Chapter 750 Miracle

Hayley's POV.

The folks from Winterbite Pack had no idea about the grudge between Freya and me, but they definitely recognized me as the girl who dropped four million on a chunk of what looked like useless arone.

As soon as I stepped into the room, they all exchanged smug looks, waiting to see me make a fool of myself.

"Took you long enough," Celine mocked, “Let me guess-you realized you bought junk and didn't have the guts to cut it open in public?"

"Or maybe." I replied, my voice slow and steady, "I was just waiting for you to go first. It's only when you've seen what's average that you can truly appreciate what's exceptional,"

I shot Henry a look. He nodded, caught the cue instantly, and carried the stone to the table.

“Lapidary,” I said, "use the finest grinder. Hand-cut it."

Freya curled her lips into a mocking smile, clearly enjoying herself.

The scent of her perfume alone was enough to make Hera growl in disgust. I casually stepped a bit farther

away.

The lapidary didn't say much. He simply grabbed the thinnest tool from his kit and got to work.

he began to grind down the outer layer. Powder

The lapidary froze.

same moment, someone near the

stretched his neck to see, eyes

sapphire! A

forward, elbow to elbow,

one of these with my own eyes!" someone exclaimed. “Look at the fire in

she

The

on my stone.

completely transfixed. I remained calm and lifted a

ear. He snapped out of his daze and resumed work-but this time, with full focus,

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was already past 1 p.m. Not only had the crowd not thirmed, but it had grown nore jewelers had heard the news

back, the truth became clear that rare sapphire made up over 80% of

entire stone,

once-in-a-century treasure-this

as if the gem had cast a spell on them. They stood still, staring, their eyes glassy with

at me, her teeth clenched so tightly

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