Chapter 1110

The sales associate didn't expect to close the deal so smoothly. "Ma'am, is there anything else you'd like to look at?" Shawn took out his credit card, ready to pay. Hazel glanced at the selection and decided to try on a pair of earrings. Shawn stood quietly by her side. It had been a long time since Hazel had worn earrings, and her earlobes seemed reluctant to accommodate them. Frustrated, she turned to Shawn and called out sweetly, "Shawn." With her bag slung over his arm, Shawn raised his hand and carefully worked the earring through her stubborn earlobe, bit by bit. He couldn't help but think back to the time when Hazel had decided to get her ears pierced. He had been so conservative back then and firmly opposed the idea. When Hazel had come home flaunting her freshly pierced ears, he was furious but unable to bring himself to punish her. Hazel had confidently declared, "Girls without pierced ears lose out when they get married. That's one less piece of jewelry to wear!" An