Chapter 13 - Diamonds are a girl's best friends

She reached out her hand as he put the ring on her finger. Lily knew it was all part of the show.

His scary smile that never reached his eyes. This gaze, which meant complete devotion for an outsiders, but cold calculation for Lily.

"Do you like it, sweetheart?" His voice sounded as melodic as if he were sitting on clouds. That damn actor, Lily thought furiously.

"I think that's not the right thing for us," She replied sweetly. She decided she would play his stupid game. "Don't you have a pair of rings that fit together? I thought, I saw something like that. My friend's wedding ring had a pattern that was fitted into the pattern of her husband's wedding ring. I think that would be very sweet." She whispered dreamily to the jeweler and jewelry designer. Today she would waste his time. That's what Alexandre hated the most. A revenge for the circus of the last days and the cheesy stories he liked to tell in public.

The jewelry designer leaned forward. She stroked a golden brown strand of hair behind her ear. The designer was young, but she was famous in the industry and knew the trends. Why she was quickly reclaimed by Chaumet. "Yes, these rings are currently a la mode, but you definitely want something personal?" Lily nodded. "What do you imagine, mademoiselle?" Asked the chief jeweler as he heard the cash register ring in his head. He knew Alexandre de Valois well. He always spent a lot of money on his lover's jewelry. For his wife, he would certainly spend a small fortune. Hugo had been the branch manager of Chaumet in Dijon for 25 years and Alexandre was one of his VVIP clients. His wife Lillian de Clermont would now be among his new priorities, the 45-year-old store manager happily decided, smoothing out his black suit.

Lily looked down at the display. She spent a lot of time studying the rings as she fished out a filigree ring. "Somehow like that." She pushed the ring into the middle of the table. "I thought the ring would be shaped like a rose and .... I think we'd better take that kind of pink diamonds and arrange them like a rose."

Lily turned to Alexandre with a charming smile. Alexandre already guessed what his kitten had in mind. "As a symbol of our first meeting. Do you still remember the rose garden three years ago?" Her eyes glittered with enthusiasm, but Alexandre could also see the tease in it. He liked it. He grinned and pulled her closer. "Of course, my lamb." Only for a second, shame and surprise flashed up in her deep blue eyes. A soft blush stained her white cheeks. She wanted to free herself from his grip. But he only pulled her closer. He kissed her shoulder gently before leaning back into the brown leather couch. As if burned, she moved away from him after he finally released her. Meanwhile, her face was tomato red and that gave him an inner satisfaction. He wanted more. "You looked so beautiful, my honey." He wanted to tease her further.

"And your ring ..." She interrupted Alexandre hastily. Lily still got diabetes from this shameless man. She just wanted to sink into the ground. "... should then fit the rose tendrils. Wouldn't that be nice." She whispered meekly. Oh, how she condemned herself.

"What a lovely idea!" The designer whispered enthusiastically and quickly drew a draft. She went to great lengths because the couple was so adorable. They were so adorable. She also wanted to find such a prince. She decided to tell her colleges. There was still hope for the prince on the white horse. She had seen it.

"Something like that?" She pushed back the sheet of paper to Lily with the draft on it.

Lily nodded. "That's perfect." She didn't even look closely at the design. Everything she wanted was to get out of here.

But Alexandre had other plans and picked up the draft. Looked at it slowly, before leaning back to face Lily. He rested his head comfortably on her shoulder. Of course, his kitten wanted to shake him off, but he did not allow it. "You're right. It's perfect." He stroked her cheek, gave her a smile that could turn her world upside down. Then he lowered his face until he was so close to her that she found it hard to think.

"You need an engagement ring." He whispered near her lips. Her face was on fire. Never had a man been so close to her.

"We still want an engagement ring. In white gold, like the wedding rings. A sapphire, the same color as her eyes. Shaped, like a rose." If only he would not look at her like that! The blood was roaring in her head. "A symbol of our fulfilled love." Slowly he runs his thumb over her soft lips. She was still trapped in his eyes. He refused to free her from his spell.

Even the designer looked bashfully at her sketches while she drew her design on paper. "Something like that?" The young jewelery designer asked.

"Decorate the ring a bit like this." Alexandre reached for a ring in a filigree vintage style engraved with fine spirals that wound like a vine around the top and side of the band.

The young designer looked up briefly. Looking fascinated at the ring. Then she smoothed her black dress before returning to her sketch.

Lily did not know where to look. She was disturbed. It bothered her how the manager looked at her with those knowing eyes. Knowledge that Lily did not have.Embarrassed, she looked at the display cases, which were filled with numerous pieces of jewelry. Lily wanted to die out of embarrassment.

Alexandre confidently put a dark curl behind her ear. Immediately Lily's attention was back on him. He was as close as before. Lily wanted to turn her head away, but he quickly reached out after her chin. Looked at her with that gaze. "If you like something you just have to say it."

With a wave of his hand he gestured to the jeweler to show her other pieces of jewelry. Lily sighed as the employees entered the private room in their black uniforms. In their hands they carried varied pieces of jewelry.