The wife of Solrace Corporation's CEO, gave away a ragged amulet for a charity auction. Moreover, the amulet seemed to have been carried by someone for ages and the rim of it was worn.
It seemed that she didn't want to devote anything for charity. But how could she donate a used amulet? Hadn't she thought about how embarrassing it would be for Mr. Kirkland?
When everyone saw the amulet, there was disdain in their eyes as they looked at Clara.
However, Clara didn't care how others were looking at her.
The amulet was a gift from her mother, there was her mother's love in it. She couldn't watch it being sold!
She nervously grabbed Horace's arm and looked at him pitifully, "What should we do? I… I can't lose this. My mom gave it to me, I have to take it back!"
Horace had no clue of what had happened. Who replaced the diamond necklace?
No matter who it was that did this, that person obviously came for either him or Clara, which meant that it must be Yolanda or Ashlee.
It shouldn't be Yolanda, she didn't have the guts. He could also phase out Darren. Although he hated to admit it, Darren wouldn't do this to Clara.
Horace was pissed. Who the hell made this sick joke?
At this moment, Clara saw Ashlee, who was sitting a few rows in front of them and who turned around and smiled at her complacently. She immediately knew that it was Ashlee. She must have replaced her donation to embarrass her.
Ashlee was the only person who knew that she carried the amulet everywhere with her and the only person who knew how much the amulet meant to her.
Staring at Ashlee angrily, Clara thought that she had gone too far this time.
Everyone was snickering and discussing.
"It's a piece of crap!"
"How could Mrs. Kirkland do this? If she hated doing charity, she didn't have to be here, no one forced her to. She wanted to build an image but was so petty, I am impressed."
"I heard that she works as a reporter at a magazine and she comes from an ordinary family. I think she's just a bumpkin who thought she could donate any crap as she liked."
"Why did she even come if she was going to donate some trash? How funny."
"Such an eye-opener."
Although everyone was talking in a low voice, the room was small and Clara could hear every word of theirs clearly.
However, she had nothing to refute. Clara bit her lips and frowned.
"I heard that she didn't come from a rich family. She's just lucky she married a rich guy. I wonder what Mr. Kirkland saw in her."
"I know. She's not even close to being a noble lady. Did she even know what an auction is?"
Hearing everyone's discussion, Ashlee was pleased. "Clara, you are a joke right now. Let's see what you are going to do about it! Horace Kirkland comes to your rescue every time, right? Look at him. He's embarrassed because of you. He probably didn't mind the photos of you kissing another man, but I don't think he's going to be okay with this!"
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