Not long after it was Hayden and Layla's birthday. Avery saw the promotion of the jewelry auction online.
This auction has a set of extremely pretty jewelry for children. Avery fell for it the moment she saw it.
She thought that Layla would like it, so she wanted to bid on it and give it to her daughter.
"Next up, we have a set of jewelry for children. This set was personally designed in the last century by the Queen of Kengo for her
daughter. This set was made by the best craftsmen of that period. It has one hundred and eight diamonds in it. Whether you are
bidding for your daughter or to modify it, it will be a great choice," The
auctioneer introduced the set of jewelry and announced the starting price.
The bidding started.
Just when Avery was about to bid on it, the man sitting next to her raised his paddle." Eight million."
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Avery took a deep breath. It looked like the man was determined to get it because the starting price was five million dollars. He
immediately added three more million.
Avery looked at the picture of the jewelry once more. She liked it a lot. She was sure that Layla would like it even more.
At that thought, she raised her paddle. A single raise of paddle meant tacitly adding five hundred thousand.
"Number nine is offering eight and a half million," The auctioneer immediately said," Is anything going to follow her?"
"My price is ten million," Avery corrected him.
The auctioneer was stunned. He immediately corrected himself, "Number nine is offering ten million. Does anyone follow?"
Number ten, who was sitting next to Avery, panicked. He glanced at Avery. Avery lowered her hat. She did not want to be seen by
the public.
"Hold up, letmake a call." Number ten did not see Avery's face clearly. He did not dare to bid further, but he also did not want
to give up, so he requested a pause.
The auction was paused for a while. Number ten went to make a call.
"Miss Jennings, the woman next towants to bid for the set of jewelry too. | bid eight million, but she immediately
followed with ten million. She's wearing a hat. | can't see her face clearly. | don't know who she is. | also don’t know how much she
is willing to bid. | want to know your call."
Natalie's final price was ten million. She wanted to bid on the jewelry =e.:YIV: also give them to Layla.
Of course, she would not give the entire set. It was too expensive of a gift. She was afraid that Elliot would not allow Layla to
accept it.
She could give her the necklace first, then the bracelet the next time. Natalie had already made plans, and she did not want them
to be messed up. However, she did not find the jewels to be worth more than ten million.
The set of jewelry might be precious and pretty, but at most, it was worth ten
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million. Any more than that was just stupidity.
"Miss Jennings, the organizer of this auction is friends with Mr. Foster. Do you want to call him to help talk to the organizer?"
Natalie hesitated for a while before saying," I'll call him and speak to him."
A moment later, number ten finished the call and returned to the auction venue.
Avery saw a smile of victory on his face from the corner of her eyes. It was as if he had everything under control.
"You should just give up on this set of jewelry!”
Avery said, "Givea reason to do so."
"My boss is going to get it. Also, we're not going to add more money. We'll use ten
million to buy this set of jewelry." Number ten crossed his arms across his chest. He smiled smugly.
A staff member of the auction in uniform entered and called for the auctioneer to go off stage. They privately spoke.