I Want a Divorce by Abigail Quinn

Chapter 136

Even Will, at this moment, was quite nervous as he stared at the most expensive scentedwood, the most expensive wood. His sister, Jenifer, was equally anxious.

If Jenifer and Will didn’t win any of the bets today, the loss of over 4 million dollars would be a small matter, but what they feared more was the repercussions of their failure, which could reach their father.

The Woods family wasn’t entirely united. Jenifer’s father had two brothers, all of whom had their eyes on her father’s position.

Besides, the ex-wife of Jenifer’s father and he had a son and a daughter, both of whom were not easy to deal with. Moreover, her father had an illegitimate son, which was not publicly acknowledged but known within the family, and he had a great affection for this boy in his teens.

The master craftsman also noticed the solemn expressions on Will and Jenifer’s faces. Nobody dared to say much, and he began cutting the wood along the marked lines.

All’eyes were fixed on the wood as the sawdust fell with the grating sound of the saw. This scentedwood was the largest, with the best external characteristics and the potential to significantly increase in value if a ghost face appeared.

After all, the larger the piece of wood, the larger the objects that can be made from it, and hence, the higher the value.

A few minutes later, the saw cut through the wood, and all eyes were fixed on the cut surface.

“Oh… there’s no… ghost face…”

Will’s heart sank as the most expensive scentedwood, which had all his hopes pinned on it, failed to reveal a ghost face with the first cut.

“Cut it again!” Will ordered the master craftsman with a grim expression.

Will is getting more nervous. What else could he do but instruct the craftsman to continue cutting at the wood?

One piece, two pieces, three pieces, four pieces…

The craftsman kept cutting until the final piece, but not a trace of the ghost face appeared in the largest scentedwood.

The gamble was a complete failure.

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longer. His face was as dark as the

was written all over

high-priced scentedwood pieces, and not one revealed a ghost face.

awkwardly and thought that Mr. Woods had lost big this time. He figured maybe his own luck was about to turn around.

had bought two pieces, the second and fourth in price, one worth over 200,000 million dollars and the other over- 400,000 million dollars,

four piece. He followed a similar strategy to Will, starting with the lower-value piece and saving

used a forklift to bring the wood

as they cut the wood and waited anxiously for a few minutes. When the cut

no

couldn’t help but exclaim. The cut surface only revealed concentric circles and no distinctive

felt a sinking feeling in his heart, and the pressure on him

Jenifer saw Felix hadn’t gambled a ghost-faced pattern out of the first cut of wood, although they didn’t show any emotion on their faces, they were secretly delighted. They thought, “If everyone’s bets fail, that’s even

craftsman continued cutting. After one, two, three, and four

last cutting, the number four piece was

darker, and he waved his hand

expensive piece in the entire auction, both in terms of appearance and size, trailing only behind

first cut revealed the same lack of distinctive patterns as the

everyone had given up hope, including Felix, who felt his heart sink. However, he forced himself to

crowd. Felix clenched his teeth tightly throughout, until the

were total losses, and the total value of

and Felix, as the losses

highest auction price being a little over 100,000 dollars

lowest-tier scentedwood consisted of around forty pieces, with prices all below 20,000

the crowd around Will and Felix.

single piece behind and bought all seventeen pieces. He acquired

seven pieces, Oliver had assessed them as not holding any significant value, so