At the auction, the auctioneer was dressed in a deep blue gown, her every word and movement exuding elegance and grace, the kind of sophistication that only came from loowledge and poise.

bSean /band Zac showed line interest in the early items, until the pink diamond ne was unveiled.

The auctioneer gave a concise introduction before opening the bidding. The starting price was four million.

Zac immediately raised his paddle,

After a few rounds of bidding, the price quickly climbed to six millionb, /band the number of bidders dwindled.

Zac raised his paddle again–6.2 million.

The auctioneer gestured smoothly. “We’re at 6.2 million. Shall we move to 6.5?”

bSean /bcalmly raised his paddle.

The auctioneer smiled toward his direction “6.5 million. Any higherb?/b”

Zac shot bSean /ba sharp re and raised his paddle again.

|“6.5 million going once–bback /bto bidder 20. Anyone (or b6.8/bb?/b**

Sean raised 1

This paddle again

“6.8 million. Any more takers?‘

Zac was determined, bGetting /bhis teeth, he raised it to 7 million.

Seven million wasn’t beyond his means if this gift pleased. Sullivan’s cousin and led bto /bba /bdeal with the Sullivan Corporation, the retam on investment could be Tenfold.

As the saying goes: no pain, no gain. He had to win that ne,

million–bidder. Do I hear b7.57 /b

Sean raised his paddle again,

#2.5 million

Za pushed it to a million.

Just as Sean was about to raise his paddle again, Charlotte gently ced her hand over his.

“Let it go. It’s not worth it.”

The items that started at 4 million had already doubled. Charlotte had looked at the ne earlier. It was only worth two or three million at most. And truthfully, she didn’t even like it that much. There was no point in outbidding Zac just to prove a pointb, /b

He wanted it? Let him bve /bi

She remembered there was a blue diamond neing up the actually liked that one better.

Sean nced at her, then obediently lowered his paddle.

In thread, Zac won the ne with a final bid of million.

Wendy, sitting beside him, shot Charlotte a smug smile,

So that’s it? Her new man couldn’t even go bpast /bba /bmillion seemed like he wasn’t that into her after all,” be silently leaked.

Iraide the women’s brestroom/b, Charlotte bstood /bat the tongue makeup when she noticed Wendy’s reflection behind her

Wendy walked up to the sink, but expression full of section as washed bind “Well, well. You bsure /bdon’t waste time. A few bdays /bapart and byou’ve /balreadytched onto someone new?”

Charlotte kept her focus bon /bapplying her lipstick, ignoring her.

at terme. Your man? Couldn’t even cough that up for byou/bb. /b

Wendy chuckled. “All I had bto /bdo was say that ne was pretty, and Zac dropped eight million onit forme

she dried her bhands /bslowly, then added with a set, “I mean, rich guys aren’t dumb. They spend money on people who are actually worth it. And you you’re just

Charlotte capped her lipstick and looked at herself in the minion, calm and steady. Then she bspoke/b, bclear /band sharp. “Is that su? Then good luck with that,” With thatb, /bshe tumed and walked out without giving Wendy another nce

bWendy’s /bwords held zero weight for her because Charlotte’s life was far better than Wendy could ever imagine.

Wendy, in this moment, was nothing more than a jealous little dog, barking uselessly at some she couldn’t touch

Charlotte didn’t need to waste her time arguing. It would only make things ugly.

Varived.

Soon, the day of the party a

It was held at the Sullivan family’s private estate

Luxury cars lined the entrance–every single one worth mil