The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 314

He no longer dared provoke Stella as recklessly as before; this time, he was worried she might not take the bait.

Still, after bidding on so many items, Jasper couldn't believe Neville would bankroll all of Stella's extravagant purchases.

Jasper joined several more rounds of bidding. Yet each time, Stella outbid him and claimed the prize.

At first, Jasper felt smug, thinking he'd finally managed to make Stella pay dearly for her stubbornness.

But every time Stella calmly swiped her card and accepted her winnings without batting an eye, Jasper couldn't help but feel that things weren't going the way he'd hoped.

By now, Stella's total spending must have crossed well over ten million dollars. Jasper's gaze drifted toward Neville.

Neville hadn't placed a single bid all evening. He simply sat there, a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth, giving nothing away about what he might be thinking.

Jasper, never the sharpest tool in the shed, was starting to feel truly lost.

What the hell was going on?

Did Stella actually want these things or not?

dove into

nine million, Stella abruptly dropped

on earth was wrong with this

it wasn't just Jasper-Rachel, too, couldn't quite figure out

if Jasper withdrew, Stella would buy the item without

to revolve entirely around Stella and Jasper, the two of them locked in a

and amusement,

crowd thought; either way, tonight's show was bound to be

had listed the major items up for

through his budget at an alarming rate-even before the things he

he realized he'd already

his grandfather had given him to pick out

until this moment, as Jasper suddenly realized he'd acquired nothing but useless trinkets, that

deep blue gemstone, sparkling under the lights like the shimmering surface of the sea. Its beauty

lit up

"That's-Neptune's Tear!"

matching necklace to her violin, Nereid's