The Abandoned Wife Dumped Him First (Victoria and Elias) novel Chapter 222

Before Victoria could react, Mr. Laurent adjusted the reading glasses on his nose, studied the photo again, and said with certainty, "Yes, I'd never mistake my own work. I made these. If I remember correctly, it was late last year. A total of five pairs, all sold out."

As if remembering something, he added, "Miss Sanger, your hus—that male friend of yours has this model. The pair in your photo, that's his, isn't it?"

Victoria froze.

*Male friend...*

She looked at Mr. Laurent, her lips tightening. She knew instantly who he was talking about.

Elias.

The reason she knew about this shop was that she had bought Elias a pair of dress shoes for their first wedding anniversary. The moment Elias saw them, he had them sent to Hawk.

Hawk hadn't dared to accept them and later returned them to Victoria in private.

Seeing the disappointment in her eyes, he felt bad for her and told her that Elias never bought shoes from designer brands, but had them custom-made at Mr. Laurent's shop.

From that day on, Victoria would occasionally visit the shop, learning from Mr. Laurent how to make shoes. She would then painstakingly craft pairs based on Elias's habits and the occasions he attended.

But she knew that even if the shoes came from this shop, Elias would never accept them if they were from her.

So she stopped trying to give them to him herself. Instead, she asked Mr. Laurent to pass them to Hawk under Genevieve Vale's name.

For over two years, day after agonizing day, she had given Elias three pairs of shoes.

She had seen him wear them, but he thought they were all from Genevieve.

Even though she had moved on, the memory of such a deep, all-consuming love still brought a faint, sharp pain to her heart.

It was a pain for all those years of unvalued devotion, a pain for the Victoria who had once lost herself in her love for Elias.

Victoria composed herself and looked down at the photo on her phone. For some reason, hearing Mr. Laurent say that Elias had an identical pair felt strange.

A thought flashed through her mind, too quick to grasp.

*It must be a coincidence...*

She replied, "They're not his. They're for another friend."

*Another friend?*

Mr. Laurent knew for a fact that Mr. Shawn had bought all five pairs, and four of them were destroyed on the spot.

And the shoes in the photo were definitely not fakes.

He stroked the stubble on his chin, his cloudy eyes narrowing. He keenly caught the obvious dip in Victoria's mood as she answered. He pondered for a moment before pushing his thoughts aside.

Meanwhile, Sunny was wandering around the shop, marveling at the prices of the various custom shoes on display.

She glanced up and saw that the cheapest pair started at twenty thousand dollars.

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