She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

240 Friend, Or Enemy

Scar didn't think it would go this smoothly.

She prepared several other reasons and actually rehersed in her head on her speech to persuade Damian, who known to be an ironwrist in the courtroom, shouldn't be persuaded easily. But maybe just eager to maintain the peace with his long lost sister, Damian jumped on board without so much as a nudge.

All parties are set, and now between Scar and the necklace, remains only "the last minute".

Everyone knows "once, twice, sold," but few know that after the host announces the upset price, bidders have 60 seconds before the item is announced unsold. This time is called "the last minute" because it's the most crucial battle between bidders to decide, fake, trick, or hide their strategies over an item.

You don't want to show your cards too early too clearly. Some would wait for the last few seconds to call, and others use this time to feel out the bottom price from other bidders. Once the first call is announced, it's a bloody war.

Ava wants an unsold, obviously. To keep both the fake files lethal to her AND to own the necklace legally from here.

Scar on the other hand, want both. Getting the necklace at the lowest price would be her goal, and her budget was set by Silco -- two billion. Thanks to Sebastian, she still has her entire budget untouched.

The question mark lands on Johnny Vanderbilt.

would go for a low price, too, while trying to keep the necklace out of other people's hands. If however, it's his

care about pocket money like

worst case for Scar. And if that happens, Scar doubts if Damian could help even if he remains

the

got her a box on

and only, Tears of

look over to Johnny Vanderbilt's window, and as promised, Damian

-- She wanted his persuasion to happen at "the last minute", so even if he failed to persuade his father, it would at least distract

Damian talks at him, Johnny Vanderbilt sits on

like Johnny Vanderbilt who crawled his way up to the top of the business

needs to wait for the last few seconds if she wants a lower price. So this is actually the moment

enemy because calling early is a show of attitude, a confirmation of the will to get an item. Suddenly Johhny Vanderbilt sits up straight, his legs no longer crossed like before when he was relaxed, and

in the middle of the aisle stands Anna Fuller, in a demure faint blue dress and

didn't come with

didn't plan to

mu- the number she