Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 303

Chapter 303

Chapter 303

Nate didn’t dare provoke Sharon the way he had before-not anymore. Not when there was a real chance she wouldn’t take the

bait.

But the more items she bid on, the more he convinced himself of one thing: piece by piece, this would add up. There was no way Xavier would keep footing the bill for her.

One auction after another, Nate bid. And each time, Sharon swooped in and secured the item.

At first, Nate felt pretty smug, thinking he’d finally managed to trap her into overpaying for junk.

But each time, she swiped her card with that same calm, unfazed expression. She collected the items as if none of it mattered, like spending that kind of money was as easy as breathing

And slowly, Nate started to feel… something was off.

By now, Sharon’s total spending had crossed well over ten million.

Nate’s gaze drifted toward Xavier.

The man hadn’t lifted his bidding paddle once. He just sat there, lips curved in that faint, unreadable smile, like none of this had anything to do with him at all.

Nate’s mind-never exactly his strong suit-started to scramble. “What the hell is going on? Is Sharon seriously trying to buy these things… or not?’

that tangled thought circling his head, he raised his paddle again, and

hit nine million,

exploded. ‘What is wrong with this

just him-even Kelly was starting

when Nate withdrew, letting the item go, Sharon would casually take it,

felt like it had narrowed down to just

unfold with a mixture of disbelief

fire

going to stop them. After

the auction started, Nate had earmarked a few pieces he really

going head-to-head with Sharon like this… none of those items had even come up yet. And

did the math-he’d burned

been set aside by his father-the money meant for picking out a

that he finally understood

fate was mocking him, a necklace

Chapter 303

It was stunning.

the room in its glow, like sunlight scattered over deep water. It was beautiful enough to

eyes lit

“That’s… Deep Blue.”

matching piece to her