Chapter 17
The auctioneer presented one item after another, at first, Arianna was a bit cautious and hesitant, not daring to raise her paddle.
In the end, whenever she glanced at something she liked, they would take a picture of it.
Many people were attracted by this grand gesture and cast envious. glances.
“The Hawthorne triplets were nice to Arianna. I wish I were Arianna.”
“They used to think that Grace was so loved by them, and they thought she would marry one of the three brothers!”
“Yeah, who could have imagined it would turn out like this? Not loving Ms. Parrish but favoring the nanny’s daughter. Oh, Ms. Parrish’s reputation, it’s all been ruined!”
Grace didn’t care at all even when she felt the pitying looks from others.
She just silently counted the auction items, waiting for the last one to
appear.
Finally, the auctioneer carefully presented a bracelet and introduced its historical background seriously.
Grace could no longer sit still. She clenched the auction paddle in her hand, waiting to bid.
That bracelet was the token of love her father had given to her mother in the past. No matter what, she was determined to win it at the auction!
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“The starting price is 30 million, and the auction begins now!”
“Forty million!”
“Fifty million!”
“Sixty million!”
Many people raised their paddles to increase the bid. As the price kept rising, many gave up, leaving only Grace and a few others still holding
on.
She kept placing bids. Seeing how much she cared about the bracelet, Arianna rolled her eyes and then started to act coquettishly with the people beside her.
“This bracelet is so beautiful. I wonder if it would look good on me,” she
said.
Immediately, three men vied to say, “I’ll buy it for you!”
Right after that, the three brothers also joined the competition.
“One hundred million!”
“One hundred and fifteen million!”
“Two hundred million!”
Seeing this, Grace’s heart sank infinitely.
They knew what this bracelet meant to her.
Back then, when the token of love between her parents was lost, she was extremely sad.
After the three of them learned about it, they quickly drew the pattern of the bracelet and scrambled to comfort her, saying, “Grace, don’t be sad, okay? We’ll look for it together. One day we’ll find it. No matter what the cost, we’ll make sure it gets back to you.”
However, the promise they made back then had now become a joke.
As the price kept rising and almost reached an unimaginable sky–high price, fifteen billion.
Grace glanced at her savings. It was hardly enough. If she forced herself to win the bid, she would not only spend all the inheritance left by her parents but also have to borrow money.
Just as she was hesitating, Alden made a gesture of “burning the sky – lantern“. The whole audience was in an uproar instantly.
This gesture implied that no matter how high the price of the bracelet went, he would keep bidding until he bought it.
At that moment, she felt completely dead inside.
She couldn’t take it.
When the bracelet was handed to Arianna, she looked at Alden with love. in her eyes and said, “Alden, this was taken by you for me. Would you help me put it on?”
At this moment, Drake and Bryce both expressed their dissatisfaction.
“Arianna, I had money too, if he hadn’t snatched it first, I could have bought it for you too!”
“Alden, I gave you the money to buy the bracelet. Can you allow me to help Arianna wear the bracelet instead?”
With that, Drake handed out his card.
Bryce also handed his cassette to Alden.
“I also had money, Alden, why not just give it to me?”
While a few people were helping Arianna put on her bracelet, Arianna deliberately pretended that she couldn’t hold it properly, and the bracelet fell to the ground, making a crisp sound and instantly shattering into pieces.
At that moment, Grace’s heart also broke.
“Oops, I accidentally broke it!”