Sensing his stare, Charmaine lowered her eyes slightly.

Her voice was cold and distant as she said, "The moment you chose to use such dirty tricks against me, you lost the right to stay in the army.

"Right is right, and wrong is wrong. If you still think you did nothing wrong, your pride will drag you down eventually-even if I'm not around to witness it."

With that, she turned and left the room with Celeste.

Liam stood there in shock, frozen for a while. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he jumped up and ran after her.

But before he could get close, a group of men in black blocked his path. One of them stood out with a commanding presence.

"It's Tad!"

Veronica recognized him right away. Her face twisted with envy and disbelief. "I knew it! There's no way Charmaine knows the auction house owner. It's all because of Mr. Emyr. She's probably spending his money too!"

Leah gripped the gift box tightly, her hand turning pale from the pressure. Her expression was twisted, a reflection of the ugly thoughts running through her head.

Charmaine didn't see Emyr until she stepped outside.

"You're here too?"

Emyr reached for her and gave a signal to Kane.

"Take her back to the hotel," he said, clearly referring to Celeste.

Kane hesitated. "But Emyr, aren't we supposed to have dinner with the partners tonight?"

already helped Charmaine into the Maybach without

business partners standing

up a better excuse? We're

noticed the message Emyr had sent earlier-it included

auction room.

stuck out her tongue playfully.

"I would've brought you

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group wouldn't have realized she was the competition-and wouldn't

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soft laugh and shook his head. Then, his eyes locked onto Charmaine's face,

making her

leaned back, nervous, and a hundred thoughts raced through her mind in an

a hand

and chose to come clean. "If this is about the necklace money, I used the savings I had set aside for Mrs. Jane's treatment.

I wasn't trying to avoid

that she'd actually

Emyr didn't say anything.

one breath, but

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