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.

at the bidder’s

which most believed belonged in the hallowed halls of the Louvre, was now up for

was taken aback, and then she heard Dustin

the last, and the atmosphere reached a fever pitch with the

war, but Dustin

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

of intense bidding, Dustin emerged victorious, claiming the da

the gavel fell, the lights brightened, and waiters began directing the assembly to the adjacent hall for the

the aroma of fine wine filled the air and familiar

She couldn’t

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nothing to show for

escorted backstage by a waiter to complete the necessary

acquaintances around Brielle, 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. Her face

likely attending such a posh event for the first and only time, hence his early announcement of the live

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