Winner Takes All

The voice was calm.

Yet the voice was like a giant thunderclap.

In an instant, everyone looked towards the room which the voice came from.

"One hundred million, the guest in the room upstairs, bid one hundred million!" The auctioneer shouted excitedly.

Immediately, everyone in the auction hall finally came back to their senses.

The shout of surprises filled the air.

"Oh my God! Who's that sitting upstairs? He already bid 100 million?"

"The price is doubled, looks like this person is determined!"

"It's too ruthless, it's inhumane, could the person in the room be Aiden Lott?"

In the room.

Jack put down the microphone and leaned back in his chair. He was waiting quietly.

This was his first time attending an auction.

Yet he had worked out some tricks by watching a few rounds of the auction.

The premise of highest bidder wins. With rounds of bidding, it would only make someone more excited and kept on bidding.

And it would usually end up with the price far exceeding the original price of the lot.

So the fastest way to resolve an auction was by bidding with a high amount.

It could also ensure that any competitors to be rationale and not get carried away

"100 million?"

Yael blurted out.

Vinna's eyebrows were knitted together, and she looked furious, "Mr. Hughes, is this bodyguard of yours bidding for you? This is too much, and he is out of bounds!"

The way of master and servant. How can a servant do anything without being told by his master?

As a direct descendant of the Vaughn family, she was a rich beauty.

Vinna had participated in countless auctions, and there were quite incidents where their bodyguard was to do the bidding. But all those bodyguards had bid at the behest of their masters. She had even done it to get her bodyguard to help with the bidding.© NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.

And just now, 'Mr. Hughes' didn't say a word.

"I want to buy it," Jack calmly said. "This Blue Ocean Teardrop is for my fiancée."

Vinna was very shocked, her eyes were filled with disbelief.

Immediately, she started snorted, "Oh my, you have a lot of nerves! You're mere Jack's bodyguard, you simply bid 100 million, do you have that much of money?"

Vinna didn't hide her contempt and disdain for Jack when she said this.

A mere bodyguard who opened his mouth and bid for 100 million?

Why wouldn't you look at yourself in a mirror?

"100 million, is that a lot?"

Jack gave Vinna a sidelong glance.

Vinna smiled, "Not much, not much at all. But don't blame me for not being kind enough to remind you that this is an official auction. If you are unable to pay after the knocked down, you'll be subjected to legal action."

Jack smiled disdainfully and paid no further attention.

But it was such a look from Jack seemed to trigger Vinna's nerves.

She was so furious that she was about to explode.

She was Vinna Vaughn from the Vaughn family, yet she was... scorned by a bodyguard?

She turned her head towards Yael, "Mr. Hughes, this is your bodyguard?"

Yael was embarrassed for a while.

He looked at Jack, Yael said helplessly, "He's my brother, please don't mind him."

"But you clearly said that you were going to buy it for me."

Vinna pouted and took Yael's arm. She said pitifully, "Mr. Hughes, you've promised me. Are you going to be a man of your word?"

In the beginning, Vinna would never have acted like this.

But now she was sure that 'Mr. Hughes' was interested in her.

Vinna and 'Jack' liked each other and willingly. She was just acting like a child, and it wasn't anything serious.

Yael shrugged helplessly, "As you've heard, my brother wants to give it to her fiancée. Isn't it good to help someone out? He bided 100 million means that he really wants it. Let's just give it to him this, and I'll just buy another for you."

"But does he have that much money to buy it?"

Vinna was indignant, she had never taken the 'Blue Ocean Teardrop' seriously before. And was purely for a medium to bring 'Jack' to get closer to her.

But when she finally saw the Blue Ocean Teardrop, she was moved even with her knowledge.

What woman wouldn't love a bejewelled jade?

Mostly that this bejewelled jade was a top-notch artwork!

This kind of top-quality jewellery was rare, even for a top-class auction like the Sotheby's.

"Ugh..., if you like it that much, just bid it yourself."

Yael spread his arms in annoyance and didn't want to care about it.

With Yael's cynical and play boyish character, he was willing to spend money just to pick up some girl. Even though Vinna mistakenly recognised him as Jack.

But with Vinna annoying him, it's not fun anymore.

Vinna was confused.

He looked at Yael in disbelief.

On the auction stage.

The auctioneer shouted.

"100 hundred million, going once!"

This shout made Vinna come back to her senses.

Growing up pampered and spoiled, everything given to her was the best. And she's also raised up in the entertainment

With an indignant grit of her teeth, Vinna picked up the microphone, "150 million!"

Rumble!

The whole venue exploded in shock when the voice was heard.

The sounds of the guests were deafening.

The shouts filled the air.

It was all because the bidding was from the same room.

There... there were people on the same team bidding against each other?

The auctioneer was also confused, "Erm, dear guest, we only accept a single bid from the same room."

Just after he finished his sentence.

Jack's voice was heard from the same room

"200 million!"

Rumble!

Once again, everyone gasped, and their faces went pale.

At this moment, even the guests in other rooms on the second floor were on their feet. Although they couldn't see the bidder, they all stood up and looked towards the room's direction. "Insane, this is madness!"

"Two persons biding from the same room and raised it by 50 million each time. That's not how you rich bastards show off, right?"

"The reserve price of 50 million and after two bids it's already 200 million. Holy crap, this is breaking news!"

The auction room was filled with shouts of surprise.

The atmosphere had reached its climax.

Inside the room, however, was cold as ice.

Vinna's white teeth clenched her red lips as her eyes glared at Jack with resentment.

Bastard!

What an asshole!

This stinking bodyguard, did he think that this was a game?

"You are just a bodyguard, yet you opened your mouth and bided for 200 million, where on earth did you have that courage?" Vinna scolded coldly.

"It's none of your business, the Blue Ocean Teardrop belongs to my fiancée."

Jack swept a cold glance at Vinna.

"I... Fine, if you want to contend, then I'll see who you really are!"

Vinna wasn't stupid, although this person seemed to be 'Jack Hughes' bodyguard, 'Jack Hughes' said that he was his brother. It was apparent that they had a deeper connection.

But it had come to this, and she wasn't the person that could hold her tongue.

After she finished her sentence.

Vinna picked up the microphone again.

Facing the already noisy venue, her red lips flicked open, and she was about to raise her bid.

Suddenly, Yael raised his hands and wrapped around her waist.

"Baby, you need to calm down, please!"

Vinna stunned for a moment.

Before she came around.

Yael smiled awkwardly and said to Jack, "Jack, are you really not going to tell her? It's your own money that you'll lose if you go on like this."

Boom!

Vinna was too shocked, her body trembled.

Her eyes widened and shocked as she looked at Jack, who was sitting there indifferently. Her mind went blank.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐