Revenge Looks Good on Me (Amelia and Sebastian) novel Chapter 31

Chapter 31 The Ninety–Million–Dollar Pearls

A soft murmur rippled through the hall before the first paddle went up.

“One point one million!”

“One point two million!”

A pearl necklace once worn by Queen Elizabeth… how could it be worth only a million?

With such a low starting price, everyone went into a bidding frenzy, except for Amelia, who stared at the stage in a cold trance.

Three minutes passed, and the price had already climbed to fifteen million.

Alexander leaned in eagerly, acting like a devoted lapdog. “Amelia, want me to win this necklace for you?”

“No, thanks.”

Amelia’s rejection was ice–cold.

Alexander felt his heart shatter, blinking back tears as he slumped back into his seat.

In the row behind, Sophia’s eyes were glued to the pearls on stage.

School starts in a few days. If she wore these to the homecoming gala, she’d be the undisputed star of the night.

She leaned in and whispered to Julian, “Julian, would Alexander be mad if I wanted those pearls?”

Julian, who always doted on Sophia, answered instantly, “Why would he be mad at you? You want them? I’ll get them for you!”

With a flourish of confidence, Julian raised his paddle. “Twenty million!”

Sophia’s little scheme worked perfectly; she was thrilled inside, yet she maintained a look of timid

concern.

Julian, twenty million is way too much. Please, don’t…”

Sophia’s eyes turned red as she put on her best victim face, her hand trembling as she gripped Julian’s sleeve, playing him like a fiddle.

Sure enough. Julian boasted grandly, “If you love it, twenty million is nothing Id spend a hundred millon for you!

Sophia’s smirk was about to break through, but before she could speak Amelta raised her paddle from the front “Twenty million and one dollar!

Amelia had been staring at the pearls for a reason, she mally remembered where she had seen them

In her past life, Alexander had bought these for Sophia for thirty million dollars

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Sophia had bragged about them for weeks before using the necklace to frame Amelia for theft, branding her a criminal in the family’s eyes.

Amelia didn’t actually care for the jewelry; she just wanted to make Sophia’s life miserable.

Sophia was stunned, hissing through her teeth, “She’s doing this on purpose! She knows I want it!”

Julian’s expression froze, feeling the sting of that one–dollar overbid like a slap to the face. He raised his paddle again. “Thirty million!”

“Thirty million and one dollar!”

No matter how high Julian went, Amelia stayed exactly one dollar ahead of him.

Eventually, the bidding for the pearls spiraled to a staggering seventy million and one dollar.

The auctioneer tapped his gavel on the podium. “Seventy million and one from the lady. Any higher bids?”

Julian was seeing stars from the stress, caught in a trap between Sophia’s hopeful gaze and seventy million dollars…

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to bid, but seventy million was his liquid limit. Anything more, and he’d have to beg his older brother for cash!

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a, Alexander would cover the bill, right?

ence returned. He raised his paddle once more. “Eighty million!”

excitement. “Eighty million once!”

out to land, Amelia tucked her paddle away and stopped bidding.

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