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.
with a shaky
this big shot that’s able to add a million to the bid just like that? They wondered in amazement and turned their heads to the
that Toby didn’t allow them
million!” Charles called a
shouted as
bidding all this while, joined in
uttered, “This is crazy. All of you have lost your
don’t even want to buy the ring, but just want to pull a prank on Tina?” he asked with a smirk as he
are up to, but don’t forget about the person on the second floor. It goes to show 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
of mine that I met in university, and I already checked with him
Surprised, Sonia asked, “Toby?”
answered with a
this ring? she wondered. What is he going to do with my wedding band? Give it to Tina? That’s impossible, she concluded and shook her head as she
have other motives. However, she couldn’t figure it out, and neither did she want to ponder over it. It was a ring she didn’t want
bid again
with a somber expression. “I’ll break your legs if you dare to raise the bid again.” She’s the only
Tina could only watch as the mysterious person on
upstairs bought a ring for
the second floor, 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 nothing that has
Toby got up from the couch and hobbled out
“Toby… so it’s true that you won the bid
he admitted graciously
the person in the first private suite was him, so there was no
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