Betrothed To The Mafia Lord novel Chapter 33

Luca’s POV

This first and final level was indeed tough like Hayley had explained. The lowest piece of jewelry that has gone for the cheapest price was the earrings, and thst has gone for one and a half million dollars after over fifteen people started bargaining for it all at once. The wrist watch ended up going to a man sitting a seat away from mine, and it ended up going for two million dollars.

I watched as so many stood up for the waist bead. It was one and a half million at first, because it consisted of a lot of diamond crafted into beads shapes, hence the price. Over twenty people started bargaining for it and it finally got handed to a man whose mafia wasn’t all that far from mine, although we were not in good times for as long as I could remember. It ended up going for four million dollars.

And now, we are currently in the top three.

The remaining items consist of the pyramid shaped gem, a diamond ring and the tiny chain.

James nudged my arm and I leaned into him instantly to listen to wherever he was saying, “This is where you’ll come in. This particular moment is ours.”

“It really is.” I agreed with him immediately while tuning out the noises around us due to Jake flirting with that same man once again.

“I am gonna be going for the pyramid shaped gem, it looks like the most priced and what I want to purchase.” I murmured to James who stared at the said gem before nodding his head without taking his eyes over the three remaining items.

“I’ve got this.” I said to him as I leaned back into my seat and prepared myself for when it was going to be time for me to stand and bargain.

I wasn’t nervous.

Nervousness was the last thing on my mind, I never feel nervous.

I was used to carefully planning everything I do and every plan I make… unlike James, that was one of the characteristics that differentiate us. James, on the other hand, was the kind of person that is bound to put off planning since he knows how to just go with the flow of things without any problem. I could never do that, I was already used to planning ahead, analyzing my steps and going through my plans over and over in my head.

Our different preferences favored us differently, so it was both fine by us.

“And now, we’re going to start the main top three rounds by taking out the thin necklace.” Hayley said loudly into the microphone and the murmurs in the crowd subdued almost immediately. I watched as she unhooked the necklace and hooked it around Jake’s neck.

The cameras zoomed in on him, showing his face and sweaty throat which the thin necklace clung unto, on the wall behind them and as expected, the crowd went wild. At this point, they didn’t care if he was gay and didn’t play for their team, all they knew and cared about was that he was drop dead gorgeous and that alone, was making them go crazy.

“Do you all see the baby?” Hayley screamed into the microphone with his hand against the necklace, on Jake's throat and the crowd screamed in reply. Hayley leaned against Jake as laughter shook through her body, Jake himself was barely holding his amusement together.

“You know what? I love how everyone is appreciating Jake so much, it makes me so happy, really.” Hayley said into the microphone after a little while once the crowd started to get quiet, and then, everyone stopped talking and watched them closely.

“And because of the amount of love and affection you’ve shown him today, I’m going to let someone from the crowd stand up and call a price they feel the necklace, against Jake’s throat, is worth.

A man stood up from our side of the crowd and all eyes turned into our direction almost instantly. I turned around in my seat and looked the person up from the corner of my eyes, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this man right here before.

“Three million dollars.” The man said and the crowd went loud, screaming and talking all at once. I knew without a doubt that I was going to develop a head at later today. The glass of wine distributed to us ever since we got here was still untouched on my table, like James’. We do not accept food or drinks from everyone, most especially people we don’t know. Anything could be in it, either to kill us, make us drowsy or fall asleep, giving them a much better and easier access to us.

Prevention is way better and advisable than cure, and we’ve both sticked to this phrase ever since we knew about it.

“Whoaaaaaaaaaaa! That’s a lot, don’t you think so?” Hayley started to say before directing the last question to the crowd and a murmur rose almost immediately before another man got to his feet and raised his hand slightly.

“I think it’s a bit cheap, how about three and a half million dollars?”

The crowd went berserk and Jake only stared into the crowd with a wide grin, looking genuinely shocked and flabbergasted all at once.

“How about four million?” A woman stood up and called out from the other side of the crowd and everyone turned around to stare at her as she waved at Jake who waved back with a wide grin.

“Four million… going!” Hayley called out and the crowd roared along with her.

“Going!” She called out again and again before finally selling it to the woman who had a wide grin on her face.

It was nice to see a woman win this one against two men.

They moved to the second item on the list which ended up going for seven million dollars, after so much bargain, that is.

And now, it was finally time for the pyramid shaped diamond.

“Finally, we’ve arrived at the very last item of today and the most prized of them all.” Jake started saying this time as picked up the piece they were referring to and lifted it high up in the air. The camera zoomed in on it, and the surface alone was so shiny and gleaming despite the fact that it was in a thin transparent foil covering.