Chapter 56

The staff on the side politely put the

emerald pipe in front of Nicole, who

picked it up and looked at it. There was a

small red spot at the bottom of the

tobacco pipe.

‘So it is the real deal… Nicole thought.

“Thank you,” Nicole said to the staff.

She simply ignored the two women who

were on the side. Quinn could not stand it

anymore and coldly snorted. “Nicole, are

your eyes on your feet? Don’t you know

how to be polite when you see your

elders?”

“How did she treat me back then? She

never treated me properly when I was her

daughter-in-law and expects me to treat

her like an elder now?’

Nicole’s eyes flickered. She raised an

eyebrow and said, “Oh, Mrs. Ferguson,

you’re here too. What a coincidence!”

Her words were enough to make Quinn

die from exasperation.

Quinn’s face turned red with anger. “You

think that just because you have a

backer, you don’t need to respect me?

Don’t forget that I’m your mother-in-law!”

Before Nicole and Eric’s divorce, Quinn

had never considered herself as Nicole’s

mother-in-law. Instead, Quinn only

thought of herself as a master and

treated Nicole as if she was a servant.

Whenever Nicole went back to the

Ferguson Villa, Quinn would always find

ways to mock Nicole’s lowly ingratiation.

She would make Nicole do housework

Fortunately, her mother was here, so

Ingrid worked up the courage to speak.

The atmosphere felt heavy for a moment.

Nicole’s smile faded as she swept a cold

glance at Ingrid. “Are you trying to teach

me what to do?”

Ingrid shrank to the back and dared not

make another sound. She just looked at

her mother helplessly.

The Ferguson mother-daughter pair

originally wanted to pull Nicole off her

high horse, then coax her and take the

emerald pipe away, but it turned out that

Nicole did not do anything as they had

planned.

If not for the staff in the room, Quinn

would have been more straightforward

and would not have the patience to

babble on with Nicole.

and chores, and find excuses to reprimand and punish Nicole. Quinn would often bring back other

young single ladies from other affluent familiest o hang around in front of Nicole and even gave those

ladies Eric’s private numbers o that Nicole would know what to do and back off by herself. At that time,

Nicole was a thorn in Quinn’s side. Nicole could not help but laugh lightly.“ Have you gone senile? I

divorced your son long ago. You can find someone else to be your daughter-in-law…” “Nicole, you’re

so rude! How can you talk t o your elders like that?” Ingrid could not help but speak up. She was greatly

humiliated by Nicole on several occasions, so when she saw Nicole again, she began to fear her.

Fortunately, her mother was here, so Ingrid worked up the courage to speak. The atmosphere felt

heavy for a moment. Nicole’s smile faded as she swept a cold glance at Ingrid. “Are you trying to teach

me what to do?” Ingrid shrank to the back and dared not make another sound. She just looked at her

mother helplessly. The Ferguson mother-daughter pair originally wanted to pull Nicole off her high

horse, then coax her and take the emerald pipe away, but it turned out that Nicole did not do anything

as they had

planned.

If not for the staff in the room, Quinn

would have been more straightforward

and would not have the patience to

babble on with Nicole.

Quinn was a little nervous and said,” Nicole, I’ll give you $30 million. I must take the pipe!” She had

already contacted her son because she knew that she could not hide it any longer. If Nicole really took

their family heirloom away, not to mention her father-in-law, even her husband would not forgive her!

Nicole paused for a moment and laughed. “If you had $30 million, you could’ve raised the bid earlier

when it was still fair play. Now it’s too late.” “I’ve contacted Eric. He’ll be here soon.” Quinn knew how

obsessed Nicole was with her son. Once Eric was here, she was certain that Nicole would compromise

just to see him “Whether he comes or not doesn’t

change the fact that this emerald pipe is now mine.” Nicole laughed. ‘Does she still think that I’m the

stupid woman from three years ago? Does she think that I’ll forgive and forget everything when I hear

Eric’s name? “Nicole, $30 million is not a small amount. Can you even afford it?” Quinn did not believe

that the penniless Nicole could fork out $30 million so easily. Back then, Nicole married into the

Ferguson family without a penny to her

name. Quinn was laughed at by other high

-society women for having such a poor

daughter-in-law, so Nicole was a disgrace

to her.

Although Ingrid said that Nicole now had

a lot of men backing her, why would they

spend so much money on a divorced

woman? Were those men dumb?

Nicole hooked her lips, took out the black

card from her purse, and handed it to the

staff at the side. “Swipe it.”

There was no hesitation.

“Yes, Ms. Nicole.” The staff member took

the card with both hands.

Quinn and Ingrid stared at Nicole with

their pale faces. Ingrid felt so antsy and

kept clutching her phone to call someone.

‘Who is she calling? Eric Ferguson?’

Nicole smiled faintly. ‘It’s useless

regardless of who shows up!’

She could spend $30 million in a second

without the slightest hesitation and could

even afford to pay more than $30 million

as long as she wanted to!

“It’s useless for you to take this pipe.

What’s the point of spending so much on i

t?” Quinn softened her attitude and used

a roundabout way.

“I only took it out so that everyone could

see it. You know that this is the old man’s

life. He’ll die without this pipe. Do you

want to see him suffer at such an old

age?” Quinn said and began to cry.

‘Who are you acting for?’ Nicole looked at

Quinn with a cold gaze and wanted to

laugh

“Since you said so yourself that this is Old

Master Ferguson’s life, were you thinking

of killing him by putting it on auction?

You’re the reason for his suffering at his

old age. So… What do I have to worry

about? I bought this through the proper

channels with real money. Anyone here

can testify to it. The old man is quite

revered in the industry, so I believe that

he’ll understand what integrity means.”

“Ms. Nicole, the transaction is complete.”

The staff carefully handed her the card.

Nicole took it and signed her name on the

relevant documents. This emerald pipe

officially belonged to her now.

At that moment, the door was suddenly

pushed open…