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.

the room was apparent. Nobody spoke. They all waited anxiously for the final

hundred million,” Brian said after a pause,

That was madness!

room once again burst into

face was ghostly pale as she raised

knew the diamond was worth maybe

an outrageous waste even for the Howards, who treated money like

to signal him to stop this

like it,” she whispered, shaking her

know,” Brian replied with a

announcing, “Four hundred million for the second time! Four hundred million

struck, and the

Gracia had won

out with Gracia to pamper Natalie. No one anticipated that Brian would back down at the climax.

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

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

put a brave face in the front row, though her