A beautiful lady dressed in skintight wear carried a tray onto the stage.

The tray was covered with a piece of silk fabric, displaying six nuts de cuerno that were the size of meatballs.

The color, texture, and patina were top-notch.

The host made an impassioned introduction of the nuts before opening for bids.

The bid started at five million dollars with increments going for at least five hundred thousand dollars.

Five million dollars for six walnuts was a bit much. Many who were not in the collectible nut business were shocked, to say the least.

Still, there were people who did their research on these unique collector’s items. They were tempted to place their bids on those nuts on the tray.

“Six million!”

Taking Skylar’s instruction, Yulia raised her bidding card and shouted.

“Six million five hundred thousand!”

A middle-aged man in the back named his price.

Another voice echoed, “Ten million!”

Uff!

gasped sharply and turned their heads

his bidding card and looked smugly at

in his eyes was mocking Skylar and

only

down to it, Skylar was no match

“I am Nolan, the heir of the Oakleys.

about putting

Belmonts, and the Whitlocks were

playing catch-up behind was the

Belmont was Nolah’s maternal grandfather. There had been

bond between both families

Moodys, the family’s link to the

introduction, he was telling everybody in the auction that the nut collection was his to take. Anyone who placed a bid was going against the

maybe

from the bidding war, Nolan glanced at Skylar with delight and taunted, “Skylar, the auction

he saw it, Skylar and

embezzled public funds to purchase

big hit, they had a long way

had no means to beat him in

Skylar cut off Nolan’s monologue by raising

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