Female Novel
Chapter 488
In order not to be looked down upon and be seen as inferior, Ivan did not care about the issue of
money anymore. What was on his mind was his image and reputation. He could not afford to lose his
face.
After all, as the young master of the Taylor family, the perception of him as being far more superior and
better than the trashy son-in-law was natural. His status, his wealth, and his reputation were definitely
far more superb compared to Fane's.
It was impossible for him to kneel before Fane and clean his shoes.
Furthermore, he now had the financial support from Young Master Clark-he only needed to cough up
60 million bucks and that was all!
"Young Master Clark, you're truly amazing. You raised the bid!"
"Of course! How could a young master of the Clark family lose to a useless adopted son-in-law?"
"I heard that Fane works for the Drakes as a bodyguard and that his monthly pay is quite high. I’m not
sure if it was the Drakes who lent him that amount of money, or perhaps they paid him his salary in
advance!"
"His pay is high? Hmph! How high could it be? After all, he's just a tiny little bodyguard."
"He earns twenty million a month, isn't that high?"
The crowd was talking about Fane energetically.
Fane frowned. The thing he cared the least about was money. He was interested in what was going on
in that ignorant brain of Ivan's. If Ivan were not an idiot, then why would he still raise the bid at this
point?
"What's wrong? Why did you stop? Ha-ha! Are you afraid now? Or have you finally realized just how
powerless and insignificant you are? Just kneel and clean my shoes already!”
Ivan thought he had finally won the bet when Fane stopped calling out his price as quickly as the
previous rounds. He assumed that Fane had only requested an advance of four months and that 70
million was his limit. If Fane continued to raise the bid again, it would leave him no money to
compensate Ivan. Hence, Fane only dared to go up to 70 million. The win belonged to Ivan now.
"Haih, eighty million, then!"
Fane sighed long and hard before he called out a price again. He then added, "Ivan Taylor, your turn!"
"Eighty million?"
Ivan's face blanked. It seemed like Fane desperately wanted him to lose; he was so ready to risk
everything. Even if Ivan wanted to continue the game, he was afraid that Young Master Clark would
say otherwise.
Ivan turned his head, looking into Ken’s eyes as though he was asking how much more Ken could
bear.
All the color drained from Ken’s face as well, his face looking dull. He only expected to fork out a few
million, but the worthless shrimp had actually raised i t to 80 million! That was an extra of 20 million,
and even if Ivan won, the house would belong to Ivan and not him!
When Ken saw the puppy dog eyes and pleading look all over Ivan's face, he gave in with gritted
teeth." Young Master Taylor, I can help out with another ten million at most. Thirty million is my ceiling.
If you exceed this amount, you have to bear the remaining. After all, the villa is not worth eighty million
and the house will not be mine either!"
Ivan bobbed his head appreciatively. In other words, h e could still call the bid up to 90 million.
Ivan gave Fane a dry smile. "Fane, are you sure you have that much money? Did you raise the price
on purpose just to make me pay more than its actual value? If that’s the case, you're violating the
auction rules. You need to pay the amount for your actual bid!"
"Hehe, don't you worry about me!" Fane chortled calmly. "Since I’m planning on beating you in this
battle, I'd naturally have to spend that much money. Most importantly, I’m still waiting for you to clean
my shoes!" "Eighty-one million!"
Ivan increased another one million to test the waters.
"Eighty-five million!"
Fane smiled subtly and mocked, "Young Master Taylor, don't be such a wimp! Are you running out of
money? Is that why you're raising it slowly, only one million at a time? Why don't you use all of thenovelbin
Taylors’ money and go all in! Should you do that, I'll admit defeat."
Anger rose in Ivan like a fierce tide. He was not a fool. Every penny, asset, and property that the Taylor
family owned now would eventually become his!
Unless he was a lunatic or an idiot, he would not use u p all the money from his family for such a villa!
"Ninety million!”
Ivan finally called out the price. He had thought it out and this would be his final price. He only needed
to pay 60 million, the other 30 would be borne by Young Master Clark.
"Ninety-five million!” Fane shrugged and shouted nonchalantly as though he owned the national bank.
"Go on!"