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.

up on the podium and announced, “This is the final item up for auction today, the

a black gemstone pendant. It dazzled

What an extraordinary necklace! It’s almost as if I

six million, her jaw dropped in shock. She

would never buy such an expensive, but

her tea again to calm

she realized that she could not understand

regarded daughter of the Aniston Family was now beaten down by the reality

auctioneer kept calling out bid after bid,

trembling heart. That’s so expensive! How can anyone even have the guts to wear it in

then, Isaac raised his paddle and called

in an uproar as everyone

That’s

up there? He

eighteen million from number eleven. Would anyone else like

who was number eleven? What gave them the gall

paddle

as he said, “A bid

crowd exclaimed