You Are My One and Only

Isaac glanced at Patricia through the corner of his eye and asked, “You haven’t found anything you like, Miss Aniston?”

His eyes almost seemed to sparkle, so much so that Patricia had to squint a little.

“Hah. You must be kidding, Mr. Arnold. These items are all too valuable. I dare not ask for them.”

She meant every word. All she wanted right now was to provide for herself and her three children, and she cared little for things like jewelry and other luxuries.

Isaac’s gaze seemed to intensify. Sure enough, she’s not a greedy woman.

She might seem to care a lot about money, but every single buck she spent was earned through her hard work and labor. He did help her by giving her a job that paid five thousand a month, but she gave it her all too.

She never came late or left early.

She made all the arrangements for his work schedule without ever making a mistake.

She put up with all his fault-finding, accepted all his requests, and even did her best to please him.

After thinking all these through, Isaac turned his gaze back to the podium. The next item on the block would be the one he wanted.

necklace up on the podium and announced, “This is the final item up for auction today, the Celestial Tears necklace. It was crafted during the Ancient Roman Empire and is made

with a black gemstone pendant. It dazzled

could not stop herself from eyeing it more closely. What an extraordinary necklace! It’s almost

she heard that the starting bid was six million, her jaw dropped in shock. She was floored

she had that much money, she would never buy

again to calm herself

could not understand the

Family was now beaten down by the

after bid, which rose from six million all the way to twelve

expensive! How can

paddle

auction hall was in an uproar as everyone

That’s

goodness! Who is that up there? He just raised

called out again, “A bid of eighteen million from number eleven. Would anyone else like to

that fifteen million would be enough, so who was number eleven? What

his paddle and said, “22

as he said, “A

crowd exclaimed at the price, “22