Attracted By My Ex-wife novel Chapter 36

She looked up at Kevin's profile. He stared at the wooden gavel in the auctioneer's hand, calm and quiet.

Cherry's heart sank. Sometimes, she didn't understand what went through Kevin's mind.

He had always been so mercurial that she couldn't fathom his actions at all. She thought Kevin didn't need to spend so much money on this, but he started the bidding high anyway.

She couldn't understand why, but she also knew that the man beside her was born to be a mystery.

"Fifty million! Going once, going twice—"

"Fifty million and ten thousand!"

Ryan's cold voice reached everyone's ears. He held the card in his hand with an indifferent expression. Everyone looked in Ryan's direction and sighed.

Someone mustered up the will to compete with Kevin for the project. It seemed that this man had a strong background.

Cherry looked at the source of the voice and frowned when she saw Ryan again. She bent down and whispered in Kevin's ear, "It's him again, Kevin."

"Sixty million."

Kevin continued to raise the price. The auctioneer was almost overwhelmed. Now things were starting to heat up.

"Sixty million, ten thousand."

Ryan didn't back down. He held his card, smiling, as calm as he ever was.

Few people dared to try and outbid Kevin, especially when he raised the price that much. Now things were really getting interesting, and there were also people in the crowd who began to gossip about Ryan's origin, and how much money he might actually have.

"Who is this guy? Does he know he's going up against Mr. Kevin?"

"You don't know him? It's Ryan Xiao. He's been out of the country for a while. But now he's back, and apparently quite powerful!"

"Really?"

The attendees' voices were getting louder and louder as they got more excited, but Ryan and Kevin didn't seem to notice.

"Seventy million!"

The price had risen to seventy million. Everyone held their breath to see if Ryan would continue to fight.

Ryan was about to raise his hand when Charlie said, "That's enough."

"Really?" Ryan glanced at the card in his hand. It was time for him to stop, since he thought he had had enough fun there. "Okay, let's go."

Then he stood up and walked out of the hotel.

Charlie followed him. Regardless, he didn't forget to take one look back at Kevin. He still sat there expressionlessly, though he hadn't heard Ryan bid against him again.

The rapid-fire words of the auctioneer rang out again. "Seventy million going once, seventy million going twice, last chance at seventy million, folks! Sold!"

Everyone got to their feet and applauded for Kevin.

At the moment when the wooden gavel struck the block, Cherry felt like she had been fooled. She grabbed Kevin's hand nervously and said, "Kevin, you've spent twenty million more than you intended. Obviously, that person didn't really want to bid for it!"

Kevin stood up and said in a low voice, "I know."

'Ryan, one day, I will make sure you have no power in this city!' Kevin swore in his heart.

By the time they returned to the hotel, it was already dark and Kevin hadn't come back. Anne was in a better mood.

"Anne, Mr. Kevin isn't back yet."

Looking around the room, Emily didn't see Kevin. She put the snacks she brought back to the room on the table. Anne seemed to be in a good mood, so Emily suggested, "You haven't eaten anything tonight. Are you hungry?"

Although they went to the restaurant together, Anne barely ate anything. Emily wondered if Anne's mood had to do with that.

Anne shook her head, her face betraying no emotion.

"No, thanks."

She sat by the window and looked down at the lights of the city, thousands of families, all clustered together. It was her first day of freedom, but she was not happy. It was not until then that she realized that she had very few friends.

"What's wrong? Not feeling well?" Emily didn't want to see the sentimental look on Anne's face. She squatted beside Anne, frowning. "You can't be like this. You should at least eat something."

It seemed that Anne had almost never been happy since she married Kevin. Even her smile had a hint of sadness in it.

Emily knew that Kevin was with Cherry now! When she remembered that, she really felt bad for Anne.

"Emily, don't worry about me. I just don't have any appetite."

Anne stared at Emily and said with a smile, "I think it's from a stomachache. I'll eat when I'm hungry."

"Okay." Emily stood and didn't know what else to say. She didn't know what it was like in Anne's shoes, pregnant and sad, so she chose to remain silent.

It was getting late, so Anne said to Emily, "You can go home now. I'm going to bed soon. Have a safe trip."

"Okay. Bye." Emily looked at Anne worriedly. Finally, she left the hotel room. After that, she was still a little worried, so she called Sam.