The Queen's Back
Chapter 159
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,
no one else bidding anymore. Tinally have the antidote
sold! The gavel
Mrs. Carter, for winning the rare herb at
this, Mona's anxiousness dissipated, even as her palms and back
at the man beside her and offered
man ahead of her would've kept bidding, and the price war
averted.her gaze, auction. "Maybe next time, if we
on the next item
Chapter 159
had used someone's nickname. Even in high school, she would address Teddy
a next time. Brendan
did you say?" Mona asked, catching the faint sound of his voice but
we seem to have a strong
"Perhaps
realized that it must have been Brendan who took care of it. No one would pay such an astronomical
man who paid?"
owe him a huge debt," Mona carefully held the rare herb as it
an amount an ordinary person could even dream of. All she knew was his name
to be owed at the moment. If he needed help in the future, she would do her best to repay him as long as it didn't break
auction with Haley
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