You’ll Fall for Me, Today or Tomorrow novel Chapter 272

From far away, Luke beamed at Clarissa. There was a lot of courage behind that smile.

Clarissa had barely reacted when someone else offered a higher bid, “Eight hundred thousand.”

The bidder was none other than Joshua.

Clarissa’s companion got smug again. He lifted his chin and looked at Luke, deliberately provoking him.

Oh, honey. I can’t beat Rissa’s husband, but I can surely beat a player like you. Don’t you want a show? I’ll give you one!

Yaala put on a mysterious grin and cast a curious one at Clarissa, who rubbed her forehead in exasperation.

It was then that someone else offered an even higher bid.

“One million.”

It was Ryler.

He wanted to stir the pot.

Clarissa’s eyelid began to twitch as Luke went on to increase the bid.

“One point five!”

“One point eight!” Joshua called out.

“Two million!” Ryler went a step further.

The scene might be incomprehensible to many, but some members of the audience were beginning to get what was really going on. A few seemed to have spotted Clarissa, and they vaguely recalled her as someone’s fiancée some time ago. Moreover, she was a beauty!

The host kept going, “Two million! Pretty ladies do get special treatment, it seems! Does anyone else want to raise the bid?”

Did he say “pretty lady”?

That seemed to be the case. Other than Yaala, the award-winning actress, there really was another beautiful woman in the hall.

Is that Clarissa?

Some people were surprised to meet the real deal. They never really pictured how she looked like. A few of them even started taking pictures of her.

Two point one, two point two…

More and more people joined the bidding.

Eventually, Luke and Joshua were not the only ones competing for the manuscript. Clarissa simply could not understand what was going on. Initially, she thought that a hundred thousand for a manuscript might already be stretching it a little too much, so she definitely did not expect the bidding price to go up to five million.

Of course, unbeknownst to her, the tycoons were rolling in money, so to speak. Most importantly, they would do anything to please a pretty lady.

The bidding gradually became an intense bidding session. The host liked where this was going. He thought of inviting Clarissa to come onto the stage. Her presence would surely encourage the men to bid more. As the host, it was his job to get these people to loosen up their pockets.

“Hold on, ladies and gentlemen. Since everyone has been so generous today, why don’t we invite Ms. Quigley to come up here and say a few words? We can resume the bidding after that.”

“Sure…”

Accompanied by cheers and applause, Clarissa nervously approached the stage.

She summoned the courage to go up there because backing out was not an option.

Blushing, she got onto the stage under the watchful gaze of everyone present.

The tycoons in the audience got increasingly fanatic.

It was not so much because of Clarissa’s beauty that drove the men crazy. They had seen their fair share of beautiful women over the years, especially women from the entertainment industry, so they quickly got tired of it. Then, there were women who looked completely different without wearing any makeup on their faces. Those were really disappointing. On top of that, many of those women had long lost their innocence.

Today, they got to watch Clarissa go on stage in a flustered manner. Her pretty face, in addition to her apparent shyness and natural blushing, was not a common sight. The men marveled at the way she carried herself, and found that they liked her even more.

Up on the stage, the host requested her to give a little speech. What am I supposed to say?

Still blushing and feeling awkward about it all, she kept it short, “Thank you, everyone, for supporting this auction. And thank you for showing your love towards these children.”

“Ms. Quigley, I’m sure our esteemed guests will support you too.”

More bidding ensued after the host delivered an encouraging statement. When the price had gone up to eight million, he turned to Clarissa and suggested, “We’ve come this far. Why don’t you add something to the mix, Ms. Quigley? Round it up to ten million, shall we?”

Clarissa just stared at the host. What else can she add?

The host winked at Clarissa. The actress from the previous round has just auctioned off a day of her time to the highest bidder. Surely, Ms. Quigley, you can perform a similar feat.

But Clarissa persisted. The host found it quite regrettable.

Just when the host was about to pull the plug at eight million, a deep, firm voice stood out among the rest.

“Twenty million!”

Clarissa’s heart skipped a beat as she looked towards the source.

“Whoa—”

The crowd flew into an uproar.

The bid had gone all the way up to twenty million.

Even the host was stunned.

Twenty million was not too large a sum in an event like this. Any one of Olive’s masterpieces could have raked that amount.

Of course, that also depended on the item’s value.

So, the fact that Clarissa’s manuscript could exceed one million was nothing short of a miracle.

Yet, someone was willing to bid twenty million for it.

The host responded, “Mr. Tyson of Tyson Corporation calls for twenty million! Twenty million! Any other bidders? If not, then Ms. Quigley’s manuscript will go to Mr. Tyson.”