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.

was. Got a problem with that?” Darren replied with a smug look.

while Ashley and Ronald rolled their

observing Vivienne and the 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 her awful driving skills. She had already wrecked the gate of the Brooks Mansion four times. As for Vivienne,

beckoned everyone to follow her into the auction house while

Eddy walked beside them, while the others

walked next to Ronald, trailing behind

you like, let me know. I’ll get it for you.” Ronald whispered to Vivienne. “I didn’t have time

She’ll bleed my wallet dry. I’m a bit short on cash

She had a

were obviously cut from the same stone,

filled with these sorts of low–quality

them any attention

paid to attend, Barret

to take good care of you today. Feel free to choose anything you like.”

two

them?”

instructed his assistant to

and Ashley. They were given powerful flashlights to inspect the quality of the gemstones.

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

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

Paula also purchased some gemstones

constantly making irrelevant comments. He tried to dissuade her from buying good pieces and coax her into buying inferior ones. She couldn’t help

the staff member assisting Ashley was much