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e pulled his arm away from

my messages. Did you come her

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assume she'd still be surp

could have torn the mask away with a single sentence, but she d

out a sigh of relief, as though h

d in a seemingly concerned tone, "It's cold today. You went ou

lanket was brought over at once. He took it carefully and wrapped it

s quietly, her expression unreadable, then sl

just as quickly, a bright smile spread across her features

sat down in the seat one over from Helena, se

ay, "Charlee has secured several major projects for the company recen

hey were supposed to explain everything. "H

lee interjected, "Helena, if you

ead, she replied indifferently, "Why would I not want you to be here? Bryson's

fake, she was still Bryson's

mained the

ed the first bids. One after another, he wo

lf any longer. She slipped her hand closer and h

hanged, but beneath the chair, h

omething about it struck

e accomplished and beautiful siblings. People spoke their names with admiration. Wherever they app

he could keep one as his wife and the other as his mistres

ever had been. So, when this relationship finally began to threaten her emotions

the final lot of the evening-an emerald sculpture. The texture is exq

thing else faded into the background. At last,

offers 2.6 million

s the moment she had been waiting for. Seeing that the bidding wa

nough to make the room pause. Everyone could see she had come here for this sculpture. And in circles like these, there was an unspoken rule. W

ber 7 bids 3.5 million. A

g once! 3.5 millio

auctioneer, raised his gavel to finalize

mill