NovelEnglishA beautiful lady dressed in skintight wear carried a tray onto the stage.
The tray was covered with a piece of silk fabric, displaying six nuts de cuerno that were the size of
meatballs.
The color, texture, and patina were top-notch.
The host made an impassioned introduction of the nuts before opening for bids.
The bid started at five million dollars with increments going for at least five hundred thousand dollars.
Five million dollars for six walnuts was a bit much. Many who were not in the collectible nut business
were shocked, to say the least.
Still, there were people who did their research on these unique collector’s items. They were tempted to
place their bids on those nuts on the tray.
“Six million!”
Taking Skylar’s instruction, Yulia raised her bidding card and shouted.
“Six million five hundred thousand!”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtA middle-aged man in the back named his price.
Another voice echoed, “Ten million!”
Uff!
Everybody gasped sharply and turned their heads to the source of the voice.
Nolan raised his bidding card and looked smugly at Skylar and Yulia.
The disdain in his eyes was mocking Skylar and Yulia.
To Nolan, Skylar only deserved his leftovers.
When it came down to it, Skylar was no match for Nolan.
Showered by surprised looks, Nolan rose to his feet and arrogantly said, “I am Nolan, the heir of the
Oakleys. I have my eyes set on the nuts de cuerno, so I hope everybody will let me have them.”
Nolan’s declaration made those, who were already hesitant about putting in a bid, drop out of the
bidding war.
The Shepards, the Curreys, the Belmonts, and the Whitlocks were the Four Great Families.
The social class playing catch-up behind was the Moodys and Oakleys.
Plus, Old Mr. Belmont was Nolah’s maternal grandfather. There had been marriage unions between the
Belmont family and the Oakley family.
So, the bond between both families ran deep.
Although the Oakleys were not as rich as the Moodys, the family’s link to the Belmonts put them on par
with the Moodys.
With Nolan coming forward with an introduction, he was telling everybody in the auction that the nut
collection was his to take. Anyone who placed a bid was going against the Oakley family.
It was unnecessary to cross the Oakleys, maybe even the Belmonts, over an auction piece.
Seeing that the others withdrew from the bidding war, Nolan glanced at Skylar with delight and taunted,
“Skylar, the auction is only for the rich. Someone as poor as you…”
The way he saw it, Skylar and Yulia were paupers.
It was like Skylar and Yulia embezzled public funds to purchase the six-hundred-thousand-dollar paint
just now.
Even though Kareem Fashion’s anti-blemish cream project was a big hit, they had a long way to go
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmbefore they could turn a profit.
Skylar had no means to beat him in terms of finances.
Nevertheless, Skylar cut off Nolan’s monologue by raising his bidding card and uttering, “A hundred
million.”
“What? How much?”
The people around thought their ears were deceiving them.
“A hundred million.”
Skylar nonchalantly repeated.
Holy cow!
The whole place went quiet as everybody’s minds were blown.
A hundred million?
How did it go from ten million to a hundred million?
All that money for a nut collection?
These people were nuts.
The smug looks on Nolan and Yvonne’s faces froze as they stared at Skylar in disbelief.
It never crossed their minds that Skylar would raise the bid to a hundred million!
With Skylar looking laid-back, Nolan turned furious, gritted his teeth, and raised his bidding card. “A
hundred and ten million!”
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