He tightened his grip around her waist and whispered in her ear, "Don’t worry, I can still afford to keep a woman."
Eleanor Sterling hesitated for a moment, then asked, "How much money do you actually have?"
Back when Estelle Sterling hacked into his account, she found more than one of them.
That’s why she thought she wouldn’t be discovered and confidently started taking money, but ended up being pursued like a mad dog for several years.
She had to flee with Estelle Sterling to several countries, constantly changing places to live.
Alaric Faulkner smirked, "Want to know? Marry me, what’s mine is yours."
Eleanor was speechless for a moment.
He started talking dirty again.
If that’s the case, she wouldn’t have to be polite.
Just thinking about owing Alaric Faulkner so much money, not knowing when she’d be able to pay it off, made her heart ache.
But the thing belonging to her mother, she definitely had to get.
"One hundred million! Oh my god! It’s one hundred million!"
The host was already shocked, almost too excited to hold the microphone steady.
No one knew what was so special about the bracelet, that anyone would pay such a high price to win it.
Everyone at the scene was shocked as well.
This must be the highest-priced auction item of the whole event, no wonder they put it last, at first they thought it was ordinary.
Faye Sterling gritted her teeth, looking unwilling.
She never expected so many people would go crazy trying to snatch this bracelet.
The budget Mr. Hawthorne gave her was already exhausted, and if she bid higher, he might not foot the bill, then she wouldn’t be able to muster that much money, only to be ridiculed.
The Faulkner Family certainly wouldn’t pay for her, for face, to buy this bracelet out of affection.
Faye Sterling gave up, she lowered her hand.
"The price is too high, I don’t have that much money."
The girls next to her immediately comforted her, "Faye, don’t feel bad, the average person wouldn’t be able to afford this sky-high price."
"Yeah, don’t worry, Eleanor Sterling definitely can’t afford it either."
However, they were let down as Eleanor Sterling kept on bidding.
When the price reached three hundred million, the whole venue fell silent.
It seemed everyone held their breath, wanting to see who would end up with the bracelet.
Ryan Jennings clenched his fist, "Damn it! Someone actually dares to compete with the Jennings Family!"
He was wealthy from business, but not able to squander money .
Such an astronomical figure could fund a sizable investment, why not invest the money instead of buying a lousy bracelet?
If it weren’t for Mrs. Jennings’ orders...
Ryan Jennings took a deep breath, his eyes filled with resentment.
Zella Jarvis sighed, "Cousin, give up, we don’t have that much money."
Ryan Jennings lowered the paddle in his hand, ultimately deciding to abandon the bid.
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Silas Hawthorne also quietly lowered his paddle, Stella Hawthorne looked disappointed.
"Brother, the price is really high, can anyone really afford that much for a bracelet?"
"Yes, because the bracelet belongs to her." Silas Hawthorne spoke cryptically.
Stella didn’t know who ’her’ referred to, but she knew they came to this auction because their mother instructed them to buy that bracelet.
As for why they should buy it, she didn’t understand, could it be there was some connection between their mother and the bracelet’s owner?
"Brother, are you going to keep bidding?"
Silas Hawthorne sighed.
"We’ve done our best."
Implying he would not continue to bid.
As Silas Hawthorne gave up, in the shadowy corner, another person also lowered their paddle.
Now everyone competing with Eleanor Sterling had given up, Eleanor Sterling was the last to place a bid, she had won the bracelet.
"Does anyone want to bid any higher?" The host routinely inquired, but in fact, he already knew, this price couldn’t be further increased.
It was beyond what normal people could bear.
"Three hundred million, first time!"
"Three hundred million, second time!"
"Three hundred million, third time! Sold!"
The highest-priced auction item emerged from the auction, precisely this bracelet named affection.
At this moment Eleanor Sterling’s heart was pounding, it seemed somewhat unbelievable, she had indeed won the bracelet.