Married at First Sight (Serenity and Zachary) novel Chapter 5413

However, Isabella had no such self-awareness. Now, she continued to be a figure of importance within the O’Connor family, so much so that her word carried more weight than Louis’s did. Chase was in Costa Corporation too, and although he was not in any position of importance at the moment, it would happen sooner or later.

The O’Connors had few boys. Even if Louis had a son right away after getting married, there would still be a large gap between his son and Isabella’s son. By the time Louis’s son grew up, Costa Corporation would likely have changed hands to a York.

“Roxy.” After Manny and his father sat down, he called out to his daughter.

Roxy withdrew her gaze and made a sound of acknowledgment in response to Manny.

“Sit, stop looking.” Manny chided in a low tone.

After confirming that Laurence Young was Laurence Longbottom, he knew his plan would not succeed. There was no way Louis would become his son-in-law.

The auction began.

Jane and the rest did not raise their paddles for the antiques and jewelry being auctioned in the beginning.

Lilian whispered to Jane, “If I knew earlier there would be nothing I liked, I wouldn’t have come along. I thought I could collect some treasures.”

“There’s still more to go. Most of the actual good stuff is kept for last.”

Right then, a necklace made of emeralds and diamonds went up for auction.

When the emcee introduced the necklace, they even looked at Tony before saying, “This necklace is said to be the favorite accessory of one of the Longbottoms’ previous missuses in Havenmill.

“It’s extremely valuable. It’s said that when the madam’s daughter got married, she gave it to her as her dowry. After almost a hundred years, through many twists and turns, it’s now become the most expensive piece of jewelry among those put up for auction today.”

The starting bid was set at eight million eight hundred thousand dollars and the bid had to be raised by at least two hundred grand every time.

Upon hearing that it was the favorite accessory of a Longbottom elder, Laurence immediately raised his paddle.

Everyone turned to look at Laurence this time.

Manny and Roxy’s expressions twisted, and even Tony’s expression darkened.

“Pops, that’s probably as much as that necklace is worth. Let’s stop here.”

They were not the real family heads and were not as wealthy as Laurence was.

They could still easily pay up to thirty million dollars, but the item had to be worth that much too.

Tony wanted to raise his paddle again multiple times, but finally put it down and stopped fighting with Laurence.

The necklace had belonged to a previous family head’s wife, which meant it belonged to the legitimate branch, so Laurence would definitely want to get his hands on it by all means. He would not win the bid even if he raised his paddle again, as Laurence was wealthy enough all on his own, what more with Jane and Lilian helping him.