Dumping My Fiancé For His Uncle By Danielle Sayers

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

After the auction ended, Darwin walked in, holding a tray draped with a red cloth. Thea barely glanced at him until he approached her directly.

"What's this?" she asked, her heart fluttering slightly as she instinctively looked over at Nicolas.

Nicolas's gaze shifted to the tray. "Open it. It's for you. Consider it an apology on behalf of the Hendrix family and Avon Ventures for Jake's behavior."

Thea hesitated, then lifted the red cloth, revealing a pair of earrings. They were silver, shaped like crescent moons, each adorned with pure light blue gemstones that seemed to capture the glow of moonlight.

The earrings were none other than Moonlight Fantasy, the final creation of a world-renowned jewelry designer, with a starting bid of 10 million dollars. Nicolas had won them for close to 15 million dollars.

No woman could easily resist such exquisite jewelry, and Thea was no exception. Still, she shook her head. "Mr. Hendrix, thisis too much."

up today, I might have assumed Jake handled all those projects

deal worth tens of millions of dollars. By telling the truth, you saved me from taking

Nicolas- who was known to be ruthless to not

smiled and accepted the gift. As she held the earrings, she couldn't help but wonder when Nicolas

negative light. He'd

in front of him, Nicolas hadn't so much as blinked. Jake had made him sound utterly indifferent to

her perception of the Hendrix family's leader had been shaped by Jake and his parents' fragmented, critical

of irony, the man Jake had described as heartless

it didn't matter. What mattered was

Thea was cleared of any wrongdoing in the company data leak, and

manager wasn't reinstated, she was given a new role as secretary to the CEO's office at Avon Ventures, with authority equivalent

as deputy manager was eliminated. Coing forward, Jake

office, she made a point of passing

Madelyn sobbed uncontrollably in Jake's arms, her frail form trembling as if she might