Chapter 19
Among the crowd, someone thought in shock, ’20 million dollars? Wow!
This bidding voice was like a thunderclap out of the blue, rendering everyone in the hall speechless. The scene fell into utter silence!
Even the auctioneer on stage was so surprised that he almost bit his tongue. His voice trembled and suddenly rose in volume as he said, “Ladies and gentlemen! The gentleman in the private room on the second floor has bid 20 million dollars! Yes, that gentleman directly offered a price of 20 million dollars!!”
The auctioneer knew that the gentleman in the private room was a major shareholder of their auction house and the president of the Kingsley Group. However, Valentin always kept a low profile at auctions and never revealed his identity.
Thus, the auctioneer, being tactful and following usual practice, did not disclose Valentin’s identity to the audience, simply referring to him as the gentleman from the private room on the second floor.
Following the auctioneer’s excited and high-pitched announcement, the guests below seemed to wake from a dream, finally recovering from the shock.
“My…my goodness! Did I hear that right? Did someone just bid 20 million dollars?”
“In comparison, the previous bids seem like child’s play. Frankie was struggling to raise by 200 thousand dollars, and now this gentleman from the second floor casually throws in 20 million dollars, completely overpowering!”
“Tsk, to offer a bid of a bid of 20 million dollars so easily at an auction as if it’s just a game, that’s not something ordinary people can do…”
Some people in the hall couldn’t help but stand up and crane their necks to look toward the second-floor private room.
But from their angle below, they couldn’t see anything, let alone identify who made the bid.
On the second floor, Ashley, sitting next to Valentin, heard his casual “20 million dollars” float past her ear. Startled, she jerked her hand, spilling coffee from her cup.
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Ashley turited stiffly toward him, her clear eyes brimming with disbelief as she asked, ‘I didn’t expect a grown man like you actupay like necklaces??
She pondered, I really didn’t ser that coming!
Valentin was puzzled after hearing her.
He had already prepared the contract to appoint Ashley as a senior appraiser and planned to take it to her for signing.
Hearing Noah’s words, the auctioneer was initially surprised, then quickly understood, pondering, ‘Mr. Kingsley has never brought a lady
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Seeing him today with Ms. Ramos, their relationship seems extraordinary, so it’s not surprising Mr. Kingsley bought the necklace for her
After speaking, Noah carefully carried the gift box upstairs.
He thought anxiously, This is a 20 million dollars necklace, 20 million dollars!’
Unfortunately, some sharp-eared guests in the front row overheard Noah’s words, and the news spread like wildfire.
“I…I can’t believe it. The necklace is for Ashley? Am I hearing this right? The same Ashley who was driving up the price earlier?”
“Who else could it be? Ashley is also in the second-floor private room!”
“Hey, those in the front, what did you hear? We couldn’t catch what Mr. Palmer said from back here.”
“Mr. Palmer said the necklace is for Ashley!!”
“What? Ashley? Really??”
“Of course, it’s true! Mr. Palmer said it himself, and we in the front row all heard it!!”
The news quickly spread throughout the first-floor hall.
Jessica was initially stunned, and then her brows furrowed tightly.
She thought angrily, ‘What? The necklace is actually for Ashley? Someone had spent 20 million dollars just to gift it to Ashley?!”
Jessica’s expression instantly turned grim.
Not getting the necklace she wanted and seeing it being given to Ashley
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with a lavish bid felt even more painful to Jessica than if so neone had outright killed her!
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