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.

Got a problem with that?” Darren replied with

eyebrow, while Ashley and Ronald rolled their eyes. They couldn’t believe how

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 her awful driving

go in.” Calista beckoned everyone to follow her into the

Eddy walked beside them,

Ronald, trailing behind the

it for you.” Ronald whispered to Vivienne. “I didn’t have time to prepare a gift for you since Scott brought you back so suddenly.”

She’ll bleed my wallet dry. I’m a

a good impression of Ronald.

noticed two pieces of gemstone, which were obviously cut from the same stone, placed at the

was filled with these sorts of

didn’t pay them any attention and headed

was an invited guest, unlike the other buyers who paid to attend, Barret from

of you today. Feel free to choose

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

them?”

course Barret instructed his assistant

to assist Vivienne and Ashley. They were given

and didn’t need any assistance.

initially intended to find a jade bracelet similar to the one Judith had gifted Vivienne. However, such pieces were hard to come by. After searching for a while and finding nothing satisfactory, she finally purchased a cut piece of sky–blue gemstone for half million dollars. She planned to make a pair of bracelets from it and

gemstones to

but the staff member named Jacob who was assigned to her was constantly making irrelevant comments. He tried to dissuade her

member assisting Ashley