Every dog had its day. Ten years later, Niamh Delgado was not who she was back then.
Niamh smiled sweetly while sitting in an empty seat behind Nevaeh in a calm and composed manner.
Kendrick’s eyes were on her the entire time. Until now, he was still looking at her.
When Nevaeh noticed that Kendrick’s attention was on Niamh, she clenched her fists in anger.
Kendrick was indeed moved by that b*tch Niamh. If not, why would he stare at her just because she looked similar to Niamh?
Niamh noticed Kendrick staring at her. Perhaps, this was the gaze that she had longed for the most back then, but now, she did not care.
After she sat down, Niamh heard whispers from all around her.
“Who’s that woman? Is there someone like her in our circle?”
“Look at her bracelet and necklace. Those are from the latest Miss L.ady collection. Only their honorary members are allowed to buy them.”
“I think this woman is someone extraordinary. I wonder what she looks like. She’s so mysterious with her sunglasses.”
“Mysterious? Pah! Those might even be fake. She probably wormed her way in here to get a free meal! The star of today is Kendrick Waldburg’s fiancée, Nevaeh. Everyone knows that Kendrick will surely get the shop today because he wants to give it to Nevaeh as her birthday present!”
Niamh only smiled lightly when she heard those voices of suspicion.
After a while, the auctioneer arrived. After some opening remarks, the auction started officially.
The item of the auction was a shop on First Crystal Street. The base price was five million dollars.
Even though they knew Kendrick was going to win the auction no matter what, a lot of people were still trying to bid for the shop as it was located in the busiest part of the city center. The revenue that it would generate would be much more than the base price.
Every time someone lifted their placard, Nevaeh would follow suit.
The price was then raised to 8.8 million dollars.
It was a good number. Nevaeh lifted her placard and smiled widely. She was very confident.
She knew no one in this room would dare to fight with her for this anymore.
The reason was that she had Kendrick and the Montgomerys backing her up.
“8.8 million going once,” the auctioneer started announcing.
“8.8 million going twice.” Still, no one lifted their placards.
“8.8 million going thrice…”
“10 million.”
When the auctioneer was about to slam his gavel down, a loud and clear sound interrupted him.
Nevaeh had been basking in happiness that she even felt like she was going to rise to heaven, but at that moment, her heart plunged into a bottomless abyss.
The huge contrast lit the burning flames of anger in her heart.
She looked at Niamh who was sitting behind her, following other people’s gazes.
Niamh put down her placard calmly and smiled lightly. “Miss Delgado, if you want the shop that badly, you can continue.”
“…” Niamh’s face fell. She turned around and started simpering to Kendrick. “Kendrick, I really like that shop…”
“Just continue bidding if you like. No need to ask me,” Kendrick replied flatly.
Nevaeh beamed. She lifted her placard. “11 million!” She generously added one million.
Niamh looked at Kendrick. ‘Indeed, you’re still spoiling that cruel and heartless two-faced b*tch.
‘Kendrick, not only are you blind, but you’re also heartless. You still can’t see Nevaeh’s true face after so many years.’
Niamh pondered and said after parting her pink lips, “15 million.”
After she said that, everyone looked at her with shock on their faces.
Nevaeh was so angry that she almost ripped the placard into pieces. Was this woman purposely going against her?
Who did she think she was? How dare she go against her?!
How would Nevaeh allow this? She lifted the placard again.
Everyone thought Nevaeh would add on a few million dollars, however, she only added 500,000 dollars.
The moment she finished saying that, Niamh said nonchalantly, “20 million.”
“Wow…”
Everyone exclaimed.
Nevaeh could not stand this anymore. She suppressed the fire of rage inside her and glared at Niamh. She then forced out an innocent and gentle smile.
“Miss, were you hired by the other party to come here to deliberately raise the price? Everyone knows that my fiancé is going to buy this shop for me as my birthday present. Could it be that you enjoy stealing things from others?”
“Steal things from others? Isn’t that what you’re good at, Miss Delgado?”
Niamh’s face fell. “W-What do you mean?”
“Nothing,” Niamh smirked profoundly. “I just want to ask you, Miss Delgado, is your name on the shop now? If yes, then just pretend I didn’t say anything. If no, then please respect the rules of an auction. The highest bidder wins.”
“You…” Nevaeh was speechless and gritted her teeth in anger. She wanted to raise the placard to continue bidding, but she did not dare to add on too much. As such, she could only look at Kendrick. “Kendrick…”
Kendrick looked at Nevaeh with a blank expression. He said flatly, “She’s right. The highest bidder wins.”
“…” Nevaeh did not have anything to say to that.
At this moment, the auctioneer started repeating the amount Niamh proposed.
Nevaeh was livid and frantic. When she came back to her senses and was about to bid again, the auctioneer had already slammed the gavel down.
The auctioneer invited Niamh to the stage. She walked up the stage as everyone gawked at her.
She was walking slowly, her every movement graceful. She had a charming aura that one could not put their fingers on no matter how they thought about it.
The auctioneer smiled and asked, “What’s your name, beautiful lady?”
Niamh smiled and said, “My last name is Quinn.”
Quinn?
Kendrick thought about this last name. It was pretty rare.
Nevaeh was grinding her teeth at one side, glaring at Niamh who was on the stage while baring her teeth.
She was supposed to be the main character tonight, but at the last moment, her spotlight was stolen by this woman who had seemingly appeared out of nowhere!
She would not be able to let this go no matter what!
The contract was signed with everyone in the room as witnesses. The auctioneer announced that Niamh was the new owner of the shop on First Crystal Street and congratulated her.
Thunderous claps sounded from below the stage as well.
Niamh stood on the stage gracefully. Through her sunglasses, she saw Nevaeh fuming and felt extremely pleased.
When she was about to say something, she saw Kendrick getting up and walking toward her.
“Kendrick, where are you going?” Nevaeh wanted to stop him, but Kendrick did not turn back.
He walked up to the stage and looked at the dimples on Niamh’s cheeks. He hesitated for a while before saying, “As the owner of this hotel, I’m happy that the event has ended perfectly.”
He held out his hand to Niamh. “Miss Quinn, congratulations.”
Nevaeh looked at Kendrick’s hand and felt that this entire scene was extremely ironic.
Back then, she had longed to hold his hand so much, but now, all of those longings were gone.
She smiled and held out her hand. However, she did not shake Kendrick’s hand. On the contrary, she removed the sunglasses on her face.
The moment she removed them, she saw Kendrick’s expression freeze over. Even the air around them started to freeze.
However, Niamh smiled while maintaining the same expression on her face. She held Kendrick’s frozen hand and said, “Thanks.”
‘Thanks.’
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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