Divorce Time

Chapter 129

Connie sighed, “At this point, all we can hope for is that Vesta doesn’t bid on the emerald jewelry set coming up.”

Charlene felt the same way.

But…Was it possible?

The starting bid for the emerald set was ten million.

Someone bid fifteen million.

Charlene was the second to bid: “Eighteen million.”

“Twenty million.”

“Twenty–five million.”

Charlene and Connie sighed in relief when they saw Vesta hadn’t bid, but just as Charlene was about to raise her paddle again, Vesta lifted hers.

“Fifty million.”

The room gasped in surprise, but Vesta calmly lowered her hand.

Charlene clenched her fists, thought for a moment, and then bid: “Sixty million.”

“Sixty–five million.”

“Seventy million.”

At this, Charlene hesitated. It was her grandmother’s 70th birthday, a rare occasion, and if she bid eighty

million-

she thought this, Vesta raised her paddle again: “One hundred and twenty

and after catching her breath, she silently

accustomed to

on, no one else

went to Vesta.

lots, but the auction house rules required attendees to stay until the end of the auction, so she had no

and seeing Thorne effortlessly spend over three hundred and sixty million in one evening, Connie couldn’t help but comment, “Thorne won’t keep bidding, will

answer to Connie’s

soon became clear when

the auction, Charlene and Connie left the

Charlene didn’t

about that side of the room, so she saw Dalton going over to Thorne and Vesta to greet

auction hall, an acquaintance of Connie’s approached them. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Connie, the

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this young lady? I don’t think I’ve seen her before. Which

Charlene

the lady’s smile faded slightly, “Ah, Mr. Ross’s niece, I see. Quite the beauty…”

about the

said that Mr. Ross’s sister had suffered from love–related distress in her youth, which affected her mental health, leading her to spend years in a

education was also “impressive, her mother’s mental

Ross family’s business had been declining over the

chances of The Ross Group making a comeback seemed slim.

these two significant drawbacks, no matter how

to enter her doors.

What a pity…