That was why Tet had been exceedingly humble.

For someone like Frank to be so accomplished at his age, Tet scarcely dared to imagine the influence that backed him.

Bowing his head to Frank, he said earnestly, "Apologies for trying to pull rank earlier, Mr. Lawrence. Please forgive my indiscretion."

He had his dignity too, which was why he did not kneel and beg.

For Frank's part, he was no bully-he nodded as Tet apologized, accepting the apology.

Around them, the guests' jaws dropped as they looked on. Many of them could still remember Hugh claiming that Frank was just Vicky's sugar baby!

"Is that man really just some manwhore? How could he be so knowledgeable?"

"Yeah... Could Hugh Turnbull have been lying?"

"Hah! The magister himself confirmed that the pure jade vase is fake. Isn't that a slap to Mr. Pearce's face?"

"The way I see it, Hugh is just some frivolous character who yaps a lot to make himself look important."

of the

The balls he

guests' vocal disapproval left Hugh's face ashen, and

the name of

asked, "Ahem... Since the vase is proven to be a counterfeit, Mr. Pearce, the

who made the hundred million dollar bid, but at his question, the other

we thought it was genuine. This

"Huh..."

turned toward the silent Hugh before laughing, "Of course it

then turned toward Tet,

to give a starting bid,

turn toward Frank instead, clearly to push the

Hugh on stage, he smiled. "Bid starts at one

in an uproar-even if it was counterfeit, it was definitely worth

even holding back

as it was definitely

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