Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 305

Chapter 305

Chapter 305

“Thirty million,” Sharon called out.

Nate stared at Sharon like he was looking at someone clinically insane. “Is she out of her mind?”

He glanced at Carter, silently asking whether he should keep going.

Carter’s eyes were dark-deep pools of ink, unreadable and cold. He gave a subtle nod.

Nate cleared his throat. “Thirty-five million.” His voice lacked its earlier confidence. He didn’t dare push it the way Sharon had -jumping in tens of millions.

But Sharon didn’t hesitate. “Forty million.”

The room, which had been buzzing with shock before, now sank into a stunned, suffocating silence.

Every single person looked at Sharon as though they were watching a madwoman.

Even someone hell-bent on burning money wouldn’t throw it away like this.

Kelly’s face flickered through shades of disbelief and anger.

She had finally seen something she truly loved, and Sharon was willing to pay any price just to rip it from her hands?

Kelly couldn’t hold back anymore. “Sharon,” she said, forcing composure into her voice, “I know there’s some… history between us. But is ruining the entire auction just to get back at me really worth it?”

stirred the room. The audience’s gaze shifted, laced with doubt

absurd price-was simply too

Forty million.

casually throw out

believed Sharon had that level of

the money. But no one thought he’d be foolish enough to burn it like this-over a

the auctioneer found himself unsure

placed a winning bid and then failed to pay,

accountability, what was

member leaned in to whisper something to the

nodded slightly,

after, a staff member approached

said carefully, “if this is… a joke, we can void the bid

implication was clear-no way did they believe she could actually

were Carter, maybe. But the woman sitting in the fourth

Nate jumped

can’t afford it! She’s doing this on purpose-to ruin

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stern. “Miss, please… this really isn’t something to joke

already successfully bid on several items, they wouldn’t have been this polite. They

But Sharon simply smiled.

intend to purchase this necklace for forty million. Is that… an issue?” Her gaze swept over the staff. “Or is there some sort of bidding cap I wasn’t made aware

are you