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?

at him, Jasper dove into yet another bidding war

hit nine million,

on earth was wrong

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

up, Stella would simply bow out; but if Jasper withdrew, Stella would

the auction seemed to revolve entirely around Stella and Jasper,

watched them with a mix of shock and

out, the crowd thought; either way, tonight's

major items up for auction, and Jasper had marked

Stella, he was burning through his budget at an alarming

realized he'd already spent

had given him to pick

acquired nothing but useless trinkets, that

gemstone, sparkling under the lights like the shimmering surface of the

lit up

"That's-Neptune's Tear!"

the matching necklace