Chapter 66


Chapter 66:

But Khloe didn’t flinch. Calmly, she pulled a small device from her purse, a cruel smile spreading across her lips. “You want to throw me out? Eric, you should watch this.” As she hit the play button, the lights dimmed, and a projection appeared on the wall of the banquet hall—her high-tech surveillance system playing a real-time replay of Sloane’s actions.

The crowd fell silent as Sloane’s face flickered onto the screen, her eyes gleaming with a triumphant smile as her hand reached for Khloe’s chest, targeting the diamond necklace.

Khloe’s outburst was triggered by Sloane’s clear intent to damage the necklace.

“This is your so-called kind and innocent Sloane.” Khloe’s voice was laced with venom. “Because I stole her spotlight, she wanted to destroy the priceless necklace around my neck—her way of getting back at me. What a hypocrite!”

The room erupted into gasps of disbelief.

of color, her body frozen in horror. Eric stood motionless, his mind racing as the world around him

pale as a ghost, and her body trembled involuntarily. “I didn’t mean to. It

come with a steep price. Do you know how much this necklace

One billion!

The sheer value of the necklace Khloe wore completely shattered their perception of the

to speak, unable to form a single word

still clearly remember seeing the auction

the overwhelming demand for compensation and

and helplessness. “A billion? How

think about the consequences when you made your move? Did you really think you could act without consequences just because of your carefully cultivated public image and

grew, the guests around the banquet hall started murmuring among themselves, their

The most expensive piece at the Royal Auction last year in Oninard

stoop so low. It’s true what they say—you never really know who someone is

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