chapter 118: Foul play
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Chapter 118

The sales associate explained the situation to Mrs Jenkins again and Mrs Jenkins listened with rapt attention. After a moment she turned to look at Adeline and said,

“I understand your frustration, but our policy is quite clear. You can pick out another dress from our tons of collections” Mrs Jenkins stated and a victorious smile formed on Margaret's face.

Mrs Jenkins, upon entering into the store spotted Margaret and knew that Margaret is not a customer to joke with. She was aware of the impact that Rowan, Margaret's son in law had made in the store!

And she knew they would suffer it greatly if proxima group, which is Rowan's company, withdraw their services.

So, each time Margaret paid them a visit she always made sure to provide the best services so she could impress Margaret and in directly impress Rowan too.

Margaret smiled as this is exactly what she expected. She knew Mrs Jenkins would see nothing wrong with what she did and just as expected, she saw nothing wron
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