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.

knew that Ronald was always cautious when driving and would never pull a stunt like that. Ashley, on the other

in.” Calista beckoned everyone to follow her into the auction house while holding

walked beside them, while

to Ronald,

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

let Ashley know. She’ll bleed my wallet dry.

She had a good impression of

they entered the auction house, they 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

corridor near the entrance was filled

others didn’t pay them any attention and

the other buyers who paid to attend, Barret

today. Feel free to choose anything you like.” He said with

but my two friends are

them?”

instructed his assistant to

They were given powerful

didn’t need any assistance.

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

Paula also purchased some gemstones to be

but the staff member named Jacob who 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

the staff member assisting Ashley was much more professional.

who was being fawned over by