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, “!!!”

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

Claire, Mia was fuming with frustration, powerless to act. Luna’s hand, hanging by her side, clenched into a fist. After a moment, she

she might lose control and attack Claire if she stayed any longer. Reaching their seats, she grabbed Mia and forcefully sat her

Mia was seething, the thought of not bringing back the Tears of the Rose sending shivers

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keep her composure, especially after

She couldn’t afford more scandal tonight. After

that we didn’t bring back the Tears of the Rose.

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

and Grandma.”

voice trembled with suppressed

“Do Grandpa and Grandma care about the money? Do they need it? They

of the Rose!”

“I know.”

with anger.

Claire Donovan’s

top jewel,

Asian market won’t be a loss for us!”

value increase were invaluable. With this breakthrough into the

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

is short–lived. Once we’re crowned the top jewel, I’ll find

to sulking. He

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

Feeling the pinch?

lips curled slightly as he leaned closer, whispering,

Could This

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