The Pinnacle Of Life

“So close, yet so far. I am almost there, though.” She started jumping around like an energetic maniac, running toward Alex and kissed him suddenly.

Brittany was initially in her room on the second floor but came out after hearing Waltz’s voices. She just saw the scene unfolding in front of her eyes as she looked down from the helical staircase.

Gently shaking her head, she retreated into her room.

…

Alex headed to the auction of precious medicinal herbs by himself at half-past five. The auction was held in the form of a cocktail party on the highest floor of California’s Splendor Center.

He entered the auction hall without any hiccups after mentioning Michelle’s name at the entrance.

At this moment at the entrance of Splendor Center, a group of young men and women were chatting among themselves as they entered the building. Among them was a young lady in a white dress, she was Alex’s sister-in-law — Beatrice Assex.

The other three were the ones that Alex saw back at the car dealership days ago: Mona Weiss, Wilson Jordan, and Sam Culver. The four of them were a little coterie.

affectionately at Beatrice as he bragged, “The auction of precious medicinal herbs this time is the most prestigious auction in South California. I heard that the items that will be put up for auction tonight are tonics, which are worth at least a

Mona asked as she flitted her fake

of adoration and secret admiration in her eyes were

Wilson liked Beatrice

they are discovered occasionally, they will be seized by the rich and powerful people, and they will not be sold in the market at all. Therefore, don’t ever trust those so-called century-old ginseng sold in

looked at Wilson adoringly. “Wilson, you are so

humbly and looked at Beatrice, he found that she

Beatrice? That’s why I got myself

the mention of lobsters. “Thank

“Wilson, what does your

is the manager of Splendor Center. This auction this time

of them

tickets, they entered the auction