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."

"If you hadn't spoken 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 a major risk. These earrings are simply compensation for all

in the past, never expecting Nicolas- who was known to be ruthless to not be angry and even acknowledge

but wonder when Nicolas had started looking out for Jake

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

sound utterly indifferent to anything and anyone. Thea had believed it. For years,

her perception of the Hendrix family's leader had been shaped

as heartless was the first to truly

valued her skills or because of Jake, it didn't matter. What mattered was that Nicolas had given her an

of any wrongdoing in the company data leak, and

new role as secretary to the CEO's office at

Coing forward, Jake would need Thea's approval for

the office, she made a point of

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