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?"

the Maybach without even

business partners standing nearby saw

Emyr? Couldn't you at least make up a better

Charmaine noticed the message Emyr

auction room.

stuck out her tongue playfully.

her hand. "I would've brought you here if I'd known you

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she'd been bidding from a private room, Leah's group wouldn't have realized she was

impact wouldn't have been

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soft laugh and shook his head. Then, his eyes locked onto

stare threw her off, making her feel

back, nervous, and a hundred thoughts raced through her mind in an instant. "W-what

hand toward her.

this is about the necklace money, I used the savings I had set aside

wasn't trying to

the fact that she'd actually

Emyr didn't say anything.

one breath, but there was

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