Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones

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At that moment, bidder number 12 stopped bidding, and bidder number 17 continued to raise the price to 4.8 million dollars.

Naomi feigned regret and persuaded, “Malcolm, it’s just a bracelet. It’s not worth more than 4 million dollars. Why don’t we stop bidding?”

Malcolm didn’t seem to hear her. With an aloof expression, he immediately raised the price to 6 million dollars.

At that moment, hushed gasps and whispers sounded from each room. They were all discussing bidder number one’s generous bids.

Naomi’s back straightened, and she was overjoyed.

On the other hand, Tabitha was hesitating, unsure if she should continue bidding. She did not expect bidder number one to directly raise the bid to 6 million dollars. In the end, she flipped her calling card number over and chose to give up.

Chadwick looked at her in confusion. “Don’t you like Lone Star’s Tear very much?”

Tabitha smiled faintly. “It’s not easy for Grandpa Alaric to make money. Even though he loves me, I can’t splurge money like this.”

However, she wondered which bidder was Colette. ‘Is she number one or number seventeen?‘ she mused.

A complicated look swirled in Chadwick’s gaze when he noticed Tabitha’s nonchalant demeanor, as if she didn’t really care. He felt sorry for her and at the same time upset that she didn’t get what she wanted.

Tabitha deserved the best things in the world no matter the cost.

“Tabby, when it’s your birthday next year, I will design a bracelet for you

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that is prettier than Lone Star’s Tear,” Chadwick promised.

she queried, “You know

in surprise, ‘He can grow precious jasmines, is knowledgeable, and

rare

lot of related things automatically pop up in my mind. There’s a

memory.”

nodded happily. It was a good

acquired by bidder

of 600 thousand dollars. Tabitha bought the necklace for 1 million dollars and decided to wear it to attend

auction ended, there were appointed staff who brought the bidder’s jewelry to their respective rooms to complete the handover procedure.

box and left with

bumped into Malcolm. Naomi was holding

expression instantly became icy

either when he once again. witnessed how fast Tabitha’s expression

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stalemate. Neither of them took the initiative to greet one

a glimpse of the brocade box in Malcolm’s hand and was surprised to see it was the box containing Lone

turned out that bidder number one, the extravagant spender, was

Naomi here in person. It was pretty obvious Lone Star’s Tear was for

Alaric flipped through the brochure. They were discussing Lone Star’s Tear and Malcolm

must have competed over Lone Star’s Tear with

way he treated her, her heart couldn’t help but clench. It felt as though someone had grazed her heart with

didn’t hurt that much but the sharp pain lingered.

a winner. “What a coincidence, Ms. Jarvis. Oh dear, you’re in poor health but you still chose to attend the auction in person. Did you have your eyes on any beautiful jewelry?

and challenging her on purpose. She could conjure up a hundred ways to embarrass

be targeted by Malcolm because of her

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driver drove

Chadwick, “Thank you for coming with me today.”