Craving Purity

01

Holding up a large diamond ring, Greyson smiled at his customer. "Is this the one you're interested in, sir?" he asked in a seductive tone, brushing his arm against the man to encourage him.

It was an upside to being one of the Seven Deadly Sins. He had the ability to persuade and encourage people to give up their money for goods, and they often listened unless they were strong willed and completely opposed to an idea.

The man looked at the ring and hummed. "If it'll make my wife forget I cheated on her..." He trailed off, his face burning red. "Sorry, too much information."

Greyson licked his lips, eyeing the poor man trying to earn forgiveness through jewelry. "Ah, it's quite alright, feel free to tell me anything you please," he cooed, the customer looking up and losing himself in Greyson's emerald eyes. "I know some other rings that may please her more. They're a tad bit more expensive, but they'll win her over in a second."

Greyson was well aware that every word he spoke was a lie; any smart girl would leave the man that cheated on her, but he didn't care. All purchases were final and his only desire was to get the green tucked into his customer's wallet into his own clutches.

Maybe he'd take his soulmate out for a nice dinner with the money... he may have been the sin of greed, but Greyson was nothing but generous when it came to the envious love of his life.

"May I see those rings?" the customer asked, appearing to be in a dazed trance. "I'm sure she'd love them."

Greyson hummed in agreement, secretly bursting with joy. "Of course," he said, leading the man to some of their rarer and pricier rings, the cheapest one reaching well over fifteen thousand dollars, the kind of ring a well off man would buy for an engagement.

Or, apparently, a divorce.

Greyson smiled at the thought of the man returning home with his new, non-returnable ring, only for his future ex-wife to have thrown all of his stuff out and not listen to anything he has to say.

"Which would you recommend?" the man asked, pleading for help with his eyes.

Greyson loved that question. It was almost like they wanted to pay over their three month salary for a ring.

"If you want to win your lover back, I'd say go for the white gold diamond," Greyson said, pointing at a eighteen thousand dollar ring. "It will not only win her back, but it looks beautiful on any skin tone and it should be within a well off man's price range."

Bringing up a man's salary always got them to give in, because no man would admit he was poor to Greyson. Especially not a desperate man who had fallen into his trance.

"I'll take it," the man said, holding out his card and handing it to Greyson.

Taking the card and trying to control his excitement, Greyson swiped the piece of plastic, wishing he could smell all of the cash that could come from it.

"Would you like to spend an extra one hundred for special gift wrapping?" Greyson asked as he took out the ring. "Women love the special wrapping."

The man handed his card over for the second time and didn't notice the pleasure on Greyson's face when he swiped it. Once he had his ring, the man thanked Greyson and left the store, his mind still lost in its trance.

After that, the store was empty, so Greyson put up the closed for lunch sign and made his way into the break room/office where his beautiful soulmate sat, glowering at him.

"What's put you in a mood, beautiful?" Greyson asked his platinum blond haired soulmate, who was seated on the break room table. "Jealous, as usual?"