Chapter 159


    It originally belonged to a family named Murray. ording to this saying, Selena thought that her


    mother should be carrying the Murray name as well. However, her mother’s maiden name was Cecilia


    Davis, which had nothing to do with a name like Murray.


    But she couldn’t care less. No matter what, this bracelet belonged to her mother, and she had to buy it


    today. Soon, the bidding started, and sure enough, many people were here for it. The starting bid was


    three million, and the price went up to fifteen million after just one round of bidding.


    “How much should we bid in the next round, President Yard?” After a moment of hesitation, Selena


    replied, “Thirty million.”


    “We’re doubling it directly?” “That’s right. I want the other bidders who are just following the price to


    retreat. I want to put an end to this quickly.”


    As expected, once the thirty million bid was ced on it, the ones who were following the bidding price


    all retreated. During the third round, Selena went straight for fifty million, and there were only three


    bidders left in the end.


    “Sixty million!”


    “Seventy million!”


    “Eighty million!”


    It seemed as though all three of them were determined to buy this bracelet! Selena found it odd.


    Although this bracelet was historical and looked very pretty, unless they had a special rtionship with


    it, no one would spend such a huge amount of money on it.


    “President Yard, for the next round… what should we do?”


    “A hundred million! I don’t think that they’ll follow!” Selena answered as she clutched her cell phone


    tightly.


    The jade bracelet was unexpectedly popr with two other people still vying for it with her at this stage.


    At this, she was really curious about the people who wanted the bracelet as badly as her!


    “President Yard, a hundred million is our maximum bid and not a single dor more than that. We’ve


    submitted a deposit for this auction, and we’re required to pay up within a day. Otherwise, the deposit


    will be forfeited. Not only that, we’ll also be banned from participating in future Royal Auctions and


    cklisted. We have only one hundred million in funds which we could use, and anything additional will


    have to be transferred from Springvale, but we won’t have enough time for that,” Linda said, exining


    the current situation to her.


    Right then, Selena could only regret not setting foot into Astoria earlier. If only she had developed her


    business in Astoria as soon as possible, she wouldn’t have had to care about all these. After all, it was


    merely a hundred million, and even if it was a few hundred million, it would be considered peanuts to


    her.


    “Alright.”


    Everything depends on this final strike now, she thought.


    Praying silently, she hoped that the other bidders would retreat from the difficulties or maybe know


    about her intentions and let her win the bid.


    “A hundred million! Room number eighteen calls for a hundred million! Is there any higher bid?


    Anyone?”


    Everyone else who was watching the auction were at the edge of their seats as well since it wasn’t a


    common urrence when the bidding became this heated.


    Meanwhile, in room number one, Niall was covered in cold sweat as he made a call to Pierre.


    “President Fowler, the other bidder offered a hundred million. Are we going to continue bidding?”


    “Didn’t I already tell you that you have to get it? So don’t waste my time!” Pierre snapped and hung up


    angrily.


    Gritting his teeth, Niall couldn’t figure out what was going on in Pierre’s mind that he could bring himself


    to spend such a huge amount of money on Meredith. Whatever it was, he would give his all since the


    money wasn’ting from his ount.


    Just when Selena’s hands were tightly sped together in a silent prayer, the host eximed, “Okay,


    room number one is offering one hundred and ten million!”


    The crowd broke into an uproar, and Selena stared wide-eyed at the screen as her final hope was


    shattered.


    The other bidder was really giving his all!


    The man in a ck suit in room number three frowned as he picked up his cell phone and asked, “Are


    we still following the bid?”


    In the end, the jade bracelet was sold at one hundred and ten million!


    Unable to hide the disappointment on her face, Selena felt as though she had let her mother down


    because she couldn’t even get her bracelet back in an auction.


    Looking at her, Linda sighed. “This person is such a nuisance. Why can’t he spend this one hundred


    and ten million on something else instead of pitting it against us! What do you think he’s after?”N?velDrama.Org exclusive content.