Laurence picked up the necklace again and walked behind Noelle, intending to fasten it around her neck.

“Mr. Laurence, no.”

Noelle snapped back to her senses and hurriedly stopped him. “Sir, this necklace is far too precious. I can’t accept it.”

It was a necklace meant to be worn only by the wife of the head of the Longbottoms.

She was nothing more than Laurence’s bodyguard. What right did she have to wear something so valuable?

Laurence gazed at her deeply. “Noelle, I bought this necklace