Female Novel
Chapter 153
She somehow had the feeling that she was what others would describe as a person in arelationship.
The next morning, Selena sent Juniper to school later than usual because she woke up late. Then,yawning all the way, she arrived at work and Linda rushed to her the moment she walked into theoffice.
“Take a look at this, President Yard!” she exclaimed.
Rubbing her eyes, she took the tablet PC from Linda’s hands listlessly and asked, “What is it?”
Suddenly, her eyes grew large in surprise. The jade bracelet! This is Mom’s jade bracelet! “What’sthis about?”
“This is one of the items which will be auctioned off at the upcoming Royal Auction. I thought itseemed like your mother’s jade bracelet which you described to me before, so I want you to have alook at it.”
“Yes, it is. This is my mom’s jade bracelet!” she said in confirmation, trembling as she stared at thepicture of the jade bracelet which she would never forget.
“Many have their eyes on this jade bracelet. It’s said to be worth a fortune and there are quite a fewwho want it from the auction!” Linda added.
So I was right, Selena thought. This bracelet is worth a fortune and it was Roland who had sold it.This was her mother’s favorite thing when she was alive and he actually sold it!
“I must attend this auction,” she declared, determined to buy back her mother’s belongings. Aftertaking another look at the bracelet, she asked, “Is there only one of it? Or is there only one shown inthe picture?”novelbin
Shaking her head, Linda answered, “There’s no information about that. It should be a pair, shouldn’tit? However, there would be a pair in the picture if it is.”
Tightening her jaw, Selena could only wait to find out more during the auction.
At Empire Group, Pierre returned to his own office feeling all dizzy after a day of conferencing.Picking up his cell phone, he saw that there were no new messages at all. After a whole day,Selena didn’t even send me a message! Is she really that busy?
Despite that, a grin appeared on his face when he thought about the kiss last night; this was the firsttime in his life when he was so smitten with a woman.
Just then, Niall knocked and came in. “President Fowler, will you be attending the charity auctionthis time, or should I ask the vice president to go in your stead?”
“I’ve never attended any of such events,” Pierre replied with a disinterested look.
“Alright, I’ll inform the vice president then.” Then, he added, “Miss Yard is here. Your office waslocked earlier and I didn’t have the spare key with me, so I sent her to the reception room.”
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?” Pierre said and sprang up from his seat. Does he still want his jobas my assistant? Why did he bring up the auction when Selena is more important?!
“Um... M-Miss Y-Yard—”
Before Niall could even finish, Pierre had already dashed into the reception room.
“Pipsqueak?” he called out when he opened the door.
The woman on the couch stood up and Pierre’s face froze when he saw that it was Meredithinstead.
“It’s you?” he blurted subconsciously.
Initially, he thought that he would be meeting Selena, but it turned out to be Meredith instead. Thus,he was dismayed when she wasn’t the person he had expected.
On the other hand, Meredith was frozen as well, and the edges of her lips even twitched a little.Who was he calling? Was it Selena or some other woman? she wondered.
Feeling miserable, she said, “I’m here today to look for you to ask about something, Pierre.”
As he rearranged his expression and returned to his usual calm appearance, Pierre didn’t turn heraway because she was the mother of the children. Moreover, he did say that he would help her outwhenever she needed his help.
“What is it about?”
Her lips quivered, but he stood motionless on the same spot, which clearly showed his reluctance tosit down and waste his time with her. Suppressing the pain in her heart, she began, “It’s about theRoyal Auction this time. I would like to get the jade bracelet in the auction.”