It was an eye-opening moment for everyone at the auction. It’s so unlike Mr. Yates to be this agitated. This is definitely not an ordinary piece of jade.

“Why are we not fit to have it? It belongs to my dad. He kept it for more than twenty years. How could you take it away just like that? Ryan, you’re no different from a bully!” Sisley bellowed furiously.

“Shut up!” Suddenly, a frail voice of an elder sounded.

Everyone looked toward the door at once and saw Bob walking toward the auction stage supported by his butler.

Hera’s expression changed drastically when she saw her grandfather.

“Grandpa…”

She had barely taken a few steps forward when a loud slap rang out across the auction hall.

the sudden impact of the slap, Hera staggered a few steps backward. A trace of

one of the most humiliating moments of the woman’s life. Looking extremely miserable, Hera covered

filled with disbelief as she

feel was a hot, searing pain on her cheek. Having been slapped by her grandfather in front of so many wealthy and influential individuals, Hera desperately wished for the ground to swallow her

to prevent her from falling. Simmering with anger, she

Alice’s most prized possession. She had always carried it with her. I have been taking great care of it and planned to give it to Ashlyn after I pass away. How dare the two of you steal it and even sell it! How

that moment, with fury vibrating through his being, he wanted nothing more

Ryan stared at the old man in shock. “Alice, the daughter of the Chapman family who was

was equally

brilliance of the youngest daughter of the Chapman family back then.

among the upper echelons of Lake City brought up her

“I will never forget how perfect Alice Chapman was. Not only was her beauty and elegance unrivaled, but she was

was done by her, including the architecture,

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