The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 318

This time, though, it was Haynes who spoke up.

"Of course."

He fixed his gaze on Stella, his dark eyes reflecting her image-deep, probing, as if he could see straight through her.

"She's telling the truth. Everything she bid on, she paid for out of her own pocket. After all..."

Although Haynes was addressing the others, his eyes never left Stella.

"She has a fortune of a hundred million at her disposal. She can spend it however she likes."

Stella's long lashes fluttered, but her face wore only the faintest smile-calm, unruffled.

She didn't deny it. Instead, she asked, "So, Mr. O'Brien, are you going to keep raising the bid?"

Haynes's lips quirked in a cool, almost indifferent smile, but his eyes were like ice.

"With Ms. Cameron throwing money around with such determination, I'd be a fool to compete."

set aside eighty million for this. Aren't you

clear and cold, like a mountain

can stop suddenly and leave me holding the bag? If you want it for eighty million, why not just bid that now? No one would stand in your

anyone. If I can walk away with it for forty million, who in their right mind would offer eighty? My money doesn't grow on trees, you know. If I can save forty million, that's more than enough to keep me comfortable for the rest

Rachel Stella really was

life and blackmailed her for a hundred million! Of the things Stella

easily

Jasper- raise the price just high enough, only to

to gamble. The rest of

hands itch with the desire to strangle

Stella had snatched back her mother's necklace. Now, she was about to take Rachel's

glare, Stella

Care to bid higher

forced a strained smile. "...No, if you want it so badly, Ms.

Stella corrected her, "You're mistaken, Ms. Pearce. You're not letting me have it. I won it fair and square. Unless, of course, you'd rather keep bidding? We

fists so tightly her nails dug into her palms, but she didn't

doing this on purpose. She just wants to

blood in her mouth from