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, going

million dollars,

else bidding anymore.

dollars, sold!

for winning the rare herb

hearing this, Mona's anxiousness dissipated, even as her palms

glanced at the man beside her and offered

power in Horieta, but clearly, the people at this auction were afraid of him. If he hadn't raised his paddle, that man ahead of

auction. "Maybe next time,

the next

Chapter 159

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

time. Brendan murmured in

the faint sound

seem

"Perhaps

realized that it must have been Brendan who took care of it. No one would pay such an astronomical sum just for a lousy nickname. Now, she owed him a massive

was it that man who

the rare herb as it was crucial to saving

wasn't an amount an ordinary person

favor would have 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 the law or

the auction with Haley and headed straight for