Chapter 176 Toying With the Safe
The man’s joyful voice boomed through the phone once more. “Don’t worry about the safe and sleep well. It won’t be gone. Even if it is, I’ll send you a new one!”
“Go back to bed!” After that, Olivia hung up angrily.
Soon, she saw the few workers pushing the safe on a cart into the studio. They were shouting out directions at each other while finding the right place to put down the safe. “Where should we place this item?”
How am I supposed to know?
Taking a deep breath, she stepped into the studio and made space in her office for the safe.
Just now, when she saw the glaring money tree, she was at a loss, finding it both frustrating and funny.
The instant Kate arrived, she saw the delivery men yelling and moving the gargantuan item into the studio, which was really funny in her eyes. “Is that what your senior got you?”
Olivia nodded. “Yeah. He had a patient who was working in the diamond business, so he got the money tree ordered and delivered. The price tag of this tree is probably equivalent to the annual pay of the craftsman.”
Kate smiled. “Wow, you’re his true love then!”
She received a stare from Olivia. “Stop that nonsense. He’s my senior.”
Moving on, Kate rubbed her chin and started thinking. “Tsk, tsk, why don’t you leave someone here at night to guard the safe? I plan to come over at night to break the glass and steal a few diamonds.”
Smiling, Olivia egged her on, “Yeah, you should try it.”
“What?”
“I thought you wanted to break the glass?”
“What? Do you think I can’t?” As she spoke, she knocked on the safe, and the next second, an alarm immediately blared and attracted the attention of those outside the studio, who walked over to check out the situation.
Olivia was shocked too because she only wanted Kate to give it a try without expecting the loud alarm noise. She hurriedly looked around for the remote control and finally managed to turn the alarm off after entering the password.
Everyone surrounded the two and discussed the security alarm with great interest.
As for Kate, she was patting her chest in shock. “My god, that was terrifying. It looks like it’s not easy to steal that tree.”
Nathan happened to walk up and overheard her remark. He could not help but make fun of her. “Are you stupid? There’s a reason they placed the money tree at the most conspicuous place. How would they let you steal it that easily?”
Kate looked up at Nathan and wanted to tell him that it was none of his business. However, she saw Melanie locking arms with Nathan. When her eyes met Melanie’s, she decided not to retort and instead chose to ignore him.
It was Nathan who was unused to Kate’s behavior as he joked, “Looks like you’re more behaved today. You indeed have a guilty conscience.”
Furious, Kate could not stop herself from barking back at him, “Get lost, Nathan Baker! I’m only overlooking your comments out of respect for your girlfriend. Don’t cross the line!”
“Tsk, tsk!” He clicked his tongue disapprovingly and turned around to take a look at Melanie. Then, he pinched Melanie’s chin and remarked, “You command people’s respect.”
Melanie shunned his advance in embarrassment, “Quit fooling around. There are people around us.”
Kate stared blankly at the lovey-dovey couple and frantically shifted her gaze away to the money tree, acting as if she was casually admiring it.
Noticing Kate’s discomfort, Olivia stood out and announced, “It’s about time. Let’s go out now.”
A few people responded to her. They left the studio and prepared for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
At 9.58 a.m., the ceremony officially started. Since there was a firecracker ban in Summer City, some merry music was played in the background as a replacement. In the middle of the music, Olivia took the microphone and gave a short speech.
“I would like to express my thanks to everyone who has taken time off to attend this ceremony at my studio. Here, I’d like to welcome everyone warmly and sincerely thank my team. Olivia Maxwell’s studio has just opened, but we have an established design team, ensuring that each of our outfits is unique so that every woman who wears our products could shine in their unique and irreplaceable charms. Do look forward to more products and support us in the future. Today, we will provide a 12% discount as a welcome gift to all guests. You can pre-order any item you like and even discuss your ideas with us. We guarantee you a satisfactory shopping experience. Thank you!”
