Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 304

Chapter 304

The last time Kelly lost out on a necklace at auction, she had stayed gloomy for days. Her mood dipped so low, she even ended up in the hospital more than once.

Later, Carter had promised her-he’d get her a new necklace. One that would be even better than the one Sharon’s mother had once owned.

And now, seeing the necklace Deep Blue under the auction lights, Kelly suddenly understood.

Tears welled up in her eyes. “Carter… you didn’t have to do all this for me.”

Carter’s deep, steady gaze fell on her. “Deep Blue with your violin Deep Sea-that’s perfection.”

Kelly had wanted Sharon’s mother’s necklace purely to spite Sharon. But compared to Deep Blue, that necklace felt utterly insignificant.

Right now, her entire mind was consumed by the vision of herself on stage-Deep Blue at her neck, Deep Sea in her hands. Elegant. Untouchable. A vision made real.

And Deep Blue wasn’t like the other items tonight. It started with a base price of two million.

Unlike earlier lots, where the minimum increment was just in the low thousands, this one required at least ten thousand per bid.

Plenty of people had come tonight for this necklace alone.

Realistically, Deep Blue was worth somewhere around ten million. But given how tonight’s auction had gone so far, even ten million might not be enough.

Most predicted it could climb to twenty million easily.

As expected, the price quickly shot to eight million.

Then, for the first time all night, Carter’s voice sounded. “Ten million.”

The whole room shifted. The atmosphere tightened instantly, like the air itself had crystallized.

eyes flicked toward

Carter, the man at the pinnacle of the business world

dare go

him. In business, today’s enemy could be tomorrow’s partner. Best not to burn

auction hall fell into dead

the auctioneer felt a moment of

what it meant to be

the entire room. Like a walking

the crowd, do a little song and dance

time… it was

else was bidding.

to

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“Ten million-going once.”

“Ten million-going twice.”

gavel was about to drop, a clear, melodic voice sliced

“Twenty million.”

The room exploded.

“What?!”

head snapped toward

Twenty million.

She’d doubled it. Instantly.

wasn’t ten bucks. That was an entire

same serene smile as if this was the most natural

didn’t falter-not for the gasps,

most. So was this a

collectively shifted their gaze