Chapter 55

The scene was in an uproar as everyone’s

eyes were focused on Nicole.

Roman looked at Nicole in confusion.”

What do you want this for?”

Nicole hooked her lips. “It looks pretty

nice, don’t you think?”

“I don’t think so.”

‘It looks like an ordinary tobacco pipe…

what’s so nice about it?’

Nicole noticed Quinn and Ingrid’s gaze on

her, so she smiled faintly and did not

avoid eye contact with them.

The Ferguson mother-daughter pair were

obviously startled. They knew that Nicole

recognized this emerald pipe.

Back then, Quinn had asked Nicole to

clean the memorial hall alone one night.

Quinn deliberately took out the pipe from

the safe and placed it on a high shelf as

she hoped that Nicole would”

accidentally” bump into the shelf and

break the emerald pipe. If that happened,

Old Master Ferguson would certainly kick

Nicole out of their family. However,

Nicole was smart enough not to touch it.

If not for the surveillance camera in the

memorial hall, Quinn would have broken it

herself and falsely blamed it on Nicole.

Unfortunately, her plan failed because Old

Master Ferguson valued this pipe more

than his own life!

Thus, Quinn never found the opportunity

again

This time, the Ferguson mother-daughter

pair stole the emerald pipe and put it out for auction because Ingrid had lost her

reputation when Nicole told the world

that Ingrid had stolen the “Daydream”

necklace to gamble. After Ingrid came

back to the country, she was repeatedly

humiliated by Nicole, so much so that

Ingrid was almost ostracized by the

gentry circle.

Ingrid wanted to regain a firm foothold

among the high society ladies circle and

find an opportunity to become the focus o

f the group again. As the Young Lady of

the Ferguson family, Ingrid must always b

e the center of attention.

This charity auction banquet was a good

opportunity to help Ingrid redeem her

image and maintain her persona as a

high-society lady”. This was the most

suitable occasion.

Thus, Ingrid begged her mother to

secretly take out her grandfather’s emerald pipe as an auction item. The value of the emerald pipe was

enough to put Ingrid in the spotlight. The people who knew about their family heirloom would not dare

to bid for it for fear of Old Master Ferguson. Those who did not know about it would not bid for it either,

so her plan was perfect. She would take it out and bid it back herself as a show to gain back her

reputation. However, Ingrid and Quinn never thought that they would meet Nicole here… Quinn was

anxious as Nicole was clearly not holding back on her bidding price. Their limit was only $10 million

because the two of them had no power in the Ferguson family. They only got a monthly allowance and

did not have much in personal savings, so they obviously could

not continue bidding. Nicole’s arrival was completely unexpected. Quinn had assumed that even if

someone bid on the emerald pipe, i t would not exceed $10 million. Even if it did exceed $10 million, no

one would have the guts to fight with the Ferguson family. However, Nicole was different. She came for

them, the Ferguson family!

“$10 million going once!” The host’s eyes

lit up as he shouted.

Ingrid nervously tugged at Quinn’s

clothes and whispered something

Quinn also pretended to be calm and

turned back to glare at Nicole fiercely as

a warning.

Nicole raised her eyebrows, smiled

faintly, and looked at the item on the stage. ‘I must get my hands on it! “$10 million going twice!” The

host looked at the audience, but there was no sound. They did not dare to compete with Mrs. Ferguson

to steal the limelight, nor did they want to waste money on an emerald pipe that they could not get their

hands o n. The host’s eyes swept across the hall and saw that Quinn had raised her bidding paddle.

“$11 million.” Quinn was calm and collected I thought they’d cap it at $10 million. I didn’t think that

Quinn wanted to continue bidding… Nicole thought.

“$12 million!” Nicole followed. She wanted to test their patience. The phone in her hand buzzed. Nicole

glanced at the phone number and knew who it was even though there was no caller ID ‘Ingrid

Ferguson?’ Nicole gently hooked her lips and refused to answer. She even

blocked Ingrid while she was at it.

“$13 million,” Quinn called out again. She

was visibly sitting on pins and needles at

this moment

The host seemed to understand that this

was a game for both sides, and the

atmosphere in the hall began to get tense

He raised his voice, “Okay, $13 million.

Miss, would you like to bid again?”

Nicole did not respond, so the host

thought that she had given up. “$13

million going once!”

“$13 million going twice!”

Quinn and Ingrid breathed a sigh of relief.

“$15 million!” Nicole immediately

interrupted before the last call.

“How does that feel?’ Nicole thought.

Quinn’s eyes were so flustered. She

lowered her head to speak to Ingrid.

Without hesitation, Ingrid looked like she

had made a major decision. “$20 million!”

‘Do they think that my limit is $20 million?

‘Nicole thought.

Even Roman got nervous and looked at

Nicole. “Do you need help?”

Nicole smiled and raised an eyebrow. “N

o, this is nothing to me.”

She raised her paddle again. “$30 million!”

The crowd was in an uproar,

Nicole was no longer bothered to scare

Quinn and Ingrid bit by bit. She wanted

them to stop bidding.

The lights flickered and shone on Quinn

and Ingrid’s pale and gloomy faces

“Okay, $30 million going once!”

“$30 million going twice!”

No one in the room made a sound.

Nicole knew that she won.

“$30 million sold! Congratulations to this

young lady. The proceeds will be donated

to Elementary School of Hope…”

The crowd began to applaud and finally

broke the suffocating and tense

atmosphere. Nicole greeted everyone

with a decent smile and smiled widely at

the two women in front of her. ‘What a

great day today…

After greeting everyone, Nicole and

Roman went backstage to get the item. A

s expected, Quinn and Ingrid still refused t

o give up and were waiting for her there.