The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 246

As Vivienne zoomed past Carl, Darren hollered in excitement. “Holy moly! Our little cousin just gave Carl a run for his money!”

“Are you for real?” Ashley retorted while rolling her eyes at her brother “Carl’s defeat is Vivienne’s victory, not yours”

“And…” She pointed at the music player. “How on earth did you manage to make it through American Idol with this kind of taste in music?”

“What do you know?” Darren ran his fingers through his silver hair. “I made it thanks to my personal charm.”

“No wonder you immediately switched to acting, even though you got your break through a singing competition” Ashley snorted “You must have realized early on that you lacked the talent.”

“You.” Darren gritted his teeth. “I won’t stoop to your level!”

While the siblings were bickering, Vivienne had already driven into River Village.

The private gemstone auction, held by MT Corporation, was an annual event, and this wasn’t Vivienne’s first time attending.

She parked the car in front of the auction house like a pro and waited for Carl to arrive.

“Were you driving just now?” Carl asked Darren with a stern look as soon as he got out of the car. He was not able to see the driver because of Vivienne’s speed just now.

a problem with that?”

raised an eyebrow, while Ashley and Ronald rolled their eyes. They couldn’t

others, he didn’t say anything more, as he knew that Ronald was always cautious when driving and would never pull a stunt like that. Ashley, on the other hand, was notorious for

follow her into the auction house while holding

Eddy walked beside them, while

Ronald, trailing behind

like, let me know. I’ll get it for you.” Ronald whispered to Vivienne. “I didn’t have time to prepare a gift for you since Scott brought you

“But don’t let Ashley know. She’ll bleed my wallet dry. I’m

smiled faintly. She had a good impression of Ronald.

same stone, placed at the entrance. They were both of the ice type,

entrance was filled with these sorts of low–quality gemstones.

pay them any attention

guest, unlike the other buyers who paid

you today. Feel free

and Ashley. “I’m here just to browse around, but my two friends are not familiar with gemstones. Could

them?”

instructed his assistant

staff members came over to assist Vivienne and Ashley. They were given powerful flashlights to inspect the quality

were familiar with jade and didn’t need any assistance. They grabbed flashlights

finding nothing satisfactory, she finally purchased a cut piece of sky–blue gemstone for half million dollars. She planned to make

Paula also purchased some gemstones to be made

staff member named Jacob who was assigned to her was constantly making irrelevant comments. He tried to dissuade her from buying good pieces and coax her into buying

contrast, the staff member assisting Ashley was much