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, “!!!”

without any money left? If she could sell herself for cash right

moment, she managed to suppress her

turned to walk back, fearing she might lose control and attack Claire if she stayed any

the thought of not bringing back the Tears of the Rose sending shivers down her spine,

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

man. She couldn’t afford more scandal tonight. After

bring back the Tears of the Rose.

ten million bid, it’s a

and Grandma.”

settled!?” Mia’s voice trembled with suppressed rage,

money? Do they need it? They only wanted

the

“I know.”

Lyons grasped Mia Ashworth’s hand, her eyes fierce with anger. “What choice do

astronomical. Believe me, Claire Donovan’s diamond necklace won’t

Tears of the Rose is the top jewel, our company’s value will rise. Stepping into

be a loss for us!”

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

finally convinced herself, though she couldn’t help but cast a resentful glance

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

who had gone from assertively bidding to sulking. He lightly pinched her pouting cheeks,

grasp, and muttered in a

Feeling the pinch?

at the auction – just over a billion. His lips curled slightly as he leaned closer, whispering, “Don’t you still have

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