A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 137

"The starting bid for this item is 50 million." After the host explicitly announced the starting bid in a clear and unambiguous voice, everyone present in the hall was shocked.

The cost of a single gem brooch with a slight defect cost 50 million! How incredible!

In the audience, Emily was astounded to see the gem brooch she designed start at such a remarkable price. She tugged at Jacob's sleeve to pull him closer, and whispered,"Why did you put it on auction for that much? It's too expensive..."

Emily's warm breath gently blew across his Jacob's ear making him smile from ear to ear. "It's worth it," Jacob whispered back.

On the contrary, Emily was thinking just the opposite. Actually, she thought nobody would want it. She wondered why it had been repaired, since it was in perfect shape when she returned it to Jacob.

The outrageous starting bid caused most of the people on the scene to abandon their hopes of buying the brooch. Nonetheless, some people still tried to make offers just so they could curry favor with Jacob

"Fifty one million."

"Fifty two million."

"Fifty two million and five hundred thousand."

...

"Eighty million." The deep and determined voice, which shouted the highest bid, caught everybody's attention.

When people looked over, they found that it was actually Jacob who had made the outrageous bid. As a matter of act, Jacob never had any intentions of selling it. He just wanted to use the auction as an excuse to donate money to charity. Besides, Jacob wasn't going to let go of Emily's award winning work.

Only Jacob would think of something so flamboyant to dote on Emily. After all, he was a classy man.

After his bid, everyone else in the room went silent. Since Jacob wanted the brooch, no one else would dare to outbid him. Unless, they wished to dig their own graves.

The only person who disagreed with him was Emily. Baffled by his exuberance, she said,"That's too much! Why do you have to buy it at such a high price? "

"What? You want to help me save some money?" Jacob jested. Amused, Jacob looked at her with loving eyes. He pinched her cheek and said,"Like I said, it's worth every single penny, and you are as well."

Emily's cheeks blushed rosy red as she timidly pushed his hand away and said,"Don't do that when everybody's watching."

Just when everyone thought Jacob was going to win the item, a familiar voice interrupted their expectations,"Eighty five million."

In utter shock, everyone looked around to trace out who the person behind the voice was, wondering who was dumb enough to challenge Jacob. When they found out who it was, their jaws fell to the floor in an instant.

'Isn't that Jack, the young master of the Gu clan and the nephew of Jacob?'

Now this was going to be entertaining. The people interested in the auction had suddenly become the spectators. They eagerly waited to see what the two powerful figures were going to do next.

Jack was sitting in a distant spot by himself the whole time. He had been watching them from there, even though he was greatly bothered by the couple's public display of intimacy.

By now Jack had already understood Emily's real intentions of joining the company, but he didn't care. If she wanted revenge, she was more than welcome to try, as long as she was capable of it. The only thing that truly bothered Jack was the intimacy between Emily and Jacob. The longer he saw them together the harder it was for him to control his hatred.

Ironically, Emily had already gotten her revenge, but she just had not realized it yet.

Although Jack would not admit it, he knew deep in his heart that he could never let Emily go. Every time he saw her smiling because of the man he hated, his heart turned black with jealousy.

How would it feel to see the woman you loved in the arms of your sworn enemy?

Jacob brought Emily to the auction on purpose. He was looking forward to seeing the disappointment in Jack's eyes! But now, Jack only wanted to break the couple up!

Unmistakably, Emily's face turned cold the moment she laid eyes on Jack. "Never mind. We don't need to fight him for it," said Emily.