The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 28 Deal is Deal

“Two million is definitely out of the question! For these three items you have, Jessica, I can only offer two hundred thousand.”

“One million eight hundred thousand!”

“One hundred eighty thousand.”

Nicholas’s counteroffer left Jessica stunned.

“Smiley Nick, what do you mean by this?”

“Jessica, I wasn’t particularly interested in your items to begin with. Since you’re calling out random prices, it’s only fair I can too! I never planned on buying them. However, I can totally accept if you want to sell at the price I offered.”

hundred thousand dollars. If he could get them for a mere one hundred eighty thousand, he’d essentially be pocketing a profit of three hundred twenty thousand,

you going a bit too far? You scammed me out of eighty million, gave me three forgeries, and still, that’s not enough for you? You want to keep scamming me? As the owner of Auctiq, you can’t possibly fail to recognize that even as forgeries, these antiques have a market value of

right. Since you wanted to buy antiques, there’s always a risk involved! If you failed to discern that

you called out a price of two million, clearly aiming to deceive me for my money. I naturally can’t accept that, so my offer of one hundred eighty thousand is purely self- defense. Of course, the choice is yours – you can

confident in his stance with Jessica, knowing that if she tried to offload these items elsewhere, no one would be willing

auction houses might not offer more than one hundred thousand because

luck. Genuine antiques are difficult to match

it even harder to

three–hundred–year legacy, what made Auctiq the premier auction house in Delvin Hub was its vast network of clientele. In the whole of Delvin

antiques.

you’ve put it that way, Smiley Nick,

and commanded