Maurice was so generous!

Eliana shook her head and said stubbornly, “No, it’s very expensive. I can’t afford to pay you back.”

“You don’t have to pay me back,” Maurice replied nonchalantly.

Eliana shook her head again, and this time, there was a look of alienation in her eyes. “It’s easy to repay money, but to return a favor is completely different.”

She knew it better than anyone else. She had already owed Preston. She didn’t want to owe one more person.

After the auctioneer introduced the music box on stage, many people bid on it. In a short period of time, the price skyrocketed.

“Seven million dollars,” Erica triumphantly announced the price while holding the signboard in front of everyone.

Eliana had a bad feeling when she saw her evil smile.

Of course, there was a different reason why Erica wanted to buy the music box. It was not simply because she was fascinated by it.

As soon as the music box appeared, she realized why Eliana came to that night’s event.

Erica remembered seeing this antique music box at Eliana’s house when she and Eliana were still best friends before the Pierce Group went bankrupt.

She would feel very satisfied if she could buy the music box and smash it in front of Eliana.

engrossed in

more to an

about to raise the signboard again,

Ten million dollars for an old music box!

Erica snapped bitterly as she shook off

argue with her in front of all the city’s power brokers. The attendees at the auction were all prominent people,

could only hope that someone else would bid a higher amount

up. Eliana unconsciously began to show a nervous

of Erica getting her parents’ previous belonging would be

“Twelve million dollars.”

the crowd’s interest.

hold her head high this time. She

Going once,

thought she had already won, a voice echoed throughout the

“Thirteen million dollars.”

Eliana, turned their gaze to the source of

surprised to see Theo, Maurice’s new

Did Maurice plan it?

in disbelief, her

wondering why anyone would still compete with her

spotlight was now on Theo. “This

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