Chapter 468
As soon as Celeste spoke , not only Lillan , but Lennox , Jorge and Miles were all visibly stunned .
Lennox’s reaction was expected .
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As for Jorge , he had previously looked into Celeste a little and knew her family background was relatively ordinary .
While the Rodriguez family’s business had recently picked up , it still wasn’t at the level where they could casually fork out several hundred million to buy à diamond , right ?
Miles , for his part , believed he knew Celeste’s situation insile out . 3
Given the Rodriguez family’s current strength , even producing 100 million in spare cash would be difficult – let alone 500 million .
Although Trevor had once paid Celeste two billion in advance as a thank – you gift , the money had been used to help the Rodriguez family with capital turnover . 2
But even if the Rodriguez family business was doing better now , and even if she still had a large chunk of that two billion left , wasn’t it a bit “ too much ” to casually spend this much money on a single diamond ? 2
Thinking of this , he immediately whipped out his phone , excitedly messaging Trevor . 2
“ When I saw your wife just now at the auction , I was still wondering what she was doing here . Now I get it …
“ You know about the diamond being auctioned , right ? The starting bid was 400 million , and she immediately raised it to 500 million . Is she seriously trying to buy that diamond ? My god , she’s gone cra― ”
Before Miles could finish typing his message , someone bid 550 million .
Then Celeste spoke again . She directly said , “ 700 million . ”
Miles was speechless . ( 2 )
Even though he hadn’t finished what he wanted to say , he still hit send and fired off the message to Trevor .
Tonight , everyone attending the auction more or less guessed that this rare diamond would end up going for no less than a billion .
But Celeste , every time she spoke , it was in leaps of 100 million or 150 million . In just three rounds , the bidding had already reached 700 million . 1
With that kind of boldness , it wasn’t just Lilian , Lennox , and Miles who were staring at her – everyone at the venue turned their heads to look at her .
Most of the people seated in the auction hall were either the wives or daughters of the top elites in high society .
Even if they didn’t know each other personally , they had at least heard of one another .
Now , seeing Celeste acting like money meant nothing , and looking so unfamiliar to everyone , many of them leaned over to whisper to the people around them , asking who she was .
The bidding continued .
Almost every time someone made a new offer , Celeste followed closely , and when she spoke again , the price instantly jumped to one billion .
Seeing how decisive she was with each bid , Lilian suddenly understood – Celeste really intended to win this diamond .
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Her red lips immediately pressed into a thin line .
Miles noticed it too . To be honest , he was a little dazed .
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Trevor hadn’t replied to his earlier message . But Miles couldn’t hold it in anymore and quickly messaged him again .
“ Your wife pushed the bidding to a billion . Damn , I think s actually wants to win that diamond . Does she like diamonds that much ? ”
This time , Trevor replied not long after . But it was just a single period character . A
Miles wondered what the hell was that period supposed to thean . a
At the start of the auction , quite a few people had been interested in participating . But from both an emotional and investment standpoint , once the price started climbing too high , many people chose to back off – they weren’t going to chase it blindly .
Some were truly obsessed with diamonds . Many of them were even far wealthier than Celeste .
However , the wealth people saw in them wasn’t necessarily theirs to control . Or even if it was , they didn’t have the same freedom as Celeste when it came to how they used it . 43 )
So , even if they wanted to compete , due to various considerations , by the time the bidding price reached 1.6 billion , almost no one else remained in the game . 10
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