The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 248

After Vivienne had stopped raising the bid, Carl snagged the gernstone numbered 213 for a staggering 12 million dollars

“Vienne, you tricked me Carl’s face turned sour in an instant.

“Weren’t you the one who wanted it so badly that you started a bidding war with me? Vivienne raised an eyebrow “I let you have it, and now I’m the one at fault?”

She originally intended to play those who were deliberately bidding against her

Cart, on his own accord, decided to oppose her. And now he was blaming her?

“Your Carl was seething with rage

“Carl Ronald was now aware that his younger brother was intentionally bidding against Vivienne. He was hoping to trap Vivienne, but ended up trapping himself instead Knowing his guilt, Carl glared at Vivienne and stomped off. Even when the auction staff handed him his winning bidder’s tag, he didn’t want to accept it

He had spent 12 million dollars on a gemstone full of black moss. He would be lucky if he could even make a bracelet out of it. He had lost a lot of money

He had already spent 8 million dollars, and now he had to spend another 12 million dollars His allowance for the next three years was gone. He felt utterly dejected. Cabsta squinted, suspecting she might have underestimated Vivienne This young woman might seem impulsive, but she had her wits about her.

She exchanged a look with Jacob, who asked Vivienne tentatively, “Miss Brooks, that stone could multiply in value once cut open. Are you sure you want to hand it over to your cousin?”

“My cousin seems to want it so badly, so I’m happy to let him have it” Vivienne pointed to a dispirited Carl standing in the corner and smiled. “Just look how thrilled he is.” He was so thrilled that he nearly ground his teeth to dust

Jacob was apprehensive. He signaled the plants in the audience that the next time Vivienne bid, they should not drive up the price maliciously. If Vivienne backed off again, their scheme would have been for naught.

In the next auction, Eddy secured a stone weighing 18 kilograms for 10 million dollars.

a verdant green jadeite with minimal

but her interest in Eddy’s words was negligible. Her eyes were fixed

was eagerly anticipating that Vivienne would make a hefty purchase,

Brooks family and Percival how wasteful and stupid Vivienne was. By spending millions on gemstone

into wealth often spent money recklessly and

starts at 10 million dollars.”

buy. “Miss Brooks, this time, you must secure this stone. It’s a

following Jacob’s suggestion,

within it? However, black stones were notorious for their high risk. Although the plants Calista arranged in advance dared not bid against Vivienne maliciously, there were still many guests thinking that MT Corporation wouldn’t put a stone of poor quality up for auction with a starting price

well

price of stone number 198 had

price of 30 million dollars did she let out a silent cheer. Vivienne was about

understanding of gemstones, she could tell that stone number 198 had numerous flaws just from looking at its surface. The quality and color of the stone

Carl cast their gazes at

already noticed the numerous flaws in stone 198 when he inspected it earlier. Vivienne must be out of her mind to want

was dark Vivienne was a real profligate. Earlier, she had trapped him into spending 12 million dollars,

family less than half a day ago

to Scott and his grandmother. He couldn’t possibly let this woman run amok.

couldn’t understand why Vivienne would do such a thing.

quite smart when they

of this stone is more than 30 million.” Vivienne

and Jacob shared a look, both struggling

“It’s only natural for Ashley to worry Gambling on stones is a huge risk. And if you lose, you’re not

and Scott:

folded remained silent