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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noise level in the room skyrocketed as advisors at the bidder’s
which most believed belonged in the hallowed halls of the Louvre, was now up for grabs
taken aback, and then she heard
the last, and the atmosphere reached a fever pitch with the
war, but Dustin was
thought of Dustin’s long-lost sister, wondering if he was bidding on this masterpiece as a consolation gift for his mother,
intense bidding, Dustin emerged victorious, claiming the da Vinci for a staggering nine
the assembly to the adjacent hall for
aroma of fine wine filled the air and familiar
gaze landed on Mr. Hartley. She couldn’t afford to return
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to show for
complete the necessary
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.
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