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.

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

after a pause, his tone deliberate.

That was madness!

once again burst

hundred million!” Gracia continued. Her face was ghostly pale as she raised

worth maybe tens of millions at best.

even for the Howards,

subtly pinched Brian to signal him to stop

like it,” she whispered, shaking her head earnestly, “I

with a

second time! Four hundred

struck, and the room fell silent

Gracia had won the

had expected to see Brian duke it out with Gracia to pamper Natalie. No one anticipated that Brian would back down at the climax.

sighed in relief. She might have keeled over if Brian had spent four hundred billion on that diamond for

cold, and composed as he listened to the other’s bid on the coming items.

the front row,