Chapter 444

Justin and Christopher’s hearts trembled as they looked at Bella in

unison.

They were both very attuned to Bella, so they realized right away that

she was angry.

Thus, they both caved and backed out of the bid.

It was not a big deal. Why get angry? They would just give in to her.

“Congratulations, Ms. Thompson! The necklace is yours!”

The auctioneer was also very good at judging the situation. Before anyone could even react, he banged his gavel, which meant the

necklace went to Bella.

The hall was silent for two beats before it erupted into roaring

applause.

Bella, however, remained calm, with not a trace of happiness on her

features as her eyes remained dull.

“Mom! Bella Thompson bought the fake necklace! Do you think she’s

realized it’s a fake?” Bethany was panicking so much that her voice.

was trembling. Her heart was beating as fast as a rabbit’s.

“Shut your mouth! Are you trying to yell that for the whole world to

hear?!” Shannon viciously pinched Bethany’s arm, spitting venomous. fury from her eyes. “She definitely hasn’t. She won’t expect a fake item to appear at her auction. Let’s just consider her $150 million as

accumulating good karma for you!”

Bethany was still worried. “What if she notices after taking it back-”

“It’ll have nothing to do with you once the auctioned item leaves this place! Who would know if someone swapped it out after she took it home or if she was deliberately slandering you?”

Shannon sneered sinisterly.

Bethany admired her mother’s ability to twist the truth without batting an eye. She secretly cursed herself and wondered why she could not

have shared a brain with her mother.

Ada Wang could not help but smile in satisfaction when she saw that

the piece of jewelry she donated was bought by Bella at the auction’s highest bid so far.

She even thought that Bella must still be dreaming of working

together with her, or else she had no other reason to go that far.

Ah, youth!

Right then, the youthful Bella’s cold eyes darkened as she took out

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