"This... this is..."
Once she clearly saw the old-fashioned gold necklace lying in the small gift box,
Sam's hands trembled as she practically snatched the gift box away.
She picked up the necklace, quickly brought it close to inspect it, and checked it over.
For the first time, an expression of pleasant surprise appeared on her face.
"Hunter, this is my mother's necklace. How did you get it?"
Hunter saw that she had finally shaken off her lifeless state.
Maintaining a gentle smile, he let out a long sigh of relief. "As long as it's the right one. Honestly, I've been worried all these days that I bought the wrong thing."
Seeing that Sam was still anxiously waiting for his answer, Hunter quickly told the lie he had prepared long ago.
"A few days ago when you were acting as my guide, your mood suddenly became terrible starting from the second day."
"I asked you about it then, but you wouldn't tell me anything."
"Your mood stayed bad for the next few days."
"So I went to ask your colleagues, but they weren't sure either."
"It was a coincidence, but on the day I went to ask, I happened to run into someone."
"He approached me and asked for ten thousand us dollars."
"After I paid him, he told me that your boyfriend, Jared, had let it slip while buying boat repair materials at their shop."
"That's how I found out your boyfriend sold the heirloom your mother left you."
"I knew that must be why you were so heartbroken."
"So, I searched around Nassau for several days before I finally found the shop where your boyfriend sold the gold necklace."
"Then I bought it back."
"I wanted you to see if it really was your mother's heirloom."
"And then, return it to you."
"Unfortunately, I went looking for you several times these past few days and even tracked down your address, but I couldn't find you."
"I was actually prepared to leave it at your workplace today and have your colleagues give it to you for me."
"Thank God I was finally able to see you and return it to you personally before leaving the Bahamas."
A man's mouth is full of lies.
Sam obviously didn't know that not a single word out of Hunter's mouth was true.
But from the handsome Asian Youth before her, she felt care and protection.
"He truly has fallen in love with me!"
"Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to care so much about everything involving me."
Sam was moved, and she couldn't help but think of her boyfriend Jared's repeated betrayals.
She thought about his various behaviors since they started dating.
If Sam had initially agreed to date her childhood friend Jared to repay him for his care and protection during the years after her parents died,
then by now, that debt of gratitude was more or less repaid.
"I don't owe you anything anymore, Jared!"
Sam thought silently to herself, finally hardening her resolve.
She was going to break up with that boyfriend who had betrayed her over and over again.
The moment Sam made this decision, she immediately felt a change.
The shackles that had tightly bound her for a year, leaving her exhausted and breathless, completely vanished in that instant.
However, as Sam's gaze fell upon her mother's heirloom gold necklace in her hand,
she felt a new bond wrapping around her.
Only this time, it didn't seem to bring that previous exhaustion that often made her feel breathless.
"Hunter..."
"Thank you..."
Sam knew that the handsome Asian Youth before her would soon be leaving the Bahamas.
She was penniless now; all the money she had earned in the past had gone toward supporting herself and her ex-boyfriend.
Even though Sam was well-liked and could temporarily borrow some money from the colleagues and friends around her,
she knew very well that her friends and colleagues weren't wealthy people either.
Borrowing a few hundred or a thousand bahamian dollars was fine, but scraping together over ten thousand us dollars was nearly impossible.
Sam never liked owing anyone anything.
She was indeed very moved by everything Hunter had done for her.
She finally dropped all her defenses against the gentle, considerate, and handsome Asian Youth before her, and she felt a great deal of affection for him.
But having just experienced a heartbreak, Sam felt that in the short term,
it would be impossible for her to fall in love again or accept another man into her heart.
Yet he was leaving the Bahamas soon. If she waited any longer, Sam wouldn't be able to repay this gentle and considerate handsome Asian Youth who had given her such a complete sense of security.
For a moment, Sam fell into a struggle.
She had known for a long time that she was extremely beautiful and had a good figure.
Since she was young, crowds of men had surrounded her, all hoping to win her favor.
However, Sam was born into a devout Catholic family and had very strict views on partners and marriage.
Before dating her ex-boyfriend Jared, Sam was nowhere near as open as her peers in the Bahamas.
And after dating Jared, she had been single-minded and loyal. Even after supporting him for over a year, she had been working hard, hoping to walk down the aisle with her ex-boyfriend.
Until her heart was completely broken.
Sam knew that she herself was the only thing she could offer right now to repay the kindness of this handsome Asian Youth.
And he clearly had his eyes on her; he had even confessed his feelings to her a few days ago.
"Forget it!"
After hesitating for a long time, Sam finally made a decision.
"I will stay by your side until you leave the Bahamas."
"Consider it a way to repay you, and a tribute to this romance that is destined never to bloom."
Once Sam made the silent decision to use herself to repay Hunter, she felt a wave of relief wash over her.
Even the mother's heirloom gold necklace in her hand—which Sam had feared she would never see again after Jared sold it for money a few days ago—
didn't feel as scorching hot as before.
Hunter watched all the complex emotional changes on Sam's face during this short time.
Relying on his Micro-expression Analysis and Emotional Analysis skills, both of which had reached Level 4,
he keenly sensed the change in Sam's mood. Once he was certain she had finally made a decision,
Hunter, realizing he was about to succeed, did not let carelessness cause him to fail at the final moment.
"There's no more food in the villa."
"It just so happens that since coming to the Bahamas, I haven't really explored Nassau properly."
"Sam, can you accompany me to the city for a walk? We can pick up some small gifts that I can give to my friends when I return home."
Hunter decided that he would definitely set up the villa properly later.
He would prepare a delicious, sumptuous, and romantic candlelit dinner, and finally, give her a perfect night.
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