Even Tina had figured out that the person who called the bid to a million earlier was Charles, and she guessed that he must be planning to buy it for Sonia. Hmph, she snorted silently. Not in your wildest dreams! Raising her paddle again, she shouted, “1.2 million!”

Next to her, the edge of Titus’ eyes twitched and he hurriedly tried to stop her, saying, “That’s enough, Tina. Stop increasing the bid because this ring isn’t worth that money at all.”

“I don’t care,” she snapped through gritted teeth, her eyes turning red. “I can’t let Sonia get what she wants!”

Frowning, Titus was about to say something when another man shouted, “1.5 million!”

This voice… Sonia thought when she heard the voice, and her face lit up. “That’s Carl, Charles. It’s Carl!”

“I know it’s that rascal,” Charles answered with a nod and raised his paddle. “1.7 million.”

I swear there’s no one I hate more than Charles and that guy who called 1.5 million! Tina thought furiously. I must be cursed to run into them today! Gripping her paddle tightly, she made up her mind determinedly and added three hundred thousand to the bid. “Two million!”

An uproar broke out in the crowd, and Toby knitted his brows in his private suite on the second floor, thinking, What’s up with Tina? Why does she want the ring so badly? “Three million!” he said, pressing down the button.

The auctioneer sucked in a deep breath and announced the new bid with a shaky voice, resulting in another round of surprised gasps from the crowd.

Who’s this big shot that’s able to add a million to the bid just like that? They wondered in amazement and turned their heads to the first private suite.

Narrowing his aged eyes, Titus began to suspect that the one in the first private suite might be

Toby, and he was very unhappy about the fact that Toby didn’t allow them into his private suite. After all, I’m his future father-in-law, he thought. Isn’t he worried that I’ll be unhappy if he did that?

“3.5 million!” Charles called a bid once more.

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Carl shouted as well, “Four

wasn’t bidding all this while,

w

head, Sonia uttered, “This is crazy. All of you have lost your

the ring, but just want to pull a prank on Tina?” he asked with a smirk as he swayed the

her eyes, she replied, “Of course I know what you guys are up to,

goes to show that he must be kind of influential if he can afford a private suite in an auction. He’s definitely not someone we can offend. If he ends up as the one buying the ring instead of Tina, then you guys would have offended him

that because we have already offended him a long time ago. The young master of this auction is a friend of mine that I met in university, and I already checked with him who’s the person in the first suite beforehand. Toby’s in there.” Shrugging, he added, “Since Toby is on

Surprised, Sonia asked, “Toby?”

answered with a

this ring? she wondered. What is he going to do with my wedding band? Give it to Tina? That’s impossible,

figure it out, and neither did she want

again from the

the only one silly enough to waste millions on a ring which belonged to someone else, he thought

Tina could only watch as the mysterious person

a

Sonia left the Fullers, she didn’t take anything with her except for this ring, and now it was returned to him in such a

left, Toby got up from the couch and hobbled out

so it’s

did,” he admitted graciously

in the first private suite was him, so there was

he had betrayed her. “Why did you buy

on him as well, Toby furrowed his brows and answered, “Nothing like that. It’s because that ring has the Fullers’ emblem engraved on the

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