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-

Vesta raised her paddle again: “One hundred and twenty million.”

her breath, she silently

had become accustomed to Thorne’s extravagant spending.

that point on, no one else placed a

went to Vesta.

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

were expectedly higher, 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 he? Even for someone as rich as him, there’s a limit to such spending. He really doesn’t hold back when it comes to spending on his mistress.”

answer to Connie’s musings.

answer soon became clear when Thorne didn’t bid again.

the auction, Charlene and Connie left the

didn’t give

room, so she saw Dalton going over to

acquaintance of Connie’s approached them. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Connie, the acquaintance’s gaze fell on Charlene and

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think I’ve seen her before. Which family’s daughter is she?”

Charlene to her.

this, the lady’s smile faded slightly, “Ah, Mr.

the Ross

in her youth, which affected her mental health, leading her to spend years in

her mother’s mental health issues might not

family’s business had been declining over

working for the company, the chances of The Ross Group making a comeback seemed slim.

matter how appealing Charlene

to enter her doors.

What a pity…