Chapter 249

Chapter 249

"Yeah, I think so too, but I feel the price is a bit steep."

After saying this, Sophia turned to the sales assistant and asked softly, "Excuse me, is this outfit on sale today?"

Although she was now the CEO of the Brown Group, Sophia still didn't like spending money carelessly.

Before she got her inheritance back, the clothes she wore daily were just a few dozen dollars. Later when she started working, the most expensive clothes she wore were only one or two hundred dollars.

Now it was only because she had the position of CEO of the Brown Group that Sophia thought she should dress more presentably.

Besides, the Smith family had already spread the news about her and James's upcoming wedding everywhere. When she went out now, she also represented James's wife, so she paid more attention to her appearance.

The sales assistant glanced at Sophia and spoke very respectfully, "Miss, this outfit isn't on sale today because it's newly released. If you need discounted clothing, you can choose from the just-out-of-season items over there, or ones in larger sizes."

The sales assistant spoke very politely, without any hint of discrimination.

Sophia nodded in understanding. At this moment, Evelyn rolled her eyes at her, somewhat dissatisfied.

"Sophia, what's wrong with you? You're the CEO of the Brown Group now. Can't you afford an eighty-thousand-dollar outfit?"

For someone of Sophia's current worth, an eighty-thousand-dollar outfit really wasn't expensive, but Sophia wasn't born into privileged living conditions.

So she cherished her current life and didn't want to waste money on clothes and material things.

"It's not about whether I can afford it or not. I just think it's fine to look presentable when going out, but spending eighty thousand dollars on one piece of clothing, I still can't bring myself to do it. Let's look around some more."

After saying this, Sophia turned to the sales assistant with an apologetic look.

"Sorry, I'll browse a bit more. Thank you for your help."

"No problem."

The sales assistant nodded politely. Then Sophia and Evelyn turned and left the store. Just as they walked out, they ran into Veda, whom they hadn't seen in a long time.

Veda now looked terrible and was skin and bones, dressed very lightly, with scars from previous injuries clearly visible.

She looked up and froze when she saw Sophia and Evelyn.

Evelyn snorted coldly. Just seeing Veda now made her furious.

"Isn't this Veda from the Brown family? Still in the mood to shop at such an upscale mall? You could afford to shop at places like this before, but you can't anymore, can you?"

Hearing Evelyn's sarcastic words, Veda's face immediately turned pale, her hands clenched tightly into fists.

"Whether I'm in the mood to shop at the mall or not has nothing to do with you. Please move aside."

Veda's attitude was very bad, but the worse her tone was now, the happier Evelyn felt inside.

Before, whenever she and Sophia went shopping and ran into Veda, Veda would act all high and mighty just like this.

Now Evelyn was just treating Veda the way Veda used to treat them.

"What if I don't move? Veda, I really didn't expect it. The person who was so arrogant in front of me before has now become so pathetic."

Veda glared angrily at Evelyn, ignoring her and looking directly at Sophia instead.

"Sophia, I know you're about to have a wedding with James, but don't get too cocky. A wedding is just a wedding, it doesn't mean you'll be happy in the future."

Veda clenched her hands tightly into fists, her nails digging deep into her palms.

That damn Sophia was actually acting so arrogant in front of her today. Veda had already planned everything. Whether Sophia would be happy in the future depended on her.

Hearing this, Sophia raised her eyebrows slightly.

"I'm already very happy now, no need to talk about the future. Right now I'm not only the CEO of the Brown Group, but also the most favored among all of Aiden's daughters-in-law."

As soon as Sophia finished speaking, Evelyn spoke up again.

"Exactly, Veda, I think you're just jealous. I know your life is pretty miserable now, but you don't need to curse others. That just makes you look cheap."

"And I know you don't want to face reality right now, but there's no helping it. This is what your life is going to be like from now on."

Veda was so angry at Evelyn's words she could barely speak. Just then, Evelyn looked down and saw that Veda was holding shopping bags containing some designer clothes.

"Veda, what are you doing? I know you can't afford to buy these designer clothes anymore. Are you carrying these clothes around to show off to people? Or did you bring the clothes you bought before to sell them?"

Evelyn was a very sharp person, and she immediately guessed what Veda was thinking.

Designer clothes like these could be resold as long as they weren't too worn, but the depreciation was huge. Something bought for fifty thousand dollars could only be resold for about ten thousand dollars.

Although Veda knew this wasn't ideal, she had no choice. The only things she could turn into cash now were the luxury items she had bought before.

After all, Hayden made her cook every day now but never gave her money for groceries, so she had to find some way to get money for food.

Evelyn's words made Veda's face turn pale. She looked around anxiously, afraid that others would see her embarrassment.

Seeing her reaction, Sophia and Evelyn knew they had guessed right.

At this moment, Sophia lifted her chin and stepped forward, saying, "Veda, after all, you're my sister in name. Let me see what you're selling. If I need anything, why don't I just buy it from you?"

Veda was slightly stunned. Although she really didn't want to deal with Sophia and Evelyn, she had just taken her clothes to a resale shop, and those people didn't want them at all.

Those brand stores simply didn't want to buy them back. She had just come out of their store looking dejected when she ran into Sophia and Evelyn.

Because Veda was really short on money now, although she didn't want to see Sophia acting all high and mighty, when she heard that Sophia was willing to buy her things, her eyes still lit up.

She couldn't get in touch with rich people anymore, so these designer clothes were useless to her now. If these useless things could be bought by Sophia, she would naturally be very willing.