Triumph Above All Novel

Chapter 374

feel a burning sensation creeping onto their faces.They gave Skylar the evil eye, dying to tear Skylar into pieces with their bare hands.The walnuts started off with a bid of five million dollars, and Skylar managed to push it up to forty times the price.No, this was more than a bidding war. Skylar was clearly out to get them!They had put the word out there, and Nolan even introduced himself, so it was not just a personal loss at stake here. Nolan risked embarrassing the whole family.The value of the nuts aside, Nolan did not have the funds to carry on with the bidding. He was merely an heir without power.It took a lot of guts to go forward with the hundred and ten million dollar bid just now.Not knowing what to feel, Yvonne stared into Nolan’s eyes while Nolan looked around the room. He made up his mind and recklessly blurted, “Two hundred and ten million!”To stop Skylar from outbidding him, Nolan scoffed and added, “Skylar, you should know where the Oakleys stand in Cloudtopia. Ask around if you don’t.“I told you I have my eyes set on the nuts of cuerno. You should tread carefully here.” The threat was apparent in Nolan’s tone.It appeared that the two hundred and ten million dollars were the most he could go for.Just when everybody thought Skylar would give it a rest, a nonchalant voice echoed across the room.“Three hundred million.”What?Three hundred million dollars?Before anybody could process what was happening, Skylar let out a cold scoff and said, “As you said, the auction is only for the wealthy. Someone poor like you should pack up and leave!”It did not sit well with Nolan that Skylar used his words against him.He was the heir of the Oakley family. The poor label did not go hand in hand with him.The nerve of Skylar to tell him to leave.Nolan had never faced such utter humiliation.Yet, he was disgraced in public.Worst of all, the culprit was Skylar, a nobody.Three hundred million was more than he could afford.“Just you wait,

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