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Chapter 23
If she’d known that he liked
que paintings, she would’ve sold it to him.
If he’d offered two million dollars, she would have delivered it to his doorstep. She could even help him maintain it every day for three years.
What a waste.
“Not really.” Joe smiled coldly when he saw the shock in her eyes.
Since she was interested in the painting, he thought he’d bid on it and give it to her. He didn’t want to owe her anything. She’d really made Gloria very happy during the two days.
“3.2 million dollars.” Someone else put in a bid.
They must really like the painting.
Joe was about to raise his hand to raise the bid to five million dollars, but Skylar stopped him.
She whispered gently, ‘If you like ancient paintings of this style, three million dollars could buy you two of them, I’ll get some authentic ones for you. You just have to pay me the commission.”
Joe stared at her. His gaze turned unreadable.
“3.2 million dollars, once.”
“3.2 million dollars, twice.”
“3.2 million dollars, sold!”
After the painting was sold, Skylar looked on as the painting was packed up. She couldn’t help but think that Daniel had made a good sale today.
It was a win–win for her and Daniel.
“Maisy, don’t you think the painting looked like the one Skye gave your mom?” Jeffrey was shocked that the painting sold for such a high price.
Maisy was a little distracted. She was looking greedily at Joe. Did he like ancient paintings?
When she heard Jeffrey’s question, her mouth twitched. She replied, “it does look like the one Skylar gave Mom, but she must have bought an imitation piece online.”
“An Imitation piece? What an embarrassment!” Jeffrey felt disgusted whenever he thought of Skylar.
There were eight auction items in total tonight. The last item was a diamond ring.
But it wasn’t a normal diamond ring. It was called The Darling Goddess Ring and was previously owned by a duchess of Westernia. Lots of people had come to bid on it upon learning that it would be auctioned today.
The starting bid was 20 million dollars.
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“30 million dollars.”
“40 million dollars.”
Joe raised his sign. “100 million dollars.”
When Skylar heard Joe’s bid, she thought he was being ostentatious.
The price had been going up by 10 million per bid, but he’d raised the price to 100 million in a single bid. How much higher could anyone else go?
The price of 100 million dollars deterred anyone else from bidding too.
Without further ado, the ring was sold for 100 million dollars.
Maisy wished she owned that ring. She wondered who Joe would give that ring to.
The woman beside him?
That couldn’t be possible, right?
Maisy hadn’t heard that Joe had a girlfriend. The woman must just be a female companion for the auction.
When Joe and Skylar were about to leave the auction, Jeffrey told Maisy quickly, “Let’s go talk to Mr. Martin.”
It was a rare chance. If they didn’t seize it, he wasn’t sure when he could meet Joe next.
“Alright, Dad.” Maisy stood up and adjusted her dress. She was very confident about her appearance and figure.
The two of them walked toward Joe.
When Skylar stood up, she suddenly felt dizzy and almost lost her balance. Fortunately, Joe held her in
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“I’m sorry. I think I’m sick,” Skylar explained weakly to Joe. Her face was cold and pale.