Lord Protector Novel

Before Hadley could reply, the auctioneer warned Zeke sternly, “Sir, please watch your words. Our stones are purchased directly from the quarries in Myanmar at high prices. Each of them had been verified by at least four to five experts. It’s not merely just a stone. Can’t you see that?”

“My dear Ms. Murphy. I’m sure you can make a fortune from this stone. Possibly doubling its value.”

Hadley scoffed, “Making a fortune? Well, I’m not the least bit interested. This is my gift to someone special. Gems are meant for beauties.”

She looked at Lacey as she said, “Hey, pretty! Can you be my girlfriend? Please accept my gift if you agree.’

Damn it!

Everyone dropped their jaws again.

This woman is actually a lesbian!?

Is she proposing in public?

With a two hundred million stone as gift?

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Lacey was blushing. Yet, at the same time, she rolled her eyes at Zeke.

Even a woman knows how to express herself. What about you? Idiot!

Zeke Williams was astonished.

He never expected his love rival to be a woman!

This is...insane!

He took a deep breath to calm his head before saying again, “Well, well... How could you give a piece of scrap to a pretty lady?”

“Well, we’ll see if it’s a scrap or a precious gem when I scrape the surface off later. Just you wait and see,” Hadley glared at Zeke Williams as she spoke.

“Sure,” Zeke replied.

Everyone was excited.

A piece of precious stone was about to be revealed in front of them.

They had forgotten about Hadley’s sexual orientation for a moment. They were all eager to find out about the stone now.

The auctioneer could not help but to roll his eyes at Zeke.

How could he say that this is just a piece of scrap? The auctioneer was a bit pissed off.

“Attention please. We shall continue the auction now,” he called out.

“Next, it’s the bonus hour! Can the staff bring the stones to the stage?”

The crew started to move more than ten stones to the exhibition stand.

The smallest stone was about ten kilos, but the largest one weighed more than two tons.

But all these stones had been scraped and cut.

They were cut in the middle, with little or no green at all in the cross-section.

They are just scraps. There are no value at all!

The auctioneer said, “These stones had been cut and scraped off. Although there is just a tiny bit or no green at all from the cross-section as you can see right now, no one can guarantee that there is no more green inside. If you are lucky enough, you might hit the jackpot! Who knows, right? The starting price for each stone is one hundred thousand. Let’s start the bidding!”

The audience was not interested in these stones. After bidding for more than ten minutes, the bidding price stopped at two hundred thousand.