Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time (Charlene and Thorne) novel Chapter 723

Back when Charlene dropped hundreds of millions on that diamond, everyone assumed she was footing the bill with Stewart's money.

Now, they were realizing how wrong they had been.

Because the paddle she was holding was the exact same one she had used to buy the diamond.

Top-tier buyers at the auction house were granted exclusive, permanent paddle numbers. Furthermore, the design and color of these elite paddles were completely distinct from those of regular buyers or standard VIPs.

And sitting right in Charlene's hand was the gold-stamped paddle reserved exclusively for the most elite clientele.

Meanwhile, the paddle Stewart had used earlier was a standard VIP design—not a permanent, exclusive number.

Dalton and Kelvin finally caught on.

Like everyone else, they had assumed Stewart paid for her extravagant diamond.

Seeing the distinctive gleam of the paddle in her hand shifted everything.

Kelvin was shell-shocked. "That exclusive paddle is registered under her name? She's actually that loaded?"

Dalton frowned, his lips pressed into a thin line.

He had been so certain she was mooching off Stewart because he thought he knew her background. He knew for a fact that the Ross family's total net worth didn't even amount to a hundred million, let alone enough to drop that much liquid cash on a single piece of jewelry.

If that fortune truly belonged to Charlene, where on earth did she get it?

Thorne was the kind of man who would hand over Neural Nexus Tech—worth hundreds of millions—to Vesta just as a gift. He tossed multi-million-dollar mansions around like candy. Casually dropping a massive fortune on Charlene didn't seem out of the realm of possibility.

But if Thorne really had given her that money, Stewart—knowing her family's financial state—would undoubtedly be suspicious of the source, wouldn't he?

The Hawkins and Spencer families, who knew the truth about Charlene and Thorne's impending divorce, weren't shocked that she had the money. They were just appalled by the way she was throwing it around.

She was acting like she could buy whatever she pleased without sparing a single glance at the price tag.

They naturally assumed her reckless spending was fueled by the knowledge that once the divorce was finalized, she'd walk away with billions of dollars in a settlement.

Leah ground her teeth. "Let her blow it all. With the way she burns through cash, she'll squander every penny Thorne gives her in no time. I'd like to see how arrogant she acts when she's completely broke."