Female Novel
Chapter 114
Chapter 114
lan, my brother’s just spinning tall tales, don’t mind him. We’ve got plans for lunch, so wewon’t be joining you, Heidi said with a rush in her voice. The two of them quickly disappearedfrom sight.
lan watched their retreat, a gnawing suspicion growing within him.
Why was it thei Edwin was in the loop while he was left in the dark? When exactly had Edwinand Clara gotten to know each other?
Suddenly, he recalled the day Clara had gone out of her way to pull Edwin aside when she wasdonating blood for Heidi. Whatever they had discussed remained a mystery to him.
Fuming over these thoughts, lan scooped up a snowball and hurled it across the field. Justthen, Dawson pulled up to give him a lift. One look at lan’s thunderous expression, and Dawsonknew there was trouble in paradise with Clara.
“Mr. Hayes, sometimes you gotta sweet–talk the ladies. Sometimes, a meaningful gift doeswonders. It beats getting on your knees with a peace offering. Last time my girl was mad, I got hera necklace, and she was all smiles again in no time. I heard there’s this rare treasure up for auctiontonight, and they say. whoever gets their hands on it is set for a perfect life. If you win it for AttorneyClara, she’s bound to make up with you.”
A slight easing of the storm on lan’s face was visible at Dawson’s words. Images of past gifts hehad given Clara danced in his head. She would always hug him excitedly, planting kisses on hislips, cooing, “lan, I love you so much.”
Every time she said those words, he couldn’t help but feel aroused all night long. Even when shecried for mercy, he couldn’t hold back. novelbin
Before, he thought Clara was just playing games, but knowing now that those words came from herheart, an unexplained ache surfaced in his chest.
“Reserve a seat at the auction,” he said coldly.
That evening, the auction hall was a beehive of elites and high society, all buzzing about the much–touted
treasure.
When the dazzling gem appeared on the big screen, lan was stunned. His eyes fixed on the blood–red ruby necklace, a chill radiating from his gaze. The air around him seemed to drop a fewdegrees.
Dawson was equally shocked. He could never have imagined that the mysterious treasure, hypedby the media for days, was the ‘Tears of an Angel‘ necklace that his boss had spent a fortune on forClara during a trip abroad the previous year.
He remembered the event vividly. His boss had vied fiercely with a local tycoon for the necklace,finally securing it with a bid of a hundred million.
Why was it now up for auction?
Dawson tried to defuse the situation, “Mr. Hayes, this can’t be Attorney Clara’s doing. Rememberthe website where she last sold stuff? The necklace wasn’t listed there.”
lan clenched his fists, veins bulging on the back of his hands. If Clara had indeed sold off thetreasure he had worked so hard to obtain/he would never forgive her.
“Find out where it came from,” he ordered tersely.
“Yes, right away,” Dawson replied.
An hour later, lan reclaimed the necklace with a two–hundred million bid.
Dawson had also uncovered the truth. Leaning close, he whispered, “Mr. Hayes, the necklace was
purchased by Winsome Pawn for ten million”
Hearing the price, tan felt a vein in his forehead threaten to burst. A hundred million–dollar treasuresold for
o mere ten million? How desperate was she to rid herself of his gifts? To cut ties with him?
Suppressing the rage boiling within, he asked in a cold tone, “Did Clara sell it?”