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."

calm gaze rested on her. "If you hadn't spoken up today, I might have assumed Jake handled all those projects

of millions of dollars. By telling the truth, you saved me from taking a major

expecting Nicolas- who was known to be

held the earrings, she couldn't help but wonder when Nicolas had started looking out for Jake so much, even wanting to clean up his

painted Nicolas in a negative light. He'd told Thea that

and emotionless, even recounting how, when his grandmother passed away in front of him, Nicolas hadn't so much as blinked. Jake had made him sound utterly indifferent to anything and anyone. Thea had believed it. For years, even when she saw

of the Hendrix family's leader had

twist of irony, the man Jake had described as heartless was the first to truly consider

because of Jake, it didn't matter. What mattered was

swiftly. Thea was cleared of any wrongdoing in the company data leak, and the real culprit was still

given a new role as secretary to the CEO's office at Avon Ventures, with

manager was eliminated. Coing forward, Jake

belongings back into the office, she made a point of passing

Jake and Madelyn in an embrace. Madelyn sobbed uncontrollably in Jake's arms, her frail form

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