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.

and would never pull a stunt like that. Ashley, on the other hand, was notorious for her awful

beckoned everyone to follow her into the

them,

walked next to Ronald, trailing behind the

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

“But don’t let Ashley know. She’ll bleed my wallet dry. I’m a bit short on cash these days.”

faintly. She had a good impression of Ronald.

two pieces of gemstone, which were obviously cut from the same stone, placed at the entrance. They were both

near the entrance was filled with these sorts of low–quality

others didn’t pay them any attention and headed straight for the

who paid

you today. Feel free to choose anything you

to Vivienne and Ashley. “I’m here just to browse around, but my two

them?”

Barret instructed his assistant to help Calista’s party.

two staff members came over to assist Vivienne and Ashley. They were given powerful flashlights to inspect the quality

need any assistance. They grabbed flashlights and

gifted Vivienne. However, such pieces were hard to come by. After searching for a while and finding nothing satisfactory, she finally purchased a cut piece of sky–blue

some gemstones to be made into jewelry.

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 he thought

the staff member assisting

who was being fawned over