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.

that?” Darren replied with a smug

Ashley and Ronald rolled their eyes. They couldn’t believe how shameless Darren could be.

was always cautious when driving and would never pull a stunt like that. Ashley, on the other hand, was notorious for her awful driving skills. She had already wrecked the

Calista beckoned everyone to follow her into the auction house while

and Eddy walked beside them, while the others followed.

next to Ronald, trailing behind

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

Ashley and chuckled. “But don’t let Ashley know. She’ll bleed my wallet dry. I’m a bit short on cash

smiled faintly. She had a good impression of

house, they noticed two pieces of gemstone, which were obviously cut from the same stone, placed at the entrance. They were both of the ice type,

the entrance was filled with

pay them any attention and headed

invited guest, unlike the other buyers who paid

specifically instructed me to take good care of you today. Feel free to

but my two friends are not familiar with gemstones. Could you arrange for someone

them?”

his assistant to help Calista’s

to assist Vivienne and Ashley. They were given powerful flashlights to inspect

the others were familiar with jade and didn’t need any assistance. They

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

some gemstones

tried to dissuade her

staff member assisting Ashley was much more professional.