Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 62

Brielle was lost in a daze, barely registering the events unfolding around her, including the fact that Max had secured the Eternal Whispers painting for a cool four hundred million, something she belatedly realized.

Eternal Whispers was the showstopper of the evening, but the auction organizers had one more trick up their sleeve – a mysterious item that wasn’t listed in the catalog and was only to be revealed live at the event.

This secrecy was the reason there was such a buzz of consultants at the bidder’s tables, all eager to catch a glimpse of the hidden gem, which could be anything from a piece of royal regalia that might have graced the brow of an ancient monarch to a lost

masterpiece by a revered artist.

The trio of auctioneers, normally loquacious, held their tongues for a moment, their voices trembling with excitement.

It all seemed irrelevant to Brielle until the crowd erupted into a clamor, snapping her out of her reverie. She looked up just in time to see the final lot revealed – none other than Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.

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The noise level in the room skyrocketed as advisors at the bidder’s tables frantically relayed the developments to their employers.

The painting, which most believed belonged in the hallowed halls of the Louvre, was now up for grabs at the auction.

Brielle was taken aback, and then she heard Dustin placing his bid.

bidding was frenzied, each offer outdoing the last, and the atmosphere reached a fever pitch with

but Dustin was persistent, raising his bid four times, his usually

was bidding on this masterpiece as

victorious, claiming the da Vinci for a staggering nine

waiters began directing the assembly to the adjacent hall for the gala dinner – the true highlight of the

the banquet hall, where the aroma of fine

gaze landed on Mr. Hartley. She couldn’t afford to return from her first business

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by a waiter to complete the necessary paperwork

president of the Hartley Group. What she didn’t expect was that a young guy not far away was broadcasting live on their phone. Her face appeared on the live broadcast screen, and although it only flashed for a moment,

event for the first and only time, hence his early announcement of the live broadcast, promising viewers an immersive experience of the

guests sharing their experience via live stream. The audience following the stream

was broadcasting

over there is the president of Hatfield Inc. It

this time.”

and blue-eyed one is the president of Hartley Group. I heard that a will be making some new moves, and

must be curious about the young son of Infinity Brilliance. He bid on the last auction item for nine hundred million dollars. He’s now backstage filling out paperwork, and he’ll probably be here soon. In the