The Queen's Back

Chapter 159

Mona was completely fed up with the constant bidding increases. At this rate, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to win the rare

herb.

Glancing at the man beside her, she finally gave in, her voice barely a whisper, "Brenny!" Then she quickly added, "You better keep your word; otherwise, you're in big trouble."

She wasn't sure if this man could really secure the herb, but if he didn't, she wouldn't lose much-just the cost of calling him "Brenny," which was awkward enough to her. Even though her voice was soft, Brendan heard her clearly. He nodded and gracefully lifted his paddle. "Sixty million dollars."

Sensing something was off, the man in front turned his head back and met Brendan's gaze. Immediately, he avoided eye contact and lowered his bidding paddle. The crowd began to take notice, their gazes filled with surprise.

"Dear, why did you stop? We were just about to win!"

"shut up

"Sixty million dollars, going once!"

Sixty million dollars, going twice!"

"You better keep your word," Mona hissed to Brendan when she noticed the man ahead had stopped bidding.

"If you're doubting me, go ahead and up the bid. I promise I won't counter it. Besides, nobody else here has the nerve," Brendan stated with composure. Since they had only just met, he knew that she wouldn't fully trust him yet.

Ultimately, Mona invested an additional two million dollars to acquire the herb. She could not risk losing it as it concerned her grandfather's health.

dollars,

million dollars,

she saw no one else bidding anymore.

dollars, sold! The gavel

winning the rare herb at sixty-two

Mona's anxiousness dissipated, even as her palms and back remained

at the man beside her and offered

this auction were afraid of him. If he hadn't raised his paddle, that man ahead of her would've kept bidding, and the price war might never have ended. Brendan chuckled softly,

gaze, auction. "Maybe next time, if we

the next

Chapter 159

had used someone's nickname. Even in high school, she would address Teddy by his full name. Thus, this newfound sense of closeness seemed odd to

time. Brendan murmured in

say?" Mona asked, catching the faint sound of his voice but unable to make out

we seem to have

"Perhaps

payment for the herb, but the staff informed her that it has already been paid off. She instantly realized that it must have been Brendan who took care of it. No one would pay such an astronomical sum just

that man who paid?"

a huge debt," Mona carefully held the rare herb

million dollars wasn't an amount an ordinary person could even dream of. All she knew was his name and

at the moment. If he needed help in the future, she would do her best to repay him as long as

the auction with Haley