In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Chapter 23 Everyone Loves Pretty Things

The staff at the auction moved quickly. During a short break, they brought the bracelet to Yvonne and stood there, waiting for her to write them a check.

Before the auction, every attendee had to declare their respective companies. So if they backed out after winning a bid, the auction’s organizer would sue their company.

Yvonne signed the check with a trembling hand.

A few rows behind her, Timothy looked amused. “Today is my lucky day. How rare to encounter a rich fool.”

The bracelet was only worth 300 thousand dollars at most.

He had been scammed by the jeweler and bought it for 500 thousand dollars as a gift for his mother. But she hadn’t liked it, so she made him sell it at the auction.

Then again…

His gaze landed on Grace, who had bid on the bracelet as well. She was beautiful. He knew how to appreciate good looks.

Especially since she was also interesting.

Timothy’s curiosity was piqued.

“She looks familiar. Who’s she?” he asked the president of HB Group, who was sitting beside

him.

her name is

repeated. He thought of the acne–ridden

and shuddered.

It couldn’t be.

over at Grace again. “They can’t be the same person. They just ‘have

was brought on

Epigny. The

was the item that Aaron had instructed Grace to get. Grace raised her paddle.

“6.5 million dollars!”

+15 BONUS

went smoothly. Grace managed to get the pocket watch for

but she dared not

out of money

Lewis has changed a lot, Benfamin. She

She didn’t seem to mind spending seven million dollars for

spoke, she watched

the president of Amirate Corporation, right? That’s a powerful position, second only to the president

Lewis has given her a lot of important projects to

spoke, the darker Benjamin’s face became.

when she had been with