Frank, however, had no intention to negotiate and refused bluntly. "I'm sorry, Ms. Lionheart—I have great use for my Hale Marrow, and I'm not selling no matter what you offer me."

"What?!" Sif did a double take, her temper flaring right then.

It was the first time someone would refuse her, the heiress of the Lionheart!

"I'm being nice here!" she snapped. "Know your place and give it to me right now! No one ever refuses me, and everyone will always hand over whatever I want to me on a silver platter!"

Frank simply raised a brow and sneered. "Really? How on earth did you manage to describe daylight robbery with such righteous words? Or perhaps you own this place too? Surely you should know how to abide by rules too, Ms. Lionheart?"

"Shut up! What I say is the rule!" Sif bellowed haughtily, glaring at Frank. "The Lionhearts will make this worth your while—you bought it for 200 million, didn't you? I'm now buying it for 2 billion dollars. It's no loss for you, so hand it over!"

stubbornly persistent, Frank

for buying the hale pearl for 200 million just earlier. Now that he had unveiled the real

outrageous that Sif was demanding to have it for just 2 billion dollars—it was hardly the value for a real treasure

I still refuse?" Frank

consequences," Sif threatened him, not pulling her punches at

the Hale Marrow would make up for

recoup her losses, and she would take it from Frank even

lacking in virtue." Frank snorted, shaking his head. "I actually believed for a moment that your family was the upstanding sort after meeting

the auction hall and spoke audibly, "Everyone! It seems that the Lionhearts would not hesitate to claim any treasures you may luck into on this day. Are you willing to

let Ms. Lionheart look through the entire catalog, and then claim what sloppy seconds she leaves! That's all the rest of us deserve, right? No! Even if she messes up and misses some treasure, she'll claim it from you anyway! You must return it because it's

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