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.

in South California. I heard that the

she flitted her fake lashes while looking

in her eyes were

Wilson liked Beatrice

Beatrice’s curious expression, Wilson continued, “It’s because medicinal herbs like the century-old ginseng and Ganoderma are extremely rare items. Over the years, humans have been excavating them, so they are nearly extinct. Even if they are discovered occasionally, they will be seized

looked at Wilson adoringly. “Wilson, you are so

at Beatrice, he found that she did not

why I got myself a few more entrance tickets to the auction from my uncle. These are not something that ordinary people can get

the

asked, “Wilson, what does your uncle

manager of Splendor Center. This auction this time could be said to be mainly arranged

four of them

the entrance tickets, they entered