The auction carried on, with more jewelry pieces being displayed. Leah instantly liked a few, but after Maxwell had already spent five million, she didn't dare ask for more. So she watched helplessly as others snatched them up.

Then came the final item.

It was a ruby necklace, also adorned with Southglow Pearls, and it sparkled even more brightly than the one Leah had won.

Compared to this one, her necklace looked plain.

"The ruby pearl necklace starts at one million!" the auctioneer announced.

Leah stared at it, unable to look away. After several rounds of bidding, Charmaine won it for just two million.

People around the room began throwing knowing glances at Leah and her group.

They had paid more than double for pearls of the same quality. They looked like total fools.

Leah was pissed off.

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Once the auction wrapped up, Celeste sauntered over to Leah and her group, trying to keep her excitement in check-though the grin on her face gave her away.

A short distance behind, Charmaine stood quietly, her calm smile making Leah's group feel even more uncomfortable.

"Well, well, look who dropped five million on me pearls-with no gems included?"

so annoying,

what a fool sounds like?

"You-"

her," Leah said through gritted teeth. She took a breath and tried

suit Grandma. What we picked is more

in. "Both are pearl necklaces, but ours had a higher starting bid. That means it's

Charmaine's started at one million. You guys paid top dollar for something cheap

twisted like he'd just bitten

then, Flynn appeared, walking over

noticed them and immediately

the

"This auction's been

straight past them

smile froze

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friendly. She even gave Charmaine a

gave a small smile.

to her with a friendly grin. "Ms. Nelson, you might not know this, but that last piece wasn't originally part of the auction. It's actually from the private collection

"The real value of that necklace is way more than what you paid.

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luxurious red velvet box, feeling

her lips. "Yeah, guess I

you're lucky. Unlike

things go wrong. In

turned to Leah with exaggerated innocence. "Oops, I wasn't talking about you. You're not

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