Veiled Auction Queen: Bidding For His Ex-Wife's Heart

start. Is Daniel seriously stil

r mother's coffin inside the church as the stark overhea

dead, and the call she had made to Daniel Wright

nt-had spent the past week handling every detail of

had consistently tried to be pat

ersuading herself that he must simply

r face. She then slowly pushed herself upright despite the heaviness of her sw

how busy could Daniel really be? It's been a full week, and he hasn't sh

wrong. It's not that he doesn't care about her mother-he doesn't care a

t she stubbornly reminded herself that Daniel had always fulfilled his responsibilities as a hus

elf of that explanation, the trut

exclaimed, "Hold on-isn't that Daniel

y turned the pho

hat had begun spreading online that very morning, th

l Wright Goes All Out for

y in a chair, composed and authoritative, his deep gaze resting steadily on the yo

sky brilliantly, Emilia's eye

immediately as Da

zed he had spent the previous night celebrating anoth

d completely. Her whole body went

g out beside her. "Emilia, didn't you say your husband was busy? Oh, he's definit

of Daniel arranging such a magnificent firework

believed he was merel

ng her mother, she had handled everythi

ral arrangements, yet somehow he had time to reserve a whole venue and launc

Hayes, Daniel's first love and th

is grandfather, Danny Wright, insisted on it-a

didn't love her, and because of that, she had never burd

work. Only now did she realize that he did understand romance-he simply chose never to show it to

her eyes away from the phone. She couldn't fall apart-not yet

gnored the mocking stares around her and

sh had been to see D

ain without any response, and now she suspect

live happily together for the rest of their lives. But

l meal ended and all the relatives and friends had de

as his gaze landed on Emilia before sweeping briefly across the silent hall, and f

er swollen abdomen, and in that instant, all the pai

erness clawing at her chest and kept her face

dden beneath her words. "I was s

enjoy the birthday part

oman in a red dress stepped into the room with his jacket dra

ession turned

ago, and he didn't want me dealing with everything alone, so he stayed to help. That's why he

chest as she listened. "Wa

a slight fever. She's almost full

he struggled to restrain herself, the redness in her eyes

important meeting, and by the time it ended and he intended to attend the funeral, Isabel had run into trou

el a faint sense o

, but Emilia caught his arm and held him back. "There's no need. Her

froze i

longer, so she slowly rose from

efused to waste tears on some

with difficulty due to seven months of pr

e her mother had caught a minor illness, yet Emilia ha

round like that. Don't forget you're pregnant,"

le, thinking sarcastically that he see

the child she carried, since he had left his pregn

rm of pain inside her, she seemed to reach a quiet

t Isabel suddenly grabbed his arm. "She just lost he

oldly, "She's not in a good place right now. She migh

the building, Emilia was a

k out his phone and dialed a number. "Track Em

appeared on his othe

tant called. "Sir, your

el demanded, his voice d

t there to end the pregnancy. And she's already seen

Daniel's mind. His eyes wid