Even Tina had figured out that the person who called the bid to a million earlier was Charles, and she guessed that he must be planning to buy it for Sonia. Hmph, she snorted silently. Not in your wildest dreams! Raising her paddle again, she shouted, “1.2 million!”

Next to her, the edge of Titus’ eyes twitched and he hurriedly tried to stop her, saying, “That’s enough, Tina. Stop increasing the bid because this ring isn’t worth that money at all.”

“I don’t care,” she snapped through gritted teeth, her eyes turning red. “I can’t let Sonia get what she wants!”

Frowning, Titus was about to say something when another man shouted, “1.5 million!”

 

This voice… Sonia thought when she heard the voice, and her face lit up. “That’s Carl, Charles. It’s Carl!”

“I know it’s that rascal,” Charles answered with a nod and raised his paddle. “1.7 million.”

I swear there’s no one I hate more than Charles and that guy who called 1.5 million! Tina thought furiously. I must be cursed to run into them today! Gripping her paddle tightly, she made up her mind determinedly and added three hundred thousand to the bid. “Two million!”

An uproar broke out in the crowd, and Toby knitted his brows in his private suite on the second floor, thinking, What’s up with Tina? Why does she want the ring so badly? “Three million!” he said, pressing down the button.

bid with a shaky voice, resulting in another round of surprised gasps

like that? They wondered

 

the one in the first private suite might be Toby, and he was very unhappy about the fact that Toby didn’t allow them into his private suite.

million!” Charles called a bid

Carl shouted

who wasn’t bidding

uttered, “This is crazy. All of you have lost your

“Can’t you tell that we don’t even want to buy the ring, but just want to pull a prank on Tina?” he

that he must be kind of influential if he can afford a private suite in an auction. He’s definitely not someone we can offend. If he ends up as the one buying the ring instead of Tina, then

have already offended him a long time ago. The young master of this auction is a friend of mine that I met in university, and I already checked with him who’s the person in the first suite beforehand. Toby’s in there.” Shrugging, he added, “Since Toby is on Tina’s side, getting either of them will be a win for

Surprised, Sonia asked, “Toby?”

he answered

want to buy this ring? she wondered. What is he going to do with my wedding band? Give it to Tina? That’s impossible, she concluded

she couldn’t figure it out, and neither did she want to

million!” Toby bid again from

firmly and looked at her with a somber expression. “I’ll break your legs if you dare to raise the bid again.” She’s the only one silly enough to waste millions on a ring which belonged to someone else, he thought angrily. This

the intimidated Tina could only watch as the mysterious person

bought a ring for five million! Is he

and Toby stared at the ring in the velvet pouch with an unreadable look in his eyes. When Sonia left the Fullers, she didn’t take anything with her except for this ring, and now it was returned to him in such a manner. From now on, Sonia will have

hall upstairs. After everyone left, Toby got up from the couch and hobbled out of the private suite with the crutch. The moment he

in disbelief, Tina gasped, “Toby… so it’s true that you won

I did,” he admitted graciously

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