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, “!!!”

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

by her side, clenched into a fist. After a moment, she managed to suppress her rage, nodding fiercely, “Fine, Claire Donovan, you win! Thanks for making our Tears of the Rose

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

of the Rose sending shivers down her spine, “What do we do now? Claire Donovan has

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to keep her

scandal tonight. After several deep breaths, she

back the Tears of the

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

and Grandma.”

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

the money? Do they need

of the

“I know.”

her eyes fierce with anger. “What choice do we

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

the Tears of the Rose is the top jewel, our company’s value

be a

reluctantly accepted the situation. They might not have secured the Tears of the Rose, but the exposure and the company’s market value increase were

cast a resentful glance at Claire Donovan before calming

with malice. “Claire Donovan’s victory is short–lived. Once we’re crowned the

gone from assertively bidding to sulking. He lightly pinched her pouting cheeks, “Why the

grasp, and muttered in a low voice, “I’m feeling the

Feeling the pinch?

billion. His lips curled slightly as he leaned closer,

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