Jeanette the Genius: Defying My Evil Stepmother by Starting a Business with My Ride-or-Die Fiancé! Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 6] by Miyako Miyano

Author:Miyako Miyano
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Two days later, Jeanette and Claus were standing in a jewelry shop, gazing upon the rows of colorful gemstones lined up before them. They were on a search for the last Bairapa tourmaline for the necklace.

“Hmm... It really is difficult to find gems good enough for someone like Duke Pablo,” Jeanette remarked.

Claus frowned in concern. “We’ve had no success with any of the jewelers in the capital city... What about that letter you sent to the merchants abroad? Any luck?”

“I’m still waiting for the reply. If they are able to meet our requirements, I’d be willing to pay them any amount of money for it...” she responded, but her words faded into silence.

Noticing as much, Claus turned to look at her. “What’s wrong?”

“I just can’t stop thinking about why the jeweler who sold Duke Pablo that necklace only replaced one of the tourmalines with apatite...”

The duke had informed them earlier that he’d seen the initial design of the necklace along with the gemstones at a shop called Guajardo’s Jewelry, and decided to buy it on the spot. However, while initially there were supposed to be three Bairapa tourmalines, the duke had requested to increase the number to five. Jeanette knew that the owner of Guajardo wasn’t the type of person to agree to a promise he couldn’t fulfill, so he must’ve accepted the duke’s request because he was confident he could accommodate it.

Technically, it was possible that the owner purposefully switched the tourmaline for an apatite to profit from it, but... No, Mr. Guajardo wouldn’t do that! Jeanette asserted inwardly. I heard his shop’s doing well financially, and he wouldn’t stand to gain anything by trying to scam someone.

In fact, selling someone a false jewel would’ve led to a plethora of disadvantages. In this industry, selling even one counterfeit gemstone was sure to cause people’s trust in the store to plummet—all the more so if the seller did that on purpose. Under such circumstances, one not only risked having their shop be forcibly shut down, but in the worst case scenario, they could’ve even been imprisoned on grounds of committing fraud.

When Jeanette said as much,, Claus nodded in acknowledgment. “You do have a point... Indeed, why was there only one counterfeit?”

“I’ve been curious about that since the start, and I’ve been thinking it over...” Jeanette responded. “Perhaps in the beginning, the seller truly didn’t want to swindle the duke, but for some reason, he felt he had no other choice...”

If my line of thinking is correct, then by visiting Guajardo’s, we might be able to get a clue about what happened to the real Bairapa tourmaline that was supposed to be put in the necklace.

Thinking the same thing as her, Claus smiled and presented his hand to her. “Sounds like the key to solving this mystery must be at Guajardo’s. Shall we pay them a visit?”

“Yes! Let’s go!” Jeanette nodded, taking his hand as the two of them began walking.

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Once they arrived at Guajardo’s Jewelry, Jeanette called out to the nearest clerk.

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