A Spoonful of Sugar: Don't Beg for Love novel Chapter 209

Chapter 209 

Juniper did not expect that Rickard would intervene in the bidding out of the blue and raise the bid to such a high price in one go. 

She only had $25,000 in her possession, which she had managed to scrape together with great difficulty. She had not been working and getting paid for several months and she had never had the habit of saving money, so she was about to spend all the money that she had earned before this. 

Ariana was also afraid that she would use the money to commit crimes, so she stopped giving her a large amount of pocket money. Juniper had to save for a few months just for tonight. 

Juniper prayed deep down that Rickard would stop bidding. $22,500 might be nothing to Rickard, but it was basically all she had at the moment. 

At this moment, her heart was bleeding deep down, but she still had to maintain her proud smile on the surface. 

However, the $24,000 that Rickard followed up with in the next second broke her fantasy completely. 

Juniper could not help but look at Rickard, who was sitting in front of her, but she could only see the back of his head. 

“Mr. Duval, can you perhaps consider stopping there? It’s not like the bracelet will serve you any good after you bring it back. I really like it though. So why don’t you… Just give it up for me?” Juniper bit her lower lip and gave off a charming expression. Her pitiful appearance made the men around her pity her, but Rickard did not even turn his head backward, nor did he plan to give in. “Mr. Duval…” 

Hesper leaned backward, waiting to witness the drama live, and wondering what kind of show these two fully grown adults wanted to put on. 

Rickard did not utter a single word. Seeing this situation, the host did not know whether to move on with the bidding or not, at least not until Rickard asked, “Is that it? Shouldn’t you be doing something? I’ve already placed my bid.” 

What that meant was he should move on with the bidding process. 

The host got the hint and yelled with confidence, “$24,000 once-” 

Juniper did not expect that Rickard would still refuse to give in even after what she said. 

‘How is this possible? Even if Rickard didn’t want to marry me before this, he would never make things. difficult for me like how he’s doing now!’ 

‘Could it be that Hesper told him something again?’ 

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Juniper glared at Hesper, who was staring back at her, and she was at a loss for words for a split second. 

‘Geez, it’s not like I’m the one who’s competing against her, so why the glare?’ 

“$24,000 for the second time-” 

Just as the gavel was about to drop, Juniper gnashed her teeth. “25,000! I’ll pay $25,000!” 

Rickard stopped bidding. The attendees of the auction were not dumb; it was obvious that Rickard only raised the price to upset Juniper. Although they could not figure out the reason why, they still loved the drama. 

Since others could see it, Juniper could too. The host dropped the gavel and exclaimed with a wide grin on his face, “Congratulations on finally winning this lot, Ms. Wight!” 

There was also sparse applause coming from the audience. Blood was gushing out of Juniper’s heart, but she could only maintain the generous smile that she had on. 

“Holy sh*t. Well done, bro. I literally just saw Juniper breathe a sigh of relief. $25,000 must be the highest bid that she could afford.” Zikmund bumped Rickard’s shoulder. “But how did you know that Juniper was going to fight for this bracelet?”