The salesperson repeated the name with a confused look on their face.
Jane was highly skeptical and directly told the salesperson on the other end of the phone, “I’ll come to your store right now and get it.”
Driving in her car, her mind was filled with the words the store clerk had just said. She didn’t understand what Melissa was up to and how it was related to her. What were they plotting?
She felt like she was being kept in the dark, allowing them to manipulate her.
Arriving at the mall, with the guidance of the salesperson’s phone instructions and Jane, the original impression quickly led them to the brand. Stepping inside, the overall style was indeed similar to Melissa’s usual attire.
However, all of this was just her speculation.
The salespeople, seeing her well-dressed appearance, approached her with smiles on their faces. “Hello, miss. How can we assist you?”
Jane recognized the voice as the person she spoke to on the phone and looked up, scanning her from top to bottom.
“Don’t you recognize me? You asked me to come here and get the phone.”
The salesperson listened to the voice and carefully examined Jane’s appearance, finding it hard to believe. They double-checked, “Are you really Miss Pansy?”
Jane hummed lightly in her heart and directly interrupted, “Isn’t it obvious?”
She then showed the salesperson the call records on her phone. After several confirmations from them, they finally recognized Jane as Melissa.
One of the salespeople took a phone out from the counter and handed it to her. “Last time, your husband came with you, right? Your husband is really considerate. They say men who accompany women shopping are rare, but your husband is exceptionally patient.”
Hearing this, Jane’s anger grew stronger. She never expected these two individuals to openly engage in such affairs right under her nose.
The loss of her parents had already caused her immense grief, and yet the people around her continued to deceive her time and time again.
Perhaps there was no one left in this world whom she could trust.
“You got it wrong. I’m not Melissa.” Jane no longer wanted to hide and directly revealed her identity.
The salespeople were shocked to hear this and couldn’t believe that the person in front of them was real.
“In that case, we can’t let you take this phone.”
Saying so, the salesperson was about to take it back, but Jane was quicker and swiftly dropped the phone into her bag, glaring fiercely at the salesperson.
“You’re also a branded store. You allowed a stranger to leave my phone number here and deliberately left her phone behind. What do you think she was up to?”
Jane’s words were precise, leaving the questioning salesperson speechless.
Such situations were nothing new to them, as wealthy men often had a few people like this around them.
“But here’s the thing. It’s your family matter, and it has nothing to do with us. Our goal is to find the owner of the phone. Since you’re not the one, please return the phone to us.”
The salesperson remained persistent.
Jane’s anger had already reached its limit and couldn’t be contained anymore. She directly sat down on the sofa. “Get your manager here!”
She believed that in such a large shopping mall, there should be someone who knew her.
Jane didn’t want to waste her breath on the salesperson.
Seeing the situation, the salesperson had no choice but to send someone to find the manager.
After a while, a young man in a suit entered her sight. Jane carefully examined him, finding him to be a well-mannered and promising figure.
The manager quickly extended his hand as he saw Jane. “Ms. North, hello.”
Jane nodded lightly without shaking his hand, making the manager feel awkward.
“Could you explain to your salespeople who I am?”
After some communication with the manager, the salespeople came forward one by one to admit their mistake and apologize to Jane.
“Sorry, Ms. North, we misunderstood. You can take the phone with you,” the salespeople apologized sincerely, showing a serious attitude towards Jane.
“In that case, I don’t want to waste any more words with you. I’d like to ask, can I freely view the surveillance footage here?” Jane opened her phone, glanced at her call records with Patrick, and had a plan in mind.
“Of course, please follow me,” the manager naturally didn’t want to offend such a big customer. After all, Jane’s entertainment company was one of the top companies, and she also had Patrick, a business tycoon, as her husband.
Just by Patrick lifting a finger, he could buy the entire mall, let alone just a surveillance video. They didn’t dare to offend such a person.
Thus, the manager led Jane and one of the salespeople to the control room.
The manager personally operated the surveillance system, extracting the relevant footage and placing it on the desktop. To make it clearer for Jane to watch, he even enlarged it several times, specifically focusing on the entire scene of Melissa entering and leaving the mall.
Jane carefully examined the recording and discovered that they had entered the mall from the entrance. They spent a whole hour inside, as if they were casually shopping together, and Patrick appeared relaxed and enjoyed the process.
Jane couldn’t suppress her anger any longer and slammed her hand on the table.
The manager and the salesperson beside her were startled and took a few steps back.
“Who paid for the clothes she tried on in your store?” Jane almost gritted her teeth as she asked.
The salesperson had already been intimidated by her aura and their voice trembled as they answered her question.
“Miss Pansy tried on three to four outfits, and in the end, Mr. Pansy decided on one and purchased it.”
The salesperson’s words further fueled Jane’s anger to its limits.
The manager quickly tried to persuade her, “Isn’t Melissa Mr. Pansy’s cousin? It’s not a big deal to buy clothes for his cousin.”
Jane’s icy gaze swept over the intimidated manager, who dared not even breathe loudly.
“Who told you they are cousins? Never mind, pay more attention to the news!”
Jane snorted coldly and left the place.
Sitting in the car, her anger grew as she thought about it. The whole situation didn’t require Patrick’s involvement, but he insisted on bringing Melissa out of the police station and treating her so well.
Jane couldn’t understand what was really going on.
So she called Pansy’s Old Mansion again, openly and discreetly inquiring about Melissa’s situation.