The Heiress They Couldn't Break (Amelia and Jeremy) novel Chapter 489

The Heiress They Couldn’t Break

Chapter 489 Raising the Price

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“Don’t save money for Jeremy.” Whitney whispered anxiously. “Look at how smug your adopted sister is acting. She’s really annoying.”

Every time Amelia pushed the bid higher, she suddenly backed out at the last second.

Watching this made Whitney nervous to the point of panic.

She almost wanted to raise the bid herself and buy the item on the spot.

“Relax, Whitney, Amelia said softly. “None of these items are things I actually want. I’m just setting Gianna

“Huh?” Whitney froze, completely confused.

“I know that woman has been watching me the whole time,” Amelia explained in a low voice. “She wants to beat me at the auction. So, I raise the price and let her take it.

“That fool is probably feeling proud right now, thinking she stole all my favorite items.”

Whitney stared at her, stunned. Seeing how worked up Whitney was on her behalf, Amelia couldn’t help but smile.

She quickly explained everything before Whitney worried herself sick.

That idiot really hadn’t learned a thing. After losing so many times, she was still just as clueless as ever.

“Oh! So that’s what you’re doing,” Whitney said at last. “Amelia, you’re seriously smart.”

Now Whitney truly felt that her future daughter-in-law was clever and sharp. And that was a good thing.

Only someone like this could avoid being bullied or tricked.

As an elder, she didn’t want to teach a child to be blindly kind all the time. When needed, you had to be smart and know how to stand your ground.

On the other side, Gianna had no idea what the two of them were talking about. She simply assumed they were upset because they couldn’t beat her.

“Gianna, don’t act on impulse and keep fighting Amelia,” Maxwell warned in a low voice. “I have a bad feeling we’re being played.”

Only now did Maxwell realize that the two of them might be getting toyed with like fools.

He could afford the money, but he didn’t enjoy being tricked.

“How could that be?” Gianna said quickly. “I’m not competing with Amelia. She’s the one trying to compete with us and losing.”

She would never admit she was fighting Amelia on purpose. In her mind, everything was Amelia’s fault.

“Didn’t you notice?” Maxwell continued. “She always quits once the price gets high. Just stop bidding against

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her.”

“Oh, fine,” Gianna said reluctantly.

Just as Whitney had said, the next items up for auction were medicinal herbs.

They were rare, almost extinct varieties.

Amelia could grow these herself, so she wasn’t especially interested.

Still, she placed a bid.

The moment she did, Gianna followed.

This time, however, Amelia didn’t continue bidding back and forth.

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Instead, the moment Gianna called out a bid, Amelia fell completely silent. She didn’t raise the price at all.

Many people in the room had no interest in medicinal herbs. No one else followed up with bids either.

In the end, Gianna was forced to buy a whole pile of herbs she didn’t even recognize.

“I told you that woman did it on purpose,” Gianna snapped angrily. “See? She stopped bidding again. She just wanted to trap us!”

Maxwell frowned. He was clearly unhappy and started to blame her a little.

“I-I thought these herbs could still be useful for our company,” Gianna said quickly. “After all, this is part of our core business.”

Gianna hadn’t expected Amelia to play her.

That bitch clearly liked medicinal herbs the most. Gianna was sure Amelia would fight hard for them.

On top of that, Jeremy’s mother was also involved in pharmaceutical research.

There was no way they wouldn’t want these herbs.

After being tricked once, Gianna became even more certain that/Amelia would definitely want the next batch.

So, she copied Amelia’s earlier move and deliberately raised the price.

She planned to push it higher, then let Amelia take over.

But Amelia didn’t follow the script at all. She didn’t bid again.

Gianna was so angry she felt like she might explode.

Still, she could tell Maxwell was already upset. So she quickly pulled out the excuse of doing it for the company.

As expected, Maxwell softened at her excuse.

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“I know you meant well,” he said. “But we don’t lack these herbs. Just bid again when the next medicinal items come up.”

“Alright, I understand,” Gianna replied. Inside, she felt completely miserable.

The next item was not dried herbs. It was an extremely rare medicinal plant.

A living plant. One that could continue to be grown.

It was an imported species, incredibly rare.

This time, the moment it appeared, Amelia and Whitney-both knew its value-lit up instantly.

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