Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 248

One hundred and twenty million!” Before Natalie could ask why, Gracia, seated not far away, Immediately raised her paddle.

*Two hundred million, Brian said, locking eyes with Natalie, his voice steady.

The auction bail erupted into murmurs.

Brien, known for his calculated investments, was making headlines by splurging on a woman. Unheard of! He was willing to bid two hundred million, a figure unheard of anywhere else, for a diamond that wasn’t even ten carats and far from the finest!

Those in attendance felt their trip was worthwhile. They were witnessing a spectacle!

Gracia’s complexion turned ashen as she stared at the exchange between Natalie and Brian.

“We need to keep bidding,” the Howard family’s butler whispered, his brow furrowed with concern.

Davis had sent them to secure this South African diamond, and they weren’t about to return empty–handed!

“Two hundred and twenty million,” Gracia raised her paddle again.

Nobody spoke. They all waited anxiously for the final moment. Who would take home

million,” Brian said after a pause, his

That was madness!

burst into animated discussions.

continued. Her face was ghostly pale as she raised her

knew the diamond was worth maybe tens of millions

even for the Howards, who treated money

Brian to signal him to stop this

she whispered, shaking her head earnestly,

with a

hundred million for the second time! Four hundred million for the third time!

gavel struck, and the room fell silent

all odds, Gracia had won the

duke it out with Gracia to pamper Natalie. No one anticipated that

She might have keeled over if Brian had spent four hundred billion

to the other’s bid on the coming items. It seemed the earlier

the front row, though her palms and soles were