy among the relatives.And after secretly overhearing me chatting with friends about going to a beauty salon after the banquet, Felicia deliberately pulled everyone together for a group photo and began planning the entire scheme from there.According to her confession, the luxury skincare set worth over sixty thousand dollar

Chapter 8

In the end, everything traced back to Sensilk Beauty Salon.Their management was so careless that people found loopholes to exploit, and the store manager had acted as the middleman helping to move stolen goods.I had been threatened, assaulted, slandered, and had even watched my engagement fall apart right before my eyes.And after all that, they thought they could smooth things over with a fifty-thousand-dollars store credit and keep me tied to their salon?What a joke.I grabbed the card and stuffed it straight back into Janyce's arms, then pulled the front door open and gestured outside.My voice was calm, but completely cold."Ms. Ingram, if you don't understand the law or compensation regulations, that's fine. My lawyer will contact you afterward."The smile on Janyce's face stiffened. She clearly had not expected me to reject her so decisively."Ms. Pearson! You should know when to let things go!"The scene you caused in our salon today has already damaged both our bus

Chapter 9

This time, the compensation negotiations went unbelievably smoothly.In just one afternoon, I received a transfer of three hundred thousand dollars from Sensilk into my account.As for Felicia's side, Ashley tearfully begged Leslie to act as a mediator, hoping I would agree to discuss compensation.I thought about it for a while. In the end, because of my engagement to Leslie, I agreed to meet them.We met at a café just outside my apartment complex.By the time I arrived, Leslie and Ashley were already there waiting.The moment I walked in, Ashley burst into tears. She stood up and bowed deeply to me."Yanne... I'm sorry. This was all my mother's fault. I'm so, so sorry."I calmly took a seat and ordered a glass of water.Eyes swollen red from crying, Ashley pulled a bank card from her bag and pushed it toward me."Yanne, this is all the savings our family has."There's eighty thousand dollars in it. I'm giving all of it to you. Please, please let my mother go."She's old

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