Chapter 42
Everyone’s gaze was fixed on Ivy, and the atmosphere was in a frenzy.
Xian gazed at Ivy, perplexed. “What do you intend to use it for?”
Ivy’s lips were hooked. “Don’t you think it’s quite nice?”
“I don’t think so,” Xian replied. It appears to be a regr tobo pipe. So, what’s the big deal about
it? He thought.
Ivy was aware of Eva and Piper’s gazes on her, so she smiled weakly and made eye contact with
them.
The Reeds duo—Eva and Piper, were clearly taken aback. They were aware that Ivy was familiar
with this emerald pipe.
Eva had requested Ivy to clean the historic hall by herself one night back then. Eva grabbed the
pipe from the safe and ced it on a high shelf, hoping Ivy would identally bump into the shelf
and shatter the emerald pipe. If that happened, the Don would undoubtedly exclude Ivy from their
family.
On the other hand, Ivy was clever enough not to touch it.
Eva would have shattered it herself and falsely med Ivy if it hadn’t been for the CCTV camera in
the hall. Unfortunately, Eva’s n did not work out because the Don cherished this pipe more than
his own life!
As a result, Eva never had another chance.
This time, the bitchy duo stole the emerald pipe and ced it up for auction because Piper’s
reputation had suffered after Ivy revealed that Piper had taken the “L’Iparable” ne to
gamble with. Ivy relentlessly insulted Piper after returning to the country, where Piper was practically
an outcast by the elite circle.
Piper desired to reestablish herself in the high society bachelorette group and find a way to be
the group’s primary focus once again. As the Reed family’s Young Lady, Piper must always be the
center of attention.
This charity auction event provided an excellent opportunity for Piper to repair her image and
preserve her reputation as a: high-societydy. This was the most appropriate time.
As a result, Piper urged her mother to sell off her grandfather’s emerald pipe discreetly. The
emerald pipe was valuable enough to ce her in the limelight.
People who knew about their family heritage were afraid of Don Reed and would not bid on it.
Those who were unaware of it would not bid on it either. Therefore, her strategy was ideal. She’d
take it out and bid on it herself as a disy to reim her reputation.
However, Eva and Piper never expected to meet Ivy here.
Eva was concerned because Ivy was definitely not holding back on her bid price. Because the two
of them had no power in the Reed family, their limit was a mere 10 million dors. They barely
received a monthly allowance and had little in personal funds, so they couldn’t continue bidding.
Ivy’s presence came as aplete surprise. Eva had anticipated that even if someone bid on the
emerald pipe, the price would not be more than 10 million dors. Even if it did exceed $10 million,
no one would have the courage to take on the Reeds.
Ivy, on the other hand, was different. She came to get them, the Reeds!
“$10 million going once!” As he yelled, the host’s eyes brightened up.
Piper nervously grabbed at Eva’s garments and murmured something to herself.
Eva pretended to be calm and turned around to give Ivy a stern warning look.
Ivy lifted her brows, smiled faintly, and turned to face the item on the stage. She has got to get her
hands on it!
“10 million dors, going twice!” The host turned to face the audience, but there was silence.
They didn’t want topete with Wyatt Reed’s ex-wife for the spotlight, and they didn’t want to
spend money on an emerald pipe they couldn’t get their hands on.
The host’s gaze traveled across the hall and noticed Eva raising her bidding paddle. “Eleven million
dors,” Eva asserted and acted cool.
Ivy smirked. She believed they’d set a limit of $30 million.
“Twelve million dors!” Ivy trailed behind. She wanted to put their patience to the test.
Suddenly, the phone in her palm rang. Ivy looked at the phone number and recognized the caller
even though there was no caller ID.
Piper. N?velDrama.Org owns all content.
Ivy clenched her teeth and refused to answer. While she was at it, she also blocked Piper.
“$13 million,” Eva eximed once more. She was clearly on pins and needles at this point.
The host appeared to recognize that this was a game for both parties, and the atmosphere in the
hall began to heat up.
“OK, 13 million dors,” he said, raising his voice, “—would you like to bid again, Miss?”
Ivy did not answer, leading the host to believe that she had given up. “$13 million going once!”
“$13 million going twice!”
Eva and Piper sighed with relief.
“$15 million!” Ivy abruptly cut in before thest call and crept a sly smirk on her lips. How does that
make you feel?
Eva’s eyes were agitated. She bowed her head to address Piper.
Piper seems to have taken a massive decision without hesitation. “Twenty million dors!”
Ivy scoffed. Do they believe that she can’t beat that amount?
Even Xian became tense and looked at Ivy. “Do you need support?”
Ivy arched her brow and smiled. “No, this is nothing.” She then raised her paddle once more.
“$30 million!” the host eximed. Suddenly, the audience went ecstatic.
Ivy was tired of teasing Eva and Piper and wished for them to quit bidding.
The flickering lights illuminated Eva and Piper’s pale and sad faces.
“OK, $30 million going once!”
“$30 million… going twice!”
Nobody made a sound in the room. Ivy was confident that she had won.
“30 million dors for the emerald pipe, sold!” the host dered, “best wishes to this youngdy.
The earnings will go to Faith Elementary School.”
The audience began to p, breaking the stuffy and tense mood. Ivy smiled broadly at the two
women in front of her as she greeted everyone.
She smiled brightly and whispered, “what a wonderful day today.”
Ivy and Xian went backstage after greeting everyone to grab the item. Eva and Piper, as expected,
refused to give up and were waiting for her there.