Chapter 74

Chapter 74 Perhaps I Misjudged Collin

As Dolores' declaration echoed in her ears, Linsey's heart skipped a beat, her hand quivering with the shock, the gemstone dangling precariously between her fingers.

"What did you just say? A billion?" Linsey echoed, her voice dipping to a whisper, laden with disbelief and a trace of unease. She almost laughed in disbelief. A gemstone necklace worth a billion dollars? That was straight-up ridiculous!

Doubt clouded her thoughts, but the earnest look in Dolores' eyes suggested she wasn't kidding.

Dolores, for her part, appeared just as baffled, quickly scrolling through her phone to pull up a recent article. "Check it out -it's from last night's charity auction in town," she insisted, handing the phone to Linsey.

Linsey snatched up the phone and peered at the article. It was only then she realized that at the charity auction last night, the enigmatic founder of CR Corporation had bid a breathtaking one billion dollars for a gemstone necklace.

The necklace in the photo glistened with an intense brilliance, its appearance strikingly similar to the one she wore around

her neck.

"Something doesn't add up here. How in the world did this end up with you?" Dolores leaned in, her brow furrowed in

thought.

Linsey's brow furrowed, a mix of confusion and suspicion swirling within her. "It's strange, isn't it? People say the founder of CR Corporation is a mysterious figure. And yet, this necklace was auctioned last night by him, only to end up with Collin who then gave it to me..."

glance with

the elusive

the air, Dolores's eyes stretched wide in shock. "Oh my! Are you suggesting Collin handed you a counterfeit?” Her voice tinged

her by surprise. After a brief pause, she shook her head

right. Collin wouldn't do such a thing," she asserted

Collin might be the man behind CR Corporation? That sounded like pure madness! Not too long ago, I attended a business gathering and got a rare sighting of the CR Corporation's

looking at the vibrant hue and the exquisite

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Perhaps I

thought about it, Linsey felt silly. Why

CR

founder?

traced her fingers over the necklace and remarked, "I know I'm not an expert,

this necklace seems

leaned closer, scrutinizing the necklace that

the photo from the

gemstone are subtly different?" Dolores pointed out, her

intrigue and scrutiny.

washed over her. "You're right. They just bear a resemblance.

same necklace."

debt of a hundred million dollars, the idea of him splurging a

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