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.

on the podium and announced, “This is the final item up for auction today, the Celestial Tears necklace. It was

necklace with a black gemstone pendant. It dazzled under the light,

extraordinary

jaw dropped in shock. She was floored to find that it cost as much as a

money, she would

sipped her tea again

could not understand the world of

the Aniston Family was now beaten down

bid after bid, which rose from six million all the

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

his paddle and called

uproar as everyone began

That’s too

Who is that up there? He just raised the bid by three

called out again, “A bid of eighteen million from number

fifteen million would be enough, so who was number eleven? What gave them the gall to try and snatch this

paddle

“A bid of 22 million from

again, the crowd exclaimed