Isa Hughes incredulously looked at Jared Hughes and asked, "Jared, what are you talking about? Clearly, she…"
"If you don't want to be here, go home!" Jared coldly glanced at Isa and stopped talking, his gaze shifting towards Betsy Russell, his eyebrows furrowed.
If he didn't see it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe that Betsy had changed like this.
Isa reluctantly pouted and picked up the auction brochure. She decided to bid on several items to comfort her wounded heart.
The auction soon started.
Betsy wasn't interested in the first three items. She had come to the auction to bid on the fourth item, a sapphire.
"This sapphire weighs approximately 200 grams, with an inner blue and outer green hue, is clear and transparent, and has high collectible value," said the auctioneer as they introduced the details of the sapphire with a smile. "The sapphire starts at 5 million dollars, with minimum bids of 10,000 dollars. Let the auction begin!"
"6 million dollars."
"6 million dollars."
Jared and Betsy both raised their bidding cards simultaneously.
Upon hearing the voice of the other, they looked at each other in surprise.
Betsy sat there indifferently, raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Mr. Hughes, you're always so ungentlemanly. Oh, my mistake. You're only gentlemen to whiny women. Would you mind letting me have the sapphire?"
Sitting next to Jared, Isa sneered as she listened to Betsy's sarcastic words. She knew her brother wouldn't argue with Betsy in public, but she was different; she had a thick skin.
"Betsy, with your nouveau riche appearance, can you even afford it?" Isa still remembered the first time she met Betsy, a woman who couldn't even afford average brands, let alone attending an auction like this.
"7 million dollars." Betsy ignored Isa and raised her bidding card, continuing to bid. She was fond of the sapphire and wanted to turn it into a necklace!
Isa proudly raised her bidding card and loudly said, "8 million dollars. I propose checking Betsy's account. She definitely doesn't have that much money!"
The auction house had a rule to check the assets of each attendee in advance.
The auctioneer who was on stage heard Isa's words and showed a polite smile, saying, "Miss Hughes, Miss Russell has a black diamond card with our Cardiff Auction."
Black diamond card?
Isa hesitated briefly, knowing there were only three black diamond cards in Onn, and they couldn't be transferred to others. She didn't even have one, but Betsy did?
Why?
Why would Betsy have a black diamond card, but she didn't?
Isa angrily stormed out with her phone, determined to make her father get her a black diamond card for the auction!
"10 million dollars." Betsy said calmly, looking at the auctioneer and raising her bidding card.
This time, Jared didn't compete with Betsy. Not only that, he didn't bid for any items that Betsy raised her bidding card for.
When Isa returned after making her call, the auction was almost over.
"Jared, what did you buy?" Isa looked at Jared with anticipation, knowing he had promised to help her buy some jewelry.
"Nothing." Jared said emotionlessly. All the items Isa wanted were bought by Betsy, and he couldn't just snatch them away.
Isa looked incredulously at Jared, gasping in shock, "Jared, you promised me…"
"I'll buy you something else later." Jared brushed her off casually, glancing at Betsy sitting not far away, feeling puzzled in his heart.
"Alright," Isa reluctantly agreed, feeling somewhat disappointed. After all, her father had promised to get her a black diamond card, so she would soon have a more prominent status in Onn. "Oh, by the way, Grandpa asked you to take Betsy back home!"
During Isa's call, she had exaggerated the incident of Betsy slapping her while sobbing pitifully.
Members of the Hughes family already disliked Betsy. Ben Hughes, Jared's father, naturally became infuriated upon hearing Betsy had bullied Isa. However, being hypocritical as usual, he handed the phone over to Grandpa Hughes.
Grandpa Hughes always cared about the reputation of the Hughes family. He had yet to settle the score with Betsy for releasing a fake video that tarnished their family image, and now she had hit his beloved granddaughter. How could he bear it?
Just as Isa finished speaking, Jared received a text message from Grandpa Hughes.
"Bring Betsy to the ancestral hall!"
Jared's eyebrows furrowed and his face darkened. He was about to reply when he saw Isa already standing up, blocking Betsy's path.
"Betsy, my grandpa wants you to come home and kneel in the ancestral hall!" Isa shouted loudly, her clear voice echoing throughout the auction house.
As the auction had just ended, many people were preparing to leave and stopped to watch the commotion upon hearing Isa's voice.