The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 246

As Vivienne zoomed past Carl, Darren hollered in excitement. “Holy moly! Our little cousin just gave Carl a run for his money!”

“Are you for real?” Ashley retorted while rolling her eyes at her brother “Carl’s defeat is Vivienne’s victory, not yours”

“And…” She pointed at the music player. “How on earth did you manage to make it through American Idol with this kind of taste in music?”

“What do you know?” Darren ran his fingers through his silver hair. “I made it thanks to my personal charm.”

“No wonder you immediately switched to acting, even though you got your break through a singing competition” Ashley snorted “You must have realized early on that you lacked the talent.”

“You.” Darren gritted his teeth. “I won’t stoop to your level!”

While the siblings were bickering, Vivienne had already driven into River Village.

The private gemstone auction, held by MT Corporation, was an annual event, and this wasn’t Vivienne’s first time attending.

She parked the car in front of the auction house like a pro and waited for Carl to arrive.

“Were you driving just now?” Carl asked Darren with a stern look as soon as he got out of the car. He was not able to see the driver because of Vivienne’s speed just now.

“Yeah, I was. Got a problem with that?” Darren replied with a smug look.

Vivienne raised an eyebrow, while Ashley and Ronald rolled their eyes. They couldn’t believe how shameless Darren could be.

he didn’t say anything more, as he knew that Ronald was always cautious when driving and would never pull a stunt like that. Ashley, on the other hand, was notorious for her awful driving skills. She had

follow her into the auction house while

Eddy walked beside them, while

Ronald, trailing

me know. I’ll get it for you.” Ronald whispered to Vivienne. “I didn’t have time to prepare a gift for you since Scott

chuckled. “But don’t let Ashley know. She’ll bleed my wallet dry. I’m a

She had a good impression of Ronald.

noticed two pieces of gemstone, which were obviously cut from the same stone, placed at the entrance. They were both of the ice type, each weighing around

near the entrance was filled with these

them any attention and headed straight for the

the other buyers who paid to attend, Barret from MT Corporation personally came to greet them.

care of you today. Feel free to choose anything you like.” He said with a smile.

pointed to Vivienne and Ashley. “I’m here just to browse around, but my two friends are not familiar with gemstones. Could you arrange

them?”

Barret instructed his assistant to

assist Vivienne and Ashley. They were given powerful flashlights to inspect the quality of the gemstones.

with jade and didn’t need any assistance. They grabbed flashlights and

were hard to come by. After searching for a while and finding nothing satisfactory, she finally purchased a cut piece of sky–blue gemstone for half million dollars. She planned to make a pair of bracelets from it and use the leftover material for smaller pieces of jewelry. It seemed

gemstones

was assigned to her was constantly making irrelevant comments. He tried to dissuade her from buying good pieces and coax her into buying inferior ones. She couldn’t help but wonder if

member assisting Ashley was much

glanced over at Calista, who was being fawned over by Eddy and