Said I didn't Love Him But I Lied

Everyone's eyes were focused on the stage. A moment later, a man with glasses walked up with a microphone in his hand.

"Welcome, everyone. I am the host of today's auction. How is everyone doing?"

"I'm fine!" Someone in the crowd shouted, which caused everyone else to laugh out loud.

The host smiled and continued, "That's great. The first item to be auctioned today is this ceramic vase from Auview. It was once owned by the king of Auview, and has a high historical value. The opening bid of this item will be ten million dollars, and the bid increment is five million dollars."

Everleigh and Selena looked at each other. They were certain that no one would waste their money to buy such a thing.

Before they could even say something, someone placed a bid.

However, only a few people were interested in it, so it was sold off at twenty million dollars.

The following few items were some simple items, and everyone was just placing bids for fun.

The highlight of the night was the piece of land. Its area wasn't large, but it was located in the city center, a strategic location.

"This is the land title. The starting bid is set at two billion dollars, with a bid increment of one hundred million dollars." As soon as the host announced the bid price, all the guests gasped in astonishment. Two billion dollars?

If all the bidders were to place a bid, wouldn't the price of the land be raised to a ridiculous amount?

Everleigh whispered to Ysabelle, "Ysabelle, how much money do you have?"

"I have enough." She had expected the price of the land to be high, as the organizers wanted the wealthiest families to compete amongst each other to offer the highest bid.

Annie took a look at the land title, and her eyes sparkled. She raised her sign and called, "Four billion."

"Wow..." Everyone exclaimed as they looked at her in surprise.

She was just too ruthless. She actually doubled the starting price in her first bid.

"Five billion."

"Six billion."

"Seven billion."

Everleigh and Selena looked at Annie who was shouting her bid prices as if money meant nothing to her. It seemed like she was just calling out higher figures one after another, but everyone knew that it simply wasn't a joke. However, Ysabelle was sipping her wine leisurely. She hadn't offered a bid price yet.

Her jet-black eyes looked especially sharp in the dark, which gave people a chilly feeling.

The price had been raised to ten billion dollars.

The host shouted loudly, "Ten billion dollars going once, ten billion dollars going twice, ten billion dollars going..."

"Thirteen billion," Ysabelle called out all of a sudden.

The audience was in an uproar again. They all looked at her, and saw Everleigh and Selena at the same time.

When Wilson saw Everleigh, his eyes flashed for a split second.

"Fourteen billion." Annie was already gritting her teeth and started getting nervous. She had only prepared ten billion dollars, and an extra four billion was a big deal for her.

Wilson gritted his teeth as well and called out, "Fifteen billion."

Upon hearing his voice, Ysabelle looked over at him. He was staring at Annie with a serious expression, as if he was afraid that she would raise the bid again.

Annie had already given up when Wilson offered fifteen billion dollars. She was downhearted. She no longer had to worry about the extra four billion dollars, and she could even save her ten billion.

Everleigh was incredibly surprised that the bid had been increased to fifteen billion dollars. Even a big truck couldn't carry so much cash.

Selena was shocked as well. She had seen such a huge figure in movie scripts, but had never expected to hear it in real life.

The host was also slightly astounded, but he managed to react quickly.

"Fifteen billion going once, fifteen billion going twice, fifteen billion going thrice. Sold!" The host then hit the table with a gavel. From that moment onwards, the land belonged to Wilson.

Everleigh couldn't believe that he had just won the land.

"Ysabelle, you..." Before she could finish speaking, Ysabelle turned around to look at her, and couldn't hide the smile on her face. Everleigh was flabbergasted by her reaction. Had Ysabelle lost her mind? She pondered.

"It doesn't matter. The Godfrey family is indeed very wealthy."

"Huh?" Selena was puzzled. She knew that the Godfrey family was rich, but the Meyer family was equally prosperous as well.

It seemed that Ysabelle didn't want to compete with the Godfrey family.

After Wilson won the bidding, he heaved a sigh of relief secretly.

Soon, the next item was displayed on the table. It was the set of precious rings. The light purple diamonds embedded on them were extremely rare. Those two big diamonds alone were already very valuable, not to mention the long history of the rings.

"I'm sure everyone here knows about this pair of rings and knows the legend behind it as well, so need I say more? The starting bid of it will be 110 million dollars with a bid increment of ten million dollars." Quite a lot of people were interested in the rings.

"120 million dollars."

"130 million dollars."

"140 million dollars."

"Two hundred million." A voice sounded from behind. Everyone else kept quiet after hearing it. Those rings were only worth 180 million dollars at most, so spending 20 million dollars more wasn't worth it at all. "200 million dollars going once, 200 million dollars going twice, 200 million dollars going thrice. Sold!" As soon as the host finished speaking, everyone applauded. The pair of rings were officially sold to that person. Everyone looked over and saw a man who was in his early twenties, with a strong aura. He looked like the son of a wealthy family.

The following items being auctioned after that weren't really interesting, so the guests started to leave as they felt bored.

"Let's go back, too. There's nothing else nice for us to see anymore," Ysabelle turned around and said.

"Ysabelle, are you going back empty handed?" Everleigh asked.

"Who says my hands are empty? I've gained something good. Let's go. We'll talk about it when we get back." Ysabelle's face was still filled with delight.

Everleigh became more confused about her intentions.

When they left, they bumped into Annie outside the hall. She looked at Ysabelle and said, "It looks like you've won nothing either."

"It doesn't matter if I get anything or not. What's more important is that you've bought nothing either. If it wasn't for the Godfrey family, you would've exceeded your budget, right? Why don't you go back and see if there are any other projects you can invest in, instead of talking nonsense here?" Ysabelle mocked her in a cold tone. She was being harsh and straightforward.

Annie raised her eyebrows. "That's true, but Miss Meyer, you and I are both the same."

"We can never be compared." After saying that, Ysabelle walked out with Everleigh. ;She couldn't be bothered by Annie's opinions.

Annie looked at them as they left, and her eyes were full of hatred, like burning flames.

Ysabelle then sent them back home. Selena had learned a lot from the bidding. "Everleigh, do you have any idea who bought the pair of precious rings?

Everleigh shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.

"He's from a foreign family, the Laneigh family. His name is Maverick," Ysabelle spoke.

"Maverick? What a weird name." Selena had never heard of such a name before.

Ysabelle took a deep breath and didn't say much. The Laneigh family was a rather strong and wealthy family abroad, but they seldom appeared in Ocpeace City, so it was normal that not many people knew about them.

She had met some people from the Laneigh family at a banquet before, if not, she wouldn't have recognized him, too.

At the entrance of the Trevino family's home, Ysabelle got out of the car and said, "I guess I'll leave now. I don't want your father to feel uncomfortable."