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?’

head, he raised his paddle again, and the

nine

nearly exploded. ‘What is wrong

Kelly was starting to

Nate withdrew, letting the item go, Sharon would casually take it, without a hint

it had narrowed down

unfold with a mixture of disbelief and thinly

set fire to stacks of cash just to spite each

going to stop them. After all, what’s

Nate had earmarked a

none of those items had even come up yet. And his budget was already

burned

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

hit him that he finally understood just

if fate was mocking him, a necklace

Chapter 303

It was stunning.

sunlight scattered over deep water. It was beautiful enough to steal the breath

eyes lit

“That’s… Deep Blue.”

matching piece to