You Can't Sell What's Priceless: Her $200M Bid

You Can't Sell What's Priceless: Her $200M Bid

Ive Gutterson

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My husband, Mark Vance, built a tech empire from our garage – mostly with my money, my ideas, and my tireless support. We were the Silicon Valley power couple, or so I thought. Tonight, at a lavish charity gala, I planned to buy him a special anniversary gift, a rare NFT. My paddle was raised, ready to bid. Then, I watched in horror as Mark, smirking, used our joint high-limit credit card to snatch the very same NFT – not for me, not for us, but for Tiffany Hayes, his flashy ex-girlfriend, right across the room. My blood ran cold, but my mind was clearer than ever. I quietly froze our joint card, watching Tiffany's public meltdown as her payment for our NFT was declined. Mark was furious, his fake smiles turning chillingly real. He then twisted my arm into a "business trip" to a lavish private island, only to drug me upon arrival. I woke up disoriented, locked in a luxurious cage. Then I found myself on a stage, an auctioneer booming about selling me – my "services" and "future commitments" – to a room full of leering strangers. He announced all our assets were liquid, offshore, and now "his." The man I built, the man I trusted, was auctioning off my life, my dignity, as payback for a declined credit card. Was this truly the depths of his betrayal? The ultimate degradation? But as despair threatened to swallow me, a flicker of memory, a whisper from my grandmother, ignited a cold, hard rage. He thought he broke me. He thought he had won. He had no idea what I was truly capable of. With my voice steady and clear, I looked him in the eye and made my own bid: "$200 million. I'm buying myself."

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My husband, Mark Vance, built a tech empire from our garage – mostly with my money, my ideas, and my tireless support.

We were the Silicon Valley power couple, or so I thought.

Tonight, at a lavish charity gala, I planned to buy him a special anniversary gift, a rare NFT.

My paddle was raised, ready to bid.

Then, I watched in horror as Mark, smirking, used our joint high-limit credit card to snatch the very same NFT – not for me, not for us, but for Tiffany Hayes, his flashy ex-girlfriend, right across the room.

My blood ran cold, but my mind was clearer than ever.

I quietly froze our joint card, watching Tiffany's public meltdown as her payment for our NFT was declined.

Mark was furious, his fake smiles turning chillingly real.

He then twisted my arm into a "business trip" to a lavish private island, only to drug me upon arrival.

I woke up disoriented, locked in a luxurious cage.

Then I found myself on a stage, an auctioneer booming about selling me – my "services" and "future commitments" – to a room full of leering strangers.

He announced all our assets were liquid, offshore, and now "his."

The man I built, the man I trusted, was auctioning off my life, my dignity, as payback for a declined credit card.

Was this truly the depths of his betrayal? The ultimate degradation?

But as despair threatened to swallow me, a flicker of memory, a whisper from my grandmother, ignited a cold, hard rage.

He thought he broke me.

He thought he had won.

He had no idea what I was truly capable of.

With my voice steady and clear, I looked him in the eye and made my own bid: "$200 million. I'm buying myself."

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