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?’

he raised his paddle again, and the

hit nine million, Sharon suddenly

nearly exploded. ‘What is

him-even Kelly was starting to

raised the price aggressively, Sharon would back down. But when Nate withdrew, letting the item go, Sharon would casually take it, without a hint of

it had

back, watching the chaos unfold with a mixture

set fire to stacks of cash just

them. After all,

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

those items had even come up yet. And his budget was already circling the

did the math-he’d burned through

money meant for picking out

that sickening realization hit him that he finally understood just how many pointless things

if fate was mocking

Chapter 303

It was stunning.

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

lit

“That’s… Deep Blue.”

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