Master of his heart

Chapter 62

Chapter 62

Brielle was lost in a daze, barely registering the events unfolding around her, including the fact that Max had secured the Eternal Whispers painting for a cool four hundred million, something she belatedly realized.

Eternal Whispers was the showstopper of the evening, but the auction organizers had one more trick up their sleeve – a mysterious item that wasn’t listed in the catalog and was only to be revealed live at the event.

This secrecy was the reason there was such a buzz of consultants at the bidder’s tables, all eager to catch a glimpse of the hidden gem, which could be anything from a piece of royal regalia that might have graced the brow of an ancient monarch to a lost

masterpiece by a revered artist.

The trio of auctioneers, normally loquacious, held their tongues for a moment, their voices trembling with excitement.

It all seemed irrelevant to Brielle until the crowd erupted into a clamor, snapping her out of her reverie. She looked up just in time to see the final lot revealed – none other than Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.

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skyrocketed as advisors at the bidder’s tables frantically relayed the

believed belonged in the hallowed halls of the Louvre, was now up for grabs at the

and then she heard Dustin placing

frenzied, each offer outdoing the last, and the atmosphere reached a

out of the bidding war, but Dustin was persistent, raising his bid four times, his

he was bidding on this masterpiece as a consolation gift for his mother, given the painting’s evocative

intense bidding, Dustin emerged victorious, claiming the da Vinci for

began directing the assembly to

the crowd into the banquet hall, where the aroma of fine wine filled the air and

couldn’t afford to return

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to show for

was escorted backstage by a waiter to complete the necessary paperwork for his purchase,

so she stood in an inconspicuous spot, thinking about how to start a conversation with the president of the Hartley Group. What she didn’t expect was that a young guy not far away was broadcasting live on their phone.

a delegate representing his employer at the dinner, was likely attending such a posh event for the first and only time, hence his early announcement of the live broadcast, promising viewers

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