Chapter 353: How Could This Be Settled!?

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Sean Vanderbilt wasn’t sure what Claire Donovan was thinking, so he turned to her with an inquisitive look. Claire smiled at him, then glanced at the smug Luna Lyons, tapping her paddle idly in her

palm.

“Having reached six hundred million, it seems unlikely that my diamond necklace will become the top

jewel now. Given that, I can’t afford to lose out. I might as well bring home the Tears of the Rose,”

she mused. Then, lifting her paddle swiftly and under Luna’s venomous gaze, she chuckled lightly,

“Six hundred and ten million.”

Luna Lyons, “…”

From Sasha Felix to herself now, Luna was beginning to suspect that Claire Donovan had spies around them. How else could she know their final bid and only top it by a mere ten million? That ten million

had become the straw that broke the camel’s back.

“Claire Donovan!” Mia Ashworth, pale and flushed with anger, stood up trembling with fury. She had never been so enraged in her life. That casual addition of ten million by Claire meant she couldn’t settle her accounts when she got back.

Claire looked at Mia’s murderous gaze, blinked innocently, and tilted her head, “Oh, you want to bid again? Go ahead, I promise I won’t raise any further.”

Mia Ashworth, “!!!”

wanted to bid, but how could she without any money left? If she could sell herself for cash

a fist. After a moment, she managed to suppress her

control and attack Claire if she

bringing back the Tears of the Rose sending shivers down her

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was angry too, but she had to keep her composure, especially after

couldn’t afford more scandal tonight.

“It’s alright that we didn’t bring back the Tears of the Rose. Even if we only

six hundred and ten million bid, it’s a price we can explain to Grandpa

and Grandma.”

be settled!?” Mia’s voice trembled with suppressed rage, her face contorting

money? Do they need it? They only

the Rose!”

“I know.”

Lyons grasped Mia Ashworth’s hand, her eyes fierce with anger. “What choice do we have now? And

this price is astronomical. Believe me, Claire Donovan’s diamond

is the top jewel, our company’s value will rise.

won’t be a loss

have secured the Tears of the Rose, but the exposure and the company’s market value increase were invaluable. With this

Mia finally convinced herself, though she couldn’t help but cast a resentful glance at Claire Donovan

her eyes brimming with malice. “Claire Donovan’s victory is short–lived. Once we’re crowned the top jewel, I’ll find

Sean Vanderbilt was observing Claire, who had gone from assertively bidding to sulking. He

freeing her face from Sean’s grasp, and muttered in a low voice, “I’m feeling the pinch.”

Feeling the pinch?

quickly calculating Claire’s total expenditure at the auction – just over a billion. His lips curled slightly as he leaned closer, whispering, “Don’t

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