My Unborn Baby Chose My Husband for Me novel Chapter 126

"Mrs. Sullivan, I got in touch with the skincare brand's corporate office. They're willing to offer a massive payout, but I know you don't need the money. Instead, I demanded they issue a public apology to clarify that their product was defective, and that this had nothing to do with you..."

"Clarify?" Victoria scoffed harshly. "Do you honestly think I want that kind of clarification? You want to broadcast to the entire city that my face rotted off from a cheap face cream?"

The girl was an absolute idiot.

Sienna froze, shaking her head frantically. "No, that's not what I meant..."

"Get out. I want to be left alone."

Sienna bit her lip, stood up, and walked out with her head bowed in submission.

The second she crossed the threshold, the guilt and sorrow vanished from her face, instantly replaced by a venomous, calculating glare.

The miserable old hag.

If she wasn't trying to secure her spot in the Sullivan family, there was no way she would put up with this abuse.

And that damn skincare set. She had meticulously researched the ingredients, even had a friend test it. How could it have possibly gone wrong?

Sienna couldn't wrap her head around it.

But one thing was crystal clear.

She was keeping a tally of all this humiliation.

One day, she would make everyone pay for the misery she was enduring now.

...

Three days later.

The auction results went live.

The Eastside Plot: Won by the Sullivan Group. Final bid: $2.25 billion.

The Riverside Parcel: Won by the Langford Group. Final bid: $320 million.

The moment the news broke, the entire industry was thrown into a frenzy.

Everyone thought Lucian had lost his mind. Dropping over $300 million on a worthless stretch of riverfront dirt was practically setting money on fire.

It seemed the brilliant and infallible Lucian Langford had finally made a catastrophic blunder.

When Sebastian heard the news, he froze for a few seconds, his brow furrowing deeply.

"The Riverside Parcel? Langford bought The Riverside Parcel?"

"Yes, Mr. Sullivan," his assistant replied nervously. "The Langford Group didn't bid on The Eastside Plot at all; they went exclusively for Riverside. We were the only ones who submitted a premium bid for Eastside. The other companies put in lowball offers, and because our premium was so aggressive, they dropped out entirely..."

Which meant they had been bidding against themselves.

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