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

the price hit nine million, Stella

was wrong with this infuriating

couldn't quite figure

if Jasper withdrew, Stella

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

shock and amusement, as though witnessing

either way, tonight's

major items up for auction, and Jasper had marked a

Stella, he was burning through his budget at an alarming rate-even before the things he coveted most had come

math, he realized he'd already spent

he'd blown through the money his grandfather had given him to pick out a birthday

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

a deep blue gemstone, sparkling under the lights like

eyes lit

"That's-Neptune's Tear!"

Tear was the matching necklace to her violin, Nereid's